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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Only a campus-wide referendum in 1985 showing that 75 percent of students prefer knowing their lottery numbers before submitting house choice has led to a change in policy since that time...
There are, however, legitimate reasons for voting against this referendum. No one implies, as Palmore suggests, that Harvard undergraduates are an "unlettered rabble" who will elect "some satanic demagogue." Instead, a campus-wide election may elect a candidate who is unaware of and unprepared for the demands of the job. Leading the council may appear to be, for lack of a better word, glamorous, but the chair actually spends most of his or her time performing significant tasks like helping the six committees run smoothly, trying to put on a concert and overseeing the disbursement of $80,000 in grants...
Under the current system, council members alone have the right to elect the student body's chief representative and spokesperson. But a campus-wide campaign would force candidates for the post to listen to their constituents, giving students a more powerful voice in their government...
...campus-wide campaign, candidates could not win on the basis of the petty council posts they have held in the past. In a series of mandatory debates and public appearances, candidates would have to articulate their vision for the council that transcends the archaic inner workings of the body...
Candidates would have to stand on a platform that could serve as a working agenda for the council throughout the year. A campus-wide vote would also increase interest in the council and make students feel that they have more of a stake in the running of their own student government...