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...that this is a do-nothing committee,” said Benjamin W. Milder ’08. “You can’t just say that you’re going to liaise with students in the abstract.” Milder, who serves as the UC??s public relations director, said that a committee designated specifically for outreach sends the message that only a third of the council should be talking to constituents. Other representatives worry that no one would choose to serve on the committee. Matthew T. Bosch...
...Earlier this year, the subcommittee raised concerns about athletes missing meals due to extended practices. Benjamin W. Milder ’08, an Undergraduate Council (UC) representative and committee member, said the expanded bagged meal options would benefit students, but were not a sufficient long term solution to the UC??s demand for extended dining hall hours. “[The UC??s] goal is for students to avoid missing meals,” said Milder. “We think this is a step in the right direction, but it doesn’t solve...
...regulations.A majority of the council did vote in favor of 62.35, but it fell short of the two-thirds needed to pass under Haddock’s (and Kouskalis’) interpretation.The meeting, painfully, went on, finally ending with a discussion of three constitutional amendments that would change the UC??s structure.According to UC Representative Thomas D. Hadfield ’08, “Meetings like this are why everyone hates the UC.”The grotesque irony of the entire ordeal, which a few UC represenatives realized a few days after the meeting, was that...
...more concerned with campus legislation than social life.To fix this, Riley sponsored a bill that passed earlier this month to create an independent social programming board. Beginning next semester, the College will endow the board with a $200,000 financial allocation, a four-fold increase over the UC??s typical events budget. According to an article in The Crimson, the new board will be responsible for planning five different social events: two outdoors events like Yardfest, a concert, and Harvard-Yale. The board’s creation effectively outsources the social-planning role traditionally held...
...Angry UC members said Haddock was violating the UC??s constitution, which they said allows the council to overrule all decisions by the president...