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...word "accountability" has evaporated from the vocabulary of two Undergraduate Council executives. The words "responsibility," "representation," and "fairness" have also disappeared. With their rejection of sophomore Anjalee C. Davis's petition for a five-question referendum, Council President Carey W. Gabay '94 and Vice-President Joshua D. Liston '95 effectively moved to sever the link between student opinion and student government...
Whether the referendum on the term-bill hikewill be binding or not will be discussed at thisweek's executive board meeting, Gabay said...
...Council members] know that their constitutionstates that if any referendum states it's binding,it's binding," Davis said...
...meantime, the council will beginpublicizing its view of the term-bill hike inpreparation for the referendum. While the petitioncalled for elections on April 19-21, members saidthe date will be decided this week by theexecutive board...
...council's proposal fails to address this most compelling concern. Since Harvard's commencement is fixed by charter, much more than a student referendum would be required to move graduation into May. Therefore, the new calendar would leave the spring semester virtually untouched, ending exam period a mere three days earlier than it currently does. Change of this sort hardly seems worth the hassle...