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With the current inefficiencies in the Undergraduate Council, it is greatly unfortunate that we do not already have such a comprehensive and functioning student government as is outlined in the Brian’s proposal. The “Gillis UC Reform Act” uniquely addresses and solves the UC’s inherent structural problems...
This type of dramatic organizational restructuring that Brian and Morgan are proposing has precedence. The greatest success of current UC President John S. Haddock ’07 was ending the Campus Life Committee (CLC) and laying the groundwork for the College Events Board (CEB) to replace it. The CLC—formerly the third committee of the UC—was ineffective largely because it consisted of representatives who wanted to be advocates instead of event planners. The success of the CEB, which consists of members are not part of the UC and who are elected specifically to plan...
...supporting student groups and the student body. The third member of the overarching Harvard undergraduate student government would be the already thriving CEB, and the fourth member would be our familiar UC—now able to focus on advocating change for students. The activists and advocates on the UC would be left to do what they do best—advocacy—and won’t be responsible for what they have historically done very poorly—planning campus-wide social events, reimbursing checks on time, and providing relevant administrative support to student groups...
...coordinate each of the four branches, Brian’s plan calls for the creation of an executive committee of the Harvard Undergraduate Student Government, headed by a separately elected chairman. The greatest irony of the current UC presidential election is that two of the candidates should be running for completely different positions. Tom D. Hadfield ’08 is a phenomenal administrator and would be a natural fit for chairman of the overarching Harvard Undergraduate Student Government; Ryan A. Petersen ’08 is a proven advocate for student needs and would be the perfect candidate...
...QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN AND MORGAN If you could do one thing as UC president what would it be? Restructure the UC with separate dedicated branches