Word: uc
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...some vocal members of the Undergraduate Council to reflect upon the past year, and they'll offer you a litany of accomplishments. They'll rave about the council's greater accountability and improved public image. They'll even puff up with pride and refer to themselves as "The New UC." But don't believe the hype. The council is mired in a cesspool of irrelevance, misguided activism and petty infighting...
...response, councillors abused their privileges by asking surprise questions and straying from the agenda. They arrived at the formal meetings wearing baseball caps and blue jeans, and they misrepresented to the press the positions taken by administrators. Their disrespect reflected poorly upon all undergraduates. But on "The New UC," rhetoric masks for substance, arrogance for leadership...
...side from using "The New UC" for ego trips and political games, the extremists repeatedly thwarted attempts of other members to foster a sense of community on campus. If you can remember any council activity this year--like comedy concerts, Thanksgiving airport shuttles, Yale football tailgates or Springfest--chances are that the campus life committee planned it. While the rest of the council passed meaningless resolutions, it did all the hard work...
...Hyman's campaign posters reads: "Rob, last year as chair of the grants process and this year as Presi- dent of the New UC, has ensured the financial accountability of the Council...
...Saturday's Crimson, in a column endorsing Presidential candidate Matt Bakal ("Bakal for UC President," April 13, 1996), Nancy Raine Reyes wrote that "some of the most impressive achievements of the Council have been things like shuttle buses to Yale or to Logan Airport." What she fails to mention is that Rudd provided both these services as well as other "vital and important" initiatives like more bike racks in the Yard, longer MAC hours and council support of the PBHA rally...