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Archie C. Epps III, dean of students, said last week he saw two alternatives that the Student Assembly could pursue. On the one hand, the members of the Student Assembly could request formal recognition from CHUL. On the other, Epps said, the members of the Student Assembly could ask the University to appoint a special review committee to consider different options for student government reform. The committee would be similar to the Fainsod Committee that established the student-faculty advisory committees--mainly CHUL, the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) and the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities (CRR)--in the wake...
When the school year ended last spring, Harvard administrators such as Epps and Dean Fox were still befuddled by the convincing mandate the convention's new constitution had received from students. About 70 per cent of the students who voted approved the constitution--despite a few controversial clauses--and about 85 per cent of the undergraduate body showed up at the polls. This constituted one of the most dramatic displays of student consensus in years. But while the convention delegates had labored long over the development of a workable student government, and had tried hard to garner approval from undergraduates...
...group of key delegates felt that, in the wake of the impressive mandate, the convention should continue to meet and press for comprehensive reform of the existing system of student representation while the time was ripe. Another group of active delegates felt the convention had already gone far enough by itself, and should wait to let the duly elected Student Assembly decide the future of student government at Harvard. They were afraid the convention might incense students by appearing to be a body that was out of touch with the rest of the students. The group that wanted to wait...
...internal structure of the convention, at least, is clear. Its constitution provides for the creation of a fairly typical student government. There will be 85 members in the assembly, with students elected from their respective Houses and living areas of the Yard. There are provisions for recalls, referendums and grass-roots meetings between the representatives and their constituencies, to make sure student opinion is well represented. The assembly will have a few standing committees to deal with housing, education, the organization of social functions, and the University's disciplinary policies toward students...
Predictions about the potential effectiveness of the Student Assembly are hesitantly optimistic among those most closely involved with it. Jay Yeager '79, a delegate to the convention, said he thinks the Student Assembly can wield effective power this fall, but he admitted that "the assembly will only have a modicum of legitimacy, and whether or not that will remain is questionable." Yeager said that, for the assembly to gain power and legitimacy, it must carefully consider student opinion...