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...appalled at the fraudulent abuse of power exhibited by Council Chair Evan J. Mandery '89. Sunday was the Council's spring grant disbursement meeting, during which the Council set an apparent precedent by voting to provide postage expenses for the Hillel's Committee on Oppressed Jewry (HCOJ); the UC Finance Committee as standard policy has always refused to pay for postage. After a contradictory vote not to pay postage for the South African Solidarity Committee AND the revelation by the Finance Committee of new information about apparent increased funds available to HCOJ, Council member Andreas Beroutsos moved to reopen debate...
...argument which ensued over the vote's tabulation escalated into a shouting match between Mandery and Beroutsos which required both to leave the chamber and conclude the argument outside of the UC meeting. When both entered the chamber 15 minutes later, Beroutsos presented the motion for reconsideration once again. Cooper kept count as Council members voted in an adapted roll-call vote. The final count: 22 for, 21 against. After the second deliberation of the HCOJ grant, the Council did not reverse its earlier decision, but that's not really the point. I'm not advocating that the Council should...
...really have to wonder why our UC Chair "accidentally miscounted" the same vote TWICE on an obviously close vote and then proceeded to escalate a shouting match between himself and a member of the Council. I've been since told that a personal animosity exists between Beroutsos and Mandery; if so, it shouldn't be allowed to effect the decision-making process of the Council. Granted, Beroutsos was out of line by losing his cool and resorting to vulgarities aimed at other Council members, but someone did need to challenge Mandery's obvious abuse of power. I don't know...
Most historical dialectics take a long time. Fortunately, this one can be speeded up. Some finals clubs, notably the Phoenix and the Fox, are experiencing financial difficulties. Were they sued for sex discrimination, the cost of a lawsuit might mean their financial ruin. The UC should step right in and buy them up--before the University has time to bail them out like they did the Hasty Pudding club. A new student center could be constructed on their land, or the buildings could be sold to pay for a student center on, say, the site of the Fly Club...
...Undergraduate Council and House Committees, says Lichtman, are "stockpiling, survivalist-like, condoms on house basements and across campus," an action which "can only heighten AIDS hysteria." This is an unfair mischaracterization. In deciding on laundry rooms and similar locations, the UC and House Committees carefully considered the importance of not just providing a service, but of creating an appropriate atmosphere, one which encourages awareness and action but is not offensive or irrational. Ideally, the stigma associated with condoms, whether humorous or distasteful, will be slowly dispelled as their presence becomes commonplace. Two condom dispensers in a house can successfully strike...