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...move that initially drew concern from his chief subordinate, Undergraduate Council President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 will be living off campus in a Story Street apartment less than half a mile from the Yard. The UC leader and former Quincy House resident, who stayed in the apartment while doing coursework and attending to UC business this summer, cited a desire to live with two of his best friends as the reason for making the switch. In an interview yesterday, he said that he did not believe the move would affect his work with the student government...
...Crimson article on March 5, UC member Jon T. Staff V ’10 said that money earmarked for newspapers “will not go to cultural events” or “political rallies”—the supposed goals of the UC. The need to balance funding of student activities with student services is the UC’s prerogative. But who will rally or organize if they lack a built-in civic community? Or basic information...
...Last winter, a month-long pilot program organized by The Crimson and the UC delivered dozens of communal copies of The New York Times to Harvard dining halls. The program could be continued at a discounted cost of 40 cents a copy at that time (it is likely lower now). The student governments and dean’s offices at Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Yale currently sponsor free newspaper readership programs at their schools...
...UC received over 350 emails from students at the end of the pilot program showing overwhelming support for its continuation. The UC and The Crimson sent a letter to then-President Derek C. Bok to persuade the administration to pick up the cost of the program, but Bok declined. The UC voted down legislation that would share the expense of papers with HoCos, which would have cost $1,700 for the duration of the semester—the same amount of money regularly doled out for parties in a given weekend...
...least) where Harvard goes, others follow. Yet Harvard has fallen behind the times, both in moving its students and in stirring the national consciousness. It is a very small step, but University Hall should give the gift of civic awareness through free papers, and if they will not, the UC must. Perhaps soon, after four and half years of silence, students will really speak up. No one ever ended a war with a text message, and maybe it’s time to revert to old-fashioned tactics to get the point across...