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...rest of the semester, however, was not as productive. Having faced several meetings in recent years—including November’s infamous debate—in which the Faculty failed to meet quorum, the Faculty put a proposal to lower quorum from one-sixth to one-eighth on the agenda for the next meeting. Perhaps out of shock at having accomplished something during the February meeting, or maybe out of fear that the meeting would not reach quorum itself, the Faculty decided to cancel their March meeting, putting off their discussion of the quorum question until April?...
...held. The Faculty are entrusted with a tremendous responsibility with the power to vote on all of these issues. If they were willing to commit a few hours every month to issues of such import, there would be no need for quorum to be even as low as one-sixth, let alone one-eighth. The institutional inertia affects not only the issues that were put off, such as the quorum vote, but also issues that have received insufficient oversight from the Faculty this year, such as the General Education program...
...season full of moments like this for Vaillancourt, it was more than fitting that she receive the Kazmaier trophy and become the sixth Crimson player to take home the accolade in the award’s 11-year history...
...what was supposed to be a rebuilding year, the Harvard fencing team showed that even in off years it will be a force to be reckoned with, finishing sixth nationally for the second consecutive season. Lacking the star power of years past with foilist Emily Cross and epeeist Benji Ungar off training for this summer’s Olympics, both the women and men far exceeded expectations. Despite a trio of epeeists that included only one experienced fencer, the women posted an undefeated fall season, winning the first annual Beanpot tournament and even beating perennial juggernaut and 2007 national champion...
...Watson each qualified for the Singlehanded National Championships. Kovacs recorded his second consecutive fourth-place finish, and Watson was ninth on the women’s side. Kovacs was the winner of the New England Singlehanded Championship, while his young teammates, freshman Teddy Himler and sophomore Drew Robb, finished sixth and seventh, respectively. Junior Roberta Steele joined Watson at the Women’s New England Singlehanded Championship in September, finishing 11th to Watson’s third. At season’s end, Kovacs, Dolbec, Watson, and Wareham were all honored as part of the All-New England team...