27th Undergraduate Council Legislation (2008-2009) - ALL by Harvard Undergraduate Council

27F-01. 2008-2009 UC Budget

BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council adopt the following as its budget for the 2008-09 school year:

Undergraduate Council Budget for 2008-2009 Fiscal Year Anthony R. Britt, Treasurer

Total Funds

Termbill Revenue Outstanding Checks Issuable Funds Reserve Fund (total)

$ $ $ $

Total Allocable Funds

I. Grants Fund Percentage of Allocable Budget Percent Change from Budget of Fiscal Year 2007-2008 12 HoCos & Dudley - First Semester (Guaranteed)* 12 HoCos & Dudley - Second Semester* Special Initiatives Provisions^ Previously Allocated Funds

Total Available Funds

II. Operations Fund Percentage of Allocable Budget Percent Change from Budget of Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Previously Allocated Funds

Total Available Funds

558,655.64 468,704.55 (34,040.45) 524,615.19 10,000.00

514,615.19

504,322.89 98.00% 11.22%

$ $ $ $ $

66,664.00 66,664.00 8,000.00 362,994.89

$ $

10,292.30 2.00% -26.61% 517.28 9,775.02

*UC Bylaws mandate a minimum of $4500 per semester to each of the twelve Houses (if eligible) and $1000 + 16%(1 HoCo) to Dudley. All houses are deemed eligible for the fall 2008 semester # The Student Life Fund is a new fund to be jointly administered by the College Dean's Office and The UC. Of the $75,000, $45,000 is earmarked for Student Group Domestic Transportation and $30,000 is earmarked for House Formals. ^SIPs are allocations to advocacy and other projects the legislation for which may originate in either FiCom like any other appropriation or, if originated in SAC must have at least one FiCom (co)sponsor and also go through FiCom prior to making it to UC General. [1st Semester]

+All figures subject to review and subsequent amendment

27F-02. Student-Faculty Committees Appointments Act SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz, for the Student Affairs Committee Whereas Section 32.2 of the Undergraduate Council Bylaws states that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;no later than October 31 in any calendar year, the Student Affairs Committee shall elect delegates to College, Faculty, and University Committees by secret ballot;â&#x20AC;? Be it therefore resolved that the Undergraduate Council approve the following students to serve as representatives for student-faculty committees: The Committee on College Life Alyssa Aguilera Anjelica Kelly Ned Monahan The Committee on Undergraduate Education Alyssa Colbert Kenny Gotleib Mallika Khandelwal The Committee on House Life Eric Hysen Amol Jain Siri Uotila The Standing Committee on General Education Daniel Asher Shreya Maheshwari The Standing Committee on Writing and Speaking

Jane Jiang Daniel Kroop The Standing Committee on Athletic Sports Julia Lam The Standing Committee on Advising and Counseling Jocelyn Karlan Morgan Kelly Radford Jeff Solnet The College-University Health Services Committee Natalie Chapman Byran Dai Nadia Gaber The Standing Committee on Pedagogical Improvement Taylor Freris Kate Harris The Campus Safety Committee George Hayward Lindsey Ross The Standing Committee on the Library Brittney Moraski Ana Enriquez Advisory Committee to the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Olivia Ford Jessica Brawn Kimberly Foster

Student Advisory Board for Arts and Humanities Adam Wheeler Susan Nguyen Mohindra Rupram Madeleine Bennet Jennifer Malin Victoria Ascheim Dan Berbecel Zoey Orol Student Advisory Board for Science Daniel Oh Karen McKinnon Alexander Gitlin Yakov Berenshteyn Shiv Gaglani Horia Mihail Teodorescu Roger Batt Krzysztof Kozak Student Advisory Board for Social Science James Sares Juan Sebastian Arias William Ruben Yunxue Xu Quinnie Lin Shreya Maheshwari SeongMin Lee Medha Khandelwal Fuyuo Nagayama Anjali Motgi The Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility

Jonathon Gould Harvard University Dining Services Student Advisory Committee Rebecca Levitan Senan Ebrahim Eric Michel Julie-Claire Guest Zachary Gordon James Wilsterman Peter Bacon Emily Etheridge Colin Donovan SAC: Approved 19-0-0

27F-03. Fall Grants Package 1.0 Sponsor: FiCom Chair Andrea R. Flores (Currier ‘10) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups,

BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate $52,288.73 from the Grants Fund to 144 recipient projects, as shown in the break-down b BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Com their event, including the rejection of future Spring applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein. Grant ID 1 2 3 4 5 6

Project Name College Bound Women's Club Tennis Team Matches and Events Eastbound Nine Romanian Movie Nights General Meetings

Organization Name College Bound Harvard Women's Club Tennis Asian American Dance Troupe Harvard Romanian Association Taiwanese Cultural Society

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

QQ Intercollegiate Board Mixer Dumpling Workshop Holiday Celebration Dinner for Water BFA instructional workshop The Front Page CSA Welcome Back Social Armenian-Bulgarian Culinary Event Fall Dinner 2008 Bollywood Night Sangeet Music School Lacrosse games Biweekly Meetings Mnemonic The Goat: or, Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee A Drop in the Ocean Chess: A staged Concert Road To Success Career Panel ABHW Retreat Benefit Concert 2nd Annual:The Sights and Sounds of Mexico Alumni Dinner Small Groups Program Freshman Parents Reception inBlack Thanksgiving Dinner BSA Election Night Event November General Meeting inBlack Release Reception Student-Faculty Dinner & Discussion Art Show/Fundraiser Thurs/Friday dinner and bible study Graduate School Panel

Taiwanese Cultural Society Taiwanese Cultural Society Taiwanese Cultural Society Youth Alliance for Leadership and Developmen Harvard African Students Association Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan

Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard Bulgarian Club Harvard South Asian Association Harvard Sangeet Harvard Sangeet Harvard Club Lacrosse Harvard Chinese Chess Club

A Drop in the Ocean Adams House Drama Society Association of Black Harvard Women Association of Black Harvard Women Association of Black Harvard Women Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan Black Students Association Black Students Association Black Students Association Black Students Association Black Students Association Black Students Association Black Students Association Black Students Association Black Students Association Born in USSR Christians on Campus Concilio Latino de Harvard

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74

Holiday Dinner Conversation with an IOP Fellow Cafecito Voces: A night of Poetry Freshman Table Bring Your Roommate To Fuerza Candela Salsa and Candela Hip Hop Fieston 2008 Fuerza's Quinceniera Arts and Crafts for a Cause Latino Ivy League Conference Archery Workshops Harvard Black Men's Forum Study Breaks Remix Release Party Black Men's Forum-Latino Men's Collective Barbeque Brotherhood Event HBR Summer 2008 Issue Celebrate Knowledge Kickoff Mentoring Event College Bowl Practices Tailgate Taste Culinary Magazine Equipment Purchase Dinner with Master Rosen Tapas with Hapas Interfaith Holiday Festival Interfaith Day of Service Harvard College Investment Magazine Winter 2008 Issue HIS Fall Dinner Eid-ul-Adha Sweets Night Weekly Discussion Series Hajj Study Break Okonomiyaki Workshop Japanese Dessert Workshop Freshman Square Dance

Concilio Latino de Harvard Fuerza Latina Fuerza Latina Fuerza Latina Fuerza Latina Fuerza Latina Fuerza Latina Fuerza Latina Fuerza Latina Fuerza Latina Fuerza Latina Harvard Archery Harvard Black Men's Forum Harvard Black Men's Forum Harvard Black Men's Forum Harvard Book Review Harvard Bulgarian Club Harvard China Care Harvard College Bowl Harvard College Club of Wisconsin Harvard College Culinary Society Harvard College Fencing Club Harvard College Half Asian People's Associatio Harvard College Half Asian People's Associatio Harvard College Interfaith Council Harvard College Interfaith Council Harvard College Investment Magazine Harvard Islamic Society Harvard Islamic Society Harvard Islamic Society Harvard Islamic Society Harvard Japan Society Harvard Japan Society Harvard Outing Club

75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108

Fall 2008 - Winter Break Sendoff Fall 2008 - Cultural Awareness Dinner Fall 2008 - AAA FEAST and Cultural Extravaganza Fall 2008 - AAA/SAA Joint Barbeque Fall 2008 - Graduate School Panel Fall 2008 - Cultural Workshops Fall 2008 - AAA Karaoke Night Fall 2008 - Educational and Political Speaker Series Fall 2008 - Classy AAAfair Fall 2008 - Big Sib/Lil Sib Program Bi-monthly Romanian Brunches Romanian Thanksgiving Dinner EU Enlargement Discussion and Reception Punjabi Music Exhibition Music Jam Session Bengali Music Exposition Fall 2008 issue Harvard Shotokan Karate Club Grad School Mentorship Program Kickoff Event Election Townhall Andaaz 2008 Passport Week: Development Case Study Passport Week: Comedy Night Passport Week: FoodFest Holiday Study Break 2008 South Asian Journal Kalpanam 2008 Thai Tastes : Cooking Workshop New England Union of Vietnamese Students Association Summit Vo Van Thanh: A Lecture on Vietnamese Identies and Vietnamese Communities Vietnam is more than Vietnamese Food: A Cultural Exploration of Vietnamese Literature, Poetry, Art, and Film. Why Vietnam Matters: Vietnamese War Panel Discussion with Rufus Phillips Banh Mi Workshop Vietnamese Identities Summit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Discovering the Whole of Vietnamâ&#x20AC;? Cultural Showcase

Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Association Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Association Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Association Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Association Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Association Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Association Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Association Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Association Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Association Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Association Harvard Romanian Association Harvard Romanian Association Harvard Romanian Association Harvard Sangeet Harvard Sangeet Harvard Sangeet Harvard Science Review Harvard Shotokan Karate Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard Thai Society Harvard Vietnamese Association Harvard Vietnamese Association Harvard Vietnamese Association Harvard Vietnamese Association Harvard Vietnamese Association Harvard Vietnamese Association

109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142

Pho, Little Saigons, and Folklore: Panel Discussion on Vietnamese Culture & Identity in the U.S. Harvard Women's Ultimate Frisbee CSA Hot Pot Night CSA Freshman Welcome Winter Clothes Shopping Aloha Friday Dinners The Laramie Project at Harvard KA Sib Family Events The Korean Association's Alumni Career Panel Korean Fashion Spotlight Choosuk Dumpling Making Workshop Dr. S. Allen Counter Christmas Concert Post-Concert Social Voices Homeopathic/Traditional Medicine Discussion Upperclassmen and Underclassmen Advising and Resume Reviews Exploring Public Health Policy Medical Student Mentorship Conversation Mariachi Veritas Fall Concert Columbus Day Vigil Alternative Thanksgiving Talking Circles HIIDT Trip to African Cuisine Nollywood Mixer Night Learn to Cook Series Feminist Speed-Dating Good Asian Drivers' Tour Open Mic Hot Pot Night big sib/lil sib program Winter and Summer 2009 Issues Tailgate at the Quad Hunger Banquet

Harvard Vietnamese Association Harvard Women's Ultimate Frisbee Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Holoimua O Hawaii Holoimua O Hawaii (Hawaii Club) HRDC The Laramie Project Korean Association Korean Association Korean Association Korean Association Korean Association Kuumba Singers of Harvard College Kuumba Singers of Harvard College Latinos in Health Careers Latinos in Health Careers Latinos in Health Careers Latinos in Health Careers Mariachi Veritas de Harvard Native Americans at Harvard College Native Americans at Harvard College Native Americans at Harvard College Native Americans at Harvard College Nigerian Students Association (NSA) Nigerian Students Association (NSA) Nigerian Students Association (NSA) Radcliffe Union of Students Radcliffe Union of Students Spoken Word Society Taiwanese Cultural Society Taiwanese Cultural Society Tempus: The Harvard College History Review Woodbridge Society Youth Alliance for Leadership and Developmen

143 144

Political Panel Stand-up Rehearsal/Shows

Docket: Unanimous Consent Recommend: Unanimous Consent

Youth Alliance for Leadership and Developmen Harvard College Stand Up Comedy Society

27F-04. Fall Grants Package 2.0 Sponsor: FiCom Chair Andrea R. Flores (Currier ‘10) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate $36,385.43 from the Grants Fund to 108 recipient projects, as shown in the break-down below, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Spring applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein. Grant ID

Project Name

Organization Name

Funding Type

Amt Req

Amount funded

145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171

Cakes from Currier Freshman Movie Night SUPERheroes: Powers and Party for a Purpose Comp Introductory Dinner Project East Fashion Show Cakes from Currier One Night STAND ASA Late Model Championship 125 Counselor Bonding Event Dumplings Celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival! Chinese Students Association Info Session Chinese Language Tables Nigerian Independence Day Celebration Mid-Autumn Festival Ramadan Dinner Harvard Dharma Introductory Meeting Eric Sefton Freshmen welcome Halloween "Dracula's Castle" Party Film director event Mexican Thanksgiving Movie Night ABHW Speed Dating Chamber Singer's Winter Concert Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Social Freedom Trail Field Trip Chinatown Big Sib

Asian American Dance Troupe Association of Black Harvard Women Chamber Singers of the HarvardRadcliffe Collegium Musicum Chem Club Chinatown Big Sibling Chinatown Big Sibling

Retroactive Retroactive

$100.00 $124.00

$0.00 $106.00

Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Upfront Upfront

$500.00 $93.50 $4,000.00 $250.00 $2,769.40

$0.00 $93.00 $3,620.00 $0.00 $1,502.50

Retroactive Retroactive

$1,719.00 $81.66

$0.00 $81.66

Retroactive

$78.81

Retroactive Retroactive

$187.20 $60.00

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$98.00 $265.00 $300.00

$98.00 $265.00 $110.20

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$35.00 $174.02 $150.00

$35.00 $100.00 $52.00

Upfront Upfront Upfront Retroactive

$1,300.00 $350.00 $200.00 $144.00

$1,170.00 $350.00 $200.00 $89.00

Retroactive

$192.00

$100.00

Upfront

$500.00

$291.00

Retroactive Upfront Upfront

$60.81 $200.00 $36.00

$60.81 $68.00 $36.00

173

Orientation Dinner Environmental Action Committee Introductory Meeting Environmental Action Committee Introductory Meeting

174

HASA Ice Cream Social

175

HASA Introductory Meeting

176 177 178 179 180 181 182

HASA Potluck Harvard Aikikai Jo Order Harvard Aikikai Fall Seminar Semester Archery Instructor Indoor Target Practice General Operations Stewart Lewis Concert National Coming Out Day: Door Drop Project A Fruity Study Break BGLTSA 1st General Meeting Brown Early Fall Tournament dessert and a capella with the opportunes Harvard Dems Welcoming Party "I have a bracelet, too" Party Fall Issue Volcano Movie Night Cultural Awarness Dinner with MIT HAPA (addendum) Interfaith Ice Cream Social Introductory Meeting for Harvard College Vegetarian Society

172

183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194

Environmental Action Committee

Retroactive

$29.94

Environmental Action Committee Harvard African Students Association Harvard African Students Association Harvard African Students Association Harvard Aikikai Harvard Aikikai Harvard Archery Harvard Archery Harvard Badminton Club Harvard BGLTSA

Retroactive

$86.81

Retroactive

$98.00

Retroactive

$660.30

$642.25

Upfront Upfront Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Retroactive

$675.00 $400.00 $500.00 $801.27 $138.50 $1,000.00 $250.00

$285.00 $400.00 $500.00 $801.27 $138.50 $1,000.00 $250.00

Harvard BGLTSA Harvard BGLTSA Harvard BGLTSA Harvard College Bowl

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$716.15 $69.70 $37.13 $490.00

$716.50 $69.70 $37.13 $490.00

Harvard College Culinary Society

Retroactive

$51.47

Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Economics Review Harvard College Geosociety Harvard College Half Asian People's Association Harvard College Interfaith Council

Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Retroactive

$89.21 $109.17 $500.00 $62.66

Retroactive Retroactive

$175.00 $110.00

$140.00 $110.00

Harvard College Vegetarian Society

Retroactive

$146.01

$116.51

200 201 202 203

Harvard College Vegetarian Society booth at activities fair Ganesh Puja HHPS Intro Meeting HHKS Autumn Cooking Series - Part 1 Men's Club Tennis AMTA and Invitational Tournament Registration Shab Neshini HPS Opening Night HPS Introductory Meeting

204

HPAIR Fall Staff Dinner

205

HPAIR Information Session

206

Super Tuesdays 1

207

September Spaghetti Supper Freshmen Week Welcome Events

195 196 197 198 199

208 209 210

Brew Talk Chinese Students Association General Meetings

211

Launch

212

Gameathon La Frontera Discussion: USMexico Border Issues Nutrition Discussion: "Bite" into Health Las Posadas Freshman Ice Cream Social General Board Mtg Talk by Alex Castellanos

213 214 215 216 217 218

Harvard College Vegetarian Society Harvard Dharma Harvard Health Policy Society

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$19.35 $17.50 $90.00

$19.35 $17.50 $80.00

Harvard Hong Kong Society Harvard Men's Club Tennis

Retroactive Upfront

$120.00 $3,500.00

$120.00 $2,000.00

Harvard Mock Trial Association Harvard Persian Society Harvard Polish Society Harvard Pre-Medical Society Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) Harvard Radcliffe Catholic Student Association Harvard Radcliffe Catholic Student Association Harvard Radcliffe Catholic Student Association Harvard Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard Radcliffe Christian Fellowship Harvard Radcliffe Science Fiction Association

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$1,575.00 $51.97 $154.93 $77.00

$1,575.00 $51.97 $85.00 $77.00

Retroactive

$250.00

$200.00

Retroactive

$325.00

$295.00

Retroactive

$68.88

Retroactive

$190.49

Retroactive

$438.50

$280.00

Retroactive

$135.00

Retroactive

$375.00

Retroactive

$1,458.54

$1,220.00

Retroactive

$39.18

Harvard RAZA

Upfront

$75.00

Harvard RAZA Harvard RAZA Harvard Republican Club Harvard Republican Club Harvard Republican Club

Upfront Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$125.00 $130.00 $50.00 $60.00 $60.00

219 220 221 222

Jamie Bush talk Freshman Ice Cream Social Fall 2008 issue Fall Season

223

STAGE Fall 08 Recruitment

224

Introductory Meeting

225 226 227

Activities Fair Wushu Club T-shirt Purchase Instructor Fees

228 229

Stand Up CSA Chinese Cooking Workshop

230

CSA Find-a-Sib!

231

CSA Welcome Back Social

232

CSA Barbeque on the Charles

233

CSA Cultural Meet and Greet

234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241

CSA Mooncake Festival HRO 2008-2009 Music Fees Chai and Chatter Shakespeare Movie Night Latinas Unidas Luau Extracurricular Night First Training NSA Intro meeting Chinatown Teen Program Fall 2008

242

Harvard Republican Club Harvard Republican Club Harvard Science Review Harvard Soccer Club Harvard STAGE (Student Theater Advancing Growth & Empowerment) Harvard Undergraduate Global Health Forum Harvard University Biological Sciences Society (HUBSS) Harvard Wushu Club Harvard Wushu Club Harvard Youth Allaince for Leadership and Development in Africa Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Havard South Asian Association Hyperion Shakespeare Company Latinas Unidas Latinas Unidas Mission Hill After School Program Nigerian Students Association (NSA)

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$110.00 $60.00 $500.00 $2,000.00

Retroactive

$121.10

$100.00

Retroactive

$67.90

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$30.76 $500.00 $620.00

Retroactive

$3,523.00

$1,031.80

Retroactive

$115.00

Retroactive

$91.77

Retroactive

$197.18

Retroactive

$240.34

Retroactive

$205.00

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$470.00 $2,073.68 $95.00 $100.00 $229.44 $10.08 $266.01 $34.00

$470.00 $1,233.68 $95.00 $100.00 $229.44 $10.08 $266.01 $34.00

PBHA Chinatown Teen Program

Upfront

$244.80

243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252

Transportation Perspective September 2008 issue Raunak Afterparty Wuerstchen Party HAUTE Reception HAUTE Big Sib/Little Sib Care Package Making Jazzed Up - Tea Party Make Your Own Sushi Nite! Satire V

Docket: Unanimous Consent Recommend: Unanimous Consent

PBHA's David Walker Scholars Program Perspective Magazine: Harvard's Liberal Monthly South Asian Women's Collective The Harvard German Society Vestis Vestis Women in Science at HarvardRadcliffe Woodbridge International Society Woodbridge Society Satire V

Upfront

$887.40

$760.00

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Upfront

$900.00 $515.00 $57.00 $600.00 $1,000.00

$500.00 $565.00 $0.00 $600.00 $1,000.00

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Upfront

$20.00 $300.00 $280.00 $1,000.00 $48,015.52

$20.00 $300.00 $280.00 $1,000.00 $36,385.43

27F-05. Fall 2008 House Committee Allocation Sponsors: UC Treasurer Anthony Britt (Lowell ’10) Co-Sponsors: FiCom Chair Andrea R. Flores (Currier ’10) Representative Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) WHEREAS House Committees play an important role in House Life and Student Life at Harvard College, and WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council is a vital source of funding for House Committees, and WHEREAS Section 64 of the Undergraduate Council Bylaws statutorily mandates House Committee funding, and WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council believes it is important to encourage active social programming via House Committees while also allowing each House Committee the flexibility to choose how allocated funds can be most beneficial to their houses, and WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council values maintaining open channels of communication with the respective House Committees; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that $66,664 be allocated from the Grants Fund for the purposes of funding House Committees for the fall semester in accordance with 24S-65; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that $64,800 be distributed in twelve (12) $5,400 grants to the House Committees in accordance with the bylaws; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that excluding Dudley House as a House Committee, a $1,864 grant will be distributed to Dudley House; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee shall manage the disbursal of the grants;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each upperclassmen member of the Council be highly recommended to attend at least one of their weekly House Committee (HoCo) meetings per month, if feasible.* *Authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Note: This would be either a joint venture or each representative could select a week to report on relevant issues to their HoCo. Since HoCos can serve as an important communication channel to the house community at large, instating this mechanism would build in an opportunity for representatives to receive verbal feedback from constituents and potentially advocate for more localized issues among other opportunities.

27F-06. House Renewal Subcommittees Appointments Act SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) CHL Vice-Chair Ben Schwartz (Winthrop ’10) WHEREAS the college has undertaken the ambitious task of conducting major internal architectural changes to all twelve undergraduate houses, and WHEREAS if any recommendations regarding changes are to be salient it is necessary for there to be significant student input, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council support the creation of two House Renewal subcommittees, each to be composed of 6 students and co-chaired by a student and senior house official, and each focused on either “Neo-Georgian” or “Modern” architecture; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Student Affairs Committee appoint the following students to the two student subcommittees: Neo-Georgian Subcommittee Laura Dean Josh Stein Tian Feng Rebecca Resnick Mohindra Rupram Lauren Schwartze Modern Subcommittee Seema Amble Dan Kroop Siri Uotila Colin Donovan Marcella Marsala Jacky Kwong

Author’s Note: The charter of the committees is as follows: “As part of the College’s ongoing effort to enhance undergraduate life, we are in the early stages of examining all aspects of the Harvard residential experience. To that end, two new subcommittees are being formed; one that will focus on House Renewal as it relates to the Neo-Georgian Houses and one that will focus on House Renewal as it relates to the Modern Houses. These subcommittees will have a total of three to four dinner meetings each between November and December to discuss issues related to the House Renewal project. They will explore the future direction of learning activities, teaching, faculty involvement, and sustainable practices in the Houses, taking into account the House system's history and current status. The House Renewal project is in the early planning stage, and these subcommittees will provide input to this process. Specifically, they will each develop a set of recommendations through the course of their meetings, which will then be integrated into the final House Renewal planning report.”

27F-07. Fall Grants Package 3.0 Sponsor: FiCom Chair Andrea R. Flores (Currier ‘10) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate $12,624.96 from the Grants Fund to 24 recipient projects, as shown in the break-down below, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Spring applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein. Gra nt

Project Name

Organization Name

Funding Type

Amt Req Amount funded

ID 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261

Mainly Jazz sweatshirts Eid Dinner Mainly Rouge General meeting Student Orientation Activities Friday Night Bible Study Small Group Meetings Minnesota Open Mirror Taste Culinary Magazine

262

Spooky Stories Halloween Party Writing and illustrating workshop Talk with Nepal's Finance Minister Intercollegiate Business Convention HIS Community Iftar Eid Sweets Night/Celebration HIS/ SAA Iftar Faculty Iftar Newsweek "On Faith" Iftar Training Day

263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273

275 276

Perspective October 2008 issue Project East Career Panel *Revised SUPERheroes: Powers and Party for a Purpose Chocolate-Covered Creativity: Sweet 'N SCI Social The Voice Print Publication

277

Introductory Meeting

274

An Evening with Champions Asian Baptist Student Koinonia Asian Baptist Student Koinonia Asian Baptist Student Koinonia Harvard College Bowl Harvard College Culinary Society Harvard College Stories for Orphans Harvard College Stories for Orphans Harvard South Asian Journal Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business Harvard Islamic Society Harvard Islamic Society Harvard Islamic Society Harvard Islamic Society Harvard Islamic Society Ĺ&#x201C; Perspective Magazine: Harvard's Liberal Monthly Project East The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers The Society for Creativity and Innovation at Harvard College The Voice Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa

Retroactive Upfront Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Upfront Retroactive Retroactive

$500.00 $840.00 $200.00 $16.16 $470.00 $930.00 $345.00 $270.00 $85.00

$0.00 $160.20 $120.00 $16.16 $450.00 $840.00 $240.00 $270.00 $85.00

Upfront

$200.00

$100.00

Upfront

$300.00

$100.00

Retroactive

$780.00

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Upfront

$2,500.00 $375.00 $175.00 $605.00 $375.00 $550.00 $2,443.80

$2,500.00 $350.00 $175.00 $430.00 $375.00 $550.00 $2,443.80

Retroactive Upfront

$870.00 $400.00

$500.00 $240.00

Retroactive

$735.21

Retroactive Retroactive

$64.59 $1,500.00

$64.59 $1,000.00

Retroactive

$100.00

$15,629.76

$12,624.96

Docket: 10-0-0 Recommend: 10-0-0

27F-08. Fall Grants Package 4.0 Sponsor: FiCom Chair Andrea R. Flores (Currier ‘10) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate $9,603.77 from the Grants Fund to 45 recipient projects, as shown in the break-down below, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Spring applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein. Grant Project Name

Organization Name

Funding

Amt Req Amoun

ID 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304

Top Business School Panel Gamut Tea Ichthus Pub Night Intro Meeting Environmental Action Committee Introductory Meeting Homelessness Awareness Classical Club Freshmen Welcome Harvard Skating Club Holiday Show No on Prop 8 Fundraiser/Study Break/Mixer Harvard Breakers Break-in Crews Resurrection After Exoneration Integral Humanism Tea with Guest Lecturer, Dr. Jin-Rong Joseph Zhou Halloween Social Keynote Presentation by Jim Kim Global Health Opportunities Fair On the Lake Movie Screening Women's Issues in Global Health Dinner International Development/Global Health Student Social Harvard Women's Ultimate Frisbee Game Night with Keylatch KA Picnic KA First General Meeting KA Fan Dance Workshop Harvard-Yale Alumni Dinner Korean-Pop Dance Group Korean Drumming Workshop

Cambridge Student Partnerships Classical Club Harvard Harvard BGLTSA Harvard Breakers Harvard College Human Rights Advocates Harvard College in Asia Program Harvard Undergraduate Biological Sciences Society (HUBSS) Harvard Undergraduate Biological Sciences Society (HUBSS) Harvard Undergraduate Global Health Forum Harvard Undergraduate Global Health Forum Harvard Undergraduate Global Health Forum Harvard Undergraduate Global Health Forum Harvard Undergraduate Global Health Forum Harvard Women's Ultimate Frisbee Keylatch Afterschool Program Korean Association Korean Association Korean Association Korean Association Korean Association Korean Association

Type Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$225.00 $76.00 $41.90 $50.00

funded $225. $30. $41. $50.

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Retroactive Upfront Upfront Retroactive

$103.50 $250.00 $99.00 $225.00 $63.82 $600.00 $460.00 $329.00

$103. $250. $99. $225. $63. $500. $350. $306.

Upfront

$141.22

$100.

Retroactive Upfront Upfront Upfront Upfront

$70.97 $400.00 $310.00 $340.00 $925.00

$70. $238. $170. $124. $265.

Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Upfront Retroactive Upfront

$1,115.00 $1,000.00 $80.00 $137.67 $324.87 $400.00 $650.00 $300.00 $150.00

$715. $0. $60. $110. $200. $375. $250. $120. $135.

305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322

Second Volunteer Training Halloween Party End of Comp Party SCAS foreign language intro meeting SAMC Kickoff Party Brotherhood event Transportation to Mentoring Sites 10-10 A Reading with Richard Russo Matt Weiland Reading Fall Kick-Off Fall Opening Breakfast Ivy League Conference Ichthus fall 2008 issue Snowflake Stories children's books - fall semester 38th Annual Dr. S. Allen Counter Christmas Concert Harvard/Yale Body & Soul STAND 2008 Student National Conference

Docket: 10-0-0 Recommend: 10-0-0

PBHA's Mission Hill After School Program Singapore, Indonesian and Malaysian Association Small Claims Advisory Service Small Claims Advisory Service South Asian Men's Collective South Asian Men's Collective Strong Women, Strong Girls Taiwanese Cultural Society The Harvard Advocate The Harvard Advocate The Harvard Latter-day Student Organization The Harvard Latter-day Student Organization The Harvard Latter-day Student Organization The Ichthus

Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Upfront

$132.17 $260.00 $350.00 $30.00 $86.88 $23.11 $600.00 $200.00 $50.00 $40.00 $118.77 $130.68 $411.92 $500.00

$132. $126. $0. $30. $86. $23. $600. $200. $50. $40. $100. $0. $236. $500.

Harvard College Stories for Orphans

Upfront

$550.00

$433.

Kuumba Singers of Harvard College Kuumba Singers of Harvard College Harvard Darfur Action Group

Upfront Upfront Upfront

$2,500.00 $1,460. $300.00 $300. $640.00 $106. $15,791.48 $9,603.

27F-09. Legislation on the Student-Faculty Judicial Board Voted by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on 4/7/1987: That the Faculty of Arts and Sciences recommend to the President and Fellows of Harvard College the following: 1. That the legislation approved on May 12, 1970 and amended on January 12, 1971 and on February 13, 1979 be replaced by the proposal for a Student-Faculty Judicial Board as recommended by the Faculty Council; 2. That the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities continue to function as approved on May 12, 1970 and amended on January 12, 1971 and on February 13, 1979 until all the members of the Student-Faculty Judicial Board are elected and begin to serve; 3. That the legislation approved on December 14, 1971, and approved by a mail ballot of the Faculty conducted from December 30, 1971, to January 17, 1972, concerning the discipline of officers remain in force and unchanged with respect to the Screening Committee's election and role in the discipline of officers, as set forth in paragraph number 1 of that mail ballot; 4. That the members of the Student-Faculty Judicial Board be elected as soon as practicable in the fall of 1987 and continue to serve until January of 1989; and that the members of the Judicial Board elected for February of 1989 and thereafter serve for two terms, as described in the proposal included with the Preliminary Agenda for this meeting.

27F-10. Election Software Allocation Act Sponsor: Vice President Randall Sarafa (Kirkland ’09) WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council’s election software is an integral part in the operations of its elections, and WHEREAS the current election software is in need of upgrades to improve its functionality, and WHEREAS various constituencies will be well-served with new software, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that $3,000 be allocated from the Operations Fund for the purposes of contracting development of new election software for the UC; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Executive Board be charged with furnishing documentation of the proposed feature set for the new election software.

27F-11. Holiday Spirit and Fraternization Act Sponsor SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) FiCom Chair Andrea R. Flores (Currier ’10) WHEREAS ‘tis the season to be jolly; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the UC initiate a “secret snowflake” exchange, following these guidelines: 1. Names will be picked by random drawing at the General Meeting on Sunday the 16th of November 2. Secret snowflakes will select, create, or purchase a gift for their drawn recipient (worth not to exceed $10) 3. The gift exchange will take place at the General Meeting on Sunday the 7th of December BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, in the event that a gift-recipient has acted in a “grinch-like” fashion and neglected to bring a gift, then their received gift may be redistributed using the Hare-Clark system amongst the gift givers; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said re-distribution of gift require a 2/3 vote of authorization from the full council; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Sunday the 7th of December be proclaimed “Dress like your Fellow Co-Rep Day” and representatives be asked to dress in a fitting manner; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Executive Board will supply snacks for the ensuing festivities.

27F-12. Freshman Drinking Water Availability Act SAC CHL Vice Chair Ben Schwartz (Winthrop ’10) UC Communications Director Daniel Kroop (Pforzheimer ’10) SAC Secretary Senan Ebrahim (East Yard ’12) UC Freshman Representative Sonia Dara (East Yard ’12) UC Freshman Representative George Huang (North Yard ’12) UC Freshman Representative Benjamin Zagorsky (West Yard ’12) UC Freshman Representative Vijay Kedar (South Yard ’12) WHEREAS there have been many freshmen unable to find drinking water outside the dining hall, WHEREAS as a part of the Freshman Dean’s Office’s responsibilities comprises providing for the living needs of freshmen, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council supports the recommendation to the FDO that water fountains or other drinking water dispensers be installed in all of the following freshmen dorms where no water is available: Grays Hall, Greenough Hall, Wigglesworth Hall, Hurlbut Hall, Mower Hall, Lionel Hall, Massachusetts Hall, and Straus Hall. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council supports the recommendation to the FDO that the drinking fountains in Weld Hall and Apley Court that are not functioning be repaired or replaced.

27F-13. Improving Reading Period for Students Sponsor: SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council recognizes that Reading Period can be a challenging time for students, academically as well as mentally, and WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council collaborated with the Freshman Dean’s Office, the Bureau of Study Counsel, and the Center for Wellness last academic year with great success; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council recommend the following resources and programs be developed and offered for students during the 2008-2009 winter reading period: 1. Bureau of Study Counsel “Office Hours” in Lamont Library, in which students will be able to gather resources and study tips as well as speak briefly with a BSC staff member. 2. A freshman wellness study break in the Lamont Forum Room, to take place on January 14, 2009. Students will be able to come take a break from studying and enjoy resources provided by the Center for Wellness. 3. A resource pamphlet including information on programs offered during reading period, events taking place, study tips, and phone numbers for resources and offices on campus. 4. Other resources and programs as necessary. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that UC members will assist in these efforts by emailing their constituents about the various resources.

