Word: stewart
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Council President Beth A. Stewart '00 saidmembers will try to campaign more aggressivelythan before to encourage students to revote. Shesaid they plan to advertise in The Crimson, tableand to poster around the campus to alert studentsthat they must vote at the end of next week...
Undergraduate Council President Beth A. Stewart '99 said, "I hope [this resolution] will protect students from binge drinking, while not infringing on students who drink safely and legally...
...effect, the depoliticization of the council has made Harvard's student government still weaker. In campaigning last December, Stewart argued that the council was wasting time discussing issues like Faculty diversity and divestment from Nigeria--time that could be better spent improving student life. But that argument has not stood up. The council's meetings are shorter, but our representatives have not accomplished significantly more in the way of student life than in previous years. And meanwhile, an important dialogue on larger issues has been abandoned...
...what are the student life improvements, since Stewart and her vice president Samuel C. Cohen '00--now the most invisible man on campus--took office in February? The availability of frozen yogurt in Annenberg, bag lunches in Loker and a sizable increase in student group funding. There have been few signs of the promised universal keycard access or cable TV. Stewart has made great efforts to bring these promises to fruition, and she deserves credit for that. But the effectiveness of her council has not necessarily proven the merits of casting off all politics...
...council is going to remain depoliticized, as it will at least until Stewart's term expires in January, the relevance of the body will depend on how hard house representatives work on causes and projects that matter to them. In these circumstances, it is disappointing that few people are running and many of those who are running are campaigning on catchy signs and slogans instead of ideas...