Word: republicans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have just finished reading a handbill containing the Republican Club's jejeune objections to the proposed Harvard Student Association. I am frankly appalled that that less than august body has adopted such a babyish posture regarding such a positive step towards the creation of a viable fabric of undergraduate community...
Also, we are disturbed by the differential treatment accorded anti-constitution news by The Crimson. It is inexcusable that the HRGSA resolution was reported a full week after it was passed and the Republican Club resolution was reported three days after it was approved; yet the Democratic Club's pro-constitution resolution was reported the day after it was passed. The HRGSA and Republican Club resolutions were reported on page five of The Crimson; rebuttal from a Convention delegate was included (response to the rebuttal was given to a reporter, but she did not include it). The Democratic Club...
Friday's story, by J. Wyatt Emmerich, implied (beginning with its headline, "Republican Club Admits Error in Accusation") that the Club had withdrawn its objections to the Constitution. This is completely inaccurate and is the shoddiest piece of journalism we have ever seen: interviews with two Republican Club officers were attributed to one person, no one was quoted accurately or meaningfully and despite what Emmerich reported, neither the Republican Club nor the HRGSA has ever met with Mike Desaulniers, or even heard of him, and if anyone deserves an apology...
Furthermore, Emmerich failed to note the fact that the funding problem is only one of seven problems the Club sees in the Constitution. The Republican Club also objects to the special representation provision of the Constitution--both in principle, because it awards extra votes to some students, and as applied, because it arbitrarily excludes certain deserving groups...
...proposed student government is an important issue that demands intelligent deliberation by the student body. Inherently necessary to that deliberation is correct information regarding the Constitution and its implications. --Chuck Fraser '78 President, Harvard-Radcliffe Gay Students Association --Kathy Duey '79 President, Harvard Republican Club...