Word: referenda
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even those who disagreed with him on this issue had to admit that Carey's leadership was the main reason that students who were at first undecided about the change were much more likely than not to support the Council's position. During the entire debate and the accompanying referenda, Carey always showed his poise and his determination to act on what was best for the student body...
...College step in and run the next vote. You replied that it would be a sad day for Harvard when the student government could not be trusted to run a referendum. I submit that today is that sad day. And if the council's new move to prevent referenda from ever arising again is allowed to stand, this embarrassing condition will likely continue for the foreseeable future...
...vice president, Liston is the officialadministrator of all referenda...
Jillson said she does not believe that theconvention will endorse it, and lamented thecomplicated procedure for getting referenda on theballot...
...forget about the attitudes of Council executives for a moment--the U.C. Constitution itself could use an overhaul. A continuation of the section on referenda reads, "Such a referendum will be advisory unless the provisions of the referendum make its results binding. Such an order can be overturned by three-fourths of the Council." Students should find this language intolerable...