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...good opportunity to put competing visions of the UC in the marketplace and allow the council to do some reflection about where it's been and where it's going," says Stewart...
...Undergraduate Council president in 1998, Beth Stewart '00, was elected on a platform calling for change in campus life, a contrast from the activist council that preceded her reign. She successfully campaigned for cable television in House common rooms. While she was president, the council instituted the Fly-By lunch convenience in Loker and made progress with universal keycard access. Another major effort instituted by the College during Stewart's reign was the establishment of a $25,000 fund for student organizations, giving the 250-plus groups at Harvard a much-needed financial boost. Being president of course, wasn...
...learned the art of flirtation, negotiation and compromise," Stewart recalls. "I also became intermittently acquainted with my own flaws. I learned some hard lessons about the media and press relations...
...Being the undergraduate student body president of Harvard vaulted Stewart into the national spotlight numerous times. She was quoted in The New York Times more than once and also wrote a short piece for Rolling Stone about the impeachment of President Clinton. In addition, after contacting the people at "Politically Incorrect," she appeared (after her term as president was over) on Bill Maher's show. Stewart plans to attend law school and then serve in a public service or an administrative capacity...
...Before Stewart, Rob Hyman '98 and Lamelle D. Rawlins '99, respectively, reigned supreme. Talk about finding your best friends in the council--the two graduates currently live together, self-proclaimingly "deeply in love," in Cambridge. While Hyman counts Rawlins as the "number one benefit of being president," the two also worked closely together during their terms to revitalize the workings of the student government and, student life at Harvard. Hyman served three terms as president; in 1995 he was the first president elected by popular election of the entire undergraduate student body. Before then, the election of president...