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...December issue of Perspective, Rebecca Stich '98, the out-going programming chair at the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), responds to what she sees as a pernicious trend among Harvard's "activists." She claims that several recent e-mails from UNITE and an article in the November issue of Perspective by Shlomtzion M. Shaham '01 suggest a marginalization of community service in the agenda of the left. Stich quotes Shaham's comment that "community service rarely effects social change: it attempts to alleviate existing problems, and does not try to change the underlying structures that caused those problems." From statements...
...Stich's point is well-taken, and she deserves credit for the nuance of her account. She understands that to speak monolithically of "Harvard activists" is to generalize meaninglessly. Like any other cross-section of the student body, "activists" at Harvard come in many shapes and sizes, and they approach their activism in a variety of ways. Likewise, "activism" at Harvard is a heterogeneous idea and cannot either be embraced or dismissed absolutely. And while Stich's critique is not aimed at most Harvard activists, it takes notice of an identifiable trend within the activist community that requires attention...
...increased space or money demands of a single additional program aren't great," said Rebecca E. Stich '98, PBHA programming co-chair when the moratorium was lifted...
...past we have worked well enough with the administration to accommodate our needs as they grew," said Stich...
...increased space or money demands of a single additional program aren't great" Stich said. "In the past we have worked well enough with the administration to accommodate our needs as they grew...