Word: senecas
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...smoke-screen to gain funding? For the past two weeks, members of the Undergraduate Council (UC) have been asking just this question in debating whether granting money to an event sponsored by an exclusive, all-female student group conforms to its bylaws. The group in question is the Seneca, which has organized a panel on “Women and Tenure at Harvard” for this Saturday. Because the Seneca, unlike its male counterparts, does not currently own usable event space, it has been searching for off-campus space at which to hold their event. In the meantime...
Unfortunately for the Seneca, as a non-recognized, discriminatory student organization it cannot be guaranteed use of classroom facilities for the panel or granted UC dollars. So the Seneca asked the UC for a $1500 grant to help offset the cost of holding the event in the Faculty Club, which is the only venue the Seneca was able to reserve for this Saturday. The Finance Committee (FiCom) of the UC recommended two days ago to grant the event a $1000 stipend, on the condition that the Seneca drop its claims as a “host?...
...UC’s bylaws prohibits giving grants to “discriminatory” groups (although FiCom can vote to suspend the rule), and the Seneca falls into this category because it admits no men. Since the money that the UC disburses ultimately comes from the student termbill fee, it is inherently unfair to ask the entire student body to financially support the initiatives of a student group that does not admit members of a particular gender. Money is fungible. Funding any activity of a student group—even if the activity benefits the community at large?...
...Women and Tenure, an impressive roster of student groups have signed on as co-sponsors to the event, including the Black Students Association, the Radcliffe Union of Students, and numerous undergraduate advocacy groups. Nevertheless, until FiCom outlined the stipulations of its recommendations, the Seneca persisted in advertising itself as a “host” of the event—rightfully so considering the large amount of work its members put in compared to co-sponsors. However, we are still worried that FiCom is ignoring the Seneca’s obvious heavy involvement in the project. If the coalition...
...this begs a question. The Seneca chose to hold the event in the Faculty Club, a substantially more expensive venue than any options open to recognized student groups. In an email to The Crimson Staff, Seneca President Jane Kim ’05 said that the group chose to hold the event in the Faculty Club because it is the least expensive, most convenient off-campus space it could find for this Saturday. She explained that the group did not ask any of the co-sponsoring organizations to apply for a UC grant or to book classroom space...