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...revealed more clearly Harvard’s need for a general religious space on campus. The IOP’s Harvard Political Union astutely recognized the lack of dialogue about religion, and held the event for this reason. As Shankar G. Ramaswamy ’11, chair of the HPU, noted, “We decided to have this event because it’s the type of matter that students might be reluctant to strike up a conversation about, because of the controversy around...
...black, Chinese, Asian American, South Asian and Latin American communities. “Despite our campus being so diverse, a lot of students of the same ethnic backgrounds group together and don’t really mix as much as you’d think,” said HPU Chairman Shankar G. Ramaswamy ’11. Aptly, last night’s discussion centered around the issues of “self-segregation” among ethnic groups on Harvard’s campus. The group quickly agreed that the “dining hall” phenomenon?...
...debate was hosted by the Harvard Political Union and moderated by HPU Chairman Shankar G. Ramaswamy...
...IOP’s Harvard Political Union (HPU) calls itself “the foremost venue for political debate at Harvard,” yet its most regular event is a weekly moderated chat with pizza—no doubt enjoyable, but somewhat missing the point. HPU Chair C.R. Sincock ’07 explained that he fears that more-formal debate, à la the Yale Political Union, would intimidate students and act as a “turn-off.” However, given that it attracts a weekly turnout of about 30 of the same students?...
After the opening statements, HPU chair and debate chair Vivek G. Ramaswamy ’07 asked the debaters questions about the predicted decrease in the working-age to retirement-age population ratio, as well as the value of private accounts, and in what way social security can be a tool of redistributive social justice...