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Addressing the UC??s prolonged period of inactivity, however, will not in itself ensure effective student representation on campus. Too often, UC members seem hesitant to address controversial issues facing their constituents. Specifically, the Student Affairs Committee (SAC), created to advocate for student interests, remained largely inactive last year, and in so doing, lost many opportunities to bring campus-wide concerns to the attention of the administration. For instance, when party grants were discontinued last March, students screamed their disapproval over open lists and in dorm rooms, from Mather to the Quad. However, SAC’s response...
...pockets. Associate Dean of Student Life and Activities Judith H. Kidd said that the administration has heard an increasing number of requests for transportation funding for extraordinary travel by student organizations. The new fund, she said, will be more efficient than previous one-off grants. As with the UC??s standard student group grants, organizations will apply for Student Life grants using the Common Grant Application and then interview with the Council’s Finance Committee, which will make a recommendation to the entire UC. The Council estimated that there will be a funding cap of approximately...
...said UC Vice President Randall S. Sarafa ’09. The boards will include between 8 and 12 students, including the UC president and vice president, who will sit on each of the three committees. Between Oct. 3 and 10, students can apply through the UC??s Web site to represent their department on the committees, Sarafa said. Some departments, like psychology, already have student advisory boards. But Kosslyn said the three new committees will offer distinct opportunities. “Departmental committees definitely are useful and have their place, but this will provide a context...
...current UC members who were involved in the project will soon graduate. Usui said few people on the council now could handle the time commitment and technical know-how of maintaining CrimsonReading. Usui, who is in charge of publicity for Crimson Reading, said that going forward, the UC??s only involvement with the service will be to get the word out, especially to freshmen. Crimson Reading will continue to use Harvard students as ISBN gatherers at the Coop, Maddox said. In addition, BrunoBooks has outsourced some of its ISBN collecting operations to a firm in India. Crimson Reading?...
...scene further away from administrative control, while further exacerbating class differences in Harvard social life.The administration’s intransigence was matched only by that of the Undergraduate Council, which angrily protested the decision with heated rhetoric and a refusal to comply. This led to a freezing of the UC??s funding, which, unsurprisingly, didn’t help anything.The unproductive conflict reached its zenith in Petersen’s installation speech, in which he railed against the “disempowerment” and “denial of student citizenship” that he perceived...