27F-14. Recommendations for Harvard House Renewal UC President Matt Sundquist (Mather ’09) SAC CHL Vice Chair Ben Schwartz (Winthrop ’10) UC Communications Director Daniel Kroop (Pforzheimer ’10) SAC Secretary Senan Ebrahim (East Yard ’12) WHEREAS the FAS Dean has announced a forthcoming house renewal, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council adopts the following position paper on the House Renewal Process to be circulated to the appropriate parties. Introduction: The conversations and planning of the House Renewal process now happening in various committees are of the utmost importance for the future of Houses and the College. In order to contribute to this process, we propose in this paper a number of specific suggestions based on our experiences and impressions from having seen and lived in Harvard housing. This paper is by no means an exhaustive report or set of recommendations on the House Renewal process, but is rather an initial attempt to open discussion on a variety of facets of the Harvard house. We purposely abstained from discussions on the philosophy of life in the houses or more abstract questions as such matters are more complex and require more significant discussions and research. We believe the opinions of many students informed by their own rooms and the architecture in which they live, and for that reason we focus a good deal of our discussion on these topics. Process: It's clear that a variety of people will need to be involved at every stage of the planning and renovation process. It will be important to ensure that students, housemasters, tutors, and resident deans be brought into the preparation for the renovations, and that these individuals continue to work with architects and construction crews the duration of the building process. Besides having these individuals involved, it will also be essential to involve house staff in the process. House staff can provide recommendations on house and work-spaces, and this will facilitate the important work that the house staff does to keep the house functioning. Ideally, it seems that there could be a group of 4 or 5 people who would continually oversee everything from the time the planning has been finalized through the implementation process and who will also oversee last minute touch-ups. We would recommend this be a tutor, Resident Dean, student or two, housemaster, and staffer (probably the Superintendent for that house). In order to create institutional memory, we believe it will be important to establish and continually update a set of best practices. Before renovations and planning begins, those overseeing the process ought to canvas formally and informally the members of the Yale

and Princeton communities specifically, but also anyone else at a school which has recently undergone this same process. Such solicitations will serve to inform our own efforts. During and after the renovations in the first few houses and beyond, the people involved with the process should compile information with advice, lessons learned, and guidelines for how to manage renovations and the swing year. These best practices should include information on how to foster community for individuals living in swing space, as well as information on how to oversee and be involved in the planning and renovation process. These best practices should be updated every year and available for anyone involved with the renovation process. Such recommendations could include tips from students to other students living in a swing space to advice from Resident Deans on how to ensure that students maintain contact with their tutors and advisors. We suggest three or four open meetings with members of each house where architects are made aware of the needs and limitations of the houses. At these meetings architects can gradually present more and more specific ideas while taking suggestions. After each meeting, a refined floor-plan and architectural plan can be made available to members of the house for discussion and suggestions. In order to provide the most information, the architects should tour the houses while spaces and rooms are actually in use. A useful way to gain information would be to hold a poll or vote in each house on what resources students would most like to have available in their house, such as a game room, performance area, or theater. We also recommend that the Cambridge Historical Commission be consulted early and often so as to preserve the character of the houses and also to avoid potential delays in the renovation processes of the houses. Communications about matters of House Renewal should be conducted as early and often as possible, and we suggest that final meeting for the House Program Planning Committee be an open meeting. We suggest that in order to encourage participation in this process, that these meetings be open to the Crimson as well as the general student body. It is tremendously important that any decisions regarding Allston be made openly and with input from students. As this will be an important decision to be made early in the process, it would set a most unfortunate tone for the entire process if a decision on this topic came as an announcement rather than a discussion. Architecture: Harvard architecture can be intimidating and isolating, and for this reason we recommend that there be ample open space and glass walls be used when possible so as to facilitate community within the houses. Common rooms should generally not be walk-through rooms, but instead could make use of glass doors and be positioned near trafficked areas in the house instead of as trafficked areas. This would allow anyone to easily identify what is going on in a given room without needing to disturb the room by opening a door. On the other hand, common spaces, such as game rooms or casual hang-out spaces should be walk-through areas which naturally facilitate casual interactions. Hallways should not be long, straight corridors, but instead should utilize a distribution of common rooms, singles, and suites throughout and should take advantage of corners to build larger social suites. Tutor rooms should be easily accessible but not so close to student areas so as to make them unappealing to tutors, and this could mean placing tutor suites near the end of a hallway or entryway. The rooms for the tutors should be nice, but not unreasonably created, and they should also be specifically made for tutors. There are many instances of houses simply placing a tutor in a double or triple and using potential student residential space. It would be ideal to provide spacious and quality rooms certainly, but these rooms should be delineated beforehand as tutor rooms. As many students as possible should have both a single and a common room available for their suite, and a single should be

prioritized over a larger common room. However, in cases when doubles are necessary, the double should be large enough that someone would not consider moving into their common room. In order to achieve such a balance, we suggest that singles be between 90-110 square feet in size, and doubles be between 140-170 square feet in size. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walk-throughâ&#x20AC;? rooms, wherein a student must walk-through another room in order to reach a bathroom or egress, ought to be eliminated if possible. Instead rooms should be located off of a hallway within a suite. To optimize efficiency and privacy, both private single-unit bathrooms and larger communal bathrooms could be available. Each large suite should at least have one full private bathroom with a shower, and each floor could also have one communal bathroom with several showers. This provides privacy for students that value it, as well as efficiency for those that need it. Alternatively, large suites could have two smaller bathrooms and smaller suites could have just one bathroom. In cases where singles are off of a hallway, there will obviously still be a need for hallway bathrooms. We also recommend that in all cases, housing be gender neutral both in design and in practice. It would be ideal for every room and suite to be built in such a way that any room or suite could be occupied by any rooming group, regardless of the gender of the occupants. In addition to creating equity in housing, this will also ensure a fair housing lottery. In order to facilitate this, we recommend that bathrooms be unisex in public places and that singles, whenever possible, come equipped with locks on the doors. The houses of the Resident Dean residents are of immense importance, and these spaces should be spacious and afford a certain degree of privacy, as well as provide guest spaces for the Resident Deans to make use of. The perks of the job are currently lacking, and providing quality housing with a space to potentially host students, as the Masters can in their houses, would be ideal. The basements of buildings should be large, and the connection of spaces in adjoining houses so as to create more spaces and pool resources should be attempted whenever possible. Every house should have a game room, weight room, library, dining hall, and performance area. However, some resources could be shared, such as a printing press, art room, pottery room, or photo room could be shared. We also recommend that the most up-to date technology support systems be installed in every house, including cable television and high-speed wireless. In order to facilitate the most efficient use of space for both use and the support of such apparatus, we recommend that whenever possible pipes and wiring be installed beyond the areas located directly below a house. The offices of the Resident Dean, House Staff, and House Master should be as close to high-traffic areas-such as the dining hall or main entrances to the house-as possible. These areas in particular should be handicapped accessible, as should unquestionably the dining hall and library. Whenever possible, we recommend that common spaces and residential space be handicapped accessible so as to allow everyone within our community access to the resources and spaces available within the house. Swing-Space: We believe that a house to be used as a swing-house should be constructed, or some alternative space should be acquired to accommodate the residents of houses under construction. Distributing students throughout various campus locations, hotels, and other spaces would erode the house community. It is not necessary that the swing space have a dining hall, but displaced residents of the house under construction should have a certain number of catered meals available on a weekly basis, as well as a constant supply of snack foods. Having kitchens could create liability and unnecessary risk and they might not be universally used, but some rooms should be outfitted with kitchens so that interested

students could use these spaces. Additionally, it would be valuable to make microwaves and fridges available in every room. Swing houses should provide common spaces, and residents of the swing house should be accommodated as best as possible by trying to energize the SCR members for that house that year, having as much advising as possible available for that house, and making sure that an active group of tutors be available in the house. It would also be helpful to provide additional funding for the HoCo for houses in swing for that year, and the Masters and Resident Deans ought to be given an extra sum of money for their yearly budgets. This would facilitate extra activities, taking trips, etc, and might help offset the lack of housing available. Finally, we recommend that residents of the swing house be able to have a commencement ceremony in the courtyard of their own house. This could create problems and might be inconvenient, but whenever possible we recommend that the commencement exercises for each house be held within that house.

27F-15. Fall Grants Package 5.0 Sponsor: FiCom Chair Andrea R. Flores (Currier ‘10) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate $3,934.43 from the Grants Fund to 21 recipient projects, and

$1,783.08 from the Student Life Fund to 5 recipient projects as shown in the break-down below, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Spring applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein.

Grants Fund: Grant ID 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343

Project Name Movie Series: Hong Kong Open Press Night, Gala Food Celebration Student Enthnographic Film Screening BGLTSA Election Watching Party VP Debate Watching Gathering Harvard Dems Last General Meeting Harvard Dems Election Night Celebration LAST DEMS CAMPAIGN TRIP Nov. 3 Campaign Trip Catholic Film Series Halloween Social IdeaTrust Del.icio.us Speaker Event 10k Elevator Pitch Competition Fondue y La Fea HRAACF Korean Barbecue Polish Independence Day Women and Minorities in Law Conference Tuesday Magazine's Fall 2008 Issue BPLA-HSA Leadership in Law Conference Hockey Season

Organization Name Bow & Arrow Press Harvard Advocate Harvard BGLTSA Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard-Radcliffe Catholic Student Association Harvard-Radcliffe Catholic Student Association HCEF (Harvard College Entrepeneurship Forum) HCEF (Harvard College Entrepeneurship Forum) HCEF (Harvard College Entrepeneurship Forum) Latinas Unidas Harvard-Radcliffe Asian-American Christian Fellowship Harvard College Law Society Tuesday Magazine Harvard Black Pre-Law Association Harvard Inline Hockey

Funding Type Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

Amt Req $85.00 $37.65 $111.86 $38.81 $35.50 $97.94 $30.71 $78.85 $30.66 $149.43 $85.99 $99.92 $190.60 $192.32 $21.98

Amount funded $85.00 $30.00 $111.86 $38.81 $35.50 $97.94 $30.71 $78.85 $30.66 $120.00 $85.99 $99.92 $125.00 $192.32 $21.98

Retroactive Upfront Upfront Upfront Upfront Upfront

$433.89 $500.00 $160.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00

$433.89 $190.00 $160.00 $500.00 $466.00 $1,000.00

$4,881.11

$3,934.43

Student Life Fund: Grant ID 2 3

Project Name Long Weekend Trip to Pennsylvania to Help Barack Obama! Multiracial Event at Brown University

Organization Name

Funding Type

SLF Req.

Harvard College Democrats Harvard Half Asian People's Association

Retroactive Retroactive

$2,000.00 $33.08

SLF Rec. $750.00 $33.08

4 5 6

Intervarsity Fall Retreat Global Health Rally BMF Annual Trip to Canada

Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Christian Fellowship Harvard Black Men's Forum

Retroactive Upfront Upfront

$1,360.00 $2,704.00 $5,200.00

$0.00 $1,000.00 $0.00

$11,297.08

$1,783.08

Docket: 10-0-0 Recommend: 7-3-0 Grant ID 323 324

325 326 327 328 329 330

GRANT DESCRIPTIONS This fall, Woodbridge brings international cinema to Harvard. Kicking off with Hong Kong's 'Internal Affairs' (the movie that inspired The Departed). Co-sponsored by the Hong Kong Society, the screening was held at the Golden Arm Theatre in Eliot House, with a nice serving of authentic Cantonese cuisine. Food to supplement our weekly Open Press sessions at the Bow & Arrow Press. The Harvard Advocate organized a screening of student ethnographic cinema produced at Harvard. These films were made all over the world, including the Amazon rainforest, Siberian tundra, and the deserts of Sudan. Internationally renowned filmmaker Jeff Daniel Silva was also invited to curate the series. A short reception was held after the screenings to solicit feedback on the films. The screening was packed to the brim with over 70 people attending. An election watching party with the BGLTSLA family. Various snacks were offered as the community watched the results of the election as well as relevant ballot measures including Proposition 8 in California, Amendment 2 in Florida, Proposition 102 in Arizona, and Initiative 1 in Arkansas The Harvard Dems put together an event to watch the Vice-Presidential Debate on television. We held the event in Thayer and publicized it widely on our email lists. The Harvard Dems had a general meeting (the second funded by the UC this semester). We invited Marshall Ganz, the famed KSG professor, to speak to us about the election. It was well publicized and well attended, and open to everyone. The Harvard Dems celebrated our electoral victories after our long semester of hard work. The event was open to all people and was heavily attended and publicized. The Dems traveled on last time to campaign on Election Day!

331 The Harvard Dems had another trip to campaign. We hosted, in collaboration with our Knights of Columbus Council, a series of movies in the Student Center Lounge open to all members of the Harvard community. As a Catholic organization, we tried to select films with Catholic themes to get people to think of their faith in a different way while having a good time. We set up the Lounge like a movie theatre and 332 projected the films onto the wall. It was great. We and our Knights Council hosted a Halloween social complete with costumes, video games, board games, snacks, card 333 games, and a horror film. IdeaTrust is a monthly session where Harvard students come together to share their startup ideas and help each other get their entrepeneurial plans off the ground. Case studies about successful startups are also presented, all for the joint purpose 334 of inspiring and aiding Harvard entrepeneurship ideas. ALBERT WENGER - Former President of Del.icio.us speaks about how to launch your own startup. This talk was very interesting, since Albert has had first hand experience not only of running an extremely successful startup but also of investing in and supporting other startups as a venture capitalist himself, so he knows what it's like to be on both sides of 335 the business world. Absolutely everybody and anybody is welcome. The Harvard i3 "Innovation Challenge"has its first annual $1000 Elevator Pitch Competition. An "elevator pitch" is a oneminute explanation of an innovative idea for an enterprise or venture. Anyone can participate in the competition. Judging will be done both by audience participation and a panel of expert Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists. Students are given the opportunity through this event to fund their own startup business idea, as well as to share ideas and meet aspiring 336 entrepeneurs. At our general meeting this past Tuesday, the board made an extra effort to get more LU members to show up. We dipped bananas in chocolate fondue and screened two episodes of Ugly Betty, hence the event title "Fondue y La Fea!" It was a 337 great success as we had about double our usual attendance at this past week's meeting. The Korean Barbecue was an opportunity for new freshmen and upperclassmen to meet members of HRAACF, and for HRAACF to introduce the organization in a relaxed and fun environment. It was advertised and open to the entire Harvard community, and anyone who came by was welcome to participate. The primary feature of the event was the dinner served, 338 which included Korean barbecue and other various food. This is one of the most important events for us this semester, if not the most important one. We always have the most of our members come for this event to celebrate their Polish affiliation. In our tradition we always treat the guests with best Polish food available in formal setup. We carry on many discussions, including most often Polish history and Poland's 339 setup in relations with the world, esp. with the US. The Women and Minorities in Law Conference is designed to realize a greater participation of women and minorities with the legal sector. Nationally, only 4 percent of law firm partners are minorities; even fewer are minority women. This further 340 highlights the vigorous need to secure the full and equal participation of women in the legal profession and justice system.

Recognizing that disparate treatment between the races and the sexes exists is the fundamental beginning toward ending the problem. Thus this conference seeks to bridge this gap by providing participating undergraduates, specifically women and minorities, with the skills and information necessary to make wise career choices. With a wide range of panels, participants will be able to engage in an informal discussion with diverse leaders in the legal community, ultimately widening their perspective on the opportunities available for the currently underrepresented. Collaborating with the Harvard College Law Society and the Small Claims Advisory Service, we hope to showcase the field of law as a vehicle for creating social change in public and private sectors regardless of gender or race. Tuesday Magazine is a general interest magazine, publishing works including but not limited to short stories, essays, photographs, poems, opinions, paintings, psychology studies, and manifestoes. We endeavor to exist as a forum for student voices to be expressed, a venue for creative work to be showcased, and an exemplar of excellence in writing, art, and design. Most importantly, Tuesday aims to provide an intellectual forum for the Harvard community by soliciting and publishing student work in any field. Works and ideas are accepted from any Harvard affiliate, and editors work on a oneon-one basis with contributors to polish pieces for publication. On a campus with so many multi-talented students it is no surprise to find a physicist who pens poetry or a student with a penchant for odd English suffixes. At Tuesday we recognize the sheer enormity of our peers' ability: be it in late night conversations in the dorm, in the lab, or in the music hall. Tuesday aims to provide a cross-section of Harvard student thought, while simultaneously spurring further student thought and discussion. We door drop Tuesday for free to the entire undergraduate population as well as providing issues in library periodicals rooms and department centers. Such broad distribution combined with our commitment to publishing ideas will ideally catalyze further student discussion and generation of thoughts, ideas, and works of art. Tuesday does not have a political or regional slant, and we are willing to publish any piece, so long as it is insightful. Furthermore, to do justice to the student works that it contains, we make every effort possible to present student ideas in a crisp, professional, engaging format. Our design board works hard to ensure that the physical magazine properly translates the ideas that have been tapped. Tuesday's aim to embody a slice of intellectual thought is further fulfilled in our other endeavors on campus. We hold regular movie screenings, professor-led writing workshops, Art's First art exhibitions, as well as participating in poetry readings. The grant we are applying for will help cover publication costs incurred by distributing for free to the undergraduate 341 campus. The Leadership in Law conference (LLC) is designed to expose Harvard undergraduates to leadership opportunities within the field of law. The LLC provides undergraduates with skills and information at a pivotal time in their education, 342 supplying them with the information to make wise career choices. The spring conference would draw Black College

students from all over the country and feature a mock-trial competition to engage young debaters in the prevalent issues of our time affecting minority groups. While engaging in the Leadership Conference, participants will meet with and learn from leaders in the legal community, ranging from prominent Harvard Law School professors, corporate lawyers, Harvard Law students, and their talented peers. In a collaborative effort with the Cronin Center for Enterprise, we hope to expose participants to a broad range of career options, showcasing the field of law as a vehicle for creating social change in public and private sectors. Ultimately, such exposure will inform students about the issues they will face as leaders in the coming decades. Inline hockey season which will include several games and practices, as well as league fees, practice fees and travel to and 343 from the tournaments. Student Life Fund The Harvard College Democrats drove to Levitttown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania to do a long-term campaign trip to help re-elect Rep. Patrick Murphy and elect Sen. Barack Obama to the presidency. This trip is taken only once per 2 presidential election and so is a unique oppor Brown University Hapa Club in conjunction with Brown Organization of Multracial and Biracial Students is hosting their annual Multiracial Week. Multiracial Week is a week-long celebration of multiracial identity and identity politics at Brown, including film screenings, notable guest speakers, discussion panels, and other exciting events. It is the only one of its kind in the entire nation, drawing speakers, students, and attendees from all over the country. Harvard Hapa is very excited to attend this one-of-a-kind week of events, especially as we have already started planning our own day-long Multiracial Conference for the spring semester. We will be arriving on Friday night to meet students from Brown Hapa, BOMBS, and other universitys' multiracial organizations (MIT, Tufts, and more). From there, we will be holding board-toboard meetings to get advice on how to proceed with our own MR conference. We will be staying the night to attend their weekend Multiracial Week events. This is likely to be one of the most important trips for Harvard Hapa as it is quite clearly the culmination of many efforts at Brown University and signifies something that we hope to achieve in the near 3 future. Transportation by Zip car, which was cheaper than the train. The Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowships is an open community that is devoted to providing a safe environment for students to explore spirituality and grow in faith. We consist of 3 branches â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Harvard Radcliffe Christian Fellowship (HRCF), the Asian American Christian Fellowship (HRAACF), and the Black Christian Fellowship (HRBCF). The 3 fellowships work together to cater to the spiritual needs of as much of the campus as possible. As a part of this mission, we will all be participating in the annual Fall Retreat. Every year, we organize a weekend retreat in the fall that takes place in an off-campus site. The goal of our retreat is transformation, on the individual and community 4 level. We do this by: 1) challenging students individually to examine the values and assumptions that guide their daily lives

in the context of Christian faith; and 2) using the time away from campus to strengthen an existing community, and to foster an atmosphere of mutual care and encouragement that will last past the retreat. To further these goals, fall retreat features a main speaker who speaks on topics of faith that are relevant to college students â&#x20AC;&#x201C; topics such as building community, dating, and family, to name a few. Students often find that the talks challenge them to think differently, and are compelled to change their lifestyles in a way that benefits themselves and those around them. Retreats also host a variety of team-building activities such as team Olympics, group outings, as well as time for personal sharing and prayer. Through these activities, we hope to provide fun and comfortable ways for students to get to know each other on a personal level. Our retreats often lead to the formation of lasting friendships and stronger community bonds. We are devoted to the open and honest pursuit of truth. That is why we make an extensive effort to invite individuals from all faith backgrounds to come and engage us on their own views and ours. Non-Christians and Christians alike have attended our retreats. The cost of the trip is $96 which covers transportation, housing and meals for 3 days, and the speaker's honorarium. We are applying for a grant in order to make the retreat accessible to the entire Harvard community, regardless of faith or socioeconomic background. In line with this vision, we have a retreat fund which assists students who are unable to meet the costs. However, our resources are limited. As an organization, we have no form of income other than the participant fee. We charge students less than it costs per person, and cover all deficits through fundraising. Furthermore, frequent retreats and other on campus activities such as daily ministry meetings and out-reach events drain our limited funds. This grant will cover transportation costs which make up a significant portion of our expenses for the retreat. We hope that a reduced cost will allow and encourage more students to join us in our pursuit of faith, truth, and transformation. We will take a group of students down for a Global Health Rally to be held in either the Democrat or Republican national headquarters (depending on outcome of election), in order to urge the next President to make global health a priority on his agenda within the first 100 days of his term. This experience will be beneficial to the students who participate (we have 16 that have signed up thus far). However, the effects of the event are much more far reaching. The 40+ members of the Harvard Global Health and AIDS Coalition, as well as the ~200 students of Anthropology 1825 ("Case studies in Global Health"- Farmer/Kim/Kleinman), have been notified of the rally- though many of them cannot attend, they will be following the event very closely, and it is the intent of the participants that we will present on our experience upon return. In this way, the rally can provide an educational experience even for those who do not attend. During our day in DC, we will not only participate in a national, media-gathering, rally (which in itself is a historical opportunity), but we will also meet with members of other advocacy groups, such as ACT-UP. This is a natural extension to the material that has been taught in Anthro 1825, and the work that has been done in advocacy through the Global Health 5 and AIDS Coalition thus far.

In order to make this trip possible, in light of midterm season and difficulty (and potential safety hazards) of driving through the night, we kindly ask for funding through the new Student Life Fund for airfare. This is a historical election that is coming up, and the rally is also going to be a historical moment- please help us cover this one-time event! The BMF Annual Trip to Canada fosters bonding and direct leadership-building activities amongst members of the Black Men's Forum members. The trip serves to introduce freshmen members to the upperclassmen and help create a strong foundation for future relationships. The trip is primarily an educational experience as we will be taking part in the Annual Concordia Conference on Caribbean Culture in Montreal. Money is needed for the breakfast prior to the trip and 6 accommodations associated.

27F-16. Legal Services Allocation Act UC President Matthew L. Sundquist (Mather ’09) UC Vice-President Randall S. Sarafa (Kirkland ’09) SAC Secretary Senan Ebrahim (East Yard, '12) Representative Amanda Lu (Eliot ’11) Representative Douglas Lloyd (Eliot ’09) Representative Catherine Ntube (Pforzheimer ’11) Representative Papa Chakravarthy (South Yard ’12) Representative Vijay Kedar (South Yard ’12) Representative Charles James (Leverett ’10)

WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council ought to follow the law, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that $800 be allocated from the operations fund to be used for legal expenses associated with Cable television BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all UC representatives shall send an email soliciting opinions and feedback to their house and be prepared to represent their findings to the Council.

27F-17. UC-HoCo Relations Improvement Act Sponsor: UC Representative Doug Lloyd (Eliot ’09) WHEREAS each of the thirteen House Committees are charged with the responsibility of helping to improve student life at the House level, and WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council likewise strives to improve student life at both the House and College-wide level, and WHEREAS a strong channel of communication between these entities is likely to establish a more beneficial relationship for all parties involved, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council, by way of the representatives for each of the upperclassman districts, will extend a special invitation to all House Committee chairs and co-chairs and any representatives of the First Year Social Committee to attend the session on Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 7:00pm; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council will reserve time at the aforementioned session to allow the House Committee chairs and co-chairs to share their ideas for how the Undergraduate Council can better coordinate with the House Committees for the purposes of improving student life; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, per the provisions of legislative act 27F-05, each upperclassman representative will make every reasonable effort to attend at least one monthly House Committee meeting for their district, thus continuing the conversation between the Undergraduate Council and their district’s House Committee;* *Author’s Note: Attached to this legislation are the results of a brief survey submitted to all of the House Committee chairs and co-chairs, conducted by the sponsor of the legislation between November 10, 2008 and November 16, 2008

HoCo Information Survey The survey consisted of five questions presented to the 23 chairs and co-chairs of twelve of the thirteen upperclassman districts (Dudley House was excluded because information on the House Committee representatives could not be obtained quickly enough, and Kirkland House only has one chair). These questions were as follows: 1. 2.

Which house do you live in? How often does at least one of your UC reps attend your weekly HoCo meetings?

3. 4. 5.

How often does one of your UC reps e-mail the weekly meeting minutes to your House e-mail list? Do you think the UC does enough to help your HoCo? Would you be interested in attending and/or speaking at a regular UC meeting, or one where we specifically invited all of the HoCo chairs to attend? (Though, of course know that all members of the undergraduate body are welcome to attend any UC meeting, any time)?

15 of the 23 chairs and co-chairs responded, for a response rate of 65.2%. This includes all of the chairs and co-chairs for the following districts: Currier, Dunster, Eliot, Kirkland, Lowell, Mather, and Quincy. It also includes one co-chair each from Adams and Pforzheimer. Neither co-chair from Cabot, Leverett, or Winthrop responded. The responses to the survey questions were: Question #2 [15 responses]

Question #3 [15 responses] Twice a month 7%

Once a month 13% Twice a month 34%

Once a month 33%

Every week 20%

Every week 7% Rarely/never 33%

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No 27%

Yes, it does enough. 7%

Rarely/never 53%

Question #5 [14 responses] No 14% Yes, either 43%

Yes, but it could do more. 66%

Yes, HoCo specific only 43%

27F-18. Freshman Brain Break Act Representative Benjamin (Zags) Zagorsky (West Yard ’12) WHEREAS sample research shows that only 36% of students enter Annenberg Brain Break during the first 45 minutes, but 64% enter during the latter 45 minutes, and WHEREAS altering the times of Annenberg Brain Break according to student flow could help serve more students, especially those studying later at night, and improve use of resources allocated to Brain Break; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council recommend to the Freshmen Dean’s Office and the Annenberg Dining Hall Manager that the hours for Annenberg Brain Break be shifted 30 minutes later, from 8:45 – 10:15 to 9:15 – 10:45 P.M. Authors Note: Data on the entrance times of students to Brain Break were collected on three separate days. The data and graphs follow. The overall population trend is clearest in the final graph, which is the sum of the three days. In that graph, there is a clear plateau in the latter half of brain break. Optimally, this plateau would occur in the middle of brain break, rather than the end. The data support shifting Annenberg Brain Break anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes later. The recommendation of a 30-minute shift is a compromise between these two extremes. Number of People Entering Annenberg for Brain Break on 3 Separate Days Data Collected by: Zags (Benjamin) Zagorsky

Sunday, 11/2/08 Time People 8:45 – 8:50 7 8:50 – 8:55 5 8:55 – 9:00 11 9:00 – 9:05 4 9:05 – 9:10 15 9:10 – 9:15 15 9:15 – 9:20 18 9:20 – 9:25 7 9:25 – 9:30 11 9:30 – 9:35 15 9:35 – 9:40 10 9:40 – 9:45 12 9:45 – 9:50 17 9:50 – 9:55 23 9:55 – 10:00 19 10:00 – 10:05 25 10:05 – 10:10 19 10:10 – 10:15 19

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27F-19: Fall Grants Package 6.0 Sponsor: FiCom Chair Andrea R. Flores (Currier ‘10) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate $15,054.33 from the Grants Fund to 43 recipient projects, and

$15,060 from the Student Life Fund to 9 recipient projects as shown in the break-down below, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Spring applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein.

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Project Name Joy n' Sunny Pastry Relief Club Mixer TRASH Regionals Navratri Puja SAWC General Meeting Harvard/Yale T-shirts Chess Road to Success Cambridge After School Program Holiday Dinner Fall Performance ACF Fall Tournament Farewell Party for Our Meditation Teacher Oct. 4 Campaign Trip Harvard Dems Activities Fair Sept. 21 Campaign trip (1st of the year) Oct. 25 Campaign Trip Harvard Dems Introductory Meeting Oct. 11 Campaign Trip Oct. 18 Campaign Trip Nov. 2 Campaign Trip VP Debate Watching Gathering Harvard Dems Last General Meeting Harvard Dems Election Night Celebration LAST DEMS CAMPAIGN TRIP

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Amt Req $70.00 $89.38 $90.00 $17.00 $91.00 $1,130.00 $425.00

Amount funded $0.00 $65.68 $0.00 $17.00 $91.00 $0.00 $425.00

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$440.00

$424.00

Upfront

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Upfront Retroactive Retroactive

$400.00 $815.00 $240.00

$240.00 $390.00 $240.00

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$52.00 $64.87 $40.21

Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats

Retroactive Retroactive

$124.01 $52.38

Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$385.00 $32.43 $70.16 $75.45 $35.50

$290.00 $32.43 $70.16 $75.45 $35.50

Harvard College Democrats

Retroactive

$97.94

Harvard College Democrats

Retroactive

$30.71

Harvard College Democrats

Retroactive

$78.85

Adams House Drama Society Association of Black Harvard Women Cambridge After School Program Cambridge Student Partnerships Harvard Ballet Company Harvard College Bowl Harvard College Buddhist Community Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats

Funding Type Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Upfront

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Nov. 3 Campaign Trip Documentary Screening and Discussion on Sri Lankan Civil Conflict Kickoff Cooking Social and General Meeting Diwali World AIDS Week Pops Risks It All - Fall Concert I-fest "Global Medical Brain Drain" Discussion with HMS Prof. Nir Eyal Spatial Music Celebtration human rights in north korea awareness week Winter Banquet documentary screening Harvard-Yale Latino Tailgate Latina Empowerment Conference Queer Writers'/Activists' Workshop Respectably French Startup Fund Dinner Discussion with Ambassador Lodhi TAPS: Spring 2009 Show The Voice

Harvard College Democrats

$30.66

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$230.00

Retroactive Retroactive

$80.00 $500.00

$70.00 $500.00

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$565.00 $239.62 $4,320.00

$475.00 $239.62 $2,590.00

Retroactive Upfront

$97.78 $100.00

$85.00 $100.00

Human Rights in North Korea Human Rights in North Korea Human Rights in North Korea La Organizacion de Puertoriquenos en Harvard

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$250.00 $420.00 $325.00

Retroactive

$1,400.00

$1,300.00

Latinas Unidas

Upfront

$4,155.00

$1,550.00

Radcliffe Union of Students

Retroactive

$116.26

Respectably French South Asian Women's Collective (SAWC) TAPS The Voice

Upfront

$4,896.00

$2,190.00

Retroactive Upfront Upfront

$100.00 $200.00 $2,500.00

$100.00 $200.00 $500.00

$26,337.81

$15,054.33

Harvard College Friends of Sri Lanka Harvard College Friends of Sri Lanka Harvard Dharma Harvard Global Health and AIDS Coalition Harvard Pops Orchestra Harvard Students for Israel Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society Harvard Wind Ensemble

Retroactive

Student Life Fund: Grant ID

Project Name

Organization Name

Funding Type

Amt Req

Amt Funded

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Tri-House Winter Formal Yule Ball (Winter Formal) Formal Winter Formal Winter Formal Winter Formal Dunster House Winter Formal Cabot House Formal Eliot Winter Formal Adams House Winter Formal 2008 Ivy Policy Colloquium

Winthrop, Currier, Mather House Committee Lowell House Committee Pforzheimer House Committee Quincy House Committee Kirkland House Committee Leverett House Committee

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$3,750.00 $1,250.00 $3,000.00 $2,465.00 $1,838.00 $1,250.00

$3,750.00 $1,250.00 $1,250.00 $1,250.00 $1,250.00 $1,250.00

Dunster HoCo Cabot House Committee Eliot House Committee

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$1,250.00 $1,250.00 $1,250.00

Adams House Committee

Retroactive

$1,250.00

Harvard BGLTSA

Retroactive

$130.50

$60.00

$18,683.50

$15,060.00

Docket: 10-0-0 Recommend: 10-0-0

Grant Descriptions The Pastry Relief was founded two months ago by a couple of cake aficionados looking for a sweet and creative way to procrastinate. Since our debut, an architecturally inspired two-tone Mad Hatter cake, we have grown from a weekend diversion to a weekly gathering of people who love to bake, eat, decorate, pipe, whip, or just inhale the aroma of flour, egg and butter doing their magic thing in the oven. We at first aspired to be Martha Stewarts (guys included) without the fuss and the jail time, but we realized that there's much more to baking than what meets the senses. From the therapeutic (rolling out a week's worth of stress with the fondant) to the wholesome (savoring rum raisin cakes as pre-gaming instead of doing 10 second shots), from the loving (cakes for friends and lovers) to the caring (pastries for Currier House Open House and Biology seminars), the world has underestimated the usefulness of a simple vanilla cake enrobed in fondant and dabbled with a marzipan flower here and a chocolate leaf there in such turbulent times. Each of our "club meetings" involve laughing, chatting, rubbing the flour from our lashes and licking stray frosting from our noses; and we feel that these activities make Pastry Relief on par with the best high-minded schemes to make the world -- we mean, Harvard -- a better place.

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Every weekend, we get together to brainstorm ideas, take inventory of ingredients, draft up a plan for a cake or three, then roll up our sleeves and get to work. We keep the kitchen door open to welcome whoever happens to want a cake and eat it too, though we've always wanted to do more publicity than waiting upon chance visitors. Our part-time jobs can no longer keep up with the cost of ingredients and tools, however. So far, we own one baking tray, which severely limits participation. We also need to wait for the cake to cool first before reverting it onto a plate and beginning a second cake, and in

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the case of cheesecakes, we sometimes find that we must finish the cake first before another club meeting can commence. This, as you can see, creates a potential public health hazard in raising our blood sugar to abnormal levels. That is why we're turning to the Undergraduate Council for funding. We would like to invest in a few pieces of quality equipments that may be used by club members for as long as the tools last. Since a big part of Pastry Relief involves decorating -- this is where food meets art -- ingredients for trimming are just as important as basic staples like flour and sugar. We also would like to invest in some Costco-size packages of marzipan, fondant, pastry bags, and other such accessories that are much more cost-effective when purchased at wholesale quantities. Such expenditures have a high value to price ratio, but the one-time out-of-pocket cost is very difficult to scrape together from our own saving jars. We would really like to share with everyone the joy of baking, and we hope the UC would help us make it real. First mixer of the year to welcome incoming freshmen into the Puerto Rican and Latino community; hosted by La O TRASH (Trivial Recall About Strange Happenings) is an offset of your typical quiz bowl competition with a focus on pop cultural and all things trivial. A team of three was fielded at the regional competition that had other colleges present including: Brandeis, Boston College, Boston University, and New York University. Navaratri Puja started Dharma's holiday celebrations that ended with Diwali. Navaratri celebrates Devi, or goddess, a revered form of both power and graciousness in Hinduism. The Devi puja is the most accessible and well-known puja to our membership, and there has been significant interest in holding a Devi puja. Monthly meeting of active members for general discussion and planning upcoming events. Served bubble tea and made flyers/door drops for Kalpanam. As Harvard cheerleaders, part of our role is to motivate the team and school at football and basketball games. The primary goal of our team is to bring our school together in order to become a closer community. We believe that selling Harvard/Yale T-shirts will be a good way to not only promote the game, but also help instill and encourage school spirit. *We are reapplying for further funding because during our last application we had been expecting funding from another granting source, but we were recently denied. With more expenses cropping up and the lack of extra funding, we are reapplying to the UC in the hopes that we can get enough money to cover our most basic costs.* "Chess" by Tim Rice (Lyrics), Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulveaus (Music) (the BB in ABBA) is a intense rock musical of love, politics, and international intrigue against the backdrop of the Cold War. The play centers around the International Chess Championship between Anatoly, a restless Soviet Champion and Freddie, his volatile American challenger, and the love triangle between them and Florence, a woman haunted by the ghosts of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. It is one of the few plays or musicals out there to ever capture the tensions and conflicts of the cold war in a personal story, and is especially relevant this year after the events in Georgia, where people again return to discussing politics in terms of a "Soviet-American" dichotomy. With music that's a mixture of 80's rock and traditional Broadway styles, this production which features a fifteen piece rock orchestra, will be a semistaged concert, featuring acting parts for all ensemble members. This interpretation allows us to focus on the strengths of the show, namely the energetic music and the compelling story of a woman caught between political alliances. What this means more specifically is that we are not going to have any dancing, costumes are going to be simple and understated, and most notably the actors will be onstage with scripts in hand the whole time. This way we hope to give our actors the very best opportunity to master the challenging material and remove the focus on the “spectacle” to direct it to the “heart”.

