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Meanwhile, Liston released a statement in which he reversed himself on several controversial positions he took last spring. Liston said a referendum conducted last spring proved that students do not support the council's $10 term-bill fee hike or elimination of the easy waiver of the council...
Last spring, when Liston was pushing for both of those measures, he pointed to the referendum's minuscule 22 percent turnout as evidence that students were "deferring" to the council...
Liston emphasized in his statement that 60 percent of the student body opposed the fee hike in last year's referendum. But last My, Liston was pointing to a different referendum figure--the 22 percent student turnout, which, he said, proved that students were deferring to the council's decision...
...there were significant opposition to the U.C., I think it would have seen stronger participation in the referendum," Liston said on May 13, adding "No, I would not support rescinding our votes...
...Those who voted in last year's referendum are our friends, classmates, dorm mates and fellow Harvard students," Liston wrote. "These students should never believe that the UC is some detached body with no interest in what other students want...