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Most troubling is that the bill is indicative of the larger aim of Council President Noah Z. Seton '00 to remove politically-charged issue from the council's agenda altogether. Pointing to the presently deadlock council as a flawed justification, Seton has claimed that the debate of political issues takes away from the council's ability to serve students. Instead of addressing politically, ethically or morally controversial issues, he argues, the council should "[lobby] on specific issues that affect the Harvard life of Harvard students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Politicize the Council | 4/13/1999 | See Source »

...should, as Seton claims, a political council allow council representatives to introduce any sort of superfluous political legislation. Embracing political issues doesn't mean bills can lack a clear objective, methodology and justification. Thus, while the council's recent decision to endorse an outside advocacy organization's same-sex marriage resolution touched on an important and relevant issue, it did nothing other than simply declare a political stance. A political council can affect real change only when it ties larger issues to the specific Harvard-related policy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Politicize the Council | 4/13/1999 | See Source »

Last November we endorsed the candidacy of Seton and Vice President Kamil E. Redmond '00 with the hope that the two would work together to create an agenda which addressed both student services and politically-charged issues. Contrary to the declared "apolitical" platform of last year's council leadership, we--along with the students who elected Seton and Redmond into office--believed the council could still maintain its commitment to SpringFest and frozen yogurt even as it engaged issues which happened to be political or controversial...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Politicize the Council | 4/13/1999 | See Source »

...council's leadership is to succeed in fulfilling their campaign promise, they must abandon the notion that politics and student services are inherently at odds with each other. Seton is concerned that political issues take too much time to debate during full meetings. But how much is there to debate about lower telephone rates, fly-by lunches or improved UHS treatment? These types of students services are best achieved when committees and individuals work closely with the administrators and officials. They do not require hours of council-wide discussion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Politicize the Council | 4/13/1999 | See Source »

Halfway through their first term in office, Seton and Redmond have succeeded somewhat in reinvigorating politics on this campus while maintaining a high priority on student services. But the council is still far from the admirable and ambitious vision they touted last November. We still believe that vision can become a reality. But it is up to Seton and Redmond to make...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Politicize the Council | 4/13/1999 | See Source »

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