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...values of social responsibility and community are things that the [Yale] administration purports to uphold and teach, and I think that their labor practices should be in conjunction with those values," Andrias said...
...honor code generally demands two things: one, that students do not act dishonorably; and two, that they turn in others who they observe violating number one. (The second clause varies from campus to campus; sometimes it is even omitted). Students sign a pledge to uphold these two conditions upon admission to the college and thereafter live according to the honor code...
...Harvard report rightly suggests we are just too selfish and ambitious to handle an honor code. The Harvard community could not uphold an honor code because a significant number of its members are incapable of putting honor before "success." A good number of Harvard students have weak moral convictions; honor is a hollow word in their vocabularies and consequently they cannot be trusted to act honorably on their...
Recent alterations to the grants process uphold the oft-heard rumor that the council grants process is flawed. To pour more money now into a system that already has many problems is not the solution to a more solid, effective grants process that recognizes groups of all sizes and fiscal status. Each semester, money in the grants budget is left over, uncollected and even left unallocated. To take money out of a strapped campus service budget and pour it into a process that is not completely efficient is preventing students from benefiting fully from their student activities...
...student leaders, he or she will no longer be forced to turn to the unstable and currently unrepresentative Undergraduate Council. We couldn't be more pleased that the council has helped to undermine its own monopoly on the "official" student voice and created a body that will legitimately uphold student opinion...