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While the council has made considerable attempts to start various service projects, so far these initiatives have failed. Last year a representative of Phillips Brooks House, the community service organization, visited a meeting of the council and persuaded the group that they would only be duplicating PBH's efforts, so the council is now trying to form a graduate chapter of the public service organization...
Council members say that setting up a graduate chapter of PBH would instill camaraderie among the different schools as well as allow students of different graduate schools apply their expertise in public service work. They add it would also help dispel the stereotype that some of the graduate schools churn out "money-hungry materialists...
...think it's definitely a good idea," says Yolanda Berrara, a student at the Kennedy School. "PBH would be able to use the expertise of grad students very well...
...council member in charge of coordinating the PBH project says it is not progressing as quickly as planned, and that no definite date has been set for the chapter's formation. Later this month, in an informal arrangement, graduate students will cook meals for and help staff Rosie's Place, a local homeless center...
Unless the University steps in to support PBH with a financial boost, fiscal and physical dangers may result from PBH's over-hasty expansion. The dangers became apparent last July when a PBH van carrying summer camp children flipped over on the Mass. Turnpike. The van was filled to double the legal capacity because, according to officials, PBH did not have enough money to buy more vans. Although the 29 children and counselors sustained minor injuries, a major tragedy was narrowly escaped. The University and PBH cannot allow risks like these to occur simply for lack of money or poor...