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...visibly discomposed UC President Andrea R. Flores ’10, who had previously made statements in Council meetings against the bill, left the meeting soon after the legislation was passed and UC Vice President Kia J. McLeod ’10 broke publicly with Flores in support of the bill...
University President Drew G. Faust, who was slated to complete the night’s trifecta of administrators, pulled out due to illness, according to UC president Andrea R. Flores...
...significant difference from the old Party Fund system is that the new “UC Weekend Fund” will only distribute grants to events held in House common spaces and will not be used to fund parties in private suites. One of the major concerns with party funding was that money from the administration would be indirectly funding underage drinking. Restricting funding to parties in common areas, which are easier to monitor than private suites, makes underage drinking more difficult—and may be the only reason why this proposal has any support from the administration...
Still, the benefits of funding and encouraging room parties, as in the old system, so long as they are well publicized and not exclusive, should not be underestimated. The UC should at least attempt to expand this program in the future to also fund suite parties. Measures could be taken to monitor alcohol consumption in these locations as tutors could still check in on these locations, and, after all, grant applicants must be 21 years of age in order to receive any funding for alcohol...
...given the many positive aspects of this program, we hope that the UC Weekend Fund will have a successful trial run this spring and that the program will become a permanent resource for Harvard’s social scene come next fall...