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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Undergraduate Council referendum reported that 70 percent of the undergraduate population said they would prefer to take first semester exams before winter break...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: Faculty Shoots Down Plan for Broad Calendar Reform | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

...former council member launched a campaign to block the fee hike by calling for a student referendum on the issue...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: For the Undergraduate Council, things seemed to sour overnight. | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

...initial referendum was invalidated after council members allegedly intimidated voters and left ballots unsecured...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: For the Undergraduate Council, things seemed to sour overnight. | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

Students rejected the fee hike in the second referendum, which was conducted by outside mediators. But council members said not enough students voted to bind council members to the outcome...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: For the Undergraduate Council, things seemed to sour overnight. | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

...make no mistake about it, the students at Harvard don't care. Turnouts for elections rarely top 25 percent, less than half of the total the admittedly apathetic U.S. electorate achieves. the much-ballyhooed referendum on council reform (reported on incessantly in this paper) netted lower than 30 percent of the students...

Author: By David L. Bosco, | Title: Reform? Who Cares? | 6/7/1994 | See Source »

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