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...statement that "people have become too selfish and self-centered and have put their own pleasure ahead of the larger interests of their families and their country." Today 51% agree. In 1974 slightly more than a third of those polled said they agreed that "people like yourself are powerless to change things in the country." That figure has increased marginally to 36% today, despite the approval of the Reagan presidency...
...cannot afford to be complacent with the current fragmented, over-lapping, and fundamentally powerless student government. A no vote would retain this faulty structure. We cannot merely reshuffle student governance at Harvard, but must reinforce the responsiveness, accountability, and centralization of the Student Council created by the Dowling proposal with funding and policy-making power. Vote yeas on both the Dowling proposal and the student policy-making question for a real change--a change for the better...
...students will remain powerless in the new system--and if, as is likely, it will defuse student energy and give the administration symbolic justification for its most objectionable acts--there seems little reason to support the "reforms." The only really positive feature of the plan is its bottom line: $60,000. Perhaps the reconstituted Student Assembly will be able to do more than stage rock concerts with that money. Perhaps it will save a little for its own purposes and distribute the rest to campus organizations that will use the funds to confront the administration and demand real change...
...former enemies whom we defeated now often outproduce and outtrade us. Our power is challenged by growing Soviet ambitions and military prowess; by OPEC's endless extortions; by a chaotic, largely hostile Third World. Much of this situation was symbolized by two recent events that showed the U.S. relatively powerless: the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Iranian hostage crisis...
...student was never reimbursed, and without a binding contract, was powerless to contest the injustice done. She resumed the summer in mid-July, $500 poorer...