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...constituents today, I would like to clarify some of the important issues debated in last Sunday's Undergraduate Council meeting. The issue under discussion was that of the council's report on date rape. The April 13 Crimson article covering the meeting was, I believe, misrepresentative of the UC's fundamental intent in the debate ("UC Defines Rape Narrowly"). The concerns voiced to me by several women center on the fear that rape victims will be less likely to step forward if they believe that the University's policy has become more stringent...
...quintessence of the council's new recommended definition lies in the definition of sexual negligence, or what The Crimson has termed "grey area." I believe this label to be a disservice not only to the UC, who see more importance in this than mere "grey area," but to the entire undergraduate community. The Crimson had a duty to inform the Harvard community properly of the significance and gravity of what has been termed "sexual negligence." This category opens up an entirely new outlook on the definition of rape...
...wish to have an even broader definition of rape, one in which any sexual encounter that did not have explicit consent of both parties would constitute rape, this definition was deemed too strict to be feasibly instituted. To be politically blunt, such a definition would never have passed the UC full council...
...Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) also reacted strongly to the council, releasing a statement yesterday which "challeng[ed] the UC's authority to create a 'policy' on date rape at Harvard-Radcliffe...
...UCSB 1410 10-7 10. G. Tech 1355 6-2 11. Las Posit. 1353 6-4 12. HARVARD 1351 5-1 13. Miami 1310 4-0 14. Virginia 1249 12-2 15. Humboldt 1247 2-3 16. Georgia 1232 4-2 17. UC-Berk. 1195 2-8 18. E. Carol. 1170 4-2 19. Carn-Mell. 1145 6-2 20. UC-Davis...