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...Committee on College Life (CCL) voted unanimously yesterday morning to recommend the repeal of a newly-imposed Faculty of Arts and Sciences tax on donations to the Harvard Gift Fund...
...also voted unanimously earlier this month to repeal the gift tax. UC members argued that the tax unfairly took money out of the hands of student groups...
...need to find more effective and innovative means of advocacy.The UC’s response to the gift account tax, which has been levied on student group gift accounts this year suggests that the UC may have more than position papers in its advocacy toolkit. The Student Group Tax Repeal Act was passed earlier this month. A week later, the UC organized a protest with students groups outside the Nov. 14 Faculty meeting, which earned them a meeting with Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles. The initiative ultimately fell short, but it represented a step beyond the perfunctory position...
...junta is trying to bring charges of corruption and abuse of power against Thaksin. Yet the new regime is itself starting to lose favor among Thais: promised dates for the repeal of martial law and fresh elections have yet to be announced, and junta members have come under fire for giving themselves pay raises and top jobs in state companies. "The longer the government shows its indecisiveness, the better it is for Thaksin," says Thammasat University politics professor Somjai Phagaphasvivat. Thaksin's legal adviser, Noppadol Patama, says his client's travels around Asia are not intended to capitalize...
...part of the UC’s Hidden Cost Campaign, which seeks to address unnecessary small costs imposed on students and student groups. A TAXING AFTERNOON Several members of the UC and other student leaders met Friday with interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles to urge the repeal of the student group gift tax, which the Faculty of Arts and Sciences plans to raise in the coming months. The tax will go up from five percent this year to 15 percent in three years. The UC has said that the higher tax on the accounts, which allow student...