Word: sac
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Wlodarczyk pitched 6 2/3 strong innings in his second start for the Eagles (13-17-0), lowering his team-worst 15.12 ERA by more than six runs. Boston College first baseman Ryan Morgan provided the scoring for the home team with a first-inning two-run homer and a sac fly in the fifth...
...closed meeting on Tuesday, the Undergraduate Council’s Student Affairs Committee (SAC) endorsed one of the most significant proposals in the council’s history. The measure—which was never mentioned in any of the presidential candidates’ campaign platforms—sought to change the student activities fee the council charges to termbills from an optional $35 to a mandatory $100. Proponents may be right that by effectively tripling its budget, the council could radically expand and improve services. Yet more money could just mean more waste and inefficiency in an organization already...
Fortunately, the student body will have a real say—outspoken critics on SAC convinced their fellow members to put the dramatic hike up for a vote later this semester. We are disappointed that an issue of such sweeping importance got its first hearing behind closed doors—without even a hint to the student body—and we have deep hesitations regarding many of the ill-conceived details present or absent in the proposal itself. But we are not willing to dismiss it out of hand. We support this referendum in principle because a vote...
...council must also consider broader structural changes before it expects the student body to rubber stamp this fee hike. SAC members who favor the increase point out that Harvard lags far behind peer institutions when it comes to termbill fees—the average fee elsewhere is $201, they claim. But critics rightly recognize that many of these schools are far better equipped to handle the larger budgets, with far more students working actively to organize campuswide events. And while we are confident that more money would heighten the profile of council events, which in turn would attract more committed...
...increased funding would also allow for campus-wide events such as dances and concerts to occur more regularly, according to SAC Chair Matthew J. Glazer...