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...your point was that the UC has become a closed group, there was no need to belittle and ignore the many services we do provide. After reading the feature by David Kurnick on the same day, I realized that The Crimson must belittle others only to distract readers from its own failures...
While Kurnick focuses on the involvement of the Committee on Undergraduate Education, he misses the hard work the Committee on House Life (COHL, a student-faculty committee not part of the UC for those who appreciate accuracy) has done to implement some of the 14 points...
Kurnick never mentioned my name, or UC involvement, in his feature--despite speaking to me about it. However, bits and pieces of our conversation did appear in the article without attribution, while some of my work was attributed to something about a 14-point plan written by some guy from Canada...
...understand your concerns with the council's $20 allocation to bring the Spin Doctors to Harvard Square, but I can assure you that there was no grand conspiracy to give a kickback to one of our own members. The $20 was granted to a UC-sponsored event, approved by the full council at our public meeting on February 2. This resolution was treated as any other, with the Executive Board having no role whatsoever in its passage...
Further, the event was open to all undergraduates, and the UC approved the allocation on the condition that everyone 18 and over would be allowed to attend. The UC's endorsement and its money would have been revoked otherwise...