Word: winthrops
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Pinocchio's, with branches on Winthrop and Linden St., is generally packed with a gregarious-sometimes obnoxious-late-night crowd. Despite the noise and the antics of its area (especially at Linden St.), the pizza is generally very good-very cheesy, with lots of basil in the tomato sauce...
...Students see the assembly as a playground for Government majors, and the administration doesn't care what undergraduates think anyway," Steven V.R. Winthrop '80, former chairman of the Student Assembly, says ruefully. His comment sums up the dilemma that has plagued the assembly since its inception--its place in the Harvard community. After one year of existence, the assembly is still searching for an identity and trying to convince students of its legitimacy. Critics of the assembly charge that it lacks both credibility with students and effective input into Harvard's administrative structure--perennial problems of student government...
Given Harvard's traditional indifference to student opinion, members defend the assembly, noting that the assembly's survival posed the main challenge over the past year. Winthrop says he believes the assembly's major success this year was "finding its niche" in the University and "proving it's here to stay." But both Winthrop and Maxine S. Pfeffer '81, current chairman of the assembly, point to administrative resistance to student opinion as one stumbling block to effective student government at Harvard...
...elections will probably be more orderly next semester because Winthrop drew up an elaborate set of by-laws to prevent abuses and make balloting procedures uniform throughout the College...
...credibility with some students, and its overtures in the field of increased student political rights have certainly not changed any University policies. Many assembly members say they are aware of student dissatisfaction with the assembly, but say their accomplishments are limited by the University's decision-making structure. Winthrop admits the assembly "does not have much influence" in University policy, but he adds "that is because most administrators don't care what students think." Pfeffer echoes Winthrop's statement. "It's hard to reassure students that they can have input into official decisions when they haven...