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Even if there is no clear and easy solution to the UC mess, as we sit down at our computers to vote this week, we should not allow ourselves to be part of the problem. Christopher B. Lacaria ’09 is a history concentrator in Kirkland House. His column appears on alternate Mondays...
...race for the Undergraduate Council presidency and vice presidency is hardly a contest. Given their experience, ideas, concrete plans, leadership, and enthusiasm, Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 and Randall S. Sarafa ’09 are far and away the best candidates, and they deserve your vote. That said, they are not a perfect ticket, and although we are optimistic about their leadership, we cannot endorse them without reservation. Specifically, Sundquist and Sarafa are an insider ticket, and the UC’s record during the past few months raises some concerns.What sets Sundquist and Sarafa apart...
...This massively lopsided vote demonstrates the truth of then-President Derek C. Bok’s 1984 observation: “Americans give overwhelming support to free speech as an abstract proposition but quickly change their minds when they encounter concrete cases involving the expression of unpopular ideas.” Even as they voted to end a reasoned debate before even half of the professors with raised hands had been allowed to speak, 74 bearers of Ph.D.s and similar degrees failed to notice that they were themselves engaged in an exemplary suppression of free speech. Perhaps they even thought...
...broad range of reasoned opinions and historical perspectives are actively invited to participate, a conversation in which the majority and the most highly placed people do not assume that, once they have heard from each other, they have heard enough. Their response was a massive and freely spoken vote to shut the conversation down...
...According to Kennedy School of Government professor Paul E. Peterson, electorates tend to vote retrospectively, penalizing incumbents if they believe significant mistakes have been made but voting for them if they see signs of progress...