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within various companies and institutions. Our guest moderator will be Vicki R. Palmer, Executive Vice President of Financial Services and Administration at Coca-Cola Enterprises, along with three other female panelists of color, who hold prominent leadership positions in the community at large. The Road to Success panel will be a venue that allows for women of all races to discuss their career goals, hear about real life trials and tribulations, and prepare themselves for the obstacles that they may face on their individual Roads to Success. We would like to hold the event on Thursday, December 4th, 2008. The Cambridge After School Program (CASP) is a tutoring / mentoring program for low-income, at-risk youth in the Cambridge community. The program runs for two hours, four days a week. The first hour is devoted to academic support, during which each volunteer works with two to three students on homework and other academic activities. The second hour focuses on academic and extracurricular enrichment. During this hour volunteers have the opportunity to teach a lesson on a subject about which they are passionate (from arts to sports to academics). The first hour of the program aims to provide students with a basic foundation for success in the classroom. The second part of the program is designed to expose our youth to opportunities not often available to them. CASP strives to be a partner for Cambridge families and to provide a helping hand to our community's young people, while offering Harvard undergraduates a valuable learning experience. Working in Cambridge allows Harvard undergraduates to become more invested in the community in which they live. This experience gives students the opportunity to learn more about the diversity, politics, and culture of Cambridge and to explore the community outside the infamous "Harvard bubble". Our program also allows Harvard undergraduates to gain valuable experience in working with youth, planning and organizing curricula, and working with a community. For the past two semesters the UC has granted funding to CASP, funding that has been instrumental in making our first two semesters as a program successful for our volunteers and students. The grant would cover the cost of transportation for this semester for all volunteers in the program for both tutoring days and the two field trips we will take before the term ends. As a relatively new program, it is extremely difficult to find funding, so we are hopeful that the UC, in funding our transportation, will help us to bring this experience to the Harvard undergraduate community. Volunteers from Cambridge Student Partnerships and Harvard Square Homeless Shelter come together with their clients and guests for a celebration of the work they have done and the Holidays. In addition, some leading community social workers come along with additional Harvard undergraduates and community members. Everyone eats together, looks at displayed artwork, and listens to music and speeches from volunteers and clients. The Harvard Ballet Company's fall dance performance, Pointes of Departure, consists of an exciting blend of student choreography and works by established choreographers Susan Shields and Tai Jimenez. The show will exhibit a wide range of styles from classical ballet, to modern dance, and even Irish Step Dancing! The variety of performances promises to appeal to people in all aspects of the Harvard community. The Academic Competition Federation Fall Tournament serves as a prelude to the ACF Regional Qualifiers in the spring; these Qualifiers in turn determine which College Bowl teams will represent the Northeast region in the prestigious ACF National Tournament. In addition, the ACF Fall Tournament questions, being slightly less challenging than those used in ACF Regionals and Nationals, help freshman and other new recruits to transition more smoothly from high school to college formats. Harvard College Bowl sent four teams to the Northeast Tournament held at Brandeis. All four teams placed in the top two-thirds of the preliminary rounds, and the Harvard A team won 1 of 2 games in the finals. Two Harvard players also received individual awards for exceptional playing. One of our group's focal activities is a weekly meditation class open to all interested Harvard College students. Since September 2007, these meditation classes have been taught voluntarily by Dan Sinnott, a senior Dharma teacher from the Cambridge Zen Center. Dan also led 2 meditation retreats for our group last year which were also open to the Harvard College community. This month, Dan is leaving the U.S. to accept a teaching position in the U.K. To show our appreciation for Dan's gracious services to our group, we held a farewell party for him on behalf of our membership. For this purpose, we purchased food from the Tanjore restaurant, and thus, we are seeking funding from the UC to cover these expenses. The Harvard Dems had another campaign event, and provided coffee and donuts to those who attended. The Harvard Dems held their annul presentation at the SOCH student activities fair. We had a wide audience and had fliers and candy for interested students. The event was widely advertised and well-attended. The Harvard Dems had our first trip to Manchester to campaign for Barack Obama for president. It was widely publicized for the whole month of

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September and we provided coffee and donuts to those attending the event. The Harvard Dems had a campaign trip to Nashua to campaign for Barack Obama. We provided coffee and donuts for the event and put up posters for the event to advertise for it. The Harvard Dems held their introductory meeting to promote our fall activities for the incoming freshman. We advertised for it heavily throughout freshman week with fliers, emails, dorm-storming, and with our patented donkey costume display. it was open to everyone and food was provided. The Dems took a trip to Manchester to campaign for Barack Obama. We provided donuts and coffee on the way up. The Harvard Dems took a trip to Nashua to campaign. We served donuts and coffee on the way up for those attennding. The Harvard Dems provided coffee and donuts for our second trip of the GOTV weekend. The Harvard Dems put together an event to watch the Vice-Presidential Debate on television. We held the event in Thayer and publicized it widely on our email lists. The Harvard Dems had a general meeting (the second funded by the UC this semester). We invited Marshall Ganz, the famed KSG professor, to speak to us about the election. It was well publicized and well attended, and open to everyone. The Harvard Dems celebrated our electoral victories after our long semester of hard work. The event was open to all people and was heavily attended and publicized. The Dems traveled on last time to campaign on Election Day! The Harvard Dems had another trip to campaign. Harvard College Friends of Sri Lanka is a new undergraduate student group on campus that was recently approved by Harvard's Committee on College Life. We represent an organization for all Harvard students interested in Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan culture, and/or who are committed to raising awareness about important Sri Lankan issues on campus. Some of our specific aims include: (1) fostering a community for students from Sri Lanka, of Sri Lankan origin, and friends to meet and share their interests in and experiences of the country of Sri Lanka and its culture, (2) raising awareness on campus of issues important in Sri Lanka today, including but not limited to the civil war and ethnic conflict, economic situation and human rights concerns, and (3) extending this awareness into any help that the students at Harvard can offer the Sri Lankan people and nation through fund-raising or publicity. On December 13th, we have reserved the Radcliffe Gymnasium to screen a documentary open to the Harvard community and the general public that portrays the ongoing Sri Lankan ethnic conflict, in an effort to raise awareness of this important Sri Lankan issue across campus. The documentary entitled "No More Tears, Sister: an Anatomy of Hope and Betrayal" aired on PBS a few years ago and is narrated by renowned Sri Lankan- Canadian author Michael Ondaatje. The program agenda includes a brief introduction to the history of the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict by visiting Harvard scholar Dr. Thrishantha Nanayakkara before the film, and a tentative discussion session afterward moderated by Prof. Louise Richardson. To enhance this event and to encourage attendance, we would like to provide refreshments (food and drink) to all attendees. Also, to facilitate the film screening, we will require special audio-visual equipment and other supplies like chairs to accommodate attendees in the gymnasium. Thus, we are applying for an upfront UC grant to cover these expenses. Harvard College Friends of Sri Lanka is a new undergraduate student group on campus that was recently approved by Harvard's Committee on College Life. We have been working hard over the past several months to register our group as an official Harvard College organization. We are an organization for all Harvard students interested in Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan culture, and/or who are committed to raising awareness about important Sri Lankan issues on campus. Some of our specific aims include: (1) fostering a community for students from Sri Lanka, of Sri Lankan origin, and friends to meet and share their interests in and experiences of the country of Sri Lanka and its culture, (2) raising awareness on campus of issues important in Sri Lanka today, including but not limited to the civil war and ethnic conflict, economic situation and human rights concerns, and (3) extending this awareness into any help that the students at Harvard can offer the Sri Lankan people and nation through fund-raising or publicity. As our first ever event, the goal of our cooking party was not only to celebrate our new official status as a student group, but also to generate enthusiasm and discuss ideas for our groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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future activities among our group's membership. We succeeded in accomplishing both of these goals. We are requesting a UC grant to fund the expenses needed to purchase cooking ingredients and other supplies for our event. Diwali is the most auspicious day of the Hindu calendar. It symbolizes the lunar new year and is also referred to as the festival of lights. It provides great opportunity for students to observe and understand Hindu ritual in a student-run setting. It brings together members of the Hindu community and others throughout the Harvard community to partake in this important festival. Dharma wants to continue its long tradition of annual Diwali celebrations as our biggest event of the year. Held in the residence of Lowell House Master Diana Eck, it has a very warm feeling, recreating a sense of home for many students. Last year just under 200 students and faculty attended and we expected attendance to be at least as large as the previous year's. Based on last year's trend, we anticipate more students who do not traditionally attend Dharma events but are curious to see the Hindu Festival of Lights. We look forward to welcoming the entire Harvard Community to this greatest of Hindu cultural events. World AIDS Week is a week focused around World AIDS Day (December 1st) dedicated to education and awareness of the Harvard community about HIV/ AIDS. There are speakers and events planned to get Harvard students involved and knowledgeable about the spread of HIV/AIDS in our own community, as well as globally. The general theme of this year's World AIDS Week is "Women/ Children and AIDS". In order to reach the greater Harvard community, we will be showing movies like RENT, sponsoring lectures, handing out condoms, and creating visual representations in front of the Science Center, all in the hopes of educating those around us about the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Also, we will be constructing a giant AIDS ribbon (same as past two years) to hang on Grays. Following the lighting of the ribbon, we will be holding a vigil in the yard. Throughout the week, we will be trying to raise awareness through flyering, as well as handing out condoms, to promote HIV/AIDS prevention. The Harvard Pops Orchestra is unlike any other orchestral and instrumental performance group on campus because of our focus on integrating a modern, inventive approach to the classical music genre. Harvard Pops attracts many audiences that normally aren't interested in traditional classical music. In our upcoming concert entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pops Risks It All,â&#x20AC;? we will be performing pieces such as American in Paris, Istanbul Not Constantinople, Mars, Star Wars, and Romeo and Juliet, while incorporating theatrical elements including an opera called The Magic Futon, which was written for Harvard Pops by Larry Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe. Students and members of the broader community find our concerts original, entertaining, and out-of-the-ordinary. We have been told by our audience members that our concerts are nothing like any other concert they have been to and that they have never had as much fun at a concert. We aim to expose our music to more members of the college and community because Pops uniquely integrates classical music with music that is more accessible to a larger audience. All in all, the Harvard Pops orchestra contains a diverse group of enthusiastic performers who are all excited to make every concert a fantastic artistic display, to share their love for music, and to have fun developing their talents in the process. I-fest is a celebration of Israel's culture on campus. We offer falafel, hummus, and other tastes of Israel to any student who passes by. We also teach Israeli dancing, and other less known aspects of Israeli culture. This festival is a fun, interactive experience for all those attending. This year, we had 1000 people attend (see http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=524953)! This festival was for all of Harvard! Nir Eyal, Professor at Harvard Medical School and member of the Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health presented and led a discussion on "the global medical brain drain." (The global medical brain drain is a current situation in which health professionals in the developing world leave to work in developed countries such as the US or the UK, leaving their homelands in desperate shortage of medical and health professionals.) A 25 minute presentation was followed by a 75 minute lively discussion about potential solutions and their relevant ethical ramifications. Food and drinks were provided. In continuing with the theme of the Harvard Wind Ensemble's December concert entitled "Space Music-Music of Henry Brant," we propose a postconcert celebration open to all undergraduates. We feel that a post-concert celebration would allow for discussion on the unique genre of music presented in the concert to continue. This celebration would also serve as an alternative to typical parties at which alcohol is usually the focus. We will hold awareness events throughout the week to educate and empower students about the human rights crisis in North Korea, including documentary screening, panel discussion, and brochure distribution. We will hold a banquet for members of our organization and honor a pioneer in the human rights field.

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We will host a documentary screening, with food and refreshments provided. As a community-building event for the Latino organizations at Harvard and in following with our tradition for many years, we are hosting a tailgate with traditional Latino foods before the Harvard-Yale game. It is a tradition to roast a full pig, and it has come to be a very well celebrated part of us sharing our culture with the community. We will include memberships of Harvards diverse Latino groups and thus work together to foster community. Many times the Latino community is fragmented here at Harvard, and this would be a significant unifying event.

The Cuban-American Undergraduate Student Association is the primary sponsor of this event, and the check should be made out to CAUSA, but we are all working together with a large 20-person planning team, and we hope to include the entire Harvard community in embracing our Latino culture. The Harvard College Latina Empowerment Conference will connect and inspire a diverse cohort of career-oriented Latinas who attend colleges in the greater Boston area. The Conference consists of a series of panels and networking sessions that will expose attendees to a variety of career fields. Panelists will represent the following industries: Business and Media, Politics and Law, Education and Public Service, and Health and Technology. The networking sessions will afford attendees the opportunity to speak with the panelists and our corporate sponsors in a more informal setting. Invitations will be extended to Latinas at other Boston-area colleges, and the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s events will certainly be open to the entire Harvard College community. We discussed queer writing and activism over dinner with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, a leading critic, author, activist, editor, and troublemaker on issues of queer anti-assimilation. Respectably French! is an officially recognized student comedy group, which oversees television series "Respectably French!" as well as related ventures in music composition, live entertainment, and campus-wide interactive comedy. Broadcasting on the Internet, we have developed a worldwide audience and a devoted Harvard following. Members of Respectably French! gain concrete experience in writing, acting, and production across several media, and release comedic video weekly on RespectablyFrench.com Although Respectably French! has operated as an unofficial student group for several years, only recently did we apply for and earn official recognition. The audio/visual work our group does is capital-intensive and requires devoted equipment. All of this work (including video editing and music composition) is currently done with =the privately owned equipment of a few committed members. This puts Respectably French! in an appreciable bind; the few members with computers sophisticated enough to efficiently edit high-definition video cannot be expected to lend out the computers they write essays and solve problem sets on to new members, but cannot train new members or distribute the work evenly without dedicated machines for eager members to work on. We appreciate that the amount of money we are requesting is significant, but it is very modest start-up cost for a serious multimedia comedy production group. The submitted budget is a comprehensive one that includes all major startup costs for the group, a large part of which is funding to transition our equipment base from privatelyowned to group-owned equipment. We have already proven that we can deliver high-quality, high-definition sketch comedy on a weekly basis, but we need the UC to invest in Respectably French! in order to continue. The members with the equipment we use now for video recording, video editing, music recording, and synthesizing are graduating soon, and without this money we will be unable to extend the fullest opportunity to our members, regardless of wealth or initial endowment. Ambassador Lodhi will be joining the South Asian Women's Collective for an informal discussion about her experiences as a South Asian woman in the field of International Relations. TAPS is the only student-run, student-choreographed tap dancing group on campus. Our spring semester show gives our members opportunity to express themselves through choreography and performance. Various tap art forms such as Broadway, Irish, and hip-hop styles are incorporated to make this a well-rounded and enjoyable show. Through this performance, we hope to spread the love of tap dancing to the students of Harvard and the surrounding community. Our project centers on the need for candid, warm coverage of the college experience, as seen by people in our community. We aim to investigate and report on everything relevant to student life at Harvard, from undiscovered campus buzz to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;bigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; issues that effect both Harvard and the world at large.

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1. PRINT EDITION: The college experience is diverse, in flux and conditional on the spirit of the times and individual perspectives. Our coverage will thus range from the fashionable, trifling and transitory to the poignant, profound and transcendent. We strive to be responsive to our readership, always searching for the most interesting and relevant people, events, places, happenings, fashions, productions, ideas, issues and advice. 2. WEB: We believe that media outlets in our community are characterized by a lack of responsiveness. By encouraging, provoking and facilitating discourse on our website, we aim to set the tone for more back-and-forth interactions between Voice team members and our readership. More significantly, the Voice website is a platform for students, student groups, professors, teaching fellows and other members of our extended community to create and share their thoughts and experiences. 3. EVENTS: Our town hall meetings will center on guest panelists, who will field questions from Voice editors and writers, in addition to audience participants. The underlying purpose of our town hall meetings is to empower and inspire students, while reminding them that their voices are part of our community.

27F-20 Exams on Inauguration Day Representative Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) Representative Bill Rose (Adams ’11) SAC CUE Vice-Chair Sarah Honig (Lowell ’10) SAC Secretary Senan Ebrahim (North Yard ’12) Whereas there is significant student concern about exams being scheduled on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009, and Whereas accommodating exam schedules for students attending the Presidential Inauguration in Washington, DC will encourage active civic engagement among the student body; Be it therefore resolved that the Undergraduate Council adopts the following position paper concerning Inauguration Day exams, and Be it further resolved that the Council circulate this position paper to relevant parties and lobby for its recommendations to be implemented. Student Affairs Committee: Docketed: X-X-X Recommended: X-X-X Executive Board: X-X-X Undergraduate Council: X-X-X Undergraduate Council Position Paper on Inauguration Day Exams On December 4, 2007, a group of Class of 1967 College alumni wrote an open letter to University President Drew Faust, urging action to 1 address “widespread apathy and political indifference of the student body at Harvard College today.” In the eleven months since that letter was written, Harvard students of all political persuasions have taken on that apathy directly with high levels of activism across campus. The Harvard Republican Club and Harvard 2 College Democrats alone contacted over 30,000 voters about their respective candidates during the recent presidential election. In the aftermath of this election, the dedication to political activism it sparked in so many Harvard students has not died down. As the Presidential Inauguration approaches on January 20, 2009, many students are hoping to make the trek down to Washington, D.C. and brave the cold and crowds to be a part of the timeless tradition of the Inauguration ceremony. Unfortunately, many students are currently unable to realize their plans to attend the Inauguration due to the FAS exam schedule. Inauguration Day lies in the middle of fall term exams, and 35 exams are scheduled for that day, including the exam for Government

1 “An Open Letter to President Drew Faust,” The Harvard Crimson, December 4th, 2007. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=521098 2 Hofschneider, Anita, “Harvard Dems, Republicans Canvass in N.H.” The Harvard Crimson, November 2nd, 2008. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=525064

1540: The American Presidency. Immediately following the release of the January exam schedule, students began petitions to allow 4 make-ups for those attending the Inauguration, with over 550 students signing a petition to the following effect: "Harvard College has scheduled over 30 fall term final exams for January 20th, 2009 -- the same day as the Presidential Inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama. Inauguration Day is a federal holiday (for DC-area employees) and, more importantly, a deeply meaningful time for Americans all over, young and old, Republican and Democrat. This year is an especially historic moment in which we deserve the right to fully participate, and we are asking for institutional support from Harvard College and the Registrar's Office to do so. We are petitioning for all 2000+ exam takers with final exams that day (not accounting for overlaps) to have a make-up option, either before or after Inauguration Day, if they choose to travel to DC to attend the ceremonies. We would like this matter decided before the December holidays." We realize that exams cannot be cancelled on Inauguration Day, and that students cannot be allowed to miss exams to watch the ceremony on TV. However, we believe that for those students willing to travel to DC to participate in the Inauguration, the Administrative Board and Registrar’s Office should allow make-ups. A Presidential Inauguration occurs only once during a student’s four years at Harvard, and for many students the opportunity presented this year. Attending the Inauguration is an exceptional and extraordinary event regardless of the party or creed of a President or student, and the Administrative Board and Registrar should make accommodations for students who participate. We suggest the following proposal to make these accommodations: Eligibility: Students who have documented proof of travel to DC to attend the inauguration should be eligible for make-up exams. Because tickets are not required to attend the inauguration (aside from certain seats in the Capitol, most of the Mall is open to the public) and because most students will not be staying at a hotel but instead with friends, requiring proof of attendance or of accommodations in DC is not possible. Further, students who do receive tickets will not receive them until mid-January, far too late for any scheduling of make-ups. We suggest then that students traveling to the inauguration be required to produce proof of their attendance, whether that be gas receipts from driving, or a plane, bus, or train ticket. We expect students to honestly represent their intentions to attend. Timing: Eligible students should be permitted to take any exams scheduled for Tuesday, January 20, 2009 on Sunday January 18, 2009. There are no exams scheduled on Sundays, so students would be able to complete make-ups without any conflicts with other exams. Ideally, make-ups would be able to take place within 24 hours of the original exam date. However, the preceding day, Monday, January 19, is a holiday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) and most students attending the inauguration will stay overnight, so scheduling make-ups on following day, Wednesday, January 21, would create logistical problems as students will be arriving at various times throughout the day. Students may also have unforeseen conflicts with other exams during any other normal day of the period.

3 “January 2009 Final Examination Schedule,” http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/general_docs/exams/fall-2008-exam-schedule.pdf 4 “Petition for Make-Ups of Harvard College Exams on Inauguration Day 2009,” http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Inauguration/signatures.html

Requests: Eligible students should be required to file a petition with the Ad Board and their Faculty member before Winter Recess. Faculty members and the Ad Board should examine requests that meet the criteria for eligibility previously stated and are filed in a timely manner. Faculty members should be free to use either the standard examination for their class or a different one, which is in accordance with FAS policies. If students do not petition in time and still miss exams for the Inauguration, they should be subject to standard FAS policies for missed exams.

27F-21. Freshman Suggestion Box Availability Act UC Freshman Representative Papa Chakravarthy (South Yard ’12) WHEREAS many first years are unable to contact their Undergraduate Council Representatives (24 out of 28 first years sampled found it difficult or awkward to contact their representatives), WHEREAS the majority of surveyed first years would use an anonymous recommendation service (27 out of 28 first years sampled said they would make use of a suggestion box), BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council supports the recommendation to the Freshmen Dean’s Office that a box be purchased and placed near the exit to Annenberg Hall along with suggestion forms to receive recommendations by freshmen and a sign providing contact information for first year UC representatives, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocates $40 from the operations fund to the purchase of such a box, lock and key, and the creation and subsequent copying of suggestion forms, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council requests a rotation of freshmen representatives check the box one time per week preceding UC General Meetings and summarizing the results for the benefit of the council, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council representative to check the suggestion box also provides a summary of recommendations for the First Year Social Committee, Student Affairs Committee and the Freshmen Dean’s Office. Survey for people who responded to initial email about the suggestion boxes: ͳǤ ʹǤ ͵Ǥ ͶǤ

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27F-22. Recommendations for Social Life UC President Matthew Sundquist (Mather ’09) UC Vice-President Randall Sarafa (Kirkland ’09) UC Treasurer Anthony Britt (Lowell ’10) SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) SAC CHL Vice-Chair Ben Schwartz (Winthrop ’10) Co-Sponsors: BSA President Tim Turner (Dunster ’09) BSA President Emeritus Sarah Lockridge-Steckel (Winthrop ’09) CSA President Lin Gao (Leverett ’10) BMF President Sangu Delle (Quincy ’10) Introduction: In March of 2008, the Dean's office issued a sub-committee report with recommendations for changes in policies regarding the rules governing large scale-student group events, in particular those events to be held in Harvard Houses. This group reached out to a number of student leaders and constituencies on campus and provided a meaningful set of recommendations which have been generally positive. The theme of those recommendations tended to be recommendations geared towards increasing interactions between student groups and the Dean's office. Additionally a number of the recommendations attempted to ensure that communications between students and the Dean’s office regarding social events would happen in a timely manner. In this paper, we affirm a few recommendations from that report which have not yet been fully realized and also suggest a few changes in current policy to accommodate larger and more moderately sized events. The theme of this paper and the recommendations of this report suggest that no single individual or policy inhibits or prevents student groups from throwing large, successful events. Rather, those individuals who organize large scale events face a number of obstacles, both financial and administrative, which combine to make the execution of a large-scale event difficult. Obviously, event planning will always require a certain amount of administrative work. The recommendations of this paper are meant to address a few of the issues students face when putting on a large event and in trying to acquire on-campus social space for their events, and this paper should not be viewed as comprehensive or exhaustive in the recommendations it makes. Rather, this set of recommendations should be viewed as a part of the ongoing process which aims to facilitate the work of student groups on campus and the support the Dean's office renders to these events.

Past Recommendations of Note: Recommendations from the sub-committee report that we strongly support but which have not yet been realized include: 10. The College must consider a staffing model to oversee these student organization events. We agree with this recommendation, and feel that it could be further considered. The current model places undue stress on the Program Coordinator for Student Activities and Events and the Campus Life Fellow. We strongly support merging the positions of BAT team members and event managers. We also strongly support the College coordinating a position to be filled by an individual with training in event management, as this individual could serve in place of the required staff member from the College, thereby ensuring that events will be appropriately supported. Further, an event manager could serve in some cases in place of an HUPD officer and remove the fixed costs associated with funding a police detail. 11. All houses should develop a uniform policy and registration process for hosting events. In addition, security deposits, rental fees, and custodial cleaning fees should be consistent across the Houses. Where physical space permits, all Houses should make their common spaces available to student organizations. The current problems for reserving spaces in houses are significant, as many houses have varied prices for the use of their dining hall or for cleaning and differing processes for reserving spaces. We recommend that this issue be brought to the Council of House Masters, and that the UC and College also begin communications to attempt to find a universally acceptable price range for the use of a dining hall. The current system creates more pressure on certain houses to host events due to lower prices or an easier reservation process, and this places stress on the staff, residents, and masters of these houses. While we recognize house autonomy in this process and do not believe that houses should completely standardize their practices, we believe that there is value in if systems and prices across houses are somewhat comparable. New Recommendations: 1. We recommend that the UC and Dean's office work together to determine a method to both reserve and secure funding for the reservation of off-campus spaces that could be used for social events. We recommend that the first spaces to be investigated and discussed ought to be the Cambridge Adult Learning Center ($250), the space available in the Malkin Athletic Center, and 45 Mount Auburn Street ($200 plus security fee and security costs varying from event to event). In addition, we suggest that the Penthouse Space available in the SOCH be examined thoroughly so as to determine whether this space might be made available for student group events.

The normal procedures used for the reservation of these facilities ought to be used, so as not to create further administrative burdens on student groups and ideally the normal rules governing the use of these spaces should still be in place when student groups use these spaces. This may require that the UC subsidize or pay for portions or all of the cost of these venues and shoulder some of the administrative burden of reserving these spaces, and this may be an acceptable manner to secure these venues. Alternatively, the UC and College Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s could reserve or facilitate a semester-long reservation package with the individuals tasked with renting out these facilitates. Regardless, a certain degree of coordination between Cambridge, Harvard, and students using these spaces will be necessary, and we suggest that discussions and planning for how this coordination might best be executed begin immediately. This change should also come in coordination with the other recommendations of this report, as it would be unfortunate if student groups moved all social events outside of the houses. We believe the long-term fix to this problem is the creation of a community center on the heart of campus to serve as a place for students to congregate, collaborate on academic and extra-curricular work, study, socialize, acquire late-night foods, and utilize work-spaces. 2. We recommend that the Dean's office subsidize the cost of required BAT teams and HUPD units or amend the restrictions governing when a HUPD unit must staff an event. As the Sub-committee on Student Events noted last year, paying for required HUPD details at student group events can be costly: The subcommittee acknowledges that student group events are expensive to plan and that a detail can cost approximately $180 for a four-hour event. However, in the time since this report was written, the cost for a HUPD detail has increased from $46 per hour to $70 per hour. The rate of these details is almost prohibitively high and can discourage student groups from hosting events in houses. BAT teams can also be costly, with prices ranging based on the number of hours the services of a BAT team are required. An event manager position created by the Dean's office could provide an acceptable alternative; as such an individual could attend an event in place of an HUPD unit and alleviate the administrative costs on student groups while still providing support and supervision for an event. This would ensure that individuals with knowledge of house life and the College were on hand at events without necessitating the cost or presence of an HUPD unit and we strongly support the creation of such a position by the Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. 3. As the Sub-committee noted last year, there are certain weekends throughout the year when student groups will throw large scale events, and most likely these weekends will include pre-frosh weekend and Harvard-Yale weekend. We recommend that the Dean's office inform the appropriate parties that these weekends will require additional staffing of HUPD details and BAT teams. We recognize that the number of BAT team members is limited, and for this reason suggest that on such weekends exceptions to normal policies could be considered or BAT training could be offered to members of House Committees or student groups wishing to hold an event.

Additionally, the Undergraduate Council, Harvard Foundation, and College Events Board should work together to determine with the Dean's office when highly-trafficked weekends will most likely occur and should then collectively reach out to student groups and encourage them to begin planning early and contact the Dean's office about any possible events to be held. Further, such advance planning could allow student groups to appropriately space out events so as not to create significant overlap. This type of advanced planning, which the Student Activities Office has already indicated they will begin based on the demand for student space during Harvard-Yale weekend, will ensure that no student group will be unable to host an event because of a lack of availability of necessary and required oversight groups. 4. We recommend that the Student Activities Office coordinate with student groups planning on hosting an event in dining halls as early as possible to attempt to inform them of procedures for reserving a dining hall and assist them in fulfilling these obligations. This must also come with the expectation that students will contact the Dean's office and houses as early as possible when planning an event, and we recommend that groups offering funding to student groups encourage student groups to plan early and communicate often. Conclusion: As we previously noted, no single individual is at fault or hindering students from throwing large events. Rather, the overall high cost and significant degree of labor required of students planning large events is what makes event planning at Harvard difficult. We recommend that the Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office exercise a certain degree of flexibility when working with student groups in planning events, and also recommend that student groups begin planning events as earlier as possible.

27F-23. Amnesty Subcommittee Appointments Act Sponsors President Matthew Sundquist Vice President Randall Sarafa SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) CHL Vice Chair Ben Schwartz (Winthrop ’10) Representative Nadia Gaber (Kirkland ’09) WHEREAS the UC recognizes a need to review and alter the current alcohol policies, specifically regarding the social host liability policy, in order to maintain student safety and encourage use of the amnesty policy; BE IT THEREFOR RESOLVED that the UC initiate a Subcommittee of the College University Health Services Committee, co-chaired by the present Chair of the Student Affairs Committee and an Associate Dean of the College, to review and make recommendations on the current alcohol policies; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this subcommittee will consist of five administrators, five student members, and invited guests; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Student Affairs committee appoint the following students to the subcommittee: Malcolm Glenn Natalie Chapman Lauren Murphy Eric Hysen

27F-24. A Safer Campus, A Safer Harvard Sponsors SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) Representative George Hayward (Currier ’11) Representative Matt Garcia (Dunster ’10) Co-Sponsors Andrew Velo-Arias, Campus Safety Committee WHEREAS our campus is situated in an urban setting, and there have been several past assaults on Garden Street and in Cambridge Commons this year as well as break-ins at other campus areas, and WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council recognizes the critical importance of improving student safety on campus; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council, together with the Campus Safety Committee, initiate an information campaign to take place February 8-12; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the campaign include informational emails to students and posters with tips and resources on how to ensure personal safety; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that during this advocacy campaign the UC recommends that the Campus Safety Committee create and distribute to each student “Help at Harvard” cards which will include late-night shuttle schedules as well as emergency and resource numbers; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this campaign coincide with the following measures: -Installment of “Think Before You Leave” signs in each dorm, house, and academic building with resource numbers for the Overnight Shuttle, Harvard University Campus Escort Program, and local Cab companies -Presentation to the full council and the Campus Safety Committee of a UC position paper on the state of cell phone reception in the Quad houses. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the UC recommend and advocate that trees on Garden Street that are blocking street lights be pruned, and that lights be installed in Radcliffe Yard as the Sunken Garden Project is completed, and that these measures be completed with all

deliberate speed; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the safety campaign conclude with a safety-walk, tentatively scheduled for Thursday February 12 at 5 pm, open to the entire Harvard Community where members can come together and discuss personal and community safety.

27F-25: Fall Grants Package 7.0 Sponsor: FiCom Chair Andrea R. Flores (Currier ‘10) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate $10,358.63 from the Grants Fund to 32 recipient projects, and

$60 from the Student Life Fund to 1 recipient project as shown in the break-down below, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Spring applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein.

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Weekly Publication North Korean Defector Speaker Event Spotlight on a Culture of the World Dinner Apple picking Fall Issue Launch Party Athena Conference Panel Discussion Environmental Action Committee Introductory Meeting Harvard Aikikai's Women's Classes Boxing Social HCGHAC Introduction Meeting Executive Board introductory meeting Fall Semester Seminar Series American Psycho Screening HIS/ SAS Iftar Harvard-Yale Caribbean Club Mixer Vagina Monologues Transportation for Fall Semester 2008 Counselor Bonding Event Third Volunteer Training Perspective November 2008 issue The Gamut HCMR Fall Issue

The Harvard Independent

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Human Rights in North Korea

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Taiwanese Cultural Society Harvard College Mathematics Review

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Athena Conference Center for European Studies Undergraduate Board

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Environmental Action Committee

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Harvard Aikikai Harvard Boxing Club Harvard College Global Health and AIDS Coalition

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Harvard Model Congress Asia Harvard Society for Mind, Brain, and Behavior Harvard Society for Mind, Brain, and Behavior Harvard Society of Arab Students

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$155.00 $210.00 $177.32 $605.00

$90.00 $210.00 $142.54 $550.00

Harvard-Radcliffe Caribbean Club OSAPR Student Alliance

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$300.00 $1,000.00

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PBHA's Mission Hill After School Program PBHA's Mission Hill After School Program PBHA's Mission Hill After School Program Perspective Magazine: Harvard's Liberal Monthly The Gamut The Harvard College Mathematics Review

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H1B Visa and You Science Holiday Party Dinner with Professor Moren WISHR Big Lil' Sib Aquarium Excursion Fall Opening Breakfast HRO Fall Retreat HRO Fall Concerts Harvard Global Health Review

Woodbridge Society Women in Science at Harvard-Radcliffe

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Women in Science at Harvard-Radcliffe

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Women in Science at Harvard-Radcliffe Latter-Day Saints Students Association Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra

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Harvard Global Health and Aids Coalition

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$1000.00 $17,015.69

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Student Life Fund: Grant ID 17 18

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College Retreat 2008 Ivy Policy Colloquium

Christians on Campus

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Harvard BGLTSA

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Harvard College Human Rights in Equatorial Guinea is dedicated to raising awareness of the disturbing human rights situation in the African country and mobilizing Harvard students and community members to work for the cause. Our organization is planning to host an event called "Equatorial Guinea Justice" to get the word out using posters, handouts/petitions, and a panel discussion. The panel discussion will bring in at least three speakers:Prof. Robert Rotberg, Harvard Kennedy School Professor; Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Editor of the book “Worst of the Worst: Dealing with Repressive and Rogue Nations.”Tutu Alicante, a native of Equatorial Guinea and human rights advocate; LLM of Columbia Law School; founder of EG Justice, the first human rights advocacy and capacity-building initiative devoted to Equatorial Guinea. Ken Silverstein: prize winning journalist for the Harper’s Magazine; Ken’s stories on ties between the government of Equatorial Guinea and major U.S. companies led to the convening of a federal grand jury, and to investigations by the Senate and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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As Harvard College's weekly undergraduate newsmagazine, the Harvard Independent provides in-depth, critical coverage of issues and events of interest to the Harvard College community. The Independent has no political affiliation, instead offering diverse commentary on news, arts, sports, and student life. We also offer a print edition of our weekly at harvardindependent.com

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We have invited a North Korean defector to speak to over 250 students. This event is our second installment of a semesterly dinner tradition featuring business in a different area of the world - this semester, our spotlight is on China. Students who attend listen to and interact with an experienced expert on business in China as they dine in an elegant restaurant setting on delicious traditional Chinese food and tea served in the typical Chinese family style. The goal is to introduce them to Chinese business culture - food, customs, manners, and expectations. We feel this event will be very beneficial to attendees since business in China is of great interest to many people on Harvard campus.A second part of the dinner will also introduce students to Kiva, one of the world's leading microfinance institutions. An enthusiastic Kiva representative will explain how Kiva helps people in countries around the world and give advice as to how we can contribute to philanthropy even if we don't specialize in it. This part of the event will bring into focus the philanthropy side of business abroad.Both speakers are current Harvard Business School students, and will both have PowerPoint presentations. Group apple picking in Natick to introduce freshman to the TCS family. To celebrate the release of our fall issue, the Harvard College Mathematics Review will be hosting a launch party on the 28th of November. The party will be open to all Harvard undergraduates and members of the mathematics department. The Athena Conference is an annual leadership conference that is planned and led by Harvard undergraduates for high school women in Boston-area high schools. It is aimed towards raising empowerment, activism, and awareness of women's issues through a day-long conference that includes a guest speaker, workshops, a Rape Aggressive Defense class, and a coffeehouse. Panel discussion regarding the future of the European Union. Advertising for the panel. Board of the EAC went on a one night retreat to work on planning the semester's projects and larger ideas for environmental activism on campus. There was food purchased to provide 3-4 meals for the board (dinner, breakfast, lunch) This is a new initiative for women who cannot, for religious reasons, participate in the existing co-ed Aikido club at Harvard. Muslim women who wish to observe their faith and at the same time practice this holistic, exciting Japanese martial art can now do so with the start of this women-only class. This class will be affiliated with the existing co-ed class theoretically, but in practice, the two will not mix (either for practices, concerning budgets, etc.) Lastly, this class will be open to any woman who feels more comfortable practicing Aikido in a female-only environment.

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This event was a social for the Harvard Boxing Club. It was the first social event which the club has put together in 2 years, so we were very excited about it! All members, veterans, affiliates and friends were invited to the event. Drinks and food were provided, and attendance hit around 30 people at the peak of the night. Overall it was a great success and we hope to have more in the future! We held an informational meeting open to all Harvard undergraduates and graduate students for the Harvard College Global Health and AIDS Coalition. In an effort to fully inform potential members, we printed approximately 40 introduction manuals that were approximately 35 pages in length each. We gave a series of presentations about our organization in an effort to broaden our membership.

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Dinner meeting to discuss future of the organization with the Executive Board and alumni of the organization Every week, the Harvard Society for Mind, Brain, and Behavior invite professors to talk to interested students about their research and areas of expertise. The seminars range in topics from neurobiology, psychology, sociology, philosophy, and even some areas of art and music. Because of the broad range of topics covered and the intimate setting in which they take place, our seminars draw students from varying levels of background, making them highly accessible for all interested. Attendees include undergraduates, graduates, and sometimes even members from other institutions. To date, we have had 5 such seminars, and we plan 3 more for the rest of the semester.

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On Thursday, October 30th, the Harvard Society of Mind/Brain/Behavior (HSMBB) successfully kicked off a year of social events aimed to complement our organization's weekly seminar series. Owing to the festive spirit of Halloween, HSMBB held a showing of the disturbing thriller "American Psycho" on Thursday evening that featured pizzas, Petsi's pies, and popcorn (among other things). Between 30 and 40 students participated in the screening and enjoyed the refreshments, and the enthusiasm of those present helped generate great discussion of the themes of the film after it had ended. Moreover, the movie night succeeded in bringing together students from many different concentrations, most of whom had no familiarity with HSMBB or its weekly seminars. We hope that this event, along with our events, will help make the field of MBB more accessible to the student body, and that it will get more students interested in the interdisciplinary nature of MBB.

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The HIS and Society of Arab Students cosponsored iftar was held during the holy month of Ramadan. An iftaar is the breaking of the daily fast at sunset in the month of Ramadan. The Harvard Islamic Society sponsors daily iftaars and dinners that are open to all on the campus, Muslims and non-Muslims. However, we hold one special iftaar and dinner during the month where we especially invite the SAS students from around the campus to attend and learn/discuss issues pertaining to Islam and Muslims on campus and off. In view of the recent negative publicity that the religion of Islam has recently seen, this event serves as a great opportunity for collaboration with another student group on campus, and the many non-Muslim and general undergrads who attend the iftar find out much about Islam and Muslim lifestyles from the people who know it best â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Muslims on campus. The food is catered from famous caterers in Boston, and a wide variety of ethnic dishes are present for the culinary pleasure of all. This is a completely open and free event in which any and all Harvard students and faculty can take part. Non-Muslim undergraduate students often look upon this as an informal event in which they can interact with Muslims and Arab students in a fun and enriching cultural atmosphere.

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We plan on having a mixer for our members and the members of the Yale Caribbean Club. We will share our aspects of our culture with each other through food, music, and games. While recognizing our similar cultures, we would like to ease the tension between Harvard and Yale students.

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The Vagina Monologues, a play by Eve Ensler, is performed across the world in February to raise money for organizations doing work on sexual and domestic violence against women. From its website: "The award-winning play is based on V-Day Founder/playwright Eve Ensler's interviews with more than 200 women. With humor and grace the piece celebrates womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sexuality and strength. Through this play and the liberation of this one word, countless women throughout the world have taken control of their bodies and their lives. For more than twelve years, The Vagina Monologues has given voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public." All ticket revenues are donated to the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center.

