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When Harvard College administrators made the decision to cancel the Undergraduate Council (UC) Party Fund more than a month ago, the UC was up in arms. Much of its indignation amounted to little more than rhetoric and childish petulance. But the UC’s most salient argument has been overlooked until now. In the wake of the cancellation, UC members claimed that the College had overstepped its bounds since its decision violated the UC’s founding charter and constitution. Our examination of these documents bears out the UC’s argument. Whether or not one thinks...
Thankfully, we have for the past few years elected undergraduate councils that have closely mirrored student sentiment on campus. But the Undergraduate Council (UC) system still puts a handful of students in a privileged state. There will always be only one or two students on committees meeting behind closed doors in University Hall. There will always be a handful of students who know what’s about to happen next in the search for the next dean. There will always be representatives who, noble as they may be in seeking to speak for their constituency at large, will always...
...given the cauldron of ambition that is Harvard, this is cause for reflection. We have thus far been fortunate enough to elect representatives who have invariably shied away from megalomania. But the UC has still erected a permanent framework of students who are in the know and those...
...rather than campaigning for the extension of student powers through the UC, any legitimate call for enfranchisement in university governance must operate without mediation. It must operate by direct democracy. If the administration wishes to consult students on matters concerning them—and it would be wise to—it ought to do so by asking every one of them. In the age of universal electronics, it does not sound like a difficult proposition...
Last year, The Crimson briefly faced some extra competition. Thanks to a pilot project sponsored by the Undergraduate Council (UC), several copies of The New York Times were delivered to each dining hall every morning, allowing students to read America’s paper of record as they grabbed a bite on the way to class. These few newspapers pierced the proverbial “Harvard bubble” and sparked plenty of breakfast table discussions of issues of national and global concern. And undergraduates responded: the UC received more than 350 notes from students who enjoyed being able...