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...news was sobering University-wide. For the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the University’s largest school, which comprises about a third of the union’s membership, the news was particularly bleak—FAS relies on endowment funding for over half of its annual budget, third-most among the University’s 11 schools. “A bad day,” Jaeger calls the date when the payout decision was announced. In fact, it was probably more than that: the first clear signal of how difficult it would be for HUCTW...
...established a committee to investigate incidents within the department, administrators facilitated informal meetings with student group leaders on the cases, faculty members, including Verba, presented a policy statement on the issue to the Faculty, and over a thousand students signed a petition lobbying for the creation of a University-wide office that would supervise the grievance process.Meanwhile, a growing list of women began to come forward, with complaints ranged from inappropriate comments to what constituted, according to Government Professor Robert D. Putnam, “a crime.”A DEMAND FOR DISSOCIATIONSeniors in the class of 1984 returned...
...both Harvard administrators and the State of Mass. stepped their efforts to make alcohol less accessible on campuses. At Harvard, House Masters were now being forced to comply with the long-standing regulations banning alcohol at House or campus-wide events, and lobbying groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving succeeded in pushing through legislation in Dec. 1984 that raised the state’s drinking age from...
...implementing a slew of changes to a formerly lax alcohol policy. In the Spring of 1979 Epps and House Masters banned House happy hours, a relatively new institution where Houses served alcoholic beverages to all of their residents. Epps also issued revised guidelines that fall, banning alcohol from college-wide dances. In addition, liquor was only allowed at senior class functions, and would only be served to students 20 years or older who presented their IDs. To serve alcohol at private parties, students were required to buy temporary liquor and public entertainment licenses for $57, the equivalent...
...responsibility is to advocate for students in a complex and decentralized Harvard administration. Even though the mission of the council is straightforward, it has never been easily accomplished. The UC has become a whipping post for students frustrated by the lack of student input in college and university wide decisions. While fingers often point to a hyper-political council or an opaque administration, the council will continue to fall short of its potential until students choose to empower the UC once again...