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Transportation to and from Mission Hill, as well as during field trips, is essential for our volunteers to be able to participate in our program. Using the subsidized PBHA vans is by far the most cost effective way for us to transport our volunteers to program every week. Our use of PBHA vans minimizes the time that our volunteers have to spend in transit between campus and Mission Hill, making it possible for more undergraduates to volunteer with MHASP. Additionally, the ride to and from program is a great chance for our volunteers to meet each other and discuss program, school, and current events. We use three vans on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday of each week. We use two vans on Tuesdays. We use vans for field trips when we need to take undergraduates to the site of the field trip. As a celebration of the amazing semester that we have had so far at MHASP and in order to encourage our volunteers to apply to become staff members next semester, we hosted a counselor bonding event for all of our volunteers. These events are integral to our organization and our service because they provide a forum for volunteers who attend program on different days of the week or who work in different color groups to meet each other. We know that we have a stronger staff and better programming when our volunteers feel comfortable working with each other. At our third volunteer training of the semester, we divided our volunteers into two groups. One group learned how to play safe, fun, and encouraging games with their students. This training was led by PBHA and MHASP staff and was based on the Project Joy Curriculum. The other half of our volunteers learned how to manage behavior issues that commonly arise in students who are transitioning from elementary to middle school. At the end of the training, we brought all of our volunteers back together and each volunteer filled out a survey about his/her experience in program so far.

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This grant is for printing and distributing the October issue of Perspective Magazine: Harvard's Liberal Monthly. The issue was door-dropped to every room on the undergraduate campus on Thurs, Nov 20th. Article topics include Harvard's meat supply, President-elect Obama's Supreme Court appointments, and India's AIDS epidemic.

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The Gamut, an undergraduate poetry review, is seeking a Project Grant to fund the publication of our annual issue, printed in May. As Harvard’s only student publication devoted entirely to poetry, The Gamut is uniquely able to showcase a wide range of talented poets. For our 2008-9 issue, we hope to expand our printing volume to 2,000 copies, so all undergraduates can receive the magazine. Additionally, we plan to continue increasing the Gamut’s length, expanding our usual 20-page issue to 50 pages. We believe The Gamut provides a valuable opportunity, unavailable in other magazines, for talented student poets to present their work in greater scope. In addition, this semester, The Gamut is arranging a broadside competition to celebrate the work of one undergraduate poet. Former poet laureate Robert Pinksy has agreed to select this winning poem. With Pinksy as a judge, we hope that this competition will foster a bond between Harvard poets and Boston’s literary world. We are currently communicating with Robert Pinksy to arrange a reading, upon the broadside’s publication. We hope that he will agree to read alongside the winning student poet. This competition will be adjudicated in January, and the winning poem will be printed at Harvard’s Bow and Arrow Press. Working with Bow and Arrow Press is an exciting opportunity for The Gamut. We hope to enhance awareness of Bow and Arrow, and educate students about its rich history of printing and book arts. We will work with Bow and Arrow tutor Zachary Sifuentes to design a broadside, and we will personally print a limited run of these broadsides, to be distributed at the reading. Finally, we hope to expand the scope of The Gamut’s activities on campus. We are currently planning joint readings and open mics with the Advocate poetry board and the Spoken Word Society. In addition, we have collaborated with Christina Davis, of the Woodberry Poetry room, to make poetry more accessible on campus, and we are planning future readings and workshops located from the Woodberry Room. Thanks to our unique focus on poetry, the Gamut provides an important forum for writers on campus. We hope that, with the help of UC funding, we will be able to keep revitalizing The Gamut, providing an encouraging forum for poets on campus.

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HCMR benefits math students nationwide, and particularly those at Harvard. We believe that The HCMR is meeting a previously unmet demand for an expository math journal written for undergraduates. The tremendous influx of article submissions and positive feedback we have already received from all over the country indicates that the journal is indeed filling an important niche in the American mathematics community. Undergraduates nationwide benefit from the new opportunity to publish their work and to read expository pieces written at their level. Harvard students, all of whom have free access to The HCMR through the math department and various research and house libraries around campus, especially enjoy these benefits. The HCMR also gives Harvard students the unique opportunity to sit on the editorial or business board of a peer-reviewed journal. Because article submission is open to all undergraduates world-wide, we have a formal, multi-tiered review process in which the entire editorial board participates. For anyone at Harvard who will go on to a career in academia in a quantitative field, sitting on The HCMR’s editorial board is an excellent way to prepare for and become familiarized with a very important component of a future career. Students on The HCMR’s business staff gain business experience on a national level, as they manage and sell subscriptions to individuals and institutions all over the country. Any Harvard student who seeks business exposure to financial companies and technology firms can benefit from joining the business board, whose staffers work with such companies in soliciting advertisements. The HCMR also energizes the community of Harvard students in mathematics and other quantitative sciences. Our organization not only enriches undergraduate life for these students, but also connects them with their counterparts at other universities, and with distinguished scholars in their fields. Financially, The HCMR stands at a critical juncture between infancy and maturity. Once the journal fully establishes itself, advertisement and subscription revenue will significantly augment our funding. Until that time, we must rely to some degree on external grants. If we do not receive the requested funding from the UC, our startup funds will be exhausted soon and The HCMR may come to an end prematurely, likely just short of the time when the organization reaches self-sustainability. This result would be devastating for our members, for Harvard undergraduates in general, and for our readers across the globe. UC funding is nothing less than essential in keeping the journal in existence. Woodbridge brings the Harvard International Office (HIO) to its international students, helping them understand the many intricacies surrounding the H1B work visa required of all internationals intending to work here post-graduation. This event was led by Huqing Piemonte, the Advisor to Foreign Students and Scholars at the Harvard International Office, and served to explain what exactly the is the H1B visa, how to go about obtaining one, and what the entire process means to an international undergraduate at Harvard. Mix and mingle for new and returning members. Chance to meet with Mormon faculty on campus (Professor Roger Porter and his wife.) The first weekend of each school year, the HRO goes on retreat to Vermont. This retreat serves two important purposes. First, it allows the orchestra to intensively practice the music we will play during the upcoming season. Without these ten hours of focused rehearsal to jumpstart the season, the HRO would face the extremely difficult, if not impossible, task of learning our demanding repertoire entirely in our Tuesday and Thursday evening rehearsals whose effectiveness is often challenged by members’ academic and other extracurricular obligations. Second, the retreat gives new freshman members of HRO the opportunity to befriend each other, the more senior members of the orchestra, and the conductor. Underscoring the social importance of the retreat is our experience that freshmen who miss this retreat have difficulty integrating themselves into the orchestra and frequently quit. The location of the retreat at the grounds of Kinhaven Music Center in Weston, Vermont is crucial to the achievement of these two goals. Holding the retreat away from campus removes academic distractions, creating an environment conducive to intensive musical work. We choose Kinhaven in particular among offcampus locations because its idyllic setting promotes socializing among members of the orchestra. Furthermore, of all the music centers in New England we have contacted, Kinhaven has offered us the best rental rates. The HRO brings in absolutely no revenue from the retreat. The retreat, however, does make the group a much better orchestra, benefiting HRO’s members and the Harvard and Boston audiences of our concerts. UC funding of this event would therefore provide important financial support of the arts at this university and in our community. In light of the newly available College funds for student group travel, we are especially hopeful that the UC can fund the entirety of our travel expenses. The rental of Kinhaven, however, also posed a significant financial burden for us, and any defrayment of that cost would significantly ease cost pressure we currently face. We are applying for a grant to cover some costs of our two concerts this semester.

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Harvard BGLTSA's co-chairs, Roger Mercado '10 and Marco Chan '11, travelled to the 2008 Ivy Policy Colloquium to meet with other cultural and LGBT student groups from the Ivy League. They gathered information that will help better the quality and efficiency of Harvard BGLTSA.

27F-26. The Radcliffe Quadrangle Automatic Teller Machine Act Sponsored by: CCL Vice Chair, Jack Pararas (Cabot ’08-’09) CHL Vice Chair, Ben Schwartz (Winthrop ’10) George Hayward (Currier ’11) Daniel Kroop (Pfoho ’10) WHEREAS there is an undergraduate community of nearly 1,200 students that exists in the Radcliffe Quadrangle with no direct access to an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM), and WHEREAS it is a student safety and convenience issue to have easy access to currency, and WHEREAS the sponsors of this bill have been in communication about logistical considerations with Bank of America (BOA), the Harvard University Employee Credit Union (HUECU), and the Director of the Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH), David Friedrich, and WHEREAS BOA has frozen all ATM expansion until 2009, and the HUECU, after an on-site inspection, is discussing during its planning meeting the installment of an ATM in the Radcliffe Quadrangle, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that a Harvard University Employee Credit Union (HUECU) ATM be installed in the Radcliffe Quadrangle, specifically located in the Currier House lobby behind the first swipe-access door with all deliberate speed; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there be continued talks between the SOCH and BOA to establish a BOA ATM in the first floor of the SOCH or to move an exiting campus BOA to the SOCH.

27F-27. President’s Public Service Committee and UC Public Service Ad-Hoc Committee Authorization and Appointments Act Sponsors: SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) CCL Vice-Chair Jack Pararas (Cabot ’08-09) Representative Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) Representative Bill Rose (Adams ’11) Co-Sponsors Gene Corbin, Director, Philips Brooks House Association (PBHA) Amanda Sonis Glynn, Director, Public Service Network (PSN) and Center for Public Interest Careers (CPIC) WHEREAS President Faust and Dean Hammonds have recently formed a University-wide committee on Public Service, and WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council, the Director of PBHA, and the Director of PSN and CPIC have been charged with appointing two student representatives, and WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council recognizes the importance and scope of increasing access to public service careers and opportunities; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council in coordination with the Director of PBHA and the Director of PSN and CPIC appoint Matt Garcia (’10) and Daniela Gilbert (’09) to serve as student representatives on the President’s Public Service Committee; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council form and populate an Ad-Hoc Committee on Public Service, co-chaired by the student representatives to the President’s Committee on Pubic Service, with the following structure: IOP Liaison : Joyce Zhang PBHA Liaison : Emily Parrott OCS/CPIC Liaison : Philip Parham BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee be composed of the SAC leadership, and any students appointed by the co-chairs and Liaisons following an open, campus-wide invitation;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this committee should meet at least once between every meeting of the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s committee at the call of the Co-chairs and Liaisons; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this committee be charged with providing student input and recommendations to be brought through the co-chairs to the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Committee on Public Service and/or appropriate parties as determined by the committee.

27F-28. Sponsorship of Speak Out, I’m Listening Week Sponsor SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy, ’10) UC Representative Doug Lloyd (Eliot ’09) WHEREAS access to mental health resources and student perception of the stigma associated with seeking out mental health help is a major concern, and WHEREAS last year the UC initiated a “Speak Out, I’m Listening Week” as a campus wide advocacy week centered around improving access to resources, fostering a more caring community around mental health concerns, and recommending changes to mental health resources on campus, and WHEREAS Speak Out 2009 is focusing on creating caring communities within Harvard where students feel connected and empowered to discuss their concerns, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the UC assume co-sponsorship of the 2009 “Speak Out I’m Listening” week; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the UC publicize and help coordinate with the following tentative schedule or events Sunday February 22: UC Mental Health Town Hall Wednesday February 25: Speaker event featuring Robert Putnam, author of “Bowling Alone.” Thursday February 26: Speak Out study breaks Friday February 27: Reflection with Peer Counseling Advisory Board and MHAAG BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that UC representatives assist and participate in the Speak Out Study Break to be hosted in their house and in the yard.

27F-29. Fall Grants Package 8.0 Sponsor: FiCom Chair Andrea R. Flores (Currier ‘10) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate $13,004.91 from the Grants Fund to 44 recipient projects, and

$320 from the Student Life Fund to 1 recipient project as shown in the break-down below, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Spring applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein.

Grants Fund: Grant ID 419

Project Name Queer Thanksgiving

Organization Name Harvard BGLTSA

Funding Type Retroactive

Amount Req $122.33

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Storytime's Annual Holiday Party Open Mic/Student Reading

Harvard Story Time Players The Harvard Advocate

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$46.93 $80.00

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HCKAMP First General Meeting

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Iron Chef Cook-off Harvard-Yale Chinese Students Social Gathering Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championship

HCKAMP Harvard-Radcliffe Asian-American Christian Fellowship

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Open Press Night, Special Thanksgiving Card-Making Events The Rake's Progress

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Love Your Body Day The Naked Truth: Advertising's Image of Women

Harvard Chess Team Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment 12-1

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Bow & ARrow Press Dunster House Opera Eating Concerns Hotline & Outreach (ECHO) Eating Concerns Hotline & Outreach (ECHO)

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Harvard Asia Pacific Review

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Harvard Asia Pacific Review Harvard BGLTSA Harvard Chess Club

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Volume 10, No. 1: Sports in Asia Winter 2008 Issue: Identities - A Fading Asia Homo for the Holidays Harvard-Yale Chess Match Dumplings' Celebrates the Midwinter Festival

Harvard China Care

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That Thing (art-making event) Editing Party

Harvard College Art Society Harvard College Economics Review

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Student Global AIDS Campaign New England Summit

Harvard College Global Health & AIDS Coalition

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Harvard Right to Life Harvard Salient Harvard Society of Black Scientists and Engineers Harvard Society of Black Scientists and Engineers Harvard Society of Black Scientists and Engineers

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Harvard Women's Club Volleyball Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Satire V

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Publicizing Amabile Event Guest Speaker: Dr. Robert Benson Information Sessions and Auditions Creativity Talk with Theresa Amabile Chill Out (Warm Up): Room 13 Open House

Society for Creativity and Innovation

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Society for Creativity and Innovation

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The Radcliffe Pitches The Society for Creativity and Innovation at Harvard College

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Room 13

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Project Name Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championship

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Project Descriptions To celebrate the holiday, Harvard BGLTSA hosted its annual Thanksgiving dinner. The meal is part of the general effort of BGLTSA to foster a strong LGBT community.

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Every year, around the Christmas Holiday season, Harvard Story-Time Players hosts an annual Holiday Party to celebrate the season. In addition, the party is to celebrate the fall semester's new cast on a successful run of the student-written play in various hospital locales. Story-time wanted to appreciate the cast for their dedication, commitment, and effort in its goal to reach out and better the lives of children in inpatient units through theater. Due to the significant increase in membership this year, in which the majority of the cast made of new members, the Holiday Party is the major event of the semester for members to get to know each other better outside of the usual production-oriented context. It's a relaxed, low-key, and fun event that allows the actors of this semester to mingle and get to know the board members who are running the operations behind the curtain during the semester. Including this year, most of the cast and the executive board have been able to drop by and stay for a while, enjoying holiday-themed food and snacks and playing games such as Mafia and theater games such as charades. We are asking the UC to reimburse the club for the food because the grants we have received from the OFA and the PPSF are targeted towards production and operating expenses. Students had the opportunity to read their work and/or the work of others and/or play music. Reportage, poetry, and fiction all were read. Some music was sung. About 12 people read/sang and there were 23 other people in attendance. HCKAMP's first general meeting This is our fourth annual Iron Chef Cook-off! Every year, the Chinese Students Association invites different cultural groups on campus for a fun, friendly cooking competition. It's a great way to meet new people, and to learn about and taste the foods of different cultures. This year, the three competitors for the Iron Chef title were HASA (Harvard African Students Association), RAZA (an undergraduate Chicano student group at Harvard)and CSA. Each cooking team had to make a three course meal, with an appetizer, a main course, and dessert, to serve to a panel of three judges. The judges were Annenberg's Domna, Chinese language professor Emily Huang, and HUPD's Sgt. Bryant. It was a great, fun evening, full of laughs as the judges and emcees cracked jokes and interviewed the contestants. Two platters of liangmian (a type of Chinese noodles) and food from the Kong were served (dumplings and scallion pancakes), along with soda and iced tea. $50 were given to each cooking team for ingredients. A social gathering/mixer of Harvard and Yale students from China. The students at Yale were introduced to their matched hosts from Harvard. Expenditures were split between HCISS and our counterpart at Yale. This application is for those fees incurred by HCISS only. The four members of Harvard Chess Team will be going to Dallas, TX, to play in the Pan-American Chess Intercollegiate Tournament, which is certainly the most important collegiate chess tournament this year. Two years ago, the Washington Post noted how in this tournament there was "an unlikely inversion of privilege and prestige. The Harvard and Yale teams scrape by on tiny budgets, with some players arriving in Washington in the discount Chinatown bus and staying in hostels or on friends' couches. Players from UMBC and other well-funded teams stay in the comfortable tournament hotel, wear sleek team jackets and blazers." The Harvard Team has become considerably better, and we have good chances of performing well this year; if we could also get funding, perhaps we might cut a better image for ourselves this time.

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The Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment (BRYE) program is an organization run through the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) that serves children in the immigrant and refugee populations located in Dorchester, Massachusetts. BRYE 1-2-1 is a term-time program that provides one on one mentor relationships for BRYE students. As with all BRYE programs, the participating children come predominantly from Vietnamese families, but also include refugees from Cape Verde, Haiti, The Dominican Republic, and numerous other nations from West Africa and Latin America. Those invited to participate in BRYE 1-2-1 are generally selected based on their social needs or particularly troublesome home lives. BRYE 1-2-1 aims to create a mentor-mentee relationship through a variety of activities, including field trips, parties and home visits. We try to allow for as much one on one time as possible, by having mentors accompany their students from the morning pick-up to the afternoon drop-off. Our field trips allow for group activities, but maintain an emphasis on individual time spent between mentor and mentee. Scheduled field trips this semester include ice-skating in the Boston Common, exploring the North End, sleepovers at Harvard, and visits to various landmarks around in and around Boston. The unique relationship between a mentor and mentee is not just a one-way street. While it offers emotional, academic, and social support for the mentee, it also offers just as much, if not more, for the mentor. First, BRYE 1-2-1 is an opportunity to escape the gates of Harvard and see a new side of Boston. It can be a startling wake-up call when you see the lives of the immigrant families of Dorchester. Second, this new perspective fosters mental health of well-rounded individuals through a weekly escape from what can sometimes be the monotony of Harvard. Third, a mentor-mentee relationship provides a sense of dedication and ownership. To feel part of a bigger whole creates a sense of purpose in the Harvard student's life. Open Press, Thanksgiving materials, dinner (pizza, salad).

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The Dunster House Opera's annual production this year is Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress. We are excited this year because this show will give singing opportunities to 18 singers in the cast (up from 8 last year) and will include an entirely undergraduate orchestra and tech staff. This year poses greater financial challenges both because the rights to the music are $500 more than in previous years and especially because we are attempting a new and innovative artistic design for our set. This will require the use of a truss system which will not only allow for greater artistic freedom but will also ensure greater safety for the cast and crew. This truss system will cost about $2000 more.

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Each year ECHO organizes a campus outreach event to promote our organization but more importantly to act as a day of celebration of positive body image/self-esteem and an awareness of the existence of the problems that result from negative body image/self-esteem. The National Organization for Women sponsors this day as a nationally celebrated event, and ECHO enjoys bringing the message and the dialogue it inspires to our campus. A main component of the event is that we give out "Love Your Body" t-shirts and ECHO pens that are traditionally very popular among students, and for those costs we are requesting grant money. We charged $3 for each shirt, but we spent about $7, so we're asking for the remainder of the cost.

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A talk with Jean Kilbourne: Jean Kilbourne’s pioneering work helped develop and popularize the study of gender representations in advertising. This presentation reviews if and how the image of women has changed over the past 20 years and explores the relationship of media images to actual problems in the society, such as violence, the sexual abuse of children, rape and sexual harassment, pornography and censorship, teenage pregnancy, addiction, and eating disorders. This event will be co-sponsored by OSAPR, AODS & DAPA, Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality (WGS), the Center for Wellness, and the Harvard College Women's Center. The Harvard Asia Pacific Review was founded in 1996 in an effort to chronicle the dynamism of Asia in a publication that offers its readers valuable analysis from expert contributors. Now in its eleventh year of publication, the Review is comprised of 30 students and each issue reaches every undergraduate student. Outside Harvard, we currently publish to an international readership of over 30,000, consisting of various professionals and numerous independent and university-affiliated East Asian research centers around the world. In addition, the Review has a newsstand presence on four continents. The Fall/Winter 2008 special-edition of the Review, “Sports in Asia,” will focus on the development of a sports culture across Asia that has become especially important in the wake of the hugely popular Beijing Olympic Games. With the NBA and NFL both investing heavily in the People’s Republic of China, sports are becoming increasingly important not only socially, but financially. This special edition also focuses on the deeply political nature of sports in Asia. For example, the issue includes an article on “Sport, Political Change, and the Olympics” by Victor Cha, the former director of Asian Affairs in White House’s National Security Council. Other articles focus on topics such as youth sport and physical education in China, and the Olympic Games’ impact on free press in China. Our sub-feature is economics in Asia and includes pieces by financial experts on Asia’s currency and trade policies. Our sub-feature is especially crucial as the world turns to watch the Chinese government’s next steps in adjusting to the global financial crisis. We plan to publish and distribute this special-edition in mid-January.

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The Harvard Asia Pacific Review was founded in 1996 in an effort to chronicle the dynamism of Asia in a publication that offers its readers valuable analysis from expert contributors. Now in its eleventh year of publication, the Review is comprised of 30 students and each issue reaches every undergraduate student. Outside Harvard, we currently publish to an international readership of over 30,000, consisting of various professionals and numerous independent and university-affiliated East Asian research centers around the world. In addition, the Review has a newsstand presence on four continents. The Winter 2008 edition of the Review, “Identities – A Fading Asia,” will explore the slowly fading aspects of the Asia-Pacific region. We are looking at fading social, cultural, economic, and political trends not only in the traditional East-Asian hotspots of China, Japan, and Korea, but also in South East Asia. For example, we will be evaluating the gradual disappearance of local languages and religions, especially in China and Japan, as well as shrinking ethnic minority populations. We will also be looking at the changing face of Asian societies in terms of shifting demography, specifically tackling Japan’s aging population and China’s 4-2-1 generational challenge. Key articles include a piece on Chinese environmentalism after the Olympics by Dr. Elizabeth Economy from the Council on Foreign Relations, a piece on the shrinking population of Japanese Geisha by Dr. Liza Dalby, and a piece on ethnic tourism and ethnic politics in Tibetan China by Dr. Bill Hillman. Our sub-feature is “the United States through Asia’s Eyes,” and we are featuring pieces written by Asian opinion experts and policymakers on how the United States needs to approach Asian economic and foreign policy in the next four years. We are including articles by business leaders across Asia

reflecting on the present credit crisis as well as the past 8 years of the Bush administration. On the foreign policy front, we will feature open letters from political leaders in Asia on how the next four years of American foreign policy towards Asia should look compared to the last eight. Lastly, we will also address the lasting impact of the September 11th attacks on Sino-US relations. As part of our winter 2008 issue, we will develop an interactive online component to the Review which will elicit a more robust dialogue between students and experts on Asia. We have already launched an initial version of our growing Harvard Asia Pacific Review blog in the past week and only plan to grow it further over the year. We are developing a pool of Asia scholars and change-makers to actively engage the Harvard community in dialogue on these issues through the online blog. In addition, we will feature articles by undergraduates on the site and host a series of region-specific essay contests to foster student participation.

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Our third social hour/study break of the fall semester. To celebrate the holiday we will be serving hot chocolate and making queer-gendered gingerbread men. Harvard and Yale's chess club play an annual match, dating back to the early 1900's. We held the event with about 20+ Yalies attending and around 15 Harvard undergraduates. Since the match was held around 9:00 p.m. we provided some pizza for everyone. Every other Saturday morning we have a China Care Dumplings get together, where we learn about Chinese culture through arts and craft, and occasionally, food. This session we made Chinese food, including egg tarts, scallion pancakes, and yuan xiao. Around 50 people attended, and it was great fun as we struggled with the egg tart dough, and tried to figure out how to work the oven. This is also our last Dumplings session for 2008, and we're so glad it ended with a blast!

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A series of Friday night art-making events, ranging from felt crafts to election-related stenciling to Halloween costume making/recycling. The purpose is to give students an alternative to the usual Friday night parties and encourage creativity in a relaxed setting. The Economics Review staff celebrated the sending of the Fall/Winter issue to the printer. Also final editing of the issue took place.

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During this weekend, HCGHAC hosted students from all over New England, and engaged them in a dialogue with Harvard students about AIDS and global health activism. We invited speakers from both the greater Boston area as well as New York City and Philadelphia to discuss and strategize how we, as students, can best make our voices heard in the fight against the global AIDS epidemic and health inequity in general.

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The "One Laptop per Child: Changing the World" launch event, held on November 20th 2008, was a public lecture of the OLPC Laptop and international development by Nicolas Negroponte, chairman and founder of One Laptop per Child. This non-profit organization aims to provide children in developing countries with low-cost laptops that are specially designed to fit their needs. Mr Negroponte was introduced by Prof. Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project. During his lecture, Mr Negroponte talked about the history of the One Laptop per Child project, the philosophy and business model of helping developing nations through educational opportunities, and goals going forward. The event also included a reception with public demonstrations of the OLPC laptops with the support of OLPC volunteers. Approximately 270 people attended the event and learned about the transformative power of an electronic device. Over 70% of the people in attendance were undergraduate students from different groups. This event was held in collaboration with 8 other organizations and was promoted by postering, e-mailing, etc. The OLPC Event has created awareness among the public about the OLPC laptop and needs of developing countries. We have also been able to establish some important connections with the OLPC organization and student organizations such as the Harvard College Project for Sustainable Development and the Harvard College Alliance for Africa. The Crimson wrote an article about the event: http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=525494 The Harvard Health Policy Review is a semi-annual journal dedicated to broadening public awareness of health policy issues. HHPR strives to publish high-quality articles covering the widest possible spectrum of health policy issues and is designed to appeal to audiences with different degrees of familiarity with the subjects of health care and health policy. The HHPR was founded by members of the Harvard Health Policy Society (HHPS), an organization which stimulates discussions of health policy issues on the Harvard campus. The HHPR is supported by the University-wide Interfaculty Initiative in Health Policy and is advised by a Board of Advisors comprised of health policy leaders drawn from fields like medicine, economics and government. We publish articles from authors around the world, including researchers and professors from well-known research institutions and universities. The magazine is dropped in Harvard libraries and houses, and mailed to subscribers. In previous years, we have distributed copies to the offices of every Congressperson, and are looking into doing so again this year. There are approximately 25 undergraduates involved in the project. There is one editor-in-chief, and a business side and an editorial side.

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Pro-life students from Harvard and other Boston-area campuses held a dinner discussion with two Sisters of Life from New York City.They were able to meet these extraordinary women who have dedicated their lives to saving the unborn and helping mothers and fathers both before and after abortion. They benefited directly from this project by hearing about the Sister's work and their ideas for pro-life activism on the college campus.

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The Salient will publish its December issue next week, providing a journal of alternate opinion to campus debate.

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This forum provides an environment for members of HSBSE to get together with Latinos in Health Care (LIHC) to discuss life at harvard in the math and science, opportunities for minorities in math and science and other discussion topics.

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Our Mentorship Luncheon fosters an interactive environment where students can build meaningful relationships with professionals in their fields of interest. In years past, students have consistently appreciated the strength and caliber of the minority professionals who attend. We typically have mentors from institutions such as MIT, Children's Hospital Boston, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and local pharmaceutical companies. The Summer Opportunities information Session is an opportunity for students to learn about different summer programs and internships available for upcoming summers. All students receive a packet of information full of various domestic and international opportunities for lab research, corporate internships, and volunteer programs. In the past, speakers from Inroads, The Leadership Alliance, Health Career Connection, and Microsoft have given presentations on their various summer opportunities. Additionally, HSBSE members also speak on their past summer experiences and offer advice to other members. This year we had more than 50 undergraduate and graduate students try out for Harvard Women's Club Volleyball. We formed an A and B Team (totaling 21 players). We practice two times a week with an independent coach and hold captain's practices and supplementary workouts up to twice a week. We plan to participate in 4 tournaments within the NEWVL and Yankee Leagues; and plans to host two tournaments of our own, mostly targeted at private universities in the Boston area and greater Northeast. We have already hosted an all-day tournament, including Harvard A and B, Dartmouth, UMass, Yale, and Vermont club teams. We would like funding for costs such as coach's salary, league dues, tournament fees, uniforms, and equipment. "What's sexy about an Asian guy? What's not sexy about an Asian guy? What makes an Asian guy more or less datable than, say, a Caucasian guy? How can Asian guys get even sexier? If you're even remotely curious about any of these questions, you definitely want to come to this workshop!" Movie screening and Q&A session for the movie Falling for Grace. The screening will be followed by an informal luncheon with leading actress, screenwriter, and producer Ms. Fay Ann Lee.Falling for Grace debuted at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival (as East Broadway), where it was a sold-out hit and had standing room-only screenings. Co-Sponsored by the Harvard College Women's Center, the Harvard Foundation, Chinese Students Association, Organization of AsianAmerican Sisters in Service, and the Asian-American Women's Association. This event will feature professors from the Chinese department at Harvard teaching a group of approximately 40 interested students Chinese table manners and correct business conduct during a meal. The dinner will include ten courses of authentic Chinese cuisines at Royal East Restaurant. The purpose of the event is to assist those unfamiliar with the specifics of certain Chinese customs at the table that are considered appropriate, to acquire adequate knowledge of how to behave at a business meeting with a Chinese company or simply important figures of Asian backgrounds. As China is becoming a larger player on the global market, many young Americans or American-bornChinese people are seeking job opportunities in China or Hong Kong, and learning table manners is one of the most basic, yet crucial, steps to adapting to and obtaining new success in a new and unique culture.

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Naughty or Nice is CSA's annual holiday themed party. We first held this event two years ago and have continued to throw it because it's been very popular. We introduced a new rule this year to make the party more interesting - party goers could only enter if they came in pairs. That is, a "naughty" person couldn't get into the party without finding a "nice" person. As a result, many people made new friends that night at the door.

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The Winter Solstice Festival, also called the Midwinter Festival or Dongzhi Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday that falls on the shortest day of the year, usually December 20-23. It is a time of reunion, for families to get together, share a meal, and reconnect with each other. We at CSA thought it would be nice to celebrate the festival early this year, and bring the entire sib program (including 70 little sibs and 30 big sibs) together to share a meal and celebrate our families here at Harvard. Sib families were encouraged to bring their friends, both Chinese and non-Chinese, to the event. At the event, we made home-cooked Chinese food, including wontons, dumplings, Chinese hotpot, and scallion pancakes, and made tang yuan, or sticky rice balls.

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The purpose of this info session was to give anyone interested in running for the upcoming board elections an opportunity to talk to current board, and better understand the responsibilities of each position. Pizza from Noch's was served for around 50 people.

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This was a big, fun, floury get-together for CSA's huge little sib-big sib program. The event had two goals: one goal was to give the little sibs and big sibs a chance to get to know other families, and promote inter-family socializing. The second goal was to reach outside of the sib family and spread Chinese culture to those not familiar with it. To that end, each sib family was encouraged to bring at least one non-CSA member to the event. Over 100 people came, and it was a great time as we made hundreds and hundreds of dumplings!

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Every semester we organize two forums on social, political, or educational issues in China today. Our first forum event this semester was one on China's economy; we invited two professors, Professor Richard Freeman and Professor Richard Cooper to speak. Professor Richard Freeman, a Herbert S. Ascherman Chair in Economics, gave a talk titled "China's Growth and Present State," while Professor Richard Cooper, Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, gave a talk titled, "Whither China? Prospects and Problems in the Future." After each of their two talks, there was a fifteen minute question and answer session. The audience and the two professors had a lively discussion! At the end of the event, light refreshments were served. Chinese Students Association is really excited to host a dinner discussion with Professor Robert Barro, a Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics! This will be a small, informal dinner; we hope that students will be able to enjoy an engaging and enlightening discussion with each other and with Professor Barro.

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Dim sum runs have been a long part of CSA tradition and are very well attended. We hold them several times a semester, subsidizing each guest as much as we can. Typically 20 or so students along with a few board members take part each time and it's a great time (and great food!). {rinting Satire V, the humor magazine beloved of young and old alike.

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Author of the book "Creativity in Context," HBS Professor Teresa Amabile gave a highly unconventional talk about keeping creativity alive. We are requesting grants for the publicity fees. We had the Director of the Harvard patent office speak about something special, including but not limited to entrepreneurship. He spoke of how Harvard works patents with faculty and students. He also gave a history on the patent process and talked about patent law and overseas patents. A reception followed.

460 461

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SLF 19

Each year the Pitches set up a booth at the activities fair, hold an information session with food and handouts, and have a multi-day audition process. In order to compete with the publicity of the other singing groups on campus, unfortunately a significant amount of funding is required, which isn't always easy for a women's organization with a still small alumnae base. We are always very grateful for the support of the UC! SCI invited business school professor and creativity scholar Theresa Amabile to give a talk on her research and books. The talk was interactive and SCI provided smoothies. Room 13 is an organization with a focus on providing non-directive, non-judgmental peer counseling to the entire undergraduate population. We counsel on a variety of topics, and we provide a safe and inviting space, without which these topics would go unexplored. In the past, we have discovered that the number of undergraduates who use and benefit from our service is wholly contingent upon our publicity efforts. Our organization is unusual in the sense that, because we are open every single night of the school year, it is necessary for us to maintain publicity through the year, rather than for one night, as many other groups must do, in the case of a single event. Through this campaign and open house, we hope to raise awareness of our presence on campus and better serve a larger population of our fellow students. The campaign that we envision will consist of three components. The first of these will be a campus wide door-drop with information about the room and a backside intended to normalize undergraduates' sense of the space. We hope that the door-drops will raise our profile leading up to the second of our components, in which we will be distributing stress balls with the Room's information on them. By distributing these balls in dining halls we will provide people with a ready reminder of our services in their times of need and will provide undergraduates with a human face of the room, as counselors will be available right then to answer questions. Finally, these promotions will culminate in a open house event, at which we will provide hot chocolate and snacks. The event will take place during the days just before exams when people may be feeling an especial amount of stress. We hope that by providing students, especially freshman, with the opportunity to actually see Room 13, it will demystify the space for them and make it more likely that when in need they will feel comfortable calling or dropping in. These efforts are ones that are necessary for us to provide these highly important services to the Harvard population, but unfortunately, most of our budget is used for the bare necessities of our functioning (i.e. phone bills, emergency buttons, cookies to hand out, etc.). This grant money would allow us to become even more of a real presence on campus, and thus better serve the community. The four members of Harvard Chess Team will be going to Dallas, TX, to play in the Pan-American Chess Intercollegiate Tournament, which is certainly the most important collegiate chess tournament this year. Two years ago, the Washington Post noted how in this tournament there was "an unlikely inversion of privilege and prestige. The Harvard and Yale teams scrape by on tiny budgets, with some players arriving in Washington in the discount Chinatown bus and staying in hostels or on friends' couches. Players from UMBC and other well-funded teams stay in the comfortable tournament hotel, wear sleek team jackets and blazers." The Harvard Team has become considerably better, and we have good chances of performing well this year; if we could also get funding, perhaps we might cut a better image for ourselves this time.

27F-30. Crimson Cable Endorsement Act Sponsors: UC President Matthew Sundquist (Mather ’09) UC Secretary Mohindra Rupram (Dunster ’10) SAC Secretary Senan Ebrahim (East Yard ’12) WHEREAS students continually express interest in cable television, and WHEREAS cable may not be generally available to undergraduates for some time, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council continues to offer logistical and institutional support for Crimson Cable, a forthcoming cable option for undergraduates. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Undergraduate Council members shall be required to email their House lists and assist with publicity to inform the undergraduate community of the method of obtaining Crimson Cable. Author’s note: Crimson Cable has developed a plan that makes use of place-shifting technology to upload subscription-based cable via the Internet to Harvard suites. Under this plan, Harvard students will be charged a monthly fee of $59.99, which will cover subscription to a cable or Satellite Company, transmission, and maintenance costs. In order to ensure that House networks are not overloaded due to traffic from cable, no more than 10 subscriptions will be allotted to any given house, and no more than 20 subscriptions will be allotted to the yard. The founder of Crimson Cable has agreed to accept liability for this plan and manage the logistics of the operation of Crimson Cable. Members of the Undergraduate Council have assisted the founder of Crimson Cable already in this project and we believe that due to enduring interest in cable the UC should continue to support such personal advocacy efforts by helping with publicity as well as interface with the administration.

27F-31. Fall Grants Package 9.0 Sponsor: FiCom Chair Andrea R. Flores (Currier ‘10) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate $23,339.34 from the Grants Fund to 119 recipient projects as shown in the break-down below, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Spring applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein.

