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T he upcoming Cambridge City Council elections make us question America's electoral politics, already dearly deserving scrutiny. Municipal elections in Cambridge operate on a system of proportional representation, which in its simplest conception dictates that representation in elected government should reflect not merely the majority will, but a portion...
The great preponderance of democratic nations in the world have rejected this distorted form of representation in favor of proportional representation. All but two European nations use this system, as do South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and a number of other emerging democracies. Within these systems, every group is represented...
In addition to hoping for a higher proportion of women on the executive board next semester, Redmond said she feels the council needs more members of color to better represent all Harvard undergraduates.
The issue of publicity and reaching out to a greater proportion of the student body is an important one for council right now. The council had trouble filling its 89 seats this semester, and some current members feel that the decrease in women's interest is simply a reflection of...
DAVID VAN BIEMA, TIME's religion writer, this week reports on the fatal shootings at a church in Fort Worth, Texas, and its similarities, from at least one perspective, to other recent tragedies, such as that at Columbine. "While trying to tell the story of this horrible event, we wanted...