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Others say that last year was the exception rather than the rule for the council. Brian R. Melendez '86, former chair and a current employee of the council, says that many of the council's problems were related to Offutt's chairmanship. Eisert has a "much more accomodating personality," he says...
...think Offutt and his entire administration was a fluke," Melendez says, "A lot of the problems last year had to do with Brian Offutt's personality...
...Offutt and a number of other council members objected to the letters, saying that the use of council stationary was an implicit support of the pro-divestment gift fund. A council vote resulted in a two-thirds majority in favor of not using the stationary...
...People on both sides of the argument felt very passionately and this did lead to many accomplishments such as a report on discipline, increased social events, taking over the raft race, and a report which led to making Harvard accessible to the handicapped through television," Offutt says...
...incumbents, and several of their supporters turned to a campus wide referendum. While some said the move was supposed to to help resolve the widening rift within the council, candidate Smith saw the referendum as a political move. "They tried to do anything they could to unseat Offutt and myself," he said...