Grants Fund: Grant ID 463

Amt Req $250.00

Amt Funded $0.00

Upfront Upfront

$75.00 $248.00

$75.00 $200.00

Weissmueller Agarwal Bernstein Orozco

Upfront Upfront Retroactive Retroactive

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$200.00 $500.00 $500.00 $123.95

Jennifer

McKee

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$60.00

Grace Elizabeth Michael Dhruv Christi Xin Reihan Kaoru

Laubacher Krane Laures Maheshwari Butler Zhou Nadarajah Takasaki

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$350.00 $1,316.50 $640.00 $110.00 $2,235.50 $82.16 $218.78 $87.50

$350.00 $0.00 $280.00 $0.00 $1,109.90 $82.13 $149.10 $87.50

Volunteer Social

Angela

Ying

Retroactive

$22.21

480

Fall 2008 issue

Sanjida

Rahman

Retroactive

$500.00

481

ABHW Retreat

Mya

Thompson

Retroactive

$10.27

$0.00

482 483

ABHW Holiday Study Break Road To Success

Mya Mya

Thompson Thompson

Retroactive Retroactive

$54.68 $63.77

$0.00 $0.00

471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478

Project Name Sustainable Cup Initiative Dinner Discussion with Professor Robert Troug Tinikling Sticks Replacement Harvard Shotokan Karate Spring 2009 Activities Seva Magazine Fall 2008 Issue Super Tuesdays (Study Breaks) Environmental Action Committee Meeting Harvard Stage Designers Collective (kickoff meeting) Nine Visit to Chef Mark Simmons Mather Holiday Party Equipment/Stunt Clinic IdeaTrust Jam Night @ the SOCH AAA FEAST

479

464 465 466 467 468 469 470

Contact First Name James

Contact Last Name Williams

Lauren Gerald

White Tiu

Nikolas Isha Sanders Simon

Organization Name

An Evening with Champions Ascent Magazine Association of Black Harvard Women Association of Black Harvard Women Association of

Funding Type Upfront

484

BPLA Ski Trip

Crystalee

Forbes

485

Winter 2009 Issue

Richard

Beck

486

Google: Going Green

Cody

Evans

487

Fall Projects 2008

Kristen

Calandrelli

488

Environmental Action Committee Meeting

Jennifer

McKee

489

Environmental Action Committee Meeting

Jennifer

McKee

490

Environmental Action Committee Meeting

Jennifer

McKee

491

Environmental Action Committee Meeting

Jennifer

McKee

492

stephanie@freezecollegemag.com

Kelly

Peeler

493

Night at the Sackler: Tour Around the World

Kathryn

Blackstock

Reina

Boc

Leila

Perkins

Antonio

Iglesias

David

Rice

494 495 496 497

Freshmen Night at the Sackler Museum Fall Semester Introductory Meeting Winter/Finals Study Break Dinner with Professor Stephen Burt

Black Harvard Women Black Pre-Law Association Cinematic â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Harvard Film Journal Council on Business and the Environment Crimson Dance Team Environmental Action Committee Environmental Action Committee Environmental Action Committee Environmental Action Committee Freeze College Magazine Harvard Art Museum Undergraduate Connection Harvard Art Museum Undergraduate Connection Harvard Asia Pacific Review Harvard BGLTSA Harvard Book Review (HBR)

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$3,273.47

$0.00

Upfront

$1,000.00

$578.00

Upfront

$250.00

Retroactive

$2,000.00

Retroactive

$14.76

$0.00

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$45.03

Retroactive

$109.00

$30.00

Retroactive

$206.25

$119.80

Retroactive

$610.00

$330.00

Retroactive

$519.19

Retroactive

$845.46

$750.66

Retroactive

$100.00

Retroactive

$75.00

$150.00

Upfront

498

HBR Fall 2008 Issue

David

Rice

499

December Mentoring Event

Jessica

Wen

500

Jessica

Wen

501

November Mentoring Event Dumplings' Celebrates the Midwinter Festival

Daphne

Xiao

502

Editing Party

Yuriy

Shteinbuk

503

Harvard EWB Intro Meeting

Amy

504

Cabin Retreat

Meghan

Purdy

505

Movie Night

Meghan

Purdy

506

Antarctica Party

Meghan

Purdy

507

USAID Development Challenge Info Sessions

Daan

Harmsen

508

Hawaiian Style General Meeting

Alan

Ibrahim

509

Second General Meeting

Tae Joong

Yoon

510

Belly Dance 2008 Revised

Miranda

Margowsky

511

HSSS Startup Costs Harvard College Vegetarian Society Second Annual Vegan Thanksgiving Dinner

Ognjen

Ilic

Alene

Anello

512

Harvard Book Review (HBR) Harvard China Care Harvard China Care Harvard China Care Harvard College Economics Review Harvard College Engineers without Borders Harvard College Geosociety Harvard College Geosociety Harvard College Geosociety Harvard College Global Hunger Initiative Harvard College Half Asian People's Association Harvard College Korean Adoptee Mentorship Program Harvard College Middle Eastern Dance Company Harvard College South Slavic Society Harvard College Vegetarian Society

Upfront

$500.00

Retroactive

$150.00

$101.60

Retroactive

$100.00

$84.00

Retroactive

$85.46

$54.00

Retroactive

$81.00

$0.00

Retroactive

$152.63

Retroactive

$167.50

$150.00

Retroactive

$33.36

Retroactive

$30.93

Retroactive

$36.75

Retroactive

$25.05

Retroactive

$85.45

$10.85

$2,000.00

$400.00

Retroactive

$70.00

$0.00

Retroactive

$49.44

Upfront

513 514 515

Saraswati Puja Regional Puja Henna Study Break

Palak Palak Palak

Patel Patel Patel

516

Christina

Zou

517

Winter Wonderjam Intercollegiate A Cappella Jam with the Villanova Spires

Christina

Zou

518

Costumes for EWC

Angela

Ying

519

Interfaith Iftaar

Rebecca

Gillette

520

Fall Tournaments

Christopher

Stevens

521

Filipino Dance and Food Workshop

Gerald

Tiu

522

HPF Introductory Meeting

Gerald

Tiu

523

Andre Previn Masterclass

Amy

524

HPAIR Holiday Party

Lucille

525

HPAIR Staff Training and Retreat

Lucille

526

Spaghetti Suppers

Simon

Orozco

527

Christmas Party

Simon

Orozco

Harvard Dharma Harvard Dharma Harvard Dharma Harvard Fallen Angels Harvard Fallen Angels Harvard Figure Skating Club Harvard Islamic Society Harvard Men's Ultimate Club Harvard Philippine Forum Harvard Philippine Forum Harvard Piano Society Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) Harvard Radcliffe Catholic Student Association Harvard Radcliffe Catholic Student Association

Upfront Retroactive Retroactive

$26.00 $14.00 $23.40

Retroactive

$300.00

Retroactive

$80.00

$69.60

Retroactive

$224.00

Retroactive

$873.65

$520.00

Retroactive

$1,370.00

Retroactive

$36.34

Retroactive

$27.00

Retroactive

$486.67

$147.67

Retroactive

$75.00

$43.75

Retroactive

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$370.00

Retroactive

$277.31

Retroactive

$112.64

528

Our Lady of Guadalupe Dinner and Celebration

Simon

Orozco

529

Debate Watching Party

Andrew

Schlafly

530

General Board Mtg

Andrew

Schlafly

531

General Board Mtg

Andrew

Schlafly

532

Drown Your Sorrows Party

Andrew

Schlafly

533

Campaign Trip

Andrew

Schlafly

534

Talk by Prof. Rosen

Andrew

Schlafly

535

Harvard-Yale Reception

Kiran

Bhat

536

Class Brunches

Kiran

Bhat

537

Freshman Pizza Party

Kiran

Bhat

538

Bollywood Night - Bachna Ae Haseeno

Kiran

Bhat

539

Conversation with Ayesha Jalal

Kiran

Bhat

540 541

HIS-SAA Iftaar STAGE Thanksgiving

Kiran Jacqueline

Bhat Palumbo

542

Dinner Discussion with Dr. Matthew Meselson

Lauren

White

Harvard Radcliffe Catholic Student Association Harvard Republican Club Harvard Republican Club Harvard Republican Club Harvard Republican Club Harvard Republican Club Harvard Republican Club Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard STAGE Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society

Retroactive

$430.00

$400.00

Retroactive

$30.00

Retroactive

$85.00

Retroactive

$80.00

Retroactive

$93.09

Retroactive

$21.68

Retroactive

$52.34

Retroactive

$132.00

Retroactive

$211.00

Retroactive

$146.00

Retroactive

$138.00

Retroactive

$300.00

Retroactive Retroactive

$300.00 $100.00

$0.00 $80.00

Retroactive

$55.00

543

Asian Glow

Daniel

Suo

544

Utopia: A Yacht Party

Daniel

Suo

545

Winter Concert Program

Charles

Nathanson

546

HCEF HBS-College Mentorship Program Kickoff

Xin

Zhou

547

IdeaTrust

Xin

Zhou

548

Fall episodes 1-3

Nelson

Greaves

549

Asian Glow

Louis

Choi

550

President's Dinner - Supplies

John

Tan

551

LDI Speaker Series

John

Tan

552

Science Leaders Discussion Forum

John

Tan

553

Lew Kaden

John

Tan

554 555

Comedy Extravaganza General Board Meeting - 10/26

Luis Luis

Martinez Martinez

HarvardRadcliffe Chinese Students Association HarvardRadcliffe Chinese Students Association HarvardRadcliffe Orchestra HCEF (Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum) HCEF (Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum) Ivory Tower Soap Korean Association Leadership Institute at Harvard College Leadership Institute at Harvard College Leadership Institute at Harvard College Leadership Institute at Harvard College On Harvard Time On Harvard

Retroactive

$760.00

$481.50

Retroactive

$700.00

$610.00

Retroactive

$775.00

$196.00

Retroactive

$193.40

$90.00

Retroactive

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$80.54

Retroactive

$80.25

Retroactive

$625.00

$446.50

Retroactive

$85.00

$78.75

Retroactive

$140.00

Retroactive

$120.00

$100.00

Retroactive

$20.00

Upfront Retroactive

$88.26 $54.41

$20.00 $0.00

556

On Harvard Time Mural

Luis

Martinez

557 558

Training Days Marshall After School Program

Luis Sarah

Martinez Maxwell

559

Counselor Bonding Event

Eric

Sefton

560

Volunteer Appreciation Celebration

Eric

Sefton

561

Freshman Intro Meeting and Movie Screening

Ana

Huang

562

SAMC-BMF-LMC-AAB

Pramod

Thammaiah

563

Design Board Dinner

Lauren

Packard

564

Harvard College Umami Magazine Launch Party

Michael

Laures

565

The Harvard Independent

Diana

Suen

566

Christmas Devotional

Whitney

Muhlestein

567

Second General Meeting

Alexander

Pinero

568

Fall 2008-09 Issue

Alexander

Pinero

569

Final General Meeting

Alexander

Pinero

Time On Harvard Time On Harvard Time PBHA PBHA's Mission Hill After School Program PBHA's Mission Hill After School Program Queer Asian Forum (a subgroup of BGLTSA) South Asian Men's Collective The Harvard Advocate: Design Board The Harvard College Umami Magazine The Harvard Independent The Harvard Latter-day Student Associastion The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal

Retroactive

$476.91

$0.00

Retroactive Retroactive

$165.57 $512.50

$0.00 $492.50

Retroactive

$57.32

Retroactive

$361.19

Retroactive

$33.60

$375.00

$300.00

Retroactive

$90.00

$0.00

Retroactive

$550.00

$390.00

Retroactive

$500.00

Retroactive

$40.19

Retroactive

$150.00

$100.00

Retroactive

$500.00

Retroactive

$150.00

$100.00

Upfront

570

Shajam

Derek

Lietz

571 572 573

African Baraza President's Dinner N.T. Wright Forum

Reihan John Tina

Nadarajah Tan Hwa

574

progressive holiday soiree

Eric

Hysen

575

daily show watch party

Eric

Hysen

576

cookie dough study break

Eric

Hysen

577

Eric

Hysen

578

phonebank to colorado Meet the new board mixer/ study break

Eric

Hysen

579 580 581

progressive holiday soiree volunteer recruitment session semester social

Eric

Hysen

Under Construction Woodbridge Society Yes Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats unite for sight HAUSCR

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$108.00

$50.00

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

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$153.72 $160.00 $700.00

Retroactive

$257.49

Retroactive

$54.50

Retroactive

$19.76

Retroactive

$33.55

Retroactive

$92.54

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$257.49 $50.05 $90.00

$38,119.53 $23,339.34

Docket: 10-0-0 Recommend: 10-0-0

27S-01 The Transparent and Responsive UC Act UC President Andrea R. Flores '10 UC Vice-President Kia J. McLeod '10 UC Treasurer Tony Britt (Lowell â&#x20AC;&#x2122;10) FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland '11) UC Parliamentarian Eric Hysen (Mather '11) UC Communications Director Daniel Kroop (Pfoho â&#x20AC;&#x2122;10) Whereas the Undergraduate Council must effectively communicate with the student body and bring students not on the Council into its work; and Whereas the current structures and practices of the Council do not encourage and enable this activity; Be it therefore resolved that the Council establish an Ad-Hoc Student Relations Committee (SRC), co-chaired by the Communications Director and the Public Relations Director; and Be it further resolved that SRC be charged with facilitating drastically improved communications between the UC and the student body, through recreating the Council web site, campus-wide emails, blogging, Facebook, the UC Weekly email newsletter, public town hall meetings, and all other beneficial means; and further charged with bringing students into the advocacy and grants processes, through working with student group leaders, House Committees, and other interested students to facilitate their substantive involvement in the work of the Council; and Be it further resolved that SAC and FiCom shall each elect a Vice Chair for Student Relations, each of whom shall serve as SRC Vice Chairs and be responsible for coordinating Student Relations efforts in their respective committees; and Be it further resolved that while SRC shall not have formal powers to docket or recommend legislation, upon an affirmative vote of the Committee the Co-Chairs shall introduce legislation on behalf of the Committee to the Executive Board for docketing and recommending; and Be it further resolved that SRC meet no less than biweekly, at the call of the Co-Chairs or the Executive Board; and Be it further resolved that the Communications and Public Relations Directors be given a total of three minutes to jointly report to the Council at regular meetings of the Council, following the report of the FiCom Chair; and Be it further resolved that the Council shall elect between four and eight additional Representatives as members of SRC immediately following its election of delegates to the Rules and Reform Committee, which shall occur at the first Council meeting following the February Special Election; and Be it further resolved that the members of the Executive Board serve as ex-officio non-voting members of SRC unless they are elected by the Council as voting members. Executive Board: Docketed 3-0-0 Recommended 3-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 18-0-2

27S-02 Harvard Supports Pregnant and Parenting Students Act SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) Co-Sponsors: Susan Marine, Director, Harvard College Women’s Center Susan Yao, Intern, Harvard College Women’s Center Mary Anne Marks, President, Harvard Right to Life Tammy Beram, Co-Director, Harvard Students for Choice Melissa Ader, Political Chair, Harvard Students for Choice Eva Rosenberg, Co-Chair, Radcliffe Union of Students WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council, Harvard Students for Choice, Harvard Right to Life, the Radcliffe Union of Students, and the Harvard College Women’s Center recognize that a pregnancy may pose questions for many women and/or their partners, and WHEREAS information about resources and options at Harvard related to pregnancy and parenting as an undergraduate student are difficult to access and not unified, and WHEREAS students who are pregnant or parenting may be reassured to know that Harvard is supportive of them and willing to assist with their concerns, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council, the Harvard College Women’s Center, Harvard Right to Life, Harvard Students for Choice, and the Radcliffe Union of Students publish a resource brochure to include information on: x x x x

Healthcare resources (termination as well as pre-natal and post-natal care) Adoption options Housing assistance Child care options

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council hire a student to design this pamphlet and allocate up to $300 from the grants fund with the following budget breakdown: $150- design fee $150- printing fee BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these brochures be distributed to strategic places and people on campus, including but not limited to the Women’s Center, Harvard University Health Services, the Bureau of Study Counsel, peer counseling offices, the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, proctors, tutors, and resident deans, and that information be included online on the Women’s Center website; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the UC together with its co-sponsors urge that the following language be added to the Undergraduate Student Handbook in the Academic and Support Resources section, on page 531, following the section on Harvard University Health Services: PREGNANCY AND PARENTING RESOURCES Harvard is supportive of its pregnant and parenting students, and it committed to providing resources and assistance to students and their partners: www.hcwc/pregnancy (hyperlink). For confidential access to or information about resources and options as a pregnant or parenting student, please contact the Director of the Harvard College Women’s Center, at hcwc@fas.harvard.edu or at 617-495-4212. SAC: Docketed: 10-1-0 SAC: Recommended: 8-2-1 FiCom: Docketed: 9-0-0 FiCom: Recommended: 8-0-1 Executive Board: Docketed: 5-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 29-1-2, by roll call vote—listed on next page

Bill Rose (Adams ’11) – YES Lisa Schechner (Adams ’11) – YES Manny Antunes (Cabot ’11) – YES Josh Nuni (Cabot ’10) – YES George Hayward (Currier ’10) – YES Alexandra Weisz (Currier ’10) – YES Alyssa Aguilera (Dudley ’09) – YES Matt Garcia (Dunster ’10) – YES Mohindra Rupram (Dunster ’10) – YES Sonia Dara (East Yard ’12) – YES Senan Ebrahim (East Yard ’12) – YES Amanda Lu (Eliot ’11) – YES Doug Lloyd (Eliot ’09) – NO Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ’11) – YES Brad Paraszczak (Kirkland ’11) – YES Sam Stein (Leverett ’10) – YES Bernie Zipprich (Leverett ’09) – YES Anthony Britt (Lowell ’10) – YES Sarah Honig (Lowell ’10) – NOT PRESENT Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) – YES Cyrus Mossavar-Rahmani (Mather ’09) – YES George Huang (North Yard ’12) – YES Joseph Kim (North Yard ’12) – NOT PRESENT Daniel Kroop (Pforzheimer ’10) – YES Catherine Ntube (Pforzheimer ’11) – YES Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) – YES Mallika Khandelwal (Quincy ’11) – YES Papa Chakravarthy (South Yard ’12) – YES Vijay Kedar (South Yard ’12) – YES Eric Michel (West Yard ’12) – YES Benjamin Zagorsky (West Yard ’12)- YES Samad Khurram (Winthrop ’10) – ABSTAIN Ben Schwartz (Winthrop ’10) – YES Kia McLeod (Vice President) - ABSTAIN

27S-03 Spring 2009 House Committee Allocation UC Treasurer Anthony Britt (Lowell â&#x20AC;&#x2122;10) FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland â&#x20AC;&#x2122;11) WHEREAS House Committees play an important role in House Life and Student Life at Harvard College, and WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council is a vital source of funding for House Committees, and WHEREAS Section 64 of the Undergraduate Council Bylaws statutorily mandates House Committee funding, and WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council believes it is important to encourage active social programming via House Committees while also allowing each House Committee the flexibility to choose how allocated funds can be most beneficial to their houses, and WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council values maintaining open channels of communication with the respective House Committees as per 27F-17; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that $70,008 be allocated from the Grants Fund for the purposes of funding House Committees for the spring semester in accordance with 24S-65; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that $68,100 be distributed in twelve (12) $5,675 grants to the House Committees in accordance with the bylaws; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that excluding Dudley House as a House Committee, a $1,908 grant will be distributed to Dudley House; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee shall manage the disbursal of the grants. FiCom: Docketed: 9-0-0 FiCom: Recommended: 9-0-0 Executive Board: Docketed: 4-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 32-0-0

27S-04 Spring Grants Package 1.0 FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ‘11) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate down below,

$24,151.45

from the Grants Fund to

86 recipient projects as shown in the break-

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Fall applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein.

Grants Fund: Grant ID

Amount Req

Amount Funded

Project Name

Organization Name

Funding Type

582

Ecuadorian Feast

Latino Men's Collective

Retroactive

$330.00

$230.00

583

Salvadorian Feast

Latino Men's Collective

Retroactive

$330.00

$225.00

584

Tribute to Harvard Workers

Latino Men's Collective

Retroactive

$870.00

$290.00

585 586 587

LMC LU Discussion Mug Painting You can't stop the beat!

Latino Men's Collective

Retroactive Upfront Upfront

$75.00 $50.00 $250.00

588

Mexican Traditional Dance Retreat

Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan

Upfront

$600.00

$464.00

589

Small Business Crash Course Conference:

Cambridge Microfinance Initiative

Upfront

$250.00

$320.00

590

Information Session for Comp

Crimson Key Society

Upfront

$475.00

$24.00

591

Martenitsa Workshop

Harvard Bulgarian Club

Upfront

$75.00

592

That (DIY Holiday) Thing

Harvard College Art Society

Retroactive

$100.01

593

Harvard Crossword Tournament

Upfront

$500.00

$290.00

594

Hawaiian Style General Meetings

Upfront

$100.00

$40.00

595

TAPAS witih HAPAS

Harvard College Crossword Society Harvard College Half-Asian People's Association Harvard College Half-Asian People's Association

Upfront

$276.00

$200.00

596

HAPA Freshman Social Events

Harvard College Half-Asian People's Association

Upfront

$75.00

597

Soâ&#x20AC;Ś What Are You Anyway? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a conference on multiracialism in the twenty-first century

Harvard College Half-Asian People's Association

Retroactive

$805.00

$420.00

598

Belly Dance 2008 Revised

Harvard College Middle Eastern Dance Company

Upfront

$2,000.00

$300.00

599

Farewell Dinner

Harvard Islamic Society

Upfront

$300.00

600

Social with SAS

Harvard Islamic Society

Upfront

$100.00

601

Arts Night

Harvard Islamic Society

Upfront

$150.00

602

Islam 101

Harvard Islamic Society

Upfront

$100.00

603

Spring Dinner

Harvard Islamic Society

Upfront

$900.00

$820.00

604

Islam Awareness Week Malcolm X Speaker Event

Harvard Islamic Society

Upfront

$600.00

$50.00

605

Islam Awareness Week Poetry Night

Harvard Islamic Society

Upfront

$170.00

606

Daily Adhan (call to prayer) for Islam Awareness Week

Harvard Islamic Society

Upfront

$90.00

607

Islam Awareness Study Break

Harvard Islamic Society

Upfront

$135.00

608

Middle Eastern Dance Grant

Harvard middle eastern dance company

Upfront

$200.00

$600.00

609

Dessert night

Harvard Polish Society

Upfront

$150.00

$110.00

610

3rd May Constitution Celebration

Harvard Polish Society

Upfront

$210.00

611

Grand Opening Night

Harvard Polish Society

Upfront

$190.00

$110.00

612

Prefrosh Weekend Activities

Harvard Radclifee Asian American Association

Upfront

$700.00

613

Outreach Career Program

Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Association (HR-AAA)

Upfront

$555.00

$519.00

614

Cultural Food and Arts Workshops

Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Association (HR-AAA)

Upfront

$205.00

$182.50

615

Karaoke Night

Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Association (HR-AAA)

Upfront

$300.00

616

Alumni Dinner

Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Association

Upfront

$265.00

617

Harvard Brain Publication

Harvard Society for Mind, Brain and Behavior

Upfront

$600.00

$500.00

618

Bioethics Conference - Miracle Berry Event

Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society

Upfront

$160.00

619

Darwin Day Celebrations

Harvard Undergraduate Biological Sciences Society (HUBSS)

Retroactive

$150.00

620

Men's and Women's Beanpot Games

Harvard University Band

Retroactive

$884.00

$749.00

621

South Station Display: April 30th

Harvard Vietnamese Association

Upfront

$30.00

$0.00

622

Candlelight Vigil: Fall of Saigon

Harvard Vietnamese Association

Upfront

$30.00

623

Little Saigons vs Chinatowns: Identity Discussion

Harvard Vietnamese Association

Upfront

$100.00

624

Commemorating the Fall of Saigon: Discussion Panel

Harvard Vietnamese Association

Upfront

$120.00

625

Tet Cultural Celebration

Harvard Vietnamese Association

Retroactive

$50.00

626

Harvard Women's Ultimate Frisbee

627

Harvard Women's Ultimate Frisbee Seminar: Techniques from the Shaolin Temple: Fostering Internal Balance and Well-being through Movement

Upfront

$2,500.00

Harvard Wushu Club

Upfront

$560.00

628

Instructor Fees

Harvard Wushu Club

Retroactive

$620.00

$600.00

629

Big Sib/Little Sib Program

630

General Meetings

Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association

Upfront

$410.00

Upfront

$300.00

631

Asian Ed/Pol Panel: Inter-Asian Campus Strife at Harvard

Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association

Upfront

$335.00

632

A Classy AAAfair

Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association

Upfront

$450.00

$171.25

633

Coffeehouse

Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association

Upfront

$1,360.00

634

Pachanga

Harvard-Radcliffe RAZA

Upfront

$145.00

635

Cinco de Mayo

Harvard-Radcliffe RAZA

Upfront

$300.00

$245.00

636

Public Health Discussion

Harvard-Radcliffe RAZA

Upfront

$75.00

637

Primal Swing

Harvard-Radcliffe RAZA

Upfront

$150.00

$130.00

638

Cesar Chavez

Harvard-Radcliffe RAZA

Upfront

$675.00

$240.00

639

Senior Dinner

Harvard-Radcliffe RAZA

Upfront

$795.00

$305.00

640

Journal of Italian American History and Culture

Italian American Association

Upfront

$500.00

641

Italian Cooking School

Italian American Association

Upfront

$450.00

$150.00

642

Post Spring Concert Social

Kuumba Singers of Harvard College

Upfront

$175.00

643

Kente Cloth Stoles

Kuumba Singers of Harvard College

Upfront

$200.00

644

Mariachi Veritas 2009 Spring Concert

Mariachi Veritas de Harvard

Upfront

$365.00

645

Learn To Cook Series (Part 2)

Nigerian Students Association (NSA)

Upfront

$40.00

646

Cultural Rhythms- Food counter

Nigerian Students Association (NSA)

Upfront

$300.00

647 648 649

General Board Meeting - 10/26 On Harvard Time Mural Training Days

On Harvard Time On Harvard Time On Harvard Time

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$54.41 $476.91 $165.57

$54.41 $226.91 $120.52

650

Staff Retreat

PBHA's Mission Hill After School Program

Retroactive

$93.18

651

Native American Youth Enrichment Big Sibling/Little Sibling Program

Phillips Brooks House Association

Retroactive

$75.00

$40.00

652

Native American Youth Enrichment Big Sibling/Little Sibling Program

Phillips Brooks House Association

Upfront

$500.00

$244.00

653

Pan Asian Barbecue

Taiwanese Cultural Society

Upfront

$125.00

654

Taiwanese Cultural Society

Upfront

$105.00

655

Dim Sum Run

Taiwanese Cultural Society

Upfront

$125.00

656

Karaoke

Taiwanese Cultural Society

Upfront

$150.00

657

Dumpling Workshop

Taiwanese Cultural Society

Upfront

$125.00

658

Take Back the Night

Upfront

$3,390.00

$580.00

659

Networking Event

Take Back the Night Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa

Upfront

$220.00

660

The Microfinance Revolution

Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa

Upfront

$140.00

$120.00

661

Funding for Projects in Africa

Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa

Upfront

$85.00

$80.00

662

Entrepreneurship in Africa

Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa

Upfront

$140.00

$120.00

663

Getting Involved On and Off the Continent

Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa

Retroactive

$90.00

$82.50

664

Achieving Food Security in Africa

Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa

Retroactive

$57.00

665 666

National Cheerleading Association National Competition Dems First General Meeting

Harvard Cheerleading Harvard Democrats

Upfront Retroactive

$9,947.00 $203.89 $41,577.97

$2,000.00 $178.17 $24,151.45 FiCom: Docketed: 9-0-0 FiCom: Recommended: 7-1-1 Executive Board: Docketed: 4-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 29-1-3

Project Description Grant ID

Project Description

582

583

Latinos come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. A Mexican from East Los Angeles who listens to traditional corridos might have little in common with his reggaeton-blasting Puerto Rican counterpart from Spanish Harlem besides the fact that both are considered Latino. Hispanics at Harvard are as diverse as they come, but on paper we are often grouped together under one label. As such, it is vitally important that we strive to understand each other as best we can. Food cuts across cultures- especially for Latinos- and provides a comfortable outlet for conversation and inquiry. This semester, the Latino Men's Collective plans to host a Cultural Feast to celebrate all of the Salvadorans on campus and the unique culture they bring to the Harvard community at large. Delicious Salvadoran cuisine will serve as the starting point for an afternoon or evening of excitement, music, and cultural exchange. The LMC has been very successful with Cultural Feasts in the past, and hopes to use this event to draw attention to the often unknown but undeniably active Salvadorans at Harvard. This event will require funding for food and beverages.

584

We as Harvard Students tend to take a lot of things for granted. Every day we walk into clean class rooms, we go fill our stomachs during lunch and dinner at our respective dining halls and we then browse our beautiful, well organized libraries to go and study. After all of this is done we return back to our warm, dorm rooms for a safe and sound rest. Problem is we never take out the time to thanks those who make these wonderful living and learning conditions possible. The Latino Men's Collective is aware that many of the individuals that keep our facilities clean and functioning and our plates filled with food are of Latino descent. Many of them have backgrounds very similar to ours and there are so many levels at which we can relate and converse with these wonderful Latinos, but we never take the time. This semester, the Latino Men's Collective wants to take the time out to get to know many of these individuals, through discourse, food, and the exciting tunes of salsa, merengue, and other genres of Latino music. We want to throw a celebration in honor of such great, hard working people. We refuse to take things for granted and instead gratefully say "Thank you." This event will require funding for food, beverages, and decorations.

585

The Harvard Latino Men's Collective and Harvard Latinas Unidas will host a discussion about precedent social standards within the Latino community. It is often the case that Latinos families and leaders prescribe social mores based on gender. As a new generation of educated Latinos, we will discuss the historical pros and cons of such cultural ridigity, as well as the relative values of traditional standards in a modern context. As the discussion will be lengthy, and we would like to provide food and drink.

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588

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In this project, students paint mugs in the dining hall to be used instead of paper cups. These mugs will then stay on the mug rack for students to use when they are in the dining hall. We had a mug painting last year in Mather, and it was very successful. About 40 students painted mugs then, and these mugs are still being used today. The mugs were also displayed during ARTS First weekend. We get the mugs from GoodWill so they are very inexpensive. With this project, we hope to give students a chance to express themselves while creating something useful that they can use throughout their time at school. By painting the mugs, students feel more attached to them and are more likely to use them. This is our Fall semester show. It is presented in collaboration with TAPS. We showcase student choreographed and performed original pieces. Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan will be producing a workshop on basic Mexican folkloric dance open to all dancers & interested undergraduates. We hope to bring together a diverse pool of participants interested in Mexican performing arts. Our goal is to attract dancers from other Harvard dance troupes who have not been exposed to this unique type of dance. We will hold a two day retreat and invite qualified instructors to lead the beginning and intermediate level workshops. In order to maintain interest, each participant will receive their own copies of traditional music and informative pamphlets with background on the several different dance styles covered. We will also have Mexican food and refreshments during the breaks. This grant will cover instructor fees, publicity/pamphlet costs, music and food expenses. Workshops in Business Plan Writing, Pricing, Web Design, Accounting, Taxes, Marketing and More. One-on-one meetings with Cambridge Microfinance Initiative consultants, peer group discussions. Cambridge Microfinance Initiative Small Business Manual for each attendee.

590

Every year the Crimson Key Society organizes a comp for undergraduates. This process allows undergraduates to get involved with the Crimson Key Society and to serve the university through its various activities. The Crimson Key Society is the premiere organization dedicated to serving the Harvard University community. Throughout the year, CKS leads daily campus tours and participates in TEACH, a community outreach program for Cambridge Middle Schools. We also run Freshman Orientation Week each fall, usher Commencement services in June as well as help plan and organize a host of campus-wide activities, including Arts First weekend and the visiting parents weekends. The comp process is brought to the undergraduates through 3 information sessions held between the 2nd and 6th of March. This allows students to learn about Crimson Key and how to get involved. The information sessions are open to all undergraduates and will include refreshments and snacks. We expect between 80-100 students per information session. The information sessions will be held in Ticknor Lounge. We publicize the event through posters, personal letters, flyers, balloons, and house lists. At these sessions undergraduates are informed about the comp process and how to get involved in the Society. Primarily, undergraduates are required to prepare a tour of Harvard University, allowing them to become learned in the history, myth and lore of the Harvard. It is an exciting an interesting way to learn about Harvard and to serve the university. In order to continue to serve Harvard and to educate people about its history, we need to involve new students in the organization. The information session is integral to the success of the comp process and essentially the success of Crimson Key as a organization. We hope to reach as many students as possible about the possibilities of getting involved in the Crimson Key Society: the information session is an integral part of this, and we hope to make it a successful event with the help of the UC.

591

On March 1st people in Bulgaria celebrate the holiday "Baba Marta," which symbolizes the end of winter and the approach of spring. People wear martenitsi, which are bracelets or small decorative pins for clothes made of red and white threads or yarn. These martenitsi are believed to keep people fit and happy throughout the year, although they are supposed to be worn only a couple of weeks. It has become a tradition for the Harvard Bulgarian Club to organize a Martenitsa Workshop and thus teach its friends from various nationalities how to make martenitsi. This has been accepted by all our friends with great enthusiasm throughout the years, which we hope will be the case again this year. Some traditional Bulgarian desserts and refreshments would be served.

592

This particular That Thing is the last of this semester's series of art-making activities. It was holiday themed and people could choose to make their own gift wrap, stuffed felt ornaments/plushies, and/or apply freezer paper stencils to clothing. We also had holiday snacks such as apple cider and ginger thins, and played music. Everyone who came really enjoyed it and ended up with their own hand-made presents to give (or keep for themselves). Because fewer people came than we expected, we have enough materials left over for a fully-covered event next semester. We also invested in some materials that can be kept in use for a long time afterward, such as a good hot glue gun and more needles.

593

A tournament for lovers and doers of crossword puzzles. This is the type of event you may have seen in the movie "Wordplay"; we've also done it at Harvard once before, two years ago. It would be open to the entire Harvard and Boston community and we would provide crossword puzzles of varying difficulty for people to solve. In addition, Will Shortz, editor of the New York Times crossword, will be our guest speaker.

594

Our general meetings are aimed at strengthening the Harvard Hapa community by building friendships and discussing some of the most recent multiracial events that have occurred. We are making these Hawaiian style general meetings because the word “hapa” originated in Hawaii. Although now it comes to mean half-asian, in the past it was used to describe a half white person. We plan to hold 4 general meetings this semester (one every month). To get that Hawaiian flavor, we plan to buy tropical fruits such as mangos, kiwi, pineapple, cantaloupe… etc.

595

Last semester’s Tapas event was a great great success. We raised a lot of awareness for Harvard Hapa as well as made delicious food. This semester Tapas with Hapas will be our second biggest event of the year - we expect at a minimum 50 people in attendance. This event will co hosted with the Harvard Culinary Society again, but will be open to the general Harvard community as well. We will be making and eating tapas, the Spanish small-plate "snacks" that are essentially downsized entrees produced en masse for many to eat. Costs will come mostly through the grocery bill, which is expected to be quite large given the nature of the event and the ingredients required in making the diverse foods. We expect this event to help solidify our presence on campus as a group that provides for the Harvard community at large while at the same time forging a new relationship with the Harvard Culinary Society, a relatively new organization on campus. 3 EVENTS THIS SEMESTER Building and retaining freshman membership is key to the success and survival of Harvard Hapa. We feel that there are many half-Asians in the Harvard community who know about our organization and would love to be apart of it but just are a little afraid to come to our events since they might not know anyone. Through small social events that are geared just to freshman, we hope to draw these members out and get them more involved in the organization. Some examples of these events are: cookie making, yard picnic, movie nights, etc.And as usual, all freshmen in the Harvard community are encouraged to come to find out more about what Harvard Hapa is all about.

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Biracial and multiracial identity politics have come a long way in America in the last century alone. Until 1967, interracial marriage was a crime. Until 2000, you had to pick one, and only one, of five race options on the US Census white, black, Asian/pacific islander, American Indian/Alaska native/native Hawaiian, or "other." (Now, you may "mark one or more.") Recently, we elected our first ever biracial president, Barack Hussein Obama.However, the future of mixed race in America is still uncertain. For centuries, the rule of hypodescent - or "one drop" rule - has been ingrained into American consciousness: anyone with any black ancestor is instantly deemed black. Studies show that mixed race teenagers still feel pressured to choose between multiple racial identities. And anyone can tell you that inter-racial tensions in America are still going strong. Will America see a mixed race revolution in the next century, or will color lines keep us divided?Harvard Hapa plans to address all of these issues and ideas in a forum that is open to Harvard students, students from other colleges, and those from the Cambridge community.Featuring:- Talks from Harvard professor Kimberly McClain Dacosta and University of Massachusetts Boston professors Karen Suyemoto and Sam Museus.Discussion groups with University of Massachusetts Boston professors John Tawa and Linsdey West.- A panel on the future of multiracialism in America- Catered lunch from b.good !

599

Near the end of the Spring semester every year, HIS holds a farewell dinner for its outgoing seniors and grad students, and in general as a way for students who will be returning after the summer as well to meet each other. Students are encouraged to invite and bring their friends and acquaintances. The event is not meant to be a closed, sit-down dinner, but rather a poignant look at how HIS has fulfilled its obligations to provide an environment for Muslim students to freely practice their faith, and to represent Islam on the Harvard campus. Thus, we hope non-members who may have attended previous meetings, or none at all, will be welcome and learn about some aspects of Muslim culture. We have a Halal pizza party (the pizzas are specially prepared according to Muslim dietary restrictions) and show a slideshow/movie with pictures of all the outgoing members specifically, and generally of the various events held during the year. Ours is a pretty close-knit society and this farewell dinner allows people to say goodbye and really brings a warm and fulfilling end to the year.

600

The Harvard Islamic Society and the Society of Arab Students find that we have many things in common with each other. In order to foster a dialog between the two groups, we hope to introduce the members of the two groups to each other in a pleasant setting. During the holy month of Ramadan in the fall, SAS and HIS have held a co-sponsored iftar (a fastbreaking meal). However, this semester, we would like to hold a social where members can bond over good food in a relaxed environment and talk to each other about our lives, the things we have in common, and those things in which we differ. We hope to make these discussions a celebration of the diversity of our traditions and our communities. This event would be open to everyone and it will be a relaxing and fun event!

601

The Harvard Islamic Society would like to host an Arts Night showcasing the many talents of our community members (undergraduates, graduates, and others). The night will feature a visual arts showcase of paintings and drawings, as well as spoken word, Qur'an recitations, sung poetry in praise of the Prophet, etc. The night will focus on traditional and contemporary arts catering to the many different cultural perspectives included in the Society in order to introduce these perspectives to the Harvard community. The purpose of the event is to expose Harvard to the artistic side of the current Muslim world which incorporates modern and classical aspects. This event will also encourage friendship and bonds within the Muslim community and across various other cultural and religious communities.

