Word: sac
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Every semester, Harvard’s Undergraduate Council politicos vie for the chairmanship of the Student Activities Committee, a lesser known, but influential position within the council that has proven to be a stepping stone to greater ambitions. Since 2001, five out of nine of UC presidents served as SAC chair before they ascended to the UC’s top spot, two served as UC vice-president, and one was a SAC vice-chair. Andrea R. Flores ’10 is the only UC President since 2001 who was not previously a member of SAC or vice president...
...this year an anomaly sits as SAC chair: Tamar Holoshitz ’10. A late-comer to the UC, Holoshitz has forged a reputation as a staunch advocate of women’s issues and mental health advocacy on campus...
...think it was fair to my committee to be running in a competitive campus-wide election when I should have been dedicating myself to this role, which is really challenging,” she said. “It is very, very difficult to do a good job as SAC chair if you are planning an election...
...other hand, after running three times to get and keep the SAC chairmanship, Holoshitz’s decision to continue in her current position owes something to her distaste for campaigning...
...doctor makes an incision in a man's scrotal sac and, deftly wielding his scalpel, quickly removes both testicles. In the Czech Republic, that simple operation is the punishment for male sex offenders. But to the Council of Europe, the region's leading human-rights body, the procedure is "invasive, irreversible and mutilating." In a report issued last week, the council called the punishment "degrading" and demanded it be scrapped immediately...