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...Director of Communication Beth Brainard. Lamont established its new hours in 2005 partly in response to repeated student calls for a 24-hour library. A 2004 Undergraduate Council (UC) report authored by former UC President John S. Haddock ’07 and current UC President Ryan A. Petersen ’08, found that 92 percent of undergraduates contacted through a phone survey supported extending library hours. “Given that most schools have students centers and libraries that are open for 24-hour periods, it seemed notably absent at Harvard,” Petersen said yesterday. Students...
...over the salary of Harvard’s security guards. Seven members of the Undergraduate Council (UC), which passed legislation two weeks ago in support of security guards, fasted on Wednesday in support of the ten students currently hunger striking. The politicos that fasted included UC President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 and Student Activities Committee Chair Mike R. Ragalie ’09. But participation has stirred controversy within the council. Petersen sent an e-mail to the UC open-list on Tuesday urging a “day of fasting by the Undergraduate Council?...
...Initial plans called for the Web site to be created and administered by the Office of the Provost. But the UC decided to go forward with the initiative on its own after encountering difficulties in arranging a time to meet with administrators, said UC President Ryan A. Petersen ’08. Provost Steven E. Hyman could not be reached for comment late yesterday evening. UC representatives met yesterday with Associate Provost Doreen Koretz and Paul Barreira of University Health Services, according to UC Representative Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10, who served as a co-sponsor...
...President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 opened the proceedings yesterday with a reference to the e-mail that Interim President Derek C. Bok sent to undergraduates this week in which he pledged to solicit opinions on the prospect of changing the calendar...
...Many of you saw Derek Bok’s e-mail,” Petersen said. “Congratulations. I think it would not have happened without the Undergraduate Council pushing...