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Each year, UC candidates flock to the largest political and cultural organizations on campus in an attempt to lock up the votes of their members, but UC President Andrea R. Flores ’10 said that based on her campaign experience, this strategy may fail to produce the expected results...
...Johnson] and I have both visited the UC Web site at least three times. We went to a town hall once where they advertised food, but it was gone by the time we got there,” said Long, when asked about his experience with student government. “And we have used the same bathroom as Eric Hysen...
Back in 2007, the disappearance of Party Fund grants for alcoholic beverages made many students think Harvard would never again foot the bill for fun. The current UC, however, has taken steps to change this with the new Student Initiated Programming Fund. Introduced last semester, the SIP Fund will allow upperclassmen of legal drinking age to apply for retroactive grants of $200 for student events—which can be parties—in House common spaces...
...UC has faced serious opposition from administrators and House Masters. These detractors argue that the SIP Fund’s restrictions will not sufficiently ensure that UC money—which effectively is gathered via the College since it comes through student term-bills—doesn’t go to support underage drinking. It is understandable that administrators are concerned, as there are obviously liability issues whenever alcohol is bought and consumed. Yet the UC has taken care to address these concerns when drafting the protocols for the SIP fund. Though it is conceivable that underage students could...
...UC has clearly spent a great deal of time thinking how best to devise a way to provide money to students for social events that both is practical and responds to concerns administrators have expressed in the past. The longer administrators and House Masters continue to slow down the implementation of SIP, the longer students will continue turning to unsupervised parties in their suites while College social life suffers. With several significant precautions in place, it is time for administrators to concede that, though there may always be underage drinking, the SIP program is worthy of their approval...