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Recently, the Undergraduate Council found a great new way to waste time: It’s getting involved in the class ring drama. Last Sunday, the council had an extensive debate on whether to give one ring company an exclusive deal on Harvard class rings. The proposal passed, so next year’s council representatives will likely be hawking class rings on behalf of a large, for-profit company. Granted, Harvard Student Agencies (HSA)—the official ring vendor of the original bill, and now likely to be the one chosen by the council?...
...council representatives are ostensibly offering their ring-selling services pro bono. However, the council as a whole is accepting $3,000 as part of the same bill authorizing the one-ring deal—a juxtaposition which council member Jason L. Lurie ’05 rightly called “bribery.” In last week’s arguments, other representatives criticized the bill and Vice President Michael R. Blickstead ’05 withdrew his sponsorship for a modified bill because it “prostitut[ed] an idea to other companies...
Regardless of the cost, buying a ring is a colossal waste of money. Some people buy rings because they want to show off the fact that they went to Harvard or remind themselves of it. Others do it because they feel that they should. But it’s possible to satisfy the first two needs and still have $600 left over. And no students should buy rings simply because they think it’s expected of them...
...fact, class rings do much more to separate students by social class than to unite them as a graduating class. The council was right to seek to an official ring, but it should not overestimate the breadth of the benefits. Assisting students impoverished by their own financial pretentiousness is a noble mission, but fostering community through the shared experience of purchasing class rings is nothing more than a pipe dream...
...truth, most of the things that boxers, football players and lacrosse players do in the ring or on the field would land them in jail if they tried it in an office building. Bertuzzi was dangerously out of line and deserved his suspension for the rest of the regular season plus the play-offs--after all, Moore's year is finished too--but his action was, regrettably, part of the sport. "This guy went over the line for a split second, and now he is vilified over North America as a guy who should get life in jail," says broadcaster...