602

Every year, as part of the Harvard Islamic Society's Islam Awareness Week, we hold an event that is meant to serve as an introduction about the religion â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a summary of the major points and a discussion of the big picture. Last year, we started off Islam Awareness Week with this event, invited Khalid Latif, the Muslim chaplain of New York University and the New York Police Department, to come speak with us. Mr. Latif has done a phenomenal job in fostering dialog with different communities in NYC (and there are many!). This Islam 101 event will serve to educate the campus on the basics of the religion, and in doing so, clear up any misconceptions and stereotypes. A main focus of the event will be issues facing Muslims in America. The event will be interactive, so that the workshop leader can address issues pertaining to the audience's interest and tailor the topics as needed. Thus, we will have a fresh, relevant event where non-Muslims can ask questions in a comfortable environment. Pizza and soda will be served at the event. The focus will be less on a speech and more on talking with the audience and answering their questions. We hope to make this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speaker similarly accessible to the attendees and allow the campus to get their concerns aired in an open, aware environment.

603

The Harvard Islamic Society will be holding its annual spring dinner in one of the house dining halls in order to increase knowledge of Islam on campus as well as provide an opportunity for Harvard Muslims to come together. The dinner is usually held in one of the River house dining halls and is an event that lasts the entire evening. We cater ethnic cuisine from a local halal restaurant for about 200 people. We also have a speaker to talk about important issues in the world today. Two years ago our speaker was Professor Farid Esack, who spoke on the role of the Muslim community in battling AIDS. This is truly an intercultural event that will serve to promote understanding of the Islamic faith and people on the Harvard campus in an informal and comfortable setting. It is a chance for non-Muslim Harvard students to sample what Muslim community life is about. We would like to keep ticket prices as low as possible, to encourage participation particularly on the part of those unfamiliar with Islam. We also hope to collaborate with other student organizations for this event, which will be dependent on our speaker's topic of interest. We co-sponsored the dinner with the BSA when Professor Esack was our speaker.

604

A large part of the Muslim population in America and even in local communities around Harvard are African American and have been influenced greatly (and still are influenced greatly) by the ideas of Malcolm X. The Harvard Islamic Society would like to invite two speakers to come and talk to those interested in the Harvard community about Malcolm X and his continuing influences in the African American community in the United States and specifically in the African American Muslim community in the United States. The presentation promises to be fresh and engaging, as many audiovisual aids will be used when talking of the influences of Malcolm X felt in such areas as musical culture and poetry in Muslim America today. The event promises to be educational, enlightening and inspiring!

605

During the second week of April, the Harvard Islamic Society will be holding Islam Awareness Week, during which we will have a Poetry Night. This will be the second time that this event will take place, since the same event last year was extremely successful and well attended. This night is a gathering of poets and poetry enthusiasts from within the Muslim community and from the larger campus community to celebrate poetry inspired by Islamic spirituality. The event will take place in an intimate and comfortable setting with different types of tea and snacks for those in attendance to foster a more relaxed environment. The poems will be from a large variety of languages and there will be an emphasis placed on recitation of the poems in the original language. This event would be open to everyone, and it promises to be fun, relaxing!

606

The Harvard Islamic Society will be holding its Islam Awareness Week in the week of April 6 through April 10, 2008. One of the long standing traditions of this week is the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, being recited on the steps of Widener library daily circa 12:05pm. This beautiful call to prayer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the verses of which have been preserved since the time it was first recited by Bilal, an freed African slave and prominent member of the early Muslims â&#x20AC;&#x201C; resonates in Islamic communities the world over, five times a day. This is one of the most visible and interesting ways to inform students in the University about Islam and its traditions, and attracts many people on their way to class. We will be handing out translation of the verses and information about other events during the week, and would also like to make a couple of larger posters to be displayed so that people can read it from a distance, while passing by. Muslim students from the Harvard community recite the call to prayer every day.

607

Last year, the Islamic Society hosted a very successful study break during the annual Islam Awareness week. Members from throughout the Harvard community were invited, and HIS provided them with several interactive and interesting activities to participate in while at the event. We had a henna stand, where people could apply henna tattoos and designs to their hands just like Muslims have culturally done over the centuries. In addition, some HIS members who are proficient in calligraphy were available to write the attendees names in Arabic calligraphy. Brownies, baklava, samosas and soda were served. Over 60 students attended the event, which was an unequivocal success. The event was even featured in a photograph on the front page of the Crimson. We hope to hold this event again this spring as part of our Islam Awareness Week programming. Belly dance is a unique and beautiful art form that originated in the Middle East and draws from a variety of backgrounds. It is characterized by movements of the hips and arms, ranging from slow, gradual motions to quick shimmies and shakes. Dancers often use finger cymbals or props like veils, canes, and swords. Belly dance is an exciting and challenging dance form, and everyone is welcome, no matter what his or her level of experience. The Harvard College Middle Eastern Dance Company aims to provide a venue for students to express themselves, acquire awareness of their bodies and minds, and relax among a supportive community of dancers. We aim to expose both dancers and audience members from diverse cultural backgrounds to the rich art form of belly dance, which itself draws from a variety of backgrounds. In order to further these goals, we offer weekly classes, open to Harvard students as well as community members. Our classes are organized by Harvard undergraduates and taught by a professional belly dance teacher. As we start our third semester as an official club, we hope to put on our third full-length performance, at the Cultural Rhythms showcase in February. This performance will encourage the exploration of cultural diversity on campus. We also hope to attend the Middle Eastern Dance Conference at Columbia University.

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It is our tradition to host at least one cooking event every semester â&#x20AC;&#x201C; after all, cuisine is one of the most easily recognizable (and always appreciated) aspects of Polish culture. This semester, we will gather to prepare a selection of Polish sweets, including nalesniki (the delicious Polish alternative to crepes). The meeting will have two parts: cooking (for those who know or would like to learn to cook) and eating (for the rest of us). We will also serve hot coffee and tea to accompany the desserts.

610

The 3rd May Constitution Celebration is the second most important event in Polish history, of the same importance as the Polish Independence Day. It was a groundbreaking historical event for both Poland and the whole Europe, as the Constitution was the first one to be proclaimed in the European history and second one in the world, following the historic American constitution, following the spirit of the Enlightenment period and for the sake of modern liberty. This event reminds the Poles how important it is for a country to respect people's liberties and rights. The Harvard Polish Society wishes to celebrate this unique event by inviting the scholars at Harvard of Polish origins or connections, Polish undergrad and graduate students as well as all students with specific interest in Poland to come and celebrate this special event through a enjoyment of typical Polish delicious dessert food (featuring Polish tradition paczki) and Polish music and community of Polish interested students.

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We are hosting an opening night to kick off spring semester. We will welcome new and old members with hot drinks along with an assortment of Polish dishes and desserts. Since we couldn’t hold meetings over reading period and finals period, this will be our first meeting of the new year. The focus of the night will be reconnecting with old friends as well as reaching out to younger members. We will also use this event to publicize the activities we have planned for spring semester. AAA is very excited for Prefrosh weekend and has a lot of activities planned. Prefrosh weekend gives prospective students of all cultural backgrounds the opportunity to explore the ways in which Asian American groups and especially AAA contribute to life at Harvard. AAA also uses this special time of year to interact with other clubs by co-hosting a BBQ for the prefrosh with other Asian groups, like HVA. We will also be holding an information and advising session on Sunday followed by an Ice Cream Social. These events will give us time to interact with prefrosh on a more personal level and let them know how AAA has impacted each of our Harvard experiences for the better.

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This year, the AAA Outreach Committee hopes to do a lot in helping both members and those interested in the Asian American community to explore their career options. Outreach is planning a number of activities that will be open not only to AAA members but also the Harvard community as a whole, most notably a career trip to learn from alumni and other connections currently located in and around Boston; a career mentorship program, which pairs students with nearby Asian professionals; a Career Panel so that guests can discuss their experiences as Asians in the professional world and in academia, giving students a more global perspective on Asian American issues in the “real world”; and a newsletter informing alumni and current members of our events and progress throughout the year. At AAA, we think that enjoying the tastes of authentic Asian cuisine is one level of appreciation of Asian culture. It is a way, one might say, to satiate the hungry Harvard community’s appetite for a night. However, teaching students how to make Asian foods gives them both a lifelong skill and a deeper appreciation of Asian culture. In the past we have had very popular workshops on how to make pho, sushi, spring rolls, mochi and egg rolls. As in years past, we hope to expand the repoitoire of Asian recipes for all of our attendees. Furthermore, this year we hope to introduce the opportunity for students to learn traditional Asian arts, like the “proper” way to use chopsticks, origami, etc. These workshops are also great bonding opportunities for our membership.

614 This semi-annual night of …entertainment in the form of both talented and disasterous performance provides participants with a night of uninhibited but healthy fun. AAA Karaoke Night is an opportunity for many to take a break from studying, relieve stress, and have some fun with their friends. A popular activity for many Asians, karaoke is great for making new friends outside of the classroom because nothing breaks down barriers like karaoke does. It is a night that students never forget. This year, we hope to feature music spanning several different cultures so that those present can try their hand (or should I say, vocal chords) at the different styles of music popular around the globe. This event is, like all AAA events, open to the entire Harvard community. 615

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AAA has an alumni dinner every year, usually when the alumni return for their reunions. Since its inception in 1976, AAA has grown both in terms of membership and in terms of purpose. Everyone is always excited to hear from alumni and gain insights from the past and more recent experiences of our alumni. We seek to use the lessons learned by our alumni to better AAA as an organization and family on campus, and to expand and improve the positive influence that we exert on life at Harvard. The dinner is an opportunity for us to update them on the current happenings and to receive their advice and feedback. We also utilize this event as a chance for us undergraduates to learn about and discuss the paths and careers each alumna pursued after graduating as well as establish and maintain strong bonds.

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The Harvard Brain is a yearly publication of the Harvard Society for Mind, Brain and Behavior. The goal of our publication is to provide our colleagues and laypeople with features and academic articles that will allow them to better understand some of the complex interactions between the mind, brain, and human behavior. As such, we publish interdisciplinary work from students and scholars in fields ranging from psychology, neurobiology, anthropology and health to philosophy, linguistics and behavioral economics. In the past, we have published articles written by esteemed professors like Steven Pinker; showcased original student writing on the future of lie detection using brain scanning technology, among other topics; and awarded our annual Cranium Cup to Hugh Laurie, the lead actor in House, M.D. We would like to continue our work this year. We will be publishing an article from the scholar Peter Singer; an interview with the creator of the popular video game Spore, and various articles by students ranging from the newest technologies in neurobiology to current research on ADHD. We hope that the students and faculty who read our magazine will gain a better understanding of how neuroscience and related fields are changing our knowledge of human behavior.

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This will serve as a pre-conference kick off event for the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference (NUBC), an annual conference that brings together students and speakers from across the country to discuss issues in the field of bioethics. HUBSS, as a promoter of social interaction and community among undergraduates interested in the sciences, and the Triple Helix, a forum for science in society, are delighted to organize a social event for the conference registrants. This will be a great way for registrants coming all over the country to get to know each other and will provide a fun and memorable social, as participants will be able to try the infamous taste-altering miracle berries.

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February 12th, 2009 marks the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and the year of the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species. In order to celebrate, and to increase awareness of the huge impact that Darwin, evolution, and science have had on our lives today, HUBSS, along with OEBug and the Life Sciences department and Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard, are putting together day-long festivities. These will include an Origin of Species read-a-thon, a mini-symposium, a party in the Queen's Head, and more.

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Harvard's men's and women's ice hockey teams play each year at the Beanpot tournament in Boston against three other area colleges. The Band travels to each of the games (at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston for men's games and this year at Northeastern for women's games) in order to support the team, energize Harvard's cheering section, and entertain the audience (which, during the games at TD Banknorth, frequently approaches 20,000 spectators per game).

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The Display Area in South Station (4 metal towers from which artwork or posters can be hung) will be used from 4/22 to 5/1 by the Harvard Vietnamese Association to raise awareness for the Fall of Saigon and how it is affecting the Vietnamese community in America. All commuters going through South Station will see HVA's 12 posters that will be hung up in this lobby. HVA is aiming to spread Vietnamese cultural awareness out of Harvard into the Boston community, where a significant Vietnamese population resides (in Dorchester, just a couple stops further on the red line)

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Harvard Vietnamese Association is holding a candlelight vigil in front of the Science Center at 9 pm to commemorate the fall of Saigon. Vietnamese students whose families have been directly affected will give heartfelt narratives of their stories. Original poetry will also be read. Everyone in the Harvard community is welcome to participate and listen to the stories of all those affected by the Fall of Saigon in 1975 and how that one event defines the very lives they are now living.

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Harvard Vietnamese Association is hosting a panel discussion on Vietnamese culture identity in the United States. Exploring questions such as: "What does it mean to be Vietnamese? What does it mean to be a Vietnamese American? How do Vietnamese American children try to retain their sense of national and ethnic identity?â&#x20AC;? The panel hopes to explore the notions of gender, sexuality, and cultural norms in Vietnamese society and its subsequent effect or modification in a contemporary Western setting, such as "Little Saigons." We will also be discussing the progress of relatively new Vietnamese communities and comparing and contrasting with older, established Chinatowns. Other topics will feature a discussion of food, family life,and even folklore and mythology within the Vietnamese cultural and ideological society. The discussion will be round-table and will be accommodated with a variety of Vietnamese food such as tri-colored Vietnamese desserts and egg rolls. Everyone in the Harvard community is invited to attend this very special and heartfelt discussion on the culture and identity of Vietnamese Americans, specifically Vietnamese American children and students as they try to simultaneously "assimilate" to the modern United States and "retain" their historic and dignified ethnic past.

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“Commemorating the Fall of Saigon,” to be held in Mather Junior Common Room, on April 30th, 2009. This discussion panel concerns the significance and large-reaching effects of the Fall the Saigon. (To contextualize, the capture of Saigon--capital of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)--by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) occurred on April 30, 1975. The event marked the end of the Second Indochinese War and the start of a transition period leading to the formal reunification of Vietnam under Communist rule. The city of Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City.) Harvard Vietnamese Association is hosting an event to remember and understand the broader historical significance of the Fall of Saigon as its occurrence preceded by the evacuation of almost all the American civilian and military personnel in Saigon, along with tens of thousands of South Vietnamese civilians. (In addition to the flight of refugees, the end of the war, and institution of new rules by the Communists contributed to a decline in the population of the city.) The event will showcase a selection of documentary clips as well as traditional Vietnamese food to complement the topic at hand (vermicelli noodles, charcoaled pork tenderloins, lettuce, shredded carrots, daikon, fish sauce.) Everyone in the Harvard community is invited to join us in a night of commemorating the past and a very emphatic date for the Vietnamese people.

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We had a cultural Tet (Vietnamese New Year) celebration in Currier Treehouse. We made traditional Vietnamese crepes and soups and played Vietnamese New Year games.

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The Harvard Women's Ultimate Frisbee Team is open to all women at Harvard and our goal is to practice and play ultimate frisbee in a fun but competitive environment. We practice 2-3 times a week and compete against local colleges as well as nationally ranked collegiate and club teams at tournaments throughout the year. Wushu is a centuries old martial art that puts equal weight on the art as well as the martial. Interwoven into the fabric of Chinese culture, Wushu’s traditional exercises and health techniques can simultaneously shed light on the finer points of Chinese philosophy and art as well as vastly relive stress and imbalances within its practitioners. The Wushu Club will host two major workshops in the second week of March, on Sunday March 8th and Tuesday March 10th. Both will be taught by a special guest instructor, Master Xie Haiyang. Master Xie, having begun his training informally at the age of three, and formally at age eight, now serves as the head instructor to foreign students at the Xiao Long Wushu Institute in Henan China, an organization that maintains and spreads Wushu’s health-fostering arts in association with the wellknown Shaolin Temple. We have invited Xie Haiyang to visit Harvard for a week in collaboration with the Harvard Association for US China Relations, during which time he will be assisting the Wushu Club as well as running the two aforementioned seminars, one concerning the intricacies of contemporary martial arts, and the other detailing the foundations of Tai chi and meditative exercises aimed at eliminating stress and attaining mental and physical well being.

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Wushu is the practice of contemporary Chinese martial arts. In order to properly learn the art, we have hired a coach to come teach us new movements and forms. Sifu Rick Wong, from Medford, MA, leads our practice sessions every Sunday, during which time he teaches new material and corrects our already-learnt movements. Each year, we perform in at least half a dozen events, including Cultural Rhythms, the CSA Chinese New Year’s banquet, AADT's Eastbound, and many others. Under the direction of Sifu Wong, our club has grown immensely since its inception a few years ago. We advertise our club heavily and practices are open to all College affiliates. We emphasize that no experience is necessary and encourage people of all skill levels and backgrounds to attend practice and find our more about our art. Grant funding is essential for keeping member dues at a reasonable level for our club.

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The Big Sib/Lil Sib program has become something of a tradition in AAA. The program is our way of helping freshmen to assimilate into the cultural, social, and political fabric of the AAA, Harvard, and Boston. Big Sibs play a crucial role in acting as knowledgeable upperclassmen who can offer advice and guidance to their Lil Sibs about anything ranging from academics to their personal lives. Sib families develop strong relationships while doing such things as eating dim sum in Chinatown, attending performances, singing karaoke, and playing games outdoors

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We will be holding eight to ten general meetings this semester. These meetings are opportunities for the Asian Americans on campus to get to know each other better and to form a strong community here at Harvard and two give us insight into how students on campus feel that we can better serve the Asian community and the Harvard community as a whole. At these events, we update our members on what the board has been working on, including our progressing efforts to establish an Asian American Studies department, and we encourage members to discuss issues they’re interested in. Meetings take on cultural, political and social themes. We have made it a goal this year to increase the number of mixers with the other ethnic clubs on campus – and not just Asian groups—to facilitate interracial interaction and cooperation. AAA meetings are always fun, relaxing, and open to all Harvard undergrads.

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One aspect of race relations on campus that AAA feels has gone largely unacknowledged by the Harvard community is the tension that exists between all of the major Asian groups on campus. This panel seeks to bring this to the attention of the Harvard community as a whole, to better understand the root of this conflict, and to help address the issue and stimulate greater cooperation between the groups in the coming year. Often times, groups like AAA, CSA, and KA are competing for membership within a limited population. Historically, due to lack of communication between and cooperation with one another, Asian groups have scheduled large events that conflict with those of other Asians groups. We want to do what we can to resolve these problems by providing a forum in which these issues can be publicly discussed and addressed in a friendly and open atmosphere.

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The Asian American Association’s Cultural Committee focuses much of its energy on organizing and producing Coffeehouse, our major spring event. Coffeehouse is an opportunity for Harvard’s broad variety of artists to showcase their talents and cultural roots, allowing for both personal expression and public education. Lowell is transformed from a mundane dining hall to a global exhibition of professional singers, bands, a capella groups, poets, comedians, and the like, all of which fellow performers and non-performers can appreciate in a relaxed atmosphere while eating delicious foods.

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Pachanga is an event that encourages the entire RAZA membership to gather. The goal is to present a united RAZA membership that extends a welcome to all the prefrosh that weekend. Although, this event is used to introduce Prefrosh to the welcoming Harvard community and to acquaint them with the Mexican-Americans on campus it also serves the purpose of uniting the entire RAZA community -- especially the members who are not as active as they once were. This event is always a success with a huge turnout. We will serve traditional Mexican food, such as quesadillas, flautas, and chips and salsa. Each year the festivities result in a beautifully decorated, colorful room full of music, laughter, and traditional Mexican games.

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Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla. The battle was especially important because it demonstrated Mexican people's strength and courage in defending their beloved country. This holiday main goal is to put Mexico's culture on display for the entire Harvard community to enjoy. To celebrate, we will invite Harvard student organizations, Ballet Foklorico de Aztlan and Mariachi Veritas, to perform in fun-filled evening. We will decorate in typical Mexican fashion and provide authentic Mexican food. This event fulfills RAZA's objective of promoting Mexican culture throughout the Harvard community.The entire Harvard community is invited to celebrate this day. H-R RAZA wishes to invite Dr. Julio Frenk, Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, for a discussion on global health issues in developing economies. Dr. Frenk was the Secretary of Health of México from 2000 to 2006, under President Vicente Fox. The discussion will address public health issues, such as reforming access to health care and implementing public health policies that are not favored by the majority of the population or go against most. RAZA plans to hold the discussion in Mather JCR on March 6 to attract as many students & faculty and get the audience thinking of public health issues, both in the United States and abroad.

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Harvard's primal scream is well known: at midnight on the last night of reading period and before final exams begin, students streak through the Old Yard. RAZA would like to introduce a new event: Primal Swing! Similarly to how Primal Scream is intended to release stress, Primal Swing will do the same. Frustrated and stressed out students will unleash their frustrations and pre-exam anxieties on several brightly colored pi単atas filled with candy. This Mexican tradition will provide Harvard students with means to relax before exams. We will accompany this activity with Mexican appetizers to recharge, reenergize, and refuel neurons.

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Cesar Chavez was an American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers organization. Cesar Chavez efforts and tireless leadership eventually focused national attention on the terrible working conditions of laborers that lead to significant improvements in the laborer's lives. His birthday is a holiday in eight states and he is a hero to all Mexican-Americans. RAZA wishes to commemorate and honor Cesar's life and work. We will hold an event open to the entire Harvard to educate others on Cesar Chavez and his teachings. We will express the significance of Cesar Chavez through poem recitals, a short documentary, and a speaker (potentially Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Labor). There will be special performances by Mariachi Veritas and Ballet Folklorico celebrating Mexican culture. We want to make this event more of a focus on civil rights movement and invite other cultural groups interested in these issues.

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Senior Dinner is RAZA's end of the year farewell to the graduating senior class. This is the time when seniors with any ties to RAZA come together, reminisce about their time at Harvard, and dine together one last time. This semi-formal dinner, along with a small parting gift from the membership, commemorates their achievements while at Harvard.We invite everyone in the Harvard community to join us to commemorate the accomplishments of the graduating class.

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This Journal is the only academic journal focusing on Italian American Studies in the country produced by undergraduates. We publish ethnology and sociology articles, historical work, poetry, and short prose dealing with experience of Italians in America.

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A series of tutorials in the art of Italian cooking to enhance the culinary ability of the Harvard Undergraduate community. Projects will include samplings from various regions of Italy and participants will learn techniques and theory from those well-versed in Italian culinary arts. Directly following our annual Spring Concert on Saturday, May 2nd, Kuumba will host a post-concert social in Adams Lower Common ROom. Open to all, traditionally attended by both Kuumba members and non-members alike, as well as about 100 Kuumba and Harvard alums, this is an opportunity for everyone to celebrate a successful concert with food, drink, and of course, more singing. THe foor served will include cheese, crackers, fruit, vegetables, chicken wings, sandwiches, cookies, cake, brownies, and assorted beverages. There will also be special performances by the Brothers and Sisters of Kuumba.

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Kuumba's mission includes sharing the creativity and spirituality of black culture through musical performance and spoken word. In order for our message to translate to the audience in its purest form, the Kuumba Singers' dress must be uniform: we usually wear "dressy black" and traditional African Kente cloth stoles. With this grant we will be able to clean and make repairs to the stoles, as well as purchase new material for new stoles as our choir grows through the years.

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Mariachi Veritas de Harvard has been holding one concert a semester for the past few years, featuring our band along with many guest singers from the Harvard undergraduate community. This semester, we hope to continue this tradition and further spread the beautiful tradition that is Mariachi by holding our annual Spring Concert. We would like (tentatively) to hold our concert in Leverett Dining Hall, to attract a large Harvard & Cambridge audience.

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The second part of the Learn To Cook Series. We will be teaming up again to create another culinary masterpiece. We hope that even more people show up to this event and enjoy the great food.

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Provide food for our table at Cultural Rhythms. We plan on having food for this event, which highlights the many cultures of the students at Harvard. It consists of the arts, with many performances, and parts of the day will focus on the foods of these cultures. We hope that all students will be able to taste some Nigerian delicacies on this day. General Meeting of On Harvard Time staff.

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On Harvard Time commissione a campus artist (Dana Kase) for the designing and creating a new backdrop for On Harvard Time. This was reslted in a more professional image for the show. About half of the Harvard student body watches our show on a weekly basis, thus this was seen as an important step towars maintaining legitamacy on campus, while appealing to potential sponsors off campu. On Harvard Time put together a series of workshops designed for members of On Harvard Time and HTVN to learn the ins and outs of making a TV show. Over the two days, participants learned how to do camera work, use photoshop, and learn skills revelant to fundraising and marketing. Also provided an oppoortunity for members of the Harvard television community to meet and collaborate.

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The 22 member staff of the Mission Hill After School Program met in a retreat from 8:00am to 8:00pm to plan curriculum for the fall semester of program. The program directors also informed new staff members of program rules and policies. Staff divided program responsibilities among themselves and designed a calendar of events for the program volunteers.

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The mission of NAYEP Big Sibling is to pair Boston's American Indian youth, ages 6-13, in a one-on-one mentoring relationship with university-level mentors from the local American Indian and allied student populations. We aim to increase the self-esteem and cultural awareness of our youth participants by matching them with a "Big Sibling" they can have fun with, learn from, and grow to trust, as well as through once-a-month cultural outings with the entire group of mentors and mentees. A secondary aim of the program is to bring together the Native American students of Boston through the common goal of caring for our next generation, and to expose them to the unique qualities and issues facing the urban Indian population. This is the only intertribal, school-year program specifically established to meet the social and emotional needs of Boston's Native youth, and NAYEP stands as the only ongoing Harvard undergraduate public service opportunity specifically aimed at the American Indian population (while still open to applicants of all ethnicities). This is the first sustainable term-time counterpart to the NAYEP SUP summer camp (established 1989), and has been consistently requested by parents in the community for at least a decade -- so it is many years in the making and has a high demand! The mission of NAYEP Big Sibling is to pair Boston's low-income American Indian youth, ages 6-13, in a one-on-one mentoring relationship with university-level mentors from the local American Indian and allied student populations. We aim to increase the self-esteem and cultural awareness of our youth participants by matching them with a "Big Sibling" they can have fun with, learn from, and grow to trust, as well as through once-a-month cultural outings with the entire group of mentors and mentees. A secondary aim of the program is to bring together the Native American students of Boston through the common goal of caring for our next generation, and to expose them to the unique qualities and issues facing the urban Indian population. This is the only intertribal, school-year program specifically established to meet the social and emotional needs of Boston's Native youth, and NAYEP stands as the only ongoing Harvard undergraduate public service opportunity specifically aimed at the American Indian population (while still open to applicants of all ethnicities). This is the first sustainable term-time counterpart to the NAYEP SUP summer camp (established 1989), and has been consistently requested by parents in the community for at least a decade -- so it is many years in the making and has a high demand!We are requesting funding for food for staff meetings and for the monthly group gatherings. Our staff meetings (twice a semester) are times for the staff to come together, bond, debrief their mentoring experiences, and reflect on public service. NAYEP has always operated with a "family-oriented" mentality; our staff gatherings, held either in the afternoon or evening, are a time for us to come together as a family and share our experiences with each other. We want to make our staff as comfortable as possible, and since meetings fall during lunch or dinner time, we provide food.The monthly group gatherings are going to be a major educational component of our program. NAYEP parents consistently request that their children be involved in as much cultural enrichment as possible, so we aim to have our mentor pairs come together for Cultural Rhythms, an outing to the Pequot Museum, and for the Harvard Powwow. As these are all-day events, we must provide food for everyone. These gatherings should also be quite beneficial for our mentors, who will not only get the opportunity to learn more about American Indian culture, but also have the experience of increasing their management skills by having a larger group of children to interact with and watch over.

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During prefrosh weekend, the Pan Asian BBQ is put together by all the Asian cultural organizations. To give a taste of what the groups are all about, tables are set up with information and, perhaps more importantly, food. We hope to offer a sense of how the organization is welcoming, proud, and actively involved in producing such events. Additionally, it serves as strong encouragement for potential students to join the organization as well as the college itself.

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QQ in Taiwanese slang for all things cute, soft, squishy and delicious. One often hears it applied to mouthwatering muaji ice cream, bean-paste filled tang yuans and cuddly stuffed animals. The afternoon event will encompass such traditional desserts and snacks such as tang yuan, normally eaten to signify family and friend due to its roundness, muaji, or glutinous rice cake filled with red bean paste and peanut, and the ever-popular bubble milk tea. As well, renowned Taiwanese TenRen tea with various tea snacks will be served. Everything will be made fresh and participants can learn how to make these delicious QQs. As well, various popular Taiwanese nightmarket games such as boba target practice will also be held to mix food with fun. QQ Taiwan will thus not only combine our previous Tangyuan and Muaji workshops but also add an element of nightmarket games and fun.

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Dim Sum is a Asian format of dining where small dishes of traditional cuisines are brought to the table and shared. This event will function not only as a tasty hang-out time for those interested, but also as a general meeting. All who are interested are invited. It allows students to interact more closely with the board members in a casual family style setting, discussing possibilities for future events and also publicizing for planned events. Topics of discussion ranging from the Asian food being consumed, Taiwan in general, or specifically TCS will be brought up as well, all while fostering a sense of closeness. These sort of food runs have proven to be popular for many semesters running and will undoubtedly hold the same this semester.

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What is more fun than singing? A singing party! Karaoke is a very Asian sort of social function where many people gather to mingle, enjoy food, and, most important, sing for each other. Talent or skill is not necessary, and embarrassment is nonexistent, as anyone who would like takes a microphone and hand and sings their interpretation of a huge variety of pop and classic tunes. The interface is mostly digital, and after singing along to a split track without vocals, the performer is then evaluated for fidelity to the original recording. This event, open to anyone interested, will include the ever-important karaoke stand as well as snacks, drinks, and other items typical of such a get-together. This is a jovial, playful, and inviting event that will leave everyone perhaps singing in glee.

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Many people often have their first â&#x20AC;&#x153;tasteâ&#x20AC;? of TCS at our bi-annual dumpling workshop, one of our highly successful cultural culinary events. One evening of every semester, Mower basement and kitchen overflows with students of all ethnicities, predominantly freshman, learning the art of dumpling making, stuffing, filling, folding skins, and cooking dumplings. The dumpling is a traditional staple of Taiwanese cuisine and culture. The workshop experience replicates the tradition of a dumpling night for a Taiwanese family, where family members come together and bond over flourcovered hands and chopped cabbage. Here at the college, the dumpling workshop is the perfect cultural and social event for students to mingle, get their hands dirty, laugh over mistakes, eat their own works, and ultimately feel at home. No doubt this year will not be an exception, and another group of happy students will walk away with the lingering taste of cabbage and pork yumminess in their mouths.

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Take Back the Night is a campus-wide advocacy and awareness week meant to support student survivors of rape, sexual assault, and domestic violence, as well as create cultural change to make Harvard a more supportive and safe place.

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This event will be a mixer to provide students the opportunity to meet and network with various youth and professionals involved in developmental work pertaining to Africa.

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This meeting will be geared around a discussion of Microfinance in Africa. Students will be introduced to what microfinance is, how it has been implemented to benefit the African continent, the difficulties and concerns involved with microfinance, and ways to get involved. A guest speaker will open the discussion of the topic and then open the meeting for a question and answer session.

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This will be a small panel discussion about opportunities to gain funding for projects in Africa. Students will be given information about various resources available and best-practices for soliciting funding. Panelists will consist of undergraduate students, graduate students, and professors.

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This meeting will be geared around a discussion of entrepreneurship in Africa. The meeting will address the challenges the content faces in cultivating entrepreneurship, what opportunities exist for entrepreneurship, and what steps can be taken to successfully break into the entrepreneurial field in Africa. A guest speaker will discuss the topic and open the meeting for a question and answer session. This will be a small panel discussion focused around ways students can get involved and be proactive in the developmental crisis plaguing the African continent. Students will be informed of ways to help with hands-on work in Africa, as well as, things they can do from abroad. Panelists will consist of undergraduate students, graduate students and professors. This meeting facilitated a discussion about issues of global hunger and agricultural sustainability with guest speaker KSG Professor Calestous Juma. Professor Juma opened the meeting giving a brief background on these issues before opening the floor for questions. At the end of the meeting, attending students were informed of ways to get further involved with YALDA or GHI and upcoming projects that they could also get involved in. This year, the Harvard Cheerleaders were on the sidelines of every football game. We've cheered on the baseline of every home basketball game, both men and women. We performed at pep rallies for Harvard students, and cheered at local competitions as well as Harvard athletic events. Beyond that, though, cheerleading is a sport in its own right, a competitive world of dancing, stunting, and building pyramids. Recently recognized as a contact sport by the Wisconsin supreme court, cheerleading still faces derision from the athletic world. This year, Harvard cheerleading has the opportunity to change the perception of cheerleading in the school community. After many hours of hard work last fall, a video we sent in of our best stunts and cheers earned us a bid to NCA Nationals this spring. Although Harvard was the last Ivy League school to get a cheerleading squad, we'll be the first Ivy squad to get a bid to nationals. Although we've been granted Minor H status by the Athletic Department, our funding from them is limited to the costs associated with traveling to and from football games. Nationals is an expensive goal but, we believe, a worthy one. As the face of Harvard athletics, we're looking for the chance to make the Harvard name as visible in the cheer spectrum as the academic.

