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Council members say the results of last year's referendum--in which a slim majority of voters rejected a term bill increase--has restricted the options available to this year's council...
...last year's referendum, many council members say they cannot adopt what many believe would be the most effective solution--raising the fee for all students...
Council members' solution is clear: more money. But last year, a student referendum narrowly defeated a proposal to raise the term bill fee to $50, leaving the council hurting for cash...
...their representatives with such issues in mind. I believe a termbill hike would be a good thing, and I believe that the council deserves the ability to raise the fee along with inflation--but I do not believe that to assume such powers without student input through a referendum would be a responsible...
...endorse a measure that will only marginalize the body further as students who have already stopped voting in the council's elections now stop contributing as well. If the staff is concerned with student welfare, it should not endorse a horrific precedent whereby the results of a student referendum can be ignored whenever it looks like a good idea at the time. The council's responsibility is to act on student preferences, not to disregard them; if it has forgotten that role, then Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 and the Faculty should keep it in mind...