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...future, when The Crimson decides to return to printing real news, perhaps a story could be done on Project Literacy's new programs for single mothers and Harvard Dining Services workers. Or maybe a story could be done on the record number of PBHers who go into public interest jobs after graduation. Or on any of PBHA's 60 programs. It will be a great day when the Real World makes the front page of The Harvard Crimson...
SHOULD Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), Harvard's largest public service organization, become "more political?" Or should it stay away from "political issues...
THERE is nothing wrong with promoting awareness and discussion of public policy among PBHA volunteers. But PBHA's leadership has gone beyond political discourse. The cabinet of PBHA recently endorsed an electoral position. And last February, as Ehrenreich wrote in The Independent, the cabinet granted themselves the option to consider endorsing candidates for public office. PBHA should do neither...
Even Ehrenreich has acknowledged as much. And discouraging volunteers directly undermines what should be PBHA's fundamental purpose--bringing students into public service to help local residents "gain control over their own lives." Every time a would-be volunteer balks at PBHA's political involvement, a few more disadvantaged citizens will go without a helping hand...
...question of political involvement continues to loom in the campus debate surrounding PBHA. Vague definitions of "politics" cannot assuage the fears that PBHA will threaten its valuable public service activities by involving itself in ballot battles...