27S-05 Co-Sponsorship of Gender-Neutral Housing Information Meeting UC Vice-President Kia J. McLeod '10 UC Parliamentarian Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) UC Secretary Doug Lloyd (Eliot ‘09) UC Communications Director Daniel Kroop (Pforzheimer ’10) Co-Sponsors: TTF Chair Lisa Miracchi ‘09 WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council supports better informing students about gender-neutral housing options at Harvard, and WHEREAS the Council has made a demonstrated commitment to gender-neutral housing; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council co-sponsor the General Information Meeting about GenderNeutral Housing Policy, being held by the Trans Task Force on February 25; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the UC shall assist in publicizing the event. SAC: Docketed: 14-0-0 SAC: Recommended: 14-0-0 Executive Board: Docketed: 5-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 33-0-0

27S-06 Nutrition Information Committee Appointments Act SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) SAC CCL Vice-Chair Senan Ebrahim (East Yard ’12) SAC CUE Vice-Chair Sarah Honig (Lowell ’10) HUDS Co-Chair Eric Michel (West Yard ’12) WHEREAS many students have voiced concern over different types of nutritional labeling in undergraduate dining halls, and WHEREAS a committee has been established to review recommendations regarding nutrition labeling, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council appoint the following students to serve on the nutrition information committee: x x

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27S-07 House Community Act UC Treasurer Tony Britt (Lowell ’10) SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ’11) UC Representative Mallika Khandelwal (Quincy ’11) WHEREAS the UC recognizes that open, democratic, and accessible student governments are necessary to promote student involvement in the Harvard Community, and WHEREAS the UC believes that House Committees can greatly impact student involvement and wellbeing in their houses by holding open meetings, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that section 64.5 of the Undergraduate Council Bylaws be amended to read as follows: Section 64. House Committee Grants. Section 64.5. Eligibility. In order to be eligible for funding, a House Committee must be democratically elected in a house-wide election, and participation in activities funded by the House Committee may not be predicated upon the payment of dues, and all regular meetings of the House Committee must be open to the entire house community. Section 64.6. Funding for Ineligible House Committees. House Committees which do not meet the eligibility requirements outlined above may apply for funding on a perevent basis and will be held by the Finance Committee to the same standards as other student groups. Total funding to events organized by a House Committee not meeting the eligibility requirements in any given semester may not exceed the amount of the upfront semesterly allocation granted to each eligible House Committee. Rules Committee: Docketed: 5-0-0 Rules Committee: Recommended: 5-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 33-0-0

27S-08 Spring Grants Pack 2.0 FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ‘11) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate

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$6,080.00 to 6 recipient projects as shown in the break-down below, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Fall applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein. Grants Fund: Grant ID 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676

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BSA Elections/April General Meeting Junior Parents Reception March General meeting William Monroe Trotter Scholars Program End of Year Celebration Renaissance Ball February General meeting BSA/BMF/ABHW Superbowl Bash Spring 2009 Issue Latino Political Series Pan American Games Boston Intercollegiate Latin American Network (BILAN) Conference Never Been to Fuerza Candela Salsa and Candela Hip Hop Fuerza Senior Dinner Fuerza/SAA Poetry Night Fuerza Welcome Back Encuentros: Latino Freshmen Mixer Seva Magazine Semester Archery Instructor Valentine's Day Mixer BGLTSA Spring General Meeting Dumplings Celebrates Qi Xi 2009 Northeast Sectional Championship Tournament The Love Wave Exchange with Japanese College Students Launch Party Luau Caribbean Club Dance Troupe (CCDT) Guerilla Warfare An Evening with Smt. Shubhangi Sakhalkar Patriotic Music from the Indian Subcontinent Exposition AkashA Fusion Concert

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Harvard Sangeet Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard South Asian Association Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Organization Holoimua O Hawaii Japan Society Kuumba Sngers of Harvard College Latino Men's Collective Latino Men's Collective Latino Men's Collective Latino Men's Collective Latinos in Health Careers

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Latinos in Health Careers Latinos in Health Careers Latinos in Health Careers Native Americans at Harvard College Native Americans at Harvard College Native Americans at Harvard College Native Americans at Harvard College Native Americans at Harvard College PBHA: Student Labor Action Movement The Harvard Latter-day Student Associastion Veritas Financial Group Womens Club Lacrosse Harvard Breakers The Harvard LowKeys Kuumba Singers BGLTSA Harvard Computer Society

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Project Description After a very successful fall semester, Harvard College Stories for Orphans has doubled in size. This spring, the organization will be working closely with two Polish orphanages to create personalized books for about 24 orphans in Poland. The new members will write, illustrate, and bind the books that will be sent to the children in May. The increase in membership will, in turn, require an increase in management to ensure that deadlines are met and all work is of high quality, so the organization’s board has similarly expanded from six to eleven people. However, the Stories for Orphans board works on a flexible schedule and holds no regular meetings. Therefore, it is essential for the board to go on an outing this semester to get to know each other and bond. This will greatly help us increase our dedication to the organization and respect for fellow leaders, which will ensure the smooth running of our spring project and a timely delivery of the books to their new owners. Additionally, the board will go over administrative matters, revising the constitution to accommodate the large increase in membership, reviewing everyone’s responsibilities, and answering questions that the new board members have about their roles in the organization to ensure that everyone is on the same page. Sexual assault infects every college campus in the United States. Regardless of the size, caliber, or location of the university, this obtrusive action victimizes not only those who are directly involved but also those indirectly linked- those who witness the emotional and psychological aftermath of sexual crimes. For three years now, Harvard undergraduates and the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response have come together to join the national campaign, “Saturday Night: Untold Stories of Sexual Assault” in order to give voice to the often silenced epidemic of sexual assault. Founded originally at Duke University in 2003 after an undergraduate female was attacked and sexually assaulted in her dorm bathroom, the survivor of the attack wrote an anonymous guest commentary in the student paper asking other Duke students to share their voices. The overwhelming response to her piece was collected and compiled into the first “Saturday Night at Duke: Untold Stories of Sexual Assault”. It consisted of a compilation of survivor stories and their emotions concerning sexual assault and also pleas by concerned students to continue encouraging this type of dialogue. Harvard’s second edition was printed last year and became available to all students through their house OSAPR representatives and through this year’s FRED sessions among the freshman class. A digital version of the magazine is available: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~osapr/saturdaynight.html. After observing two years of positive feedback to “Saturday Night” we are enthusiastic to create another edition in order to shed light on the farreaching effects of sexual assault. The publication would not only provide a chance for victims and their friends to anonymously submit their experiences, feelings, response to sexual assault but also provide the rest of the Harvard campus insight into the bitter reality of sexual assault. We hope to cultivate a change in the perception our community has towards sexual assault and prove that it affects females and males of every background. The magazine includes narratives, poems, photography, artwork, and essays thus providing creative flexibility for writers and an interactive experience for readers. As stories are written and magazines circulated to all undergraduates, we hope that “Saturday Night” will continue to create a dialogue and act as a healing process for both direct and indirect victims of sexual assault. The Thai cooking workshop is designed raise cultural awareness for the Thai way of life and traditions via Thai ethno-cultural cuisine. Not only will participants get to lose themselves in the consumption of genuine Thai food and beverages, but they will also have the unique opportunity to participate in the simple preparation of their own feast and mix and matching different available ingredients. In this way, we hope to forge common bonds between all participating members, no matter their cultural, ethnic, or racial backgrounds, since they will all be immersed in the exploration of a different culture, not to mention allow students to have a relaxing experience. This event has been repeated many times in the course of the last few years and its continuing tradition speaks for its immense success, both in terms of generating interest in Thai culture, and in gaining support for the Child Education Project, for which donations are asked (this project seeks to help promote education

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We will perform a recital of Shakespearean love scenes in honor of Valentine's day. The event will be free and open to all students. We want to provide a small reception after the show with food and drink. We are expecting an audience of 70-100. Every year we host a barbecue that invites the whole Harvard community to experience part of our culture and try some great Korean food. The main goals for this BBQ are to join together Harvard's Asian communities in one setting and also to invite new members to join Asian American Brotherhood. Like LMC, BMF, or SAMC we try to bring males within our school together in order to help the larger community and also introduce them to issues that affect the Asian community as a whole. The BMF and BSA will host a Superbowl viewing party in order to bring the Black Harvard community together and facilitate community. There will be food at the event as well as activities for students to take part in. Every year, the BSA holds a senior thesis reception to congratulate seniors of completing their theses. The event includes a panel of selected seniors who share their research steps and conclusions with the larger community. The meeting also incorporates a Q&A discussion between panelists and underclassmen; the Q&A session is informative to underclassmen as they try to plan their next steps at Harvard. A major goal of Crimson and Black is to provide a venue by which Harvard Undergrads can come into contact with prominent and distinguished members of the Black community at large. After three successful Crimson and Black galas, we expect that this fourth Crimson and Black gala will be just as a significant a platform by which influential Black leaders can become accessible to Harvard undergrads as the past galas. Considering both the storied history of Blacks in America and the imminent assumption of leadership roles by current Harvard undergrads, it is absolutely imperative that all Harvard undergrads reflect on the accomplishments of today’s Black heroes. With this goal in mind, the Executive Board has secured an exceptional personality to be this year’s keynote speaker, Soledad O’Brien. Ms. O’Brien is a television journalist, and currently hosts CNN Special Investigations Unit. In addition, O’Brien is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Her inspirational accomplishments will certainly serve the IOP’s mission to “unite students, particularly undergraduates, with academicians, politicians, activists, and policymakers . . .” We are sure that her encouraging words will leave a mark on everyone in attendance. The BSA holds an annual meeting to honor graduating seniors that have been active in the black community and in the greater Harvard community by fostering community, involvement and fun during their tenures at Harvard. Every month, the BSA holds a general meeting to serve as a forum for members and non-members alike to come together and discuss a pressing issue of the moment. Topics in the past have included: youth violence in Boston, a Jena 6 discussion, how to improve the quality of life for black students at Harvard, race in America, a student-faculty discussion and more. During April's General Meeting slot, the BSA will operationalize democracy by holding its annual elections for the new board. Every year during Junior Parents' Weekend, the BSA puts on a reception to welcome black Harvard parents to our campus. The event is a hit every year as parents thoroughly enjoy meeting other parents, revisiting Harvard (since their last formal opportunity was during Freshman Parents Weekend), and connecting with their children's classmates. Moreover, this event serves as a time for black students to showcase their talents and mingle with one another beyond the constraints of the regular school year. Every month, the BSA holds a general meeting to serve as a forum for members and non-members alike to come together and discuss a pressing issue of the moment. Topics in the past have included: youth violence in Boston, a Jena 6 discussion, how to improve the quality of life for black students at Harvard, race in America, a student-faculty discussion and more. The topic for the March General Meeting is TBA. The William Monroe Trotter Scholars Program aims to provide the youth of Mattapan with a well-rounded curriculum in personal finance, cultural history, and health. We hope to provide our young scholars with a meaningful, engaging, and

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inspirational experience through personal relationships with members of the Black community at Harvard. We hope to encourage all of our young scholars to be active participants in the positive future of their community. WMTSP not only benefits the Mattapan community, but also provides powerful service learning experiences for its volunteers- including the director, mentors, and curriculum planners. Embarking on its 5th consecutive year in the Spring of 2009, the BSA Renaissance Ball is poised to be one of the many rich traditions of the Harvard Black Students Association. Originally founded as a means for Black Harvard students to gather in a formal setting for camaraderie and fellowship, the Renaissance Ball has evolved into one of the hallmark events in the community of Black students in colleges and universities throughout Cambridge and the Greater Boston area. Every month, the BSA holds a general meeting to serve as a forum for members and non-members alike to come together and discuss a pressing issue of the moment. Topics in the past have included: youth violence in Boston, a Jena 6 discussion, how to improve the quality of life for black students at Harvard, race in America, a student-faculty discussion and more. The topic for the February General Meeting is TBA. This is a yearly event that the BMF puts on alongside other cosponsoring organizations to bring Black students together around the Superbowl, an important event every year. We will produce and distribute the Spring 2009 Issue of Cinematic to all Harvard undergraduates during Arts First weekend. Over the course of the weekend we will also distribute the magazine at other film-related Arts First events. The Latino Political Series brings exposure to key issues affecting Latinos in the USA and fosters awareness of the state of politics in Latin America, historically and in the present. "Voces Inocentes," the movie which we will screen, presents the story of a boy set in the turmoil of 1980s El Salvador. We plan to invite a political figure for a reception and discussion. All events are open to the Harvard community. We hope to also involve our Spring IOP Fellows thanks to their close work with the Latino Political Coalition. An opportunity for inter-organization friendship and friendly competition. Takes place over three days with three events(basketball, football, soccer) and culminates in a barbecue. We encourage everyone to join us as participants or spectators and to enjoy the barbecue and meet new people. This is Fuerza-Raza tradition. The Boston Intercollegiate Latin American Network was established with a mission to bring together the Latino/a communities of the different colleges of the boston area. As part of the mission a day conference is held every spring. Harvard's Fuerza Latina will be hosting this springs conference at the SOCH. The conference will be focused on education. We hope to have 3 speakers. The keynote speaker will be Stephen Balkaran, a University of Connecticut professor in Latino Studies. Topics and themes will include: Bilingual Education, State of Latino Education, Latino Heroes, and Funding Diversity. Will include a breakfast introduction and a semi-formal lunch with the speakers. Never Been to Fuerza is an annual event to invite new people to our organization. There are many Latinos and people who enjoy Latino culture who may have not heard about us or who simply have not had the time or encouragement to come to our weekly meetings, and this event is meant to cater to them, showing them what they are missing and convincing them to join Fuerza. Cultural Rhythms is the first significant performance of the year for Fuerza Sub-Groups Candela Salsa and Candela Hip Hop. The show is an amazing opportunity for groups to showcase dances specific to Latin American culture at a cross-cultural event. Shows are also a way to attract people to become a part of the dance troupe. Costumes are an integral part of the dance group's performance and perception. Also, costumes purchased for Candela Salsa performances remain in Fuerza Latina for future use. Our Senior dinner is a chance for members of the Harvard community at large to join in celebrating the accomplishments of seniors who have been involved with Fuerza at any point during their Harvard careers. Fuerza Latina and South Asian Association are teaming up to throw a poetry event. The event will feature poetry read in multiple languages and dialects, as well as an open mic for students to share their own poetry in what ever language they

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want to use. It will also feature both South Asian and Latino dishes and drinks, and a mixed playlist for a multicultural ambiance. This event promises to bring together two cultures to highlight the universal elements of language and life itself. The Fuerza Welcome Back/ Welcome anew was a platform for current members to come back and get together after a long Fuerza hiatus. It was also an opportunity to encourage members of the broader Harvard community to come and see what Fuerza is all about. People brought friends and roommates to share in a traditional Colombian meal. Encuentros aims to unite freshman members of all Latino organizations to promote inter group cooperation in the future. It also seeks to introduce all freshman to the rich and vibrant Latino community on campus. The event is open to all undergraduates. Our project is to publish Seva, the only current undergraduate journal exclusively chronicling student work in international development. Our contributors have worked in 4 continents, in over 10 countries, on projects as diverse as water quality initiatives in the Dominican Republic to youth education programs in Uganda. Our journal is a unique publication relating to health, human rights, and gender gaps in education, employment, and legal status in developing countries. We promote the goals of students who have chosen to work in international development related areas by publishing their research and experiences. On a more profound level, the journal is structured to introduce new readers to the depth and breadth of work being conducted in international development at the grassroots level. Thus, we aim to engage the Harvard audience with the possibility of conducting international work and encouraging new students through the reports, diaries, and essays in our journal. Harvard Archery wishes to hire a professional, National Archery Association-certified archer to coach novice undergraduates in a series of weekly practices and workshops. Since improper shooting technique and posture easily leads to injuries, it is important for club activities to be monitored by an instructor. Specifically, the instructor will be present to teach at three 3hour practices a week during the twelve-week semester, with each practice accommodating 8-10 undergraduate archers; the instructor will provide training in proper form and equipment usage as well as prepare more advanced archers for competitive archery. An annual event - the Harvard BGLTSA always holds a Valentine's Day mixer as part of our three mixer/study breaks a year. The event often ties in with Datamatch results and always has fondue as an option. The general meeting served to introduce the LGBTQ community to the new structure the Harvard BGLTSA will be running on. Namely, the introduction of new committees aims to engage a larger portion of the membership that some have felt have been neglected. Also, information on various LGBTQ resources on campuses was given. Snacks and refreshments were offered. The second session of the year fell on Valentine's Day, so we decided to make the theme Qi Xi. Qi Xi, or the Night of Sevens, is the Chinese equivalent of Valentine's Day, and stems from an old folk story about a cowherd and a immortal princess who falls in love with him. During the playgroup, we told the story of the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl, followed by an arts and crafts session where we made paper dolls illustrating the story, as well as tissue paper flowers. Division I (upperclassmen/grad students) and II (underclassmen) winners from each of the 10 NAQT sectional championships get invited to compete in the National Intercollegiate Championship Tournament in April. The Harvard College Bowl sent an unprecedented five teams to compete for the sectional championship titles against the best teams in the northeast, including MIT, Brown, Dartmouth, and Rutgers. In Division I, the Harvard B team performed remarkably against some vastly more experienced teams and placed second overall; the Harvard A and C teams placed a respectable fifth and sixth. In Division II, the Harvard freshman team garnered wins against Tufts, West Point, and Brandeis. Though no Harvard teams won an automatic invitation to the NAQT ICT, our teams may still qualify based on outstanding individual performance. The Geosociety threw its semesterly party last Friday for club members, friends, and other students in the house community. A love wave, FYI, is a type of wave generated by earthquakes - not as scandalous as one might think! 10 students from the University of Tokyo are visiting Harvard this Saturday, February 7th for a conference. Harvard Japan Society would like to would like to welcome the students from Japan with a casual reception open to all students on campus.

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This project will be advertised to students through house mailing lists as well as other organization mailing lists, and benefit students who are interested in learning about Japan, who want to practice their Japanese, who are interested in getting to know students their age from Japan, etc... Through this project, we are hoping to increase the international awareness on campus, especially that of Japan, and foster interaction between Harvard students and students from Japan. Since Japanese students are very underrepresented on campus, this would benefit students who are interested in Japan but do not have much chance to interact with people from that culture/background. Harvard College Languages at Work (HCLAW) is a new organization that helps bridge the gap between language education and working using those language skills. From learning about culture, to learning a new language, HCLAW provides a laid-back, fun enviornment for anyone interested in a language and culture outside their own. On February 25, we will offically be launching HCLAW with a party featuring food from the languages that students will be interacting with - Spanish, Chinese, Portugese, French, and Germa cusine will all be available. This is the largest and most famous annual event the Harvard Hawaii Club sponsors. It features an extensive buffet of Hawaiian cuisine, including Lomi Lomi Salmon and Kalua Pig, entrees which have been very popular with Harvard undergraduates in the past. The Luau also showcases Harvard undergraduates performing the traditional Hawaiian dance known as the Hula, as well as other Pacific Rim dances such as the Haka and Tahitian. This has been a tradition at Harvard for many years, and all Hawaii Club members really enjoy the opportunity to share the Hawaiian Culture with everyone here in Cambridge. Each spring, Hawaii Club members spend hours in preparation for this event, which brings a little bit of Hawaii and a lot of â&#x20AC;&#x153;alohaâ&#x20AC;? to Massachusetts. In previous years, the Caribbean Club Dance Troupe (CCDT) served as the backbone of the Harvard Radcliffe Caribbean Club. We would like to bring back CCDT in order to share what many claim is one of greatest influences on West Indian life, music. We plan to choreograph traditional and modern dance routines to music from all around the Caribbean, including zouk, soca, reggae, kompa, calypso, and steel pan. We expect to be performing at HASA's Onja Show, during the Arts First festival, and Eleganza. Harvard Sangeet is proud to initiate a series of public information materials aimed at providing greater exposure to the breadth and diversity of South Asian music. Each month, Sangeet will highlight up to four new aspects - be it an instrument, performer, type of composition, or particular song - through fliers and teasers disseminated across campus. The purpose is not to publicize an upcoming event, but rather engender appreciation and increase awareness on campus about the music that we care so deeply about. Harvard Sangeet is proud to present Smt. Shubhangi Sakhalkar, a Hindustani classical vocalist renowned in musical circles both in India and in the US for her unique and energetic style. A pupil of Dr. Prabha Atre and Smt. Padma Talwalkar, she is recognized today as one of the finest performers and teachers of Hindustani classical music in the San Fransisco Bay area. Join Harvard Sangeet as we explore the wide world of patriotic music from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Butan, and Afghanistan. Each of these South Asian countries has a unique cultural history with respect to their independence movements, and their accompanying national music helps illuminate their respective paths. Through this fascinating exposition, we hope to provide the Sangeet community with a greater understanding of how music is intimately embedded in the region's fabric, creating a seamless narrative with shared ties among the various countries. Using powerpoint, video exerpts, sound recordings, and other modes, this promises to be an event you won't want to miss. Harvard Sangeet is proud to present AkashA, Malaysia's leading fusion music band. Featuring a combination of Indian classical instruments, a keyboard, and an electric guitar, their work is known for its diversity of style and composition, as well as its intricate melodies. The event will consist of both a lecture-demonstration and a concert and, as such, promises to be both a scintillating musical experience and an education in the future and possibilities of the fusion and classical genres. Harvard Sangeet will hold its annual Board elections this spring for the 2009-2010 school year. The event will be open to the public, and we are excited to hear and discuss the organization's plans for the next year as our incoming officers envision it.

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The Senior Farewell Concert and Reception is a long-standing Sangeet tradition -- our opportunity to showcase the musical talents of our outgoing seniors and to appreciate their commitment to the organization during their time at Harvard. In the past, the concert has featured a startling variety of genres -- everything from Bollywood to Pakistani rock to classical music -and has thus stood as a testament to the diversity of interests within Sangeet. The reception gives our audience a chance to mingle and enjoy refreshments before they are officially introduced to the incoming Board for the next school year. Sangeet's first ever day-long retreat is intended to give Board and our membership a chance to spend some time away from the bustle of campus life simply to enjoy some music and food, and to become more close-knit as an organization. We hope to be able to engage in conversations that range from topics such as our favorite Bollywood YouTube clips to artists we should consider bringing to campus to the mission of the organization as a whole. Come join Harvard Sangeet for our reading period Bollywood Bash! It's a wonderful chance to catch up with your friends over good music, good movies, and great food. We'll be playing Bollywood JEOPARDY, ANTHAAKSHARI, and a number of other games! Harvard Sangeet Cordially Invites You To: BYOM. Listen to new genres of music, avant guard artists, and golden oldies as you share your favorite tunes with the Sangeet family. Just swing by to hear and learn about the amazing variety of South Asian music! From classical and Bollywood to folk and fusion, the Sangeet musical library will revamp your musical collection. Come join Harvard Sangeet and Harvard Dharma for the presentation of Abhyasa, a traditional Indian dance and music performance. The performance, in the classical Bharatanatyam style of South India, will feature young performers from across the U.S. in a seamless synthesis of music and dance. Featuring a live orchestra, this show promises to be an unforgettable journey that you will not want to miss. Every year, SAA holds a dinner to honor our outgoing seniors who have contributed and participated in the activities of our organization for the past four years. This is a semi-formal occasion, and we also take this opportunity to make the formal transition between outgoing and incoming boards. The general SAA community is also invited to attend. A slideshow and presentation is also made. Any guests are welcome to the dinner. The SAA Prefrosh Barbecue is a crucial conduit for prefrosh into the world of SAA, but more importantly it is an opportunity for existing members to interact with potential new members and reflect on their experiences within the organization. We offer full meal replacement through catered food from around the square. More importantly, however, the BBQ is a great way for the Harvard Community to learn about the South Asian Association, the cultural work that our organization does and the general activities of SAA. In collaboration with Harvard Bhangra, SAA is hosting a night of Bhangra dancing. With a workshop and short performances by the Harvard Bhangra team before an open all campus night of Bhangra. Bhangra is among the most recognizable and energetic of all dance forms emanating from South Asia. We have found through past Harvard Bhangra performances that there is great interest among members of the Harvard Community in learning the dance and enjoying a night of instruction and dancing. Open to the entire Harvard community, Bollywood night is a movie night screening one of the most recent bollywood movies on DVD. SAA also provides delicious South Asian snacks to accompany the movie. We are considering hosting a screening of Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, which is in contention for Best Picture at the Oscars and features a story of a teenager named Jamal Malik whose life unfolds through a series of flashbacks during his appearance on on the Hindi version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire." The Senior Thesis Celebration is a semiformal presentation opportunity for members of the South Asian community who wrote senior theses. Additionally, we welcome members of the Harvard community at large who have written on an issue pertaining to South Asia and would like to present their project to a receptive audience. We provide a nice location, presentation materials (a projector, food, handouts), and advertising for the event and then we allow seniors to present. Afterwards, there is a mingling period in which seniors discuss their work with each other and with members of the captive audience who may wish for insight into the thesis-writing process. This event fosters academic collaboration and social camaraderie, and

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After a successful, FoodFest as part of Passport to South Asia Week, we are hosting a food festival that will showcase the diversity of South Asian food and cuisine. This event is open to all individuals in the community who enjoy South Asian Food. This semester's FoodFest will focus on cuisines which were not highlighted first semester. We will especially focus on the meals of the lesser-known states of South Asia, including Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. As always, the cuisine will be accompanied by the music to which it corresponds. As such, we plan on featuring music from the countries mentioned above. With the goal of bringing together members and any interested undergraduates, SAA will hold it's second pancake brunch on March 1. We plan to serve pancakes with specialty ingredients as whipped creme, chocolate chips, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. We are also planning on adding a special South Asian topping for a few brave souls - spicy coriander chutney. Attendees will bond over the messy preparation of batter, the oversize griddle, many spatulas and the delicious end product. The pancake brunch will be part of a concerted effort this semester by the SAA Executive Board to encourage communitybuilding, unity events so that members of the organization and anyone interested in South Asia feels a sense of belonging beyond just membership in a cultural organization. The event will also serve as cast bonding for our annual cultural show, Ghungroo. The National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference (NUBC) is an annual event carried under the auspices of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH). This year, the theme of the conference is "Bioethics: The New Issues - New Technology, New Ideas, New Challenges." Planned and organized by HUBS students, the conference brings together undergraduate students and leading experts to discuss issues of current interest within the field of bioethics. NUBC provides a unique national venue for undergraduates to share their research, their concerns, and their considered views with each other. The conference originated at Princeton University (1999). Over 250 undergraduate students from across the country attend the annual NUBC conference, which has featured guest speakers, student debates, student essay contests, student presentations, art exhibits, and film screenings. Topics at previous conferences have included: medical ethics, science in the media, biotechnology-derived products in agriculture, ethics in the penal system, the definition of disability, the nature of personhood, social responsibility, the "war" on drugs, bio-terrorism, profiting in the biotechnology and medical support industries, genetically based mental health, international bioethics, and the use of Human Beings in Medicine and Science. Please check out our 2009 NUBC webpage at http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/bioethics/nubc2009.html. Other cosponsoring student organizations not mentioned above: Harvard College Human Rights Advocates (benedict.adriana@gmail.com), Project Health (mzjanani@gmail.com), Harvard College Advocates (joannanm@fas.harvard.edu). The project is a dinner discussion with Dr. Christine Mitchell. She will be addressing the question of whether doctors can ethically refuse CPR to dying patients. This will be the second of a two-part cooking workshop series this spring semester. At this cooking workshop, we will be making zongzi. Zongzi is a traditional Chinese food, and is sticky rice wrapped in bamboo leaves. Inside the rice are different kinds of fillings, which can be sweet or salty--such as red bean paste, dates, or meat filling. Traditionally, zongzi is eaten during the Dragonboat Festival. We hope that this cooking workshop will be as fun and successful as our last two! Last semester, we held a cooking workshop where we made sticky rice cake, fried rice, and wontons. It was so successful that we are hoping to have two more this semester! The one planned for early spring is the "Baozi" workshop, where we will be teaching students how to make baozi, or meat-filled buns. Expenses will cover the ingredients--ground meat, flour, and sauce-beverages, and other Chinese snacks. The past cooking workshops have been great in that they create a very warm, comfortable, and home-like atmosphere. We hope this one will do the same! During our cooking workshop last fall, we set up a karaoke machine, which was very well-received. Because of its popularity at the cooking workshop, we decided to throw a karaoke party! In addition to karaoke, we will also have other Chinese games, such as mahjong and chinese checkers. We will also be serving chinese pastries and snacks.

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China Week, now in its second year, is a week of speakers and informative events organized by the Educational-Political Committee of our organization. With China's growing prominence on the world arena, there is a real demand from the Harvard community for more information regarding the country. Students want to learn about everything from Chinese history to current events, military to environmental policy, economics to even panda diplomacy. The purpose of China Week is to provide much of this information in a week-long event. CSA is already trying to arrange for speakers to speak every night (Monday - Friday), looking into various formats to try and garner audience participation and make the experience more interactive as a whole. Last year, the event drew audience members from both the college and even graduate students, and the professors expressed great enthusiasm. We hope to make this event even better this year! The Chinese Etiquette Dinner is hosted by the CSA each semester, bringing together professors from the Chinese department at Harvard and a group of students interested in Chinese table manners and correct business conduct during a meal. The dinner will include 10 courses of authentic Chinese cuisines at Royal East Restaurant. The purpose of the event is to assist those unfamiliar with the specifics of certain Chinese customs at the table that are considered appropriate, to acquire adequate knowledge of how to behave at a business meeting with a Chinese company or simply important figures of Asian backgrounds. As China is becoming a larger player on the global market, many young Americans or American-born-Chinese people are seeking job opportunities in China or Hong Kong, and learning table manners is one of the most basic, yet crucial, steps to adapting to and obtaining new success in a new and unique culture. The Chinese New Year Banquet is CSA's largest event of the year, bringing together over 250 attendees, 80 performers, 50 volunteers, and our 20 board members from all parts of the University and the greater Boston community. Traditional and modern performances light up the stage as guests feast on a formal, catered, family-style 15-course meal. In addition, each guest is given a 30-page program of events that describes the history and culture surrounding the Chinese New Year. This event is the first large-scale event after our December board turnovers, and this year our board is eagerly looking forward to putting on this event. Banquet has also traditionally been a great opportunity for CSA members to meet one another and, as the event is heavily publicized and open to all Harvard undergraduates, their peers as well. Another purpose of the event is to introduce ethnic Chinese cuisine to the Harvard community. The scale of this event is so large that we must call on dozens of volunteers to help us set up, serve, and clean. They do a wonderful job, and many volunteers in the past have said that the experience is what encouraged them to become more involved with CSA. We take great pride in the New Year Banquet as it is one of the few opportunities during the year when CSA can display Chinese culture and the work of many students to so many. We appreciate Harvard's support in past years for the New Year Banquet, and we hope to make this year's even better! (This grant is for FOUR CUMULATIVE EVENTS across the semester)Holoimua O Hawaii, more commonly known as the Hawaii Club, sponsors a series (four for the fall semester) of "Aloha Friday Dinners" in order to share the culture and cuisine of Hawaiian culture with all of the Harvard community. Events will take place over the course of the semester in the Currier Gilbert and Tuchman Living Rooms, Adams House Kitchen and Diaspora Room, Lowell Grille, and various locations around campus. This allows others to easily attend and partake in the fine foods and drinks prepared by the members of the Hawaii Club. We'd like to emphasize the fact that members of Hawaii Club prepare and cook all entrees, thus making it an actual cultural event and also lowering costs. "Aloha" is a Hawaiian word that has a plethora of meanings including, "Hello," "Goodbye," and "I love you." Friday is a day of the week many of us look forward to as it signifies the end of a long, hectic week. Thus the phrase "Aloha Friday" naturally bids the week goodbye, while greeting the weekend and the increased time we have to share with friends and family with love and affection. Attendees include club members, who though may not live in Hawaii, share an affinity for its culture, as well as various individuals from the Harvard community. Cultural food is cooked and cultural differences between Hawaii and the rest of the world, specifically the East Coast of the United States, are discussed. This is our annual Sushi Workshop, where students have an opportunity to learn about different types of sushi, and make their own. It is always extremely popular.

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group's: to celebrate the creativity and spirituality of black culture. Their small size allows them to express this mission in an even wider range of musical genres, including jazz and doo-wop. On May 9th, the Brothers and Sisters will present their annual concert in Winthrop JCR to an audience of over 100 people. The LMC wants to kick off spring semester's monthly cultural feast series with a celebration of Argentina. At the event, student representatives from Argentina will present some basic facts about their culture and how food serves as an embodiment of such culture. Last semester we shared a little about the various other nationalities that make up the Latino population at Harvard and beyond and it proved successful. This event will be open to the general public so as to educate and fill the hungry stomachs of several individuals. Through the Latino Youth Outreach Forum the Harvard College Latino Men's Collective aims to engage Harvard and the greater Boston community in a discussion of the unfolding obstacles and possibilities for Latinos in the United States. In order to continue LMC's mission of community service and involvement, local Latino high school students and teachers will be invited to actively participate in a dialogue with Harvard students, faculty, and esteemed guests. By discussing issues related to Latinos and the economy, politics, and social awareness, the LMC seeks to embolden and inspire these youth toward endeavors of change and collaboration within our Latino community and beyond. The Harvard Latino Men's Collective and Harvard Latinas Unidas will host a discussion about precedent social standards within the Latino community. It is often the case that Latinos families and leaders prescribe social mores based on gender. As a new generation of educated Latinos, we will discuss the historical pros and cons of such cultural ridigity, as well as the relative values of traditional standards in a modern context. As the discussion will be lengthy, and we would like to provide food and drink. The LMC wants to kick off spring semester's monthly cultural feast series with a celebration of Colombia. At the event, student representatives from Columbia will present some basic facts about their culture and how food serves as an embodiment of such culture. Last semester we shared a little about the various other nationalities that make up the Latino population at Harvard and beyond and it proved successful. This event will be open to the general public so as to educate and fill the hungry stomachs of several individuals. Last year LiHC and HSBSE began what is hoped to become a tradition in which members are brought together to share experiences from Harvard. The LiHC membership extends an open invitation to the members of HSBSE, as well as the general Harvard population, to join our group for a night of relaxation and friendly discussion about summer plans, past semester events, etc. This event also serves as an opportunity for early attempts at recruitment, so that people who may be interested in becoming more involved with either group can get a jump start and be familiar with the community come first weeks of fall semester. A lot of our membership is acquired through personal recruitment where some programs often get overlooked on the long list of Harvard's Student groups. LiHC constantly tries to present the idea that a health career does not need to be in the clinical/medical setting. A lot can and needs to be done in other professional fields that can serve to progress the state of health care and health awareness among targeted communities. Recently, the Harvard community has welcomed Julio Frenk as the new Dean of Harvard School of Public Health. Frenk served as the Minister of Health in Mexico from 2000 to 2006 and has seen both logisitical and academic sides of health reform. He is a wonderful source of knowledge and experience that we hope to tap through this event so that he may bestow sme of his insight on the Harvard undergraduate community. This event will be a discussion of the current state of Global Health and what the new presidential administration means for the involvement of the US in international health affairs. This year has seen communication between Latinos in Health Careers and the equivalent student groups at HMS, that represent the wide array of minority students at Longwood, really begin to thrive. We held an event first semester that brought together undergraduates and medical school students in general discussion. It also served as a venue for a presentation by prominent Latino physicians affiliated with Harvard's academic and research at various clinical institutions around Boston. As we near the

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application period for medical school in June, the proposed event would allow for a second visit with the medical students so that our membership, as well as other Harvard undergraduates, may ask questions about the process as well as hear personal accounts of the transition to medical school. The event would also help continue to build communication and further set things up for events in the future so that students at both campuses can be brought together. LiHC tries to concern itself not only with providing advice for undergraduates interested in health related careers, but also with ways in which we can reach out into the Boston community and specifically the health sector that under represented groups are exposed to. The Latin American Health Institute is one of New England's premier community-based public health organization. They offer Latin American families access to health services, support health professionals that serve communities that are densely populated by immigrant families, and offer trainings and health awareness classes. They are involved in multiple aspects of the medical field, promoting research, policy reform, coomunity activism, and family education. For this event we will be coordinating with the staff of LHI to provide a dinner presentation about resources that are currently available for low income families, and what can still be done to advance community outreach. The dinner will be a sit-down meal with presentations from both LiHC members as well as a kenyote presentation from LHI. In many traditional Native American cultures, the months of the year are known as moons. Strawberry Moon celebrates the start of summer, a time of frequent celebration. Per our goal of displaying our traditional culture in the Harvard setting, we will hold a Strawberry Moon Festival complete with storytelling, Native songs, an upbeat attitude with the prospect of new life and renewal, and strawberries and other desserts, of course. The Harvard College Intertribal Indian Dance Troupe will also be performing to celebrate the coming of the strawberry picking season. Native Americans at Harvard College (NAHC) seeks to provide social, intellectual and cultural activities for both Native students at Harvard and for other interested members of the Harvard community. Five years ago, we founded the Harvard Intertribal Indian Dance Troupe (HIIDT) and drumming and singing group as a means of achieving our goal of asserting our unique cultural identity and forging social ties among the College's smallest minority group. This year, we need 2 more regalias, (traditional dance clothes) which are all handmade, for our new members. We will also be creating HIIDT shawls in matching colors and designs. However, the cost of materials is great. Nonetheless, we are looking forward to hand crafting regalias and demonstrating that Native American culture is not something in museums; rather, it is a vibrant and enduring way of life still practiced by many, including students at Harvard. Finally, we would like to bring in a dance instructor so that we can help new members learn the skills they need. We are asking for funding from both the UC and Harvard Foundation for this event. The Frybread Formal, hosted by Native Americans at Harvard College, is an annual gathering of the Harvard University Native American community. Every year the students nominate and award a faculty or administrator for their extraordinary contributions to the undergraduate Native American student life over the past academic year. The banquet is an evening of catered food, great music and a time for the community to celebrate the accomplishments of its students, faculty, and administrators. Each month (February-April) NAHC will sponsor a talking circle discussion, along with dinner, for the Harvard Undergraduate community to have the opportunity to become more educated about and aware of Native American issues. Very few people, even at Harvard, understand the complicated historical and political situation of Native American Tribal Nations in the United States. NAHC members will be able to share not only their personal experiences but also their collective knowledge with each other and the general undergraduate student population through these talks. As part of our mission of increasing awareness of Native American issues, the political discussions will focus on different thematic topics each month. We are asking for funding from both the UC and Harvard Foundation for this event. NAHC provides social and cultural activities for Native students at Harvard and other interested individuals. The Powwow is a tradition among Native peoples all over the US and Canada. It is a time for Natives to celebrate their unique culture and renew friendships. The purpose of our 14th Annual Powwow is to disseminate information about our history and culture with

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the larger Harvard community and general public, as per our mission. The Powwow brings together students and community members throughout the Northeast to share in dancing, Native foods, songs, and crafts. This major event, which may be viewed by thousands, outside the Science Center brings Native peoples from across the country and Canada to Harvard. It shows Harvardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vibrant diverse community of which many outsiders are unaware. The budget for this daylong event may exceed $20,000 and we appreciate any funds. Founded in San Francisco in 1992, The Democracy Center works in the United States and Bolivia to advance social justice through a combination of investigation and reporting, training citizens in the art of public advocacy, and organizing international citizen campaigns. Through all of these efforts the Center is working to help build a global citizenry that understands the public issues before it and is able to take effective public action. A special emphasis of our work is economic globalization and the movement for global democracy and justice. We want to recruit high school students to come to Harvard (especially high school Latter-day Saint students) by creating a DVD that highlights the vibrant and diverse Harvard community. We also want to demonstrate the potential for religious dialogue and spiritual growth the university has to offer. This event will benefit students who are either panicking about their summer because they did not receive offers from their interviews or are only just starting and don't know how to progress. Students will listen to the founders of Mergers & Inquisitions (http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/) and Management Consulted (http://managementconsulted.com/), who will speak about the current economic climate and ways to create opportunities in finance/consulting despite the negativity. We believe this event will attract many students given the timeliness of the topic A successful lacrosse program that provides students the opportunity to compete and practice without having to be on a varsity sport. Dance Battle at NYU. Teams of five sent to compete in dance-off; many individuals interested in attending to experience culture of breakdancing. This year, the LowKeys would love to be given the opportunity to finally share our music with members of the community outside of Harvard and the Greater Boston Area. We have been officially invited by the University of California Berkeley to come and perform. They have organized a concert in our name on Saturday, January 24th. They are very excited to hear that we will be coming to San Francisco and have been preparing rigorously for our arrival. With a couple of other schools from the area including Stanford opening, we have been asked to be the main act for the night. The LowKeys have never been to the West Coast since our founding and even more so, we have never been asked by another university to headline a concert. Both the University of California Berkeley and the Harvard LowKeys are extremely excited about the concert and as a member of the LowKeys, I know for a fact that we have been rehearsing many hours and many new songs in anticipation for this concert. In addition, we will be doing many outreach events at the elementary schools and high schools around the Bay area. Within the Harvard community, we have consistently been active with REACH, a PBHA-affiliated program that is geared towards mentally challenged kids. However, we have never been able to do any outreach events for youth outside of the Greater Boston area. As the one of the only a cappella groups on campus that is affiliated with PBHA, we place community service high on our values. We would be thrilled to be given the chance to finally serve youth outside of the Harvard community. Our outreach events include a performance by us followed by workshops in which we talk to the kids about the history of a cappella and of course, the music. In these workshops, we have the kids sing a piece of our repertoire together with us. We also show them correct techniques and forms for singing and even have a beatboxing session where we show off some of our vocal percussion skills. I truly hope that this tour will bring about new experiences and great long-lasting memories for the Harvard LowKeys. The Dean Archie C. Epps Spring Concert is the annual spring concert presented by the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College. This year, as always, the concert will be held in Sanders Theater and will draw over 1100 audience members. The concert will include a tapestry of African folk songs, Negro spirituals, traditional and contemporary gospel songs, original compositions, interpretive dance, poetry, and other forms of spoken word. As the largest multicultural organization at Harvard (and one of

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the only choirs on campus without auditions), Kuumba brings together a diverse group of people to share black creativity and spirituality with audiences of equal diversity. An information and Q&A session on the gender-neutral housing policy at Harvard. (Also, by sending the policy out on all house and dorm lists, we will be educating the community and providing resources to all students.) HCS has undertaken a large project to rebuild its production systems, which serve over 1000 web site accounts for students and student groups in the Harvard community, including most student groups at Harvard College and many from other Harvard schools. The systems also support over 4300 mailing lists which generate tens of thousands of e-mail messages per day. Rebuilding the systems will make them faster and increase capacity for expansion (indeed, we plan to increase student group quotas to 2GB or more this month). 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In order to receive this training, a group of four CSP volunteers applied to the Clinton Global University Initiative, a leadership conference taking place in Austin, TX February 13th-February 15th, 2009. We were very excited to be accepted to attend this conference. Here, we will meet with other students, faculty, administrators and presidents of universities, as well as nonprofit CEO's and employees from around the world. At the conference we will learn how to implement our commitments in order to improve the mental health services in the community. Our goals include: 1. We will train 60 volunteers, to heighten mental health knowledge and awareness by April 2009. 2. We will create a monthly forum for speakers and group dialogue at the City of Cambridge Multi-Service Center for the Homeless, where Cambridge Student Partnerships is located. 3. 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Annual intersession retreat. Opportunity for relaxation, bonding, and spiritual galvanization. This year, the LowKeys would love to be given the opportunity to finally share our music with members of the community outside of Harvard and the Greater Boston Area. We have been officially invited by the University of California Berkeley to come and perform. They have organized a concert in our name on Saturday, January 24th. They are very excited to hear that we will be coming to San Francisco and have been preparing rigorously for our arrival. With a couple of other schools from the area including Stanford opening, we have been asked to be the main act for the night. The LowKeys have never been to the West Coast since our founding and even more so, we have never been asked by another university to headline a concert.

