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Imagine a UC that doesn’t politicize into the void, that doesn’t curse the darkness, but instead a UC that is proactive and practical, results-oriented, capable, and successful—a student government we would be proud...
It’s easy to dismiss this as a pipe-dream, but we don’t. We believe a new UC is possible, and we believe that two candidates are uniquely qualified to deliver: Tom D. Hadfield ’08 and Adam Goldenberg...
...Adam aren’t your average UC politicos; both came to the UC after years of effective leadership in other organizations, and both remain active in other student organizations on campus. Tom started an Internet sports company, Soccernet.com, which he sold to Associated Newspapers, who later sold it to ESPN for $40 million. He went on to raise $9 million from venture capitalists in 2001 to start an online education company, Schoolsnet.com, which is the top resource for educators in the United Kingdom. At Harvard, Tom started the successful Swipe for Darfur campaign and has launched CrimsonReading.org, an extraordinary...
...Adam don’t merely have a solid record: they have innovative and practical ideas to make the UC work—not for political résumés, but for students...
...UC’s advocacy around. The Council has proven completely impotent when it comes to issues that matter to students, from the student group tax to the Harvard-Yale tailgate. Position paper after position paper isn’t enough, and repeated polite requests are ineffectual. The New UC will more aggressively utilize the campus newsmedia, rallies, petitions, op-eds, town hall meetings, surveys, and popular referenda to get students’ voices heard. We’ve wasted enough paper on reports with no results—the UC needs active advocacy, and Tom and Adam know...