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Undergraduate Council (UC) president Ryan A. Petersen ’08 said that Faust plans to attend a UC meeting in the near future as a way to meet council representatives and interested students...
...mail hotline to allow student feedback on teaching fellow (TF) quality and a recap of new-and-improved measures for allotting funds to student groups were among the items presented at a short session of the Undergraduate Council (UC) yesterday. The meeting, which was called to order at 7:20 p.m. and dismissed before the top of the hour, began with President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 acknowledging Drew Gilpin Faust’s recent appointment as president of the University. According to Petersen, who, together with Vice President Matthew L. Sundquist ‘09, had spoken...
...According to the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services, 50 percent of incoming freshmen identified as abstainers. Funneling the majority of party funds to venues where the primary focus is alcohol cuts off social options for students who choose not to drink. By funding more freshman parties, the UC is wisely extending a hand to a traditionally ignored demographic...
...indeed be difficult for freshmen to spend $100 on a dry party—the traditional chips and salsa don’t cost that much, and the fund is not meant to bankroll fancy meals for small groups of freshman. Consequently, the UC should consider issuing six $50 grants instead of three $100 grants. No matter how the money is distributed, though, encouraging a diverse range of social opportunities is the best route to a happier student body across all four years. If there is a demand for freshman parties–and there is–the UC...
Freshman social life at Harvard can be fairly depressing. Riding in on a white horse to solve this ever-pressing problem is the Undergraduate Council (UC), which, ever reluctant to leave constituents dissatisfied, recently doubled the value of its three weekly freshman party grants. While freshmen used to be allotted only $50 to plan a rager, they now have a cool $100. That’s a lot of chips and salsa. Unfortunately, it’s not much else. The UC’s actions are well intentioned, but will be ineffective, and the grant increase should live...