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...HPC book is being prepared this summer by Kaufman, Richard McCarthy, and Lynne Gerson, all seniors, who happen to be the only HPC members in Cambridge for the summer...
This is the first time the HPC has ventured into the publishing business. During the past year, it was largely responsible for applying the necessary pressure to get Pass-Fail and Independent Study changes through the voting Faculty...
...HPC is an organization composed primarily of Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates, which advises a faculty committee on matters relating to educational policy...
Kenneth Kaufman, president of the HPC, said the booklet would "tell about opportunities around Harvard that people don't know much about." It will be a pamphlet, about 48 pages long, and will be priced at somewhere between 50 cents and $1, to cover the cost of printing...
Probably all of these contribute to the HPC's success but they are simply subsets of a dominant characteristic: an unusual willingness to play the legislative game by the Faculty's rules. Lucid position papers, frequent compromise, and judiciousness are all highly valued in the Faculty, and the HPC has been able to push cautiously and successfully for the none-too-radical reforms it has advocated...