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Donating Crimson Cash, however, another part of the Swipe for Darfur plan, runs into none of these problems. Focusing on Crimson Cash will carry all the benefits of fundraising for Darfur and none of the systemic pitfalls...
...well-intentioned endeavors that seem to be not fully considered. We caution the greater community to not be overly hasty in donating this unused money. While on the surface it seems as though the funds will disappear if they are not redirected to this very worthy cause, the Swipe for Darfur BoardPlus plan will actually divert much-needed funding from HUDS, funding that effectively is being used already...
While the Swipe for Darfur program will be implemented today at the John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG), the Graduate School of Education (GSE), and Harvard Law School (HLS), it should not be implemented at the College without an understanding of its long-term implications and possibilities...
...implicitly picking favorite humanitarian causes, the Swipe for Darfur proposal will set a dangerous precedent for Harvard activist fundraising. In the Harvard consciousness, thanks to a successful divestment campaign, significant activist activity, and a whole lot of green bracelets...
...solution is a simple one. Instead of establishing a precedent of swiping for a single cause, students should be given a choice at the end of the year about the humanitarian destination of their surplus Crimson Cash. University Hall would establish a process whereby student activist groups (like the Darfur Action Group) could petition for their causes being included on the menu of options that would be available to students. The College administration would have to establish its own criteria for eligibility, but the process would make swipe-card based fundraising available to more groups than just those that have...