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...occasional tabling in the dining hall are fine in moderation; voters meet the candidates—which was especially important in the last, 100-candidate-strong council election—and students find another extracurricular they want to devote their every waking hour to. But elections and club membership should be based on platforms and interest, not on who has the money to buy 400 bags of candy. We need to offer our students a better way to distinguish themselves—and I think most of us would prefer a handy website or a weekly e-mail...
...instead of joining the WRC, Harvard has been content with membership in a far more lenient, industry-run group. The Fair Labor Association (FLA) is notorious for doing as little as possible. Created by the Apparel Industry Partnership four years ago, the FLA did not issue a public report until June of this year—and when it did so, it refused to release the names or locations of factories, shielding offending factories from any public scrutiny and rendering the reports themselves impossible to verify. Further, the FLA has no provision in its code of conduct against sexual harassment...
...expansion into the Middle East could include peacekeeping in Iraq and possibly the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but not an extension of membership to Middle Eastern countries, he said, noting that NATO already has peacekeeping forces in Kabul...
...Board is currently reviewing, at Chopra’s request, the potential of student membership on the Board, but Assistant Dean of the College and secretary of the Ad Board John T. O’Keefe has said directly, “I don’t think it’s the board’s top priority.” Indeed, O’Keefe is correct that such a superficial change is not a top priority; rather, a sweeping cultural change to the very nature of the Ad Board...
...Board’s ability to dispense proper verdicts does not hinge on whether token students have membership within it. True change would be to demonstrate the true nature of the Ad Board’s processes—making salient reforms that remove its shroud of mystery...