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...unusually high number of Undergraduate Council (UC) representatives—23—have opted not to run for reelection this fall, leaving some Houses with fewer candidates than the number of spots available...
...create an independent student programming board with its own budget taken out of the student activities fee, like at Penn or Tufts. It works because funds are allocated by students who are focused on putting on campus events and understand the costs involved, not the student government. Although the UC rejected this option last year, it should reexamine...
Alternatively, the UC could have a permanent concert allocation. The UC’s policy of not allocating for future councils makes no sense for recurring events like concerts. Debating and allocating the money as if there is no precedent for having concerts creates unnecessary obstacles. While the UC ponders having an independent campus events board, it should at the very least give the HCC a permanent budget...
...Harvard, nobody wants to pay for the quality acts that students want to see. The College and the University don’t want to cough up money (although the President’s Office did give $20,000 to make the Busta Rhymes concert free). The UC is locked into giving 67 percent of its budget to student groups, leaving it cash strapped when it gives $30,000 to the HCC. And students don’t want a higher activities fee as evidenced by the contentious fee hike last year...
...best way to fix this problem is to allocate more time and money for campus-wide events. In the meantime, if you care about concerts you should ask UC candidates how much they will give the HCC before you decide your vote. The Killers, The Beastie Boys, John Mayer, and Wyclef Jean—all these top artists on the UC’s wish list could come to Harvard in the next few years. But if that’s what we want, we’ve got to take the initiative...