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Former council Chairman Brian R. Melendez '86 wrote the letter during his term in office, spent $162 of the council's money on it, but never got around to distributing it. The new council Chairman, Brian C. Offutt '87, balked at affixing his official signature to a blatantly partisan statement on a divisive issue. Offutt submitted the dispute to the full council on Nov. 3, and his argument carried...
Current council Chairman Brian C. Offutt '87 said yesterday that his administrative committee has asked the council to approve the remaining suggestions. "I expect the whole council to approve the recommendations, but you can never tell what the mood of the meeting will be," said Offutt...
...Offutt and Brian R. Melendez '86, the former council chairman who prepared the two reports, said Bok had failed to act on many other specific concerns raised by the council as well, including the council's request that graduate student representatives from Harvard's 10 schools be elected through the applicable student government, as undergraduates are through the council. At most graduate schools, deans now appoint student members...
Council approval does not, however, guarantee that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will accept the council's proposals. Offutt said he did not expect the Core Committee to hand over voting rights to undergraduates...
Melendez's report suggests that there is some confusion over whether students currently have full voting rights. Offutt said if the director of the Core Curriculum does not give council members voting rights, he may have to ask the secretary of the faculty to interpret the Core committee's legislation. If the situation isn't resolved to his satisfaction, Offutt said the council might pose the issue to the full faculty...