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...we’d seen it. Thanks to the cold, the tall trees throughout Tercentenary Theatre shivered and shuddered themselves, letting go of pent-up rain and fall-colored leaves, dropping them… right in my face. Many felt when Undergraduate Council (UC) President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 spoke, he got all up in their face. To me, it was the only thing all day worth the cold...
...powerful educational institutions in the world, Harvard is well accustomed to having the all eyes upon it. It is rare, however, that an opportunity arises for the gaze of so many to focus so singularly on the condition of its undergraduates. The presence of Undergraduate Council President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 on the dais at Friday’s Installation affirmed the importance of the voice of students in university discourse. That his speech should emphasize this notion seems not just appropriate, but indeed vital to working towardthe picture of Harvard that Faust championed in her subsequent...
Rhetorical fire and brimstone aside, Petersen’s message resonated with Faust’s own vision—a vision in which we, as students, must be involved. With a captive audience watching, Petersen rightly capitalized on a unique opportunity to express the concerns of the students he represents. The venue was wholly appropriate. What better time and place to reaffirm our involvement than at the beginning of a new chapter in Harvard’s history...
Those who claim Petersen did a disservice to President Faust would do well to revisit her own words...
...Friday as she was officially installed. It was a formal, yet ebullient and optimistic day: one for reflecting on the forces that unite this great University and that will propel it to new heights in the future. In this context, the fiery speech that Undergraduate Council President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 delivered criticizing the College administration was inappropriate and wholly out of character with the spirit of the occasion. Charged with speaking on behalf of students at the College and all of the graduate schools, Petersen’s tactless rhetoric undermined the many legitimate points...