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Lobbying is also among NSA activity, but what bills are lobbied for or against, and who decides on such policy, is again in the realm of the vague hearsay...
...organizational set-up of NSA raises another set of unanswered questions. Council members are at a loss when asked about such matters as the NSA budget, salaries of student officers, and revenue from dues and other assets. Critics of the group maintain that it is run by "a tight core of Midwestern professional students;" and this claim has never been proved true or false...
There is considerable doubt that membership in NSA is worth $600, not because of positive proof, but because of no information on the subject. Even NSA's staunchest supporters admit that the Student Council has never availed itself of any of the organization's services. NSA apparently has an information office for common college problems, such as student parking. If such a service exists, the council has never bothered to find out what, if anything, NSA has to say on parking or any other subject...
...NSA does have a national convention which various members of the Harvard Student Council attend. According to reports, the last convention passed a resolution against segregation and set up a committee to study various forms of student government. Whatever else was done, and why, are questions on which the Student Council knows as little as the average undergraduate...
...international activities of NSA are, in fact, the only aspect of the organization on which enough is known to make any sort of value judgement. Harvard has taken the lead in international activities if only because Harvard is one of the few international universities in the United States. NSA maintains its international office in Cambridge, and Harvard men generally fill the important executive positions...