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...look at all of the grants funds on campus, including the Dean of the College's fund, the President's Public Services Fund, the Office for the Arts, and the Foundation, you'll find that the council is providing nearly half of the available funding for our student groups. And that money goes to everything from Radcliffe Rugby to the various plays and musicals that are performed on campus...
This year, there are almost 170 applications for council grants--for the fall semester alone! The average grant size is getting smaller, and an average $300 grant just isn't enough to let some of our most valued student groups survive...
Clearly, we need more money for more student-group grants. Rest assured that the majority of the term bill increase will go in that direction--right back in the hands of students, so that they can put on all the events and activities that provide the backbone for college life here at Harvard...
...years ago, former council president and vice-president Beth A. Stewart '00 and Samuel C. Cohen '00 proposed raising an endowment by soliciting our alumni in order to fund student groups in their perpetuity. After proposing this to the administration, it was decided that the College should give an additional $25,000 per year to student groups. The council would have had to raise about $500,000 to get this much per year, so we agreed to the deal. Now, even that additional $25,000 is not enough to fund our skyrocketing number of student groups...
...raising the term-bill fee isn't our first idea of how to raise more money for campus student groups, events and services. We've tried raising funds and convincing the administration to put more of the University's money into our budget. However, a term bill increase is the only way to raise enough money to make a significant difference...