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Some fear that re-instating last year’s representatives??if only for a month—would give an advantage to incumbents during UC elections. Yet such concerns are outweighed by the importance of having a functional UC through September—one that can address student issues, provide immediate funding to student groups, and adequately represent the student body to the administration...
...McCain has already conceded liberal Massachusetts to the Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, and the state’s politicians—notably Kerry, Kennedy, and Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78—have emerged as important surrogates for the Obama campaign. Cambridge’s other representatives??Representative Michael E. Capuano, State Senator Anthony D. Galluccio, and State Representative Alice K. Wolf—ran unopposed Tuesday. All three are expected to cruise to reelection in November...
...student representatives??one from the UC’s Student Affairs Committee and one from the general student body—will join Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and University Health Services (UHS) Chief of Mental Health Richard D. Kadison as participants on the UHS-College committee, which UC Representative Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 described yesterday as “a team environment to come together and pool resources to improve health at Harvard...
First, they believe that the UC’s appointing students—often fellow UC representatives??to seats on Faculty committees creates bottlenecks in hearing student voice. It is unclear to them why UC middlemen should shape the expression of student concerns. Under their system, this would be entirely eliminated. The UC would simply facilitate direct meetings between student groups and faculty and would have no further influence in the interaction between...
...reactions from his constituents have been “mostly positive,” with more people questioning him about his commute than about his age. As he lives at home in Nashua, the former should not be a problem.Gallichon sees his status as a student comparable to other representatives?? outside jobs. State representatives make $200 plus transportation costs per term, and District 26 incumbents are listed as real estate brokers and salesmen, among other occupations.Political issues that the 18-year-old highlights in his campaign include universal access to affordable healthcare, a clearer definition of and better...