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...proper role of the Undergraduate Council should be to improve College life, says past-Chairman Brian C. Offutt '87. The council "really isn't a governmental body" but is instead concerned with student issues, says Offutt. The motivation for running for council should be an interest in making Harvard's life a little better, he says...
...fact, the social events were the best thing the council did this year, says Offutt...
...chairman Offutt, the "apolitical" faction held that the council should avoid such debates and concern itself with issues that directly affect students, which they said did not include divestment. Judging by this year's concern with social events, observers say the "apolitical" faction won out and is likely to dominate the agenda of the council in the future...
...Brian C. Offutt '87, who was chairman when the council hired Melendez last year, says that he selected Melendez because he wanted the best person for the job and saw no need to give special consideration to work-study students. Since Melendez had been the council's paid executive secretary while an elected council member in 1983 and 1984, Offutt concluded that Melendez was a better candidate than the work-study student who applied...
This evidently didn't mean as much to Eisert, who succeeded Offutt at the mid-point of Melendez's reign as executive secretary. Eisert says he wanted to save money and looked for a work-study student to replace Melendez--but couldn't find...