Word: melendez
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...resolutions on "political" issues--such as urging that Harvard divest from South Africa--often on no more information than a few hours of discussion. Conversely, this year's body tends to proceed with more caution and to toe the line on political issues. Says Council Vice Chair Brian R. Melendez '86, "Last year, we passed a resolution on it, this year we did a report...
University officials tell a different story. According to them, full-time students aren't even allowed on the University payroll. "There's been some error made," says Marcia Mintz, assistant dean for financial affairs. She says that Melendez must have "slipped through the channels somehow. There is usually a cross-check against various lists...
...wasn't originally intended to be filled by an undergraduate. Last year's Executive Secretary, in fact, had a Ph. D. degree. But nobody seems willing to do anything now that it's been proven that a student can fill the post. Members of the Undergraduate Council praise Melendez as a competent, efficient office manager. "I think there will always be undergraduates qualified to do this job," Melendez says. So why are we stuck with the seven dollar rate...
...face of it, it seems mean-spirited to take money away from a dedicated hard worker like Melendez. He earns it, doesn't he, by doing the same work that an outsider would? Maybe so, but other students who work at Harvard make much less than their non-student co-workers. In the dining halls, on the security force, and in the libraries all over campus, students make four to six dollars an hour. And that money comes from Harvard's millions, not from the Undergraduate Council's meager coffers...
...find a volunteer to take the position," says Melendez. "This job is a job." How about splitting the post up into several bite-size chunks? "If there were four of me coming in and out of the office," Melendez explains, "three-quarters of the time they wouldn't be able to answer questions. It's necessary to have continuity through the week." Assuming this is true, we are back to the original proposition: pay the Executive Secretary, but pay him or her a reasonable amount...