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...Council announced their recommendation that, starting Jan. 31, overdue fines at Widener and Lamont Libraries will double as part of a plan formulated by the results of a year-long study. By doubling these fines and changing the period students can have books, the new plan will impose a uniform loan and fine procedure on all the University's libraries...
...massive library system is surely in the interest of students, this new plan is not. We urge the Harvard's Faculty to change these recommendations at today's Faculty meeting. Library fines are meant to keep students prompt in returning books and allowing others to use them; the uniform loan period will surely help students keep all these dates straight as they stare at their bookshelves. However, the decision to double the fines, for whatever reason, is a poor one. Students are notoriously short on money, and students are careless, not malicious, in keeping a book past its due date...
...books left on reserve for Core classes, on laundry machines and on candy bars after missing dinner add up. Library fines are one more cost of the already expensive Harvard education, and an unnecessary one. The library is not funded by these fees, and the only explanation given is uniformity. In this case, the only uniformity that is relevant is the uniform burden the extra quarter per day the new policy will put on students. Harvard Faculty, reject this recommendation or send it back and ask for a better rationale. The students and their term papers will thank...
...most problematic issue with the way vote certification proceeded in Florida was the total lack of uniform balloting. Because voting procedures differed from county to county, "certification" after the vote required a different response in each county. In some, the situation demanded a simple hand count of mechanically tallied ballots to ensure proper operation of machines. In others, a committee of experts had to be called in to scrutinize "dimples" on index-card-sized sheets of paper, to assess voter intent. In a national election, there simply isn't a reason why procedures should not to be as uniform...
With all the brains the U.S. has, it can surely produce a system in which each vote is counted quickly and correctly. We should explore a uniform national system in which each state uses the same voting technology. We should be able to produce a system that will accurately reflect the wishes of every voter. GERARD J. GAGNON Leesburg...