27S-09 The UC-TKTS Act UC Vice-President Kia J. McLeod ‘10 UC Parliamentarian Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) Representative George Huang (North Yard ’12) SRC Secretary Alex Weisz (Currier ’10) FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ’11) WHEREAS many undergraduates are not aware of or willing to purchase tickets to ticketed campus and local events, and WHEREAS the UC supports expanding student access to and interest in these events; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the UC establish the UC TKTS Program, as described below: The UC TKTS program aims to foster campus social life by promoting ticketed campus and local events to undergraduates. The program will be administered by the Student Relations Committee. SRC will work with student groups and other event hosts to procure free tickets for ticketed campus and local events to be distributed to undergraduates by lottery. Each week, the participating events will be advertised in the UC Weekly newsletter and on the UC web site, along with instructions for undergraduates to lottery for the tickets. Each undergraduate may only lottery for one event per week, but may lottery for up to three tickets per event. SRC will run the lotteries for each event and coordinate ticket pickup at the end of each week. Student Relations: Reported: 6-0-0 Recommended: 6-0-0 Executive Board: Docketed: 4-0-0 Recommended: 4-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 31-0-0

27S-10 UC Supplementary Speaker Sound System Act UC Treasurer Tony Britt (Lowell â&#x20AC;&#x2122;10) WHEREAS the UC Speakers initiative has been very popular and beneficial to promoting social events from House Committees and student groups alike, and WHEREAS the UC Speaker system was damaged at an event during the winter, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that $500 be allocated from the Grants/Operations Fund for the purposes of purchasing a new speaker component through Media Technology Services. Finance Committee: Docketed: 11-0-0 Finance Committee: Recommended: 11-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 31-0-0

27S-11 Student Life Fund Correspondence UC President Andrea Flores ’10 FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ’11) UC Ex Officio President Matthew Sundquist ’09 UC Communications Director Daniel Kroop (Pforzheimer ’10) WHEREAS the Student Life Fund is a beneficial collaboration between Harvard College and the Undergraduate Council, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the following correspondence be delivered to the designated Deans: Dear Deans Smith, Hammonds, and Kenen: On behalf of the thousands of students who have benefited from the Student Life Fund, we the undersigned House Committee chairpersons and student group leaders thank you for your support of this incredible and important resource. In 2009, we look forward to working with your offices and the Undergraduate Council to preserve this resource for the future. The new Student Life Fund has allowed both House Committees and student groups of all stripes to benefit from improved financial resources. House Committees have used the fund to significantly improve the quality and success of their winter formals. Because the Houses accommodate nearly all upperclassmen, improving the formals has directly and immediately enhanced student life. Your commitment underlines the role the House community has as a central and valuable feature of our university. Additionally, the Student Life Fund has provided much-needed money to student groups with unique travel opportunities. For too long student groups could not attend first-ever conferences and national invitational tournaments due to financial constraints. Now, the Student Life Fund means that students can stay involved at the highest and most exciting echelons of their activities. As our College’s leaders continue to provide a world-class educational and residential community despite instability in the financial markets, we hope to work with the administration to continue to fully support the Student Life Fund. The fund has filled an enormous gap in social life, producing well-attended and wellreceived formals along with expanded programming options for student groups. Budgetary constraints will affect everyone at the College, and require dutiful re-examination of our priorities and how we financially maintain them. Yet we feel strongly that the Student Life Fund has been an unqualified benefit to the undergraduate experience. We hope to work with the administration closely, both personally and through our representatives on the Undergraduate Council, to make any adjustments necessary in House Committee, student group, or student life funding. Thank you again for helping make Harvard College a vibrant and positive community for study, spirit, and new pursuits. Sincerely, [UNDERSIGNED HOCOS and STUDENT GROUP LEADERS] SAC Docketed: 11-1-0 SAC Recommended: 11-1-0 Undergraduate Council: 28-3-0

27S-12 Spring Grants Pack 3.0 FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ‘11) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate

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$6,404.20 to 5 recipient projects from the Student Life Fund as shown in the break-down below, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Fall applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein. Grants Fund: Grant ID Project Name 755 The Rake's Progress 756 Mirror Blazer Sculpture 757 Reflections 758 Eastbound 760 Women's Week 761 BMF Video Night 762 David Walker Lunch Events 763 BMF Paintball Trip 764 BMF Weekly Study Breaks 765 766

Chamber Singer's Spring Concert Harvard China Care March Mentoring Event

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Harvard China Care February Mentoring Event Dumplings Celebrates the Year of the Ox Meditation Retreat Upstairs on the Square with Burgundy Winemakers Harvard Interfaith Week Day of Service Harvard Interfaith Week Movie Screening Harvard Interfaith Week Trivia Night Interfaith Spring Social Big "Sib" & Little "Sib" Study Break Fireside Chat (Discussion Series): "What is a Harvard Muslim?" HOC Spring Trips Persian Club Outing

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XOXO Party Hamlet Kimbab Workshop KA Sib Family Events KA Culture Show PBHA - Chinatown Teen

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Harvard College Culinary Society

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Harvard Islamic Society Harvard Outing Club Harvard Persian Society Harvard Radcliffe Catholic Student Association

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Harvard Society for Mind, Brain and Behavior Harvard Society of Black Scientists and Engineers Harvard Vietnamese Association Harvard Vietnamese Association Harvard Women's Club Soccer Harvard-Radcliffe Asian-American Christian Fellowship Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Hyperion Shakespeare Company Korean Association Korean Association Korean Association PBHA Chinatown Teen Program

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Perspective Magazine February Issue Radcliffe Rugby team kit purchase

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Women's Week Kickoff Dinner Female Orgasm Seminar Sarah Palin's Birthday Party Conversation with Teresa Vilmain State of the Union Watch Party West Wing Study Break Power Shift Raices de Esperanza Cuba Conference Ghungroo SAA Alumni Association

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Student Life Fund: Grant ID Project Name Ivy Council 2009 Leadership 27 Conference Raices de Esperanza Cuba 28 Conference Abstract Presentation at National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical 29 Meeting National Dance Alliance's 2009 30 National Collegiate Competition 31 Power Shift

Perspective Magazine Radcliffe Rugby Football Club Women of Color Leadership Network (WCLN) Radcliffe Union of Students Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Environmental Action Committee Cuban-American Undergraduate Students Association

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Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program

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Crimson Dance Team Environmental Action Committee

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Project Description This show is the Dunster House Opera Society (DHO)'s annual production performed each February in Dunster House Dining Hall. The mission of DHO is to make opera accessible to undergraduates interested in acting, playing, and working on technical and artistic aspects in an opera, and to show opera in a more approachable setting for audience members who might not have had this experience before. The entire cast and orchestra is thus made up of Harvard undergraduates, to give them a chance to perform. Additionally, the opera is always performed in English so that the content of the opera is as accessible as possible to the audience. This particular opera is one of the most ambitious that DHO has performed in its 16-year history and shows how the scope of the challenges that DHO can rise to is continuously increasing. Additionally, we employed a new technical system this year that allowed us to light the stage more professionally and to have an abstract set made of different configurations of curtains. This technical system made the show considerably more expensive than in years past. Also, because the music of Stravinsky is still under copyright, the rights for the show were a much greater expense than DHO is accustomed to incurring. To construct a blazer made of shards of mirrors for Arts First Week along with the Pforzheimer Art show Reflections Banquet 2009, now in its 5th year, is a banquet that will celebrate the illustrious class of 2009, much in the tradition of the Latino community’s Homenaje or the African American community’s Celebration of Black Women. These soon-to-be departing seniors have changed this school in the past five years and improved our community with their achievements, dedication and vision. They have made such a great difference on this campus, in our society, in our lives – and for this we must honor them and thank them. Underclassmen should have upperclassmen to look up to so that they can take pride in their identity and see the success and contributions of the Asian Americans that came before them. It is our sincerest hope not only to act as a forum where these contributions can be displayed and celebrated, but also to foster an environment that encourages active involvement with the larger Harvard community. The mission of Reflections is two-fold. The first, as already mentioned, is the celebration of the graduating class. The second, along the lines of the Asian American Brotherhood’s mission as written in the constitution, is to unify the Asian American community. Reflections is one of the few events each year in which all Asian American organizations on campus come together to work for a common goal, and its mission is still as relevant as ever. This year, 10 of the Asian American organizations on campus, including the South Asian American communities, will come together in a formal banquet for a night of inspiring speeches and heartfelt praise for seniors. The Reflections Selections Committee, made up of various leaders from the Asian American community, will choose 8 seniors to be awarded at the banquet. Eastbound is a cultural showcase that features traditional and modern Asian dance. Our show has sold out in the past two years. This year’s program includes a range of styles including Han, Xinjiang, and classical dances as well as Korean hip-hop and lyrical. While the bulk of the program consists of AADT dances, we also invite guest groups such the The Breakers and the Harvard Wushu Club to perform. The participation of guest groups enriches the show and increases cultural exchange between the organizations. “The Exonerated” is a profound, often humorous, and sometimes heart-wrenching play that follows the stories of 6 former death-row inmates who have since been exonerated through evidence presented decades later. Often with members of their families, the exonerees share the factual details and emotions behind their arrests, their experience with the court and penal systems, and their release. The show concludes with reflections from the various characters, black and white, male and female, from the American South and the Midwest, all of who shed new light on the realities of being an alleged criminal in America’s penal system. Here we are presented with a series of vignettes, where each character speaks directly to the audience, carrying their story through to its completion but also interspersing their narrative between those of their fellow exonerees and the voice of Delbert, the chorus. The audience moves between narratives, finds similarities and

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sometimes, stark contrasts in the themes, experiences and feelings the authors present. The panel event will serve the community of women here at Harvard by giving the undergraduate women a venue to interact with AfricanAmerican female leaders in different fields that include business, medicine, entertainment, academia and other disciplines. The speaker panel will act as a forum for active student leaders and professional leaders to share ideas, air frustrations, and advance the leadership role of women. Great leadership is essential to change, and we plan to use this forum as a method of presenting exemplars of trailblazers in these respective fields, as well as the intersection between any of these fields and engendering change on a wider social level. Gail Snowden, our inaugural community service honoree, as both the executive vice-president of Fleet Bank Boston and the chairman of Freedom House, which has done amazing work with community development, is a prime example of this ability, and she has agreed to be a part of this panel. This is an event we are developing with representatives from UHS to provide a study break session educating Harvard women on physical and mental health wellbeing. We plan to have UHS reps speak on issues of stress, nutrition, and fitness and then have stations set up focusing on each one of these issues. The stress station would feature free massages provided by UHS while the nutrition station would provide samples of healthy foods that promote womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health. Finally, the fitness station would feature a personal trainer demonstrating exercise techniques and tips. After the initial introduction of the event, women will move from station learning about each topic and getting a chance to participate in the activities. The nutrition section would also have a blender to mix up healthy smoothies using the fruit at the station. We believe that this would be a great interactive experience for women at Harvard and also a welcome change to many discussion oriented student events. Furthermore, it will focus on a womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issue not frequently discussed on campus. Physical and mental wellbeing is paramount to the woman who desires to enact change, and this event provides a space in which they can allow themselves to shake off the pressures which we all face at Harvard and focus on themselves. BMF Video night is a bi-monthly event which brings together BMF members to play video games and foster brotherhood. At these events, there will be food, games, and other activities to nurture brotherhood and friendship amongst the classes of BMF members. The David Walker program is the BMF's community service program. The program provides mentoring and life lessons skills for Cambridge youth under the guidance of BMF members. For each session (three times a week) mentors will need lunch and movie tickets to compensate for missed lunch, take the children out, and other events. The Harvard Black Men's forum will take it's annual trip to go paintballing. This event fosters brotherhood amongst the various classes in the BMF. It is an annual staple of the organization. The Harvard Black Men's Forum will provide weekly meetings to provide academic support and general advice channels for members of the organization throughout the course of second semester of 2009. We will be performing Renaissance a capella works by Josquin, Morales, Ockeghem, Lassus, Victoria, and SchĂźtz. Our concert is held a short walk off campus in an effort to find a space with acoustics appropriate for and conducive to performing this style of music while still making the venue convenient for students. This of course brings with it a higher rental space fee and necessitates more publicity, but we feel that it is worth the money to bring a more authentic representation of how music of the Renaissance sounded and was performed to college students who might not otherwise experience this exciting genre of music, and thus we are seeking UC funding. Mentors and mentees will be learning the importance of giving back to the community through the start of pen-pal program with orphans back in China. They will also be watching an AADT dance. As usual, there will be food. Mentors and mentees explored the history and traditions behind Chinese New Year with skits, arts and crafts, games and food. At every session, we introduce Chinese culture through arts and crafts and presentations. This is our first Dumplings session of the year, and we celebrated the Chinese New Year! It was a lot of fun, with around 40 people in attendance. We had a short presentation on the customs and traditions of Chinese New Year, as well as the myths and legends behind it. Afterwards, we watched a five minute video that illustrated the legend of the zodiac. For the arts and crafts portion, we made small chinese lanterns, hong baos (red envelopes), and paper cows. Then, we had a short breakfast social, where we served bagels, fruit, and egg rolls. It was a great success and we had a ton of fun! The Harvard College Buddhist Community hosted a meditation retreat, open to all members of the Harvard University community. The retreat was held on Saturday February 7th from 10:30am-2:30pm in the Prayer Space located in Canaday B Basement. Approximately 40

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students attended the retreat, the majority of whom were not members of the Harvard College Buddhist Community, but simply students who were interested in learning about and engaging in the practical benefits that meditation practice can offer. The retreat was led by Susan Baer, senior Dharma teacher at the Cambridge Zen Center. The retreat consisted of several sessions of sitting meditation, as well as walking meditation, discussion, and chanting. The meditation retreat provided participants with the opportunity to collectively engage in spiritual development and mental cultivation, focusing especially on introducing beginners to basic meditation techniques. The retreat was also intended to foster a refreshing environment of relaxation and collective bonding for participating students, in light of the upcoming stresses of reading period and exams. To encourage attendance at the retreat and to foster the communal spirit of the event, the retreat also included lunch for all participants, which was catered through the Tanjore restaurant. The Harvard College Buddhist Community is requesting a retroactive UC grant to cover the lunch expenses incurred for this retreat. Lunch accompanied by a presentation by and discussion with wine makers from the Burgundy region of France. Members and leaders of various student religious organizations will come together to serve our community by cleaning the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter after its seasonal closing on April 15. We will be cleaning, sorting donated items, putting away beds, and arranging the facilities. After the service project, we will gather for dinner and discussion at Memorial Church. This will be a valuable opportunity for students of different faiths to be united in their common goal of serving our community. Last semester, we helped set up the shelter for its opening, and this event was one of our most meaningful, enjoyable, and well-attended events. For this event, we will be screening a thought-provoking new film, "Beyond Our Differences," which documents interviews with prominent leaders of diverse religious traditions from all across the globe. We are hoping that the director of this film, a graduate student at the Kennedy School, will join us for a presentation and post-screening discussion. We hope that this film will engage students in dialogue for greater understanding of each others' religious traditions. For trivia night, we will invite all the religious groups on campus to partake in a round of 'jeopardy' in which teams are tested on their basic knowledge of tenets and facts pertaining to religious traditions. Teams will be made up of members of several religious communities, and questions will be designed by members of different traditions (and thus will be very representative of the diverse religious organizations on campus). Pizza will be served. The goal of this event is to promote interreligious understanding in a fun setting, and to encourage bonds across religious groups. Last year we held a similar event as part of Interfaith Awareness week, which was very successful. Participants enjoyed the night and requested a similar event for this year. During this event, we will invite members from various religious organizations and any other interested students on campus to come together to meet each other and learn more about each others' religious traditions. We will provide delicious treats and fun activities to foster community building at this event. At the social, the Interfaith Council board will introduce themselves and give a brief overview of interfaith events throughout the semester. We hope that this event will serve to build bridges amongst members of different religious groups or people interested in interfaith dialogue. We are also looking forward to this event as a way for students to get to know the members of the Interfaith Council board and begin to engage in interfaith dialogue. The Harvard Islamic Society has a active and thriving internal mentorship (informally known as the "Big Sib/Little Sib") program which aids new members in adjusting to Harvard and forging powerful bonds of friendship with fellow students. Throughout the semester, we often hold "Sib" events to solidify these connections and foster a comforting sense of community within the greater Harvard campus. "Sib" pairs often meet individually outside of the Islamic Society, but as a club we try to bring all the "Sib" pairs together at least once a term. In keeping with this tradition, last Thursday mentors and mentees gathered at Uno's to share desserts, laughs, and wisdom as we celebrated the beginning of a new semester. The Harvard Islamic Society holds weekly discussion series open to the campus to discuss a range of topics relating to Islam and America. An institution like Harvard provides unparalleled opportunity to bring together people of diverse backgrounds and extraordinary stories. But this commingling also yields unique challenges, even for those of the same faith. This introductory community discussion will focus on the issues facing Harvard Muslims, exploring questions such as "whom does an Islamic Society really represent?" and "who gets to decide what is really Islamic?" Case studies will be drawn from examples in HIS history and will touch on topics such as Sunni-Shia relations (misunderstandings

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about "Ashura pudding"), gender relations (how much guy-girl interaction is really appropriate, and what to do when people disagree), cultural differences, and more. This discussion will set the stage for future discussions on contemporary issues facing Muslims. The Harvard Outing organizes hiking, biking, and camping trips enjoyed by hundreds of members of the Harvard community. We also administer a gear co-op to ensure that everyone has ready access to quality outdoor gear and is never prevented from going on a trip because they do not have or cannot afford the required equipment.The Outing Club often provides necessary gear to other undergraduate organizations for outdoor trips and other excursions. The rugby, Frisbee, and volleyball teams and the Harvard College Democrats have recently used our equipment for their own events. However, lately we have been unable to meet demand for certain crucial, oft-requested items and have been unable to provide gear to other groups while outfitting our own trips. We are therefore requesting funds to purchase additional sleeping pads and sleeping pads for trips during the spring semester and to meet demand from other student groups.This equipment will be used by hundreds of members of the Harvard community and will support numerous outdoor trips this spring and for years to come. Club members went to a local Persian restaurant for dinner. A meeting to go over logistics for a service trip to New Orleans during spring break this year. Ice cream was served. A collaboration between the Harvard Society for Mind, Brain & Behavior (HSMBB) and the Harvard Undergraduate Economic Association (HUEA) is bringing a Symposium on Economic Decision-making: Perspectives from Neuroscience, Economics, and Psychology. A main goal of the conference is to explore the ways in which new scientific tools and recent research impact how we think about classical economic models and theories, and to address topics such as risk, uncertainty, impulsivity, and intertemporal choice. This conference will consist of researchers and professors in economics, psychology and neurobiology who are working in or across these fields to examine human behavior through different perspectives. The emerging field of neuroeconomics (economics and neuroscience) is an interdisciplinary one and very exciting, as academics with different tools and training are now working together to piece together the puzzle that is the human brain to explain why we behave the way we do.This event will feature leading researchers and academics: David Laibson (Harvard), Drazen Prelec (MIT), Daeyeol Lee (Yale) and Peter Politser (Brown).The event is open the whole Harvard community, but will be aimed at undergraduates, whom we hope to expose to this fascinating and emerging interdisciplinary field of research.

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Join us this year for our signature event, HSBSE's 5th Annual Celebration of Excellence! First, we will be having an open Roundtable Discussion with our membership and awardees about their experiences in their respective fields and hearing what words of wisdom they have for aspiring minority scientists and engineers. We encourage anyone interested to attend. At the evening's banquet, we will be recognizing the achievements of two distinguished African-American science and/or engineering professionals, who demonstrate leadership in their fields and exemplify outstanding commitments to the community. In addition, we will honor 4 HSBSE members who have exhibited an exceptional commitment to the goals and mission of HSBSE and community service. This year, we will be introducing a special initiative to the banquet, as it will also serve as a fundraiser for the purchase of mosquito nets which will be used for malaria prevention in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Profits from the event will go toward this project and donations will be accepted at the dinner and throughout the Spring semester. The event is semi-formal and will be held in Leverett Dining Hall. Southeast Asian (SEA) Night is an annual event hosted by Harvard Vietnamese Association (HVA) and four other South East Asian organizations in an attempt to promote awareness of South East Asian culture and arts. Specifically, the events features a wide array of musical, theatrical, and dance performances and food from all regions and ethnicities represented by these seven organizations. SEA Night, as a night of "scintillating cultural and musical performances" and vast selection of cultural foods, encapsulates the true effort and meaning of cultural diversity on a diverse college campus. This year's annual event will be held in Leverett Dining Hall on Friday, April 10th, 2008, at 8:30pm and will collaboratively brought together by brought to you by the Southeast Asian committee: Harvard Vietnamese Association, Harvard Thai Society, Harvard Philippine Forum, The Singaporean, Indonesian, and Malaysian Society, and Harvard students from Burma. Entertainment will encompass dances from many of the Southeast Asian organizations and even an awe-inspiring dragon dance from a local Vietnamese temple! Logistically, the food portion of this grant is divided among the five groups, and the rest of the grant proposal will be utilized

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directly in the preparation of the event in terms of musical rentals, location booking, security, publicity and decoration. Southeast Asian Night has been an event cherished at large for its rich tapestry of cultural offerings and entertainment, and this year should be no different. We invite everyone in the Harvard community to discover the beauty of the Southeast Asian paradise in this night of culinary pleasure and performances! Our Vietnamese identity panel will discuss the different backgrounds of our very diverse Vietnamese population here on campus. Since many of the students are immigrants, each person has a unique experience adapting to this country, and we will use this forum to share our experiences with one another and foster greater awareness of the Vietnamese diaspora (the scattering of Vietnamese people across the globe following the war). Club soccer team. Encounter was an outreach event open to the entire campus, intended to introduce those not in the fellowship to Christianity and to AACF. The topic addressed hypocrisy in the church. There was a homecooked meal, skits, a talk, music, and dessert. Dim sum runs have been a long tradition for CSA and very well attended. We hold them four times a semester, subsidizing each guest as much as we can. Typically 25 or so students along with a few board members take part each time. We fill a couple of large tables at a dim sum restaurant in Chinatown, and those who come have a great time bonding over a delicious meal. It's an opportunity to see Boston and Chinatown, meet fellow CSA members, eat delicious food that reminds people of home, and have a great time relaxing in the middle of the busy semester. CSA's first big party of the year took place on February 13th. Gossip Girl themed, publicity took the form of invitations signed "XOXO," and dress code was "preppy chic." No admission was charged. The party was incredibly successful with well over 500 people attending throughout the night! We are staging a performance of Shakespeare's most famous tragedy, Hamlet, in the Leverett Old Library from April 23 to May 2. Through sponsorship by the OFA, we have brought in an award-winning professional director, Jason Slavick, from the local theater community to work with our undergraduate actors and staff members. By staging the show in Leverett Old Library, we hope to generate excitement about a space that has been under-utilized by Harvard theater for the last few years and introduce its potential to a new generation of Harvard actors, directors, and designers. We will take inspiration from the space and its magnificent architecture and history to emphasize the intellectual atmosphere of Shakespeare's Hamlet. We hope to create an intimate feeling in the space where the audience's proximity to the actors will mirror the claustrophobia and anxiety of Elsinore's court. To accomplish this effect in the space, we will use a minimal set and emphasize lighting and costumes. The Kimbab Workshop will serve a dual purpose, as a study break for members and non-members alike, and also as a culturally enriching activity. The event is planned to take place in mid-March in the midst of midterms. As a community building activity, Korean Association has a monthly 'sibling' event. This is open to all KA members and this further enhances the coherency between our members and promotes the idea of a family, a virtue that the Korean tradition values highly. The Korean custom emphasizes the Confucian idea of filiality and this is one of the ways we spread the Korean culture within the campus and help our members feel comfortable sharing our tradition with other people. The projected dates for these gatherings are: 2/27, 3/5, 3/14, 4/11, 4/21. Our activities vary monthly and are a combination of 'family' game nights, meaningful discussions regarding our heritage, cooking workshops, 'speed friending' events, movie nights, and bonding! We will have food at our events. The Annual Korean Culture Show features acts that showcase the Korean Culture and talent within the Korean community. The performance is a beautiful show that incorporates the artistic history of Korea and brings it to life with a modern twist. The performance usually begins with the singing of the Korean, as well as the US, national anthems. After kicking it off, there are various performances within the show. The Korean culture is heavily musical and throughout history, the Korean people have expressed their resentment, joy, desires, pains, through music and performance. We embody these aspects in our show. The acts include, but are not limited to, traditional fan dance, skits, modern culture dances and acts, musical performances (both cultural and modern), and guest performers from greater Boston to provide our audience with a comprehensive experience. The Fan Dance show the beauty that Korean women possess while embodying the juxtaposition

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of gentleness and fragility with strength and control. The musical performances include 'farmer's music performance' with instruments that were available in the olden days for farmers to express the camaraderie that existed in the midst of all the hard work. Musical performances express the sorrowful 'han' of the Korean people. The Korean term 'han,' is unexplainable by a single English word. It is a word that embodies the resentment, the sorrow, the suffering, that the Korean people felt during the Japanese occupation and the way that Korean women used to feel in their submissive social roles. There is such a great combination and array of performances in the show as we try to give our audience a full experience. This event is open to everyone and our guests usually include Harvard students and staff, and students, staff, and community members from the greater Boston area as well. Following the culture show is a cultural dinner for our guests and performers. This show is a chance for our organization to spread awareness of the Korean culture. Chinatown Teen provides interested Harvard undergraduates to act as mentors to kids in the Chinatown area through a drop-in program. We meet twice a week and plan educational activities and field trips with the teens. Counselors also meet once a month to coordinate these activities. This grant is for printing and distributing the February issue of Perspective Magazine: Harvard's Liberal Monthly. The issue will be doordropped to every room on the undergraduate campus on Thurs, Nov 20th. Article topics include the Allston development, the relationship between labor unions and students at Harvard, and editorials on the presidential election. In order to adequately outfit our club's thirty-plus members in the upcoming years, we have purchased a new set of team jerseys to replace our well-worn set. These will stay with the club and be re-worn for several years, after which they will be used as secondary jerseys for several more years; in the end, these jerseys will stay within Radcliffe Rugby for nearly ten years. In addition to being a necessary cost for our team to continue competing, our hope is that our new jerseys will revive interest in a once-popular club and further encourage the growing involvement of the Harvard undergraduate community. In fact, the 2008-09 academic year represents one of the years of highest growth for our team in the past several years.We believe that our appearance should reflect the hard work and professionalism our players put into the sport. For our spring season, in which these jerseys will make their debut, we have already begun considerable advertisement and recruitment to increase our visibility on campus. An information session was held on February 20th to attract interested undergraduates, and all costs were covered by team funds (food, informational DVDs, advertisement flyers, etc.). Club membership dues and the Harvard club sports grant cover the majority of our costs for yearly expenses, but our team jersey purchase is an unusually large expense that needs only to occur once every several years. Our team participates in a few fundraising efforts throughout the year in order to cover the remainder of our yearly costs, as well as raise money for other large expensesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for example, funds that could pay for an international spring break tour or cut travel costs if our team was to qualify for Nationals. That being said, we hope that the UC grant could serve to cover the costs of our team jersey purchase so that we can turn our focus to investment in the growth of our program. Though we are entering a new era of Radcliffe Rugby, with a motivated young team and new coaching staff, we are also recovering from the logistical and financial burdens placed on us by past generations of the club. We see the UC grant not simply as a reimbursement for team jerseys but an investment in the future of our club. At our current financial state, we are not fully equipped to cover this cost as well as start saving for our future. The members of WCLN (SAWC, LU, ABHW, and AAWA) are coming together to sponsor the kickoff dinner for Women's Week 2009. We will serve a variety of ethnic foods, have giveaways, and invite a speaker. The Female Orgasm Seminar, an annual event, seeks to educate Harvard College students about female sexuality and to empower students of all genders to make responsible, informed decisions about sex and sexuality. We bring in a speaker who covers topics including anatomy, masturbation, and sex toys and who takes questions from the audience. We also provide safer sex supplies so that students who may not feel comfortable purchasing these items, or who may not want to take them from a public location, can have access to a variety of exciting and effective condoms, dental dams, and lubes in a sex-positive atmosphere. In addition, we raffle off prizes including sex toys, books about sex and sexuality, and female sexuality-themed pastries. This year, our raffles will focus on the educational - books and DVDs rather than a majority of sex toys, as we have done in the past. The Dems held a party to celebrate Sarah Palinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthday. It was open to all undergrads and was advertised over Facebook. The money is going towards non-alcoholic drinks and snacks (including birthday cake).

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The Dems hosted a conversation with IOP fellow and veteran Democratic campaign manager Teresa Vilmain. The event was open to all undergrads and was advertised over the Dems email lists. We are requesting funding for chips, cookies, and soda we provided for attendees. The Dems hosted a watch party for the President’s speech to Congress. The event was open to all undergrads and was advertised over the Dems email lists. We are requesting funding for pizza and soda at the light meal rate of $3 a person. (The total costs came out higher – we’re just requesting the $3 a person.) The Dems hosted a study break to watch two episodes of The West Wing. It was open to all undergrads and was advertised over Dems email lists and House and dorm lists. We are requesting funding for nachos from Felipes at $2 a person. PowerShift is a conference that brings together motivated and passionate activist students to lobby the government to take action on climate change and other environmental issues including green jobs, clean energy and environmental justice. We will be sending a delegation from the EAC to represent Harvard and our committee in DC. Harvard College’s Cuban-American undergraduate Student Association (CAUSA) has been invited to the Raíces de Esperanza Cuba Conference “Generaccion RDE” in Miami. CAUSA will be honored at the conference for being one of the nation’s oldest and most active Cuban-American groups, and we will be expected to give a presentation on our accomplishments and will be honoring a distinguished alumnus. Given the vibrant community at Harvard of students interested in Cuba, we ask for your support in order to attend this academic conference. Currently there are multiple academic panels with professors from around the country, distinguished authors, well respected dissidents, and prominent cultural figures who will be discussing and giving diverse perspectives on the current situation in Cuba and its implications on U.S. policy. The conference and its international non-profit host organization specifically target populations of students from universities around the nation. There are expected to be over 250 participants allowing us Harvard students to exchange with diverse groups of students and scholars that we would not otherwise have the opportunity to engage with. The Harvard community has been discouraged from pursuing this amazing opportunity because airfare, the most reasonable mode of transportation to Miami, is extremely high, currently over $250 plus a $20 conference registration fee. Students seem to be willing to give a partial contribution towards these expenses, but they will need significant help with this cost burden. We have already arranged for housing with friends who live in Miami and meals will be covered by the conference hosts, doing our part as leaders to reduce costs for Harvard students. But in order to maximize the opportunity that this conference offers to Harvard undergraduates, we respectfully ask the support of the Undergraduate Council’s Student Organization Travel Grants. We would like to emphasize again that this is a unique chance for our organization and its affiliated students to receive international recognition while learning at a prestigious conference among the brightest minds on Cuba in the world. Sincerely yours,Daniel Balmori and Daniel LageCoPresidents of the Cuban-American Undergraduate Student Association We took 50 Harvard students to Brown University for the Ivy Council Leadership Conference Feb. 6-8. We transported people via the T and the Commuter Rail (the most economical forms of transportation) and had individuals split cabs (4 people per cab) to transport the one mile from the Providence train station to Brown University.We are requesting reimbursement from the Student Life fund for transportation costs and logistics. Dean Kidd gave preliminary approval for our group to front the expenses and use the Student Life Fund. Harvard College’s Cuban-American undergraduate Student Association (CAUSA) has been invited to the Raíces de Esperanza Cuba Conference “Generaccion RDE” in Miami. CAUSA will be honored at the conference for being one of the nation’s oldest and most active Cuban-American groups, and we will be expected to give a presentation on our accomplishments and will be honoring a distinguished alumnus. Given the vibrant community at Harvard of students interested in Cuba, we ask for your support in order to attend this academic conference. Currently there are multiple academic panels with professors from around the country, distinguished authors, well respected dissidents, and prominent cultural figures who will be discussing and giving diverse perspectives on the current situation in Cuba and its implications on U.S. policy. The conference and its international non-profit host organization specifically target populations of students from universities around the nation. There are expected to be over 250 participants allowing us Harvard students to exchange with diverse groups of students and scholars that we would not otherwise have the opportunity to engage with. The Harvard community has been discouraged from pursuing this amazing opportunity because airfare, the most reasonable mode of transportation to Miami, is extremely high, currently over $250 plus a $20 conference registration fee. Students seem to be willing to give a partial contribution towards these expenses, but they will need significant

help with this cost burden. We have already arranged for housing with friends who live in Miami and meals will be covered by the conference hosts, doing our part as leaders to reduce costs for Harvard students. But in order to maximize the opportunity that this conference offers to Harvard undergraduates, we respectfully ask the support of the Undergraduate Council’s Student Organization Travel Grants. We would like to emphasize again that this is a unique chance for our organization and its affiliated students to receive international recognition while learning at a prestigious conference among the brightest minds on Cuba in the world.

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Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program is a student group on campus that collaborates with Harvard Medical School and Brookline High School in volunteering for local health screenings that are supported by the National Kidney Foundation. We participate in these screenings to help community members identify kidney disease risk factors. Our physician mentor, Dr. Li-Li Hsiao, helps us identify community sites and local venues for these screenings as well as connecting us with educational and publicity opportunities such as academic conferences to encourage the expansion of our program. I will be representing KDSAP to present an abstract on our community service initiatives and awareness outreach programs at the National Kidney Foundation's Clinical Meeting in Nashville during the last week of March. This will increase the visibility of our student group at the nationally level and enable us to identify physician mentors around the country who may help us expand our program to other high schools, universities and medical schools. This is also an opportunity to learn from other like-minded organizations and their operations. When I return from this conference, I will share my findings with other members of KDSAP, the rest of Harvard student body, as well as the hundreds of community members who benefit from our health screenings and education outreach in the hopes of bettering our community services programs and effectively mobilizing students in these efforts. The primary objective of the Crimson Dance Team is to provide the Harvard community with an opportunity for committed dancers to continue building their skills and performing at an intense, high-caliber level. One of the principal ways in which we achieve this goal is by participating annually in the National Dance Alliance’s Collegiate Competition, which is held in Daytona Beach, Florida and broadcast on Fox Sports Network. This is our most difficult yet rewarding project of the year, allowing us to showcase our hard work and talents at the national level. Our appearance at this competition, in a genre where Ivy League schools are so rarely represented, enables us to expand the reputation of both athletics and the arts at Harvard as well as establish Harvard’s competitiveness off campus, on a national stage, in an “unexpected” field. We have excelled at competition, last year placing 5th in the nation in Division I dance. But continually our greatest challenge is funding the exorbitant costs of this project. The teams with whom we compete enjoy the benefit of varsity sports funding and coaching. If we can perform adequate fundraising and receive enough support from the UC and other granting bodies, then we will be able to return to competition in an even better position this year. PowerShift is a conference that brings together motivated and passionate activist students to lobby the government to take action on climate change and other environmental issues including green jobs, clean energy and environmental justice. We will be sending a delegation from the EAC to represent Harvard and our committee in DC.

27S-13 The Online Advising Forum Act Representative Josh Nuni (Cabot â&#x20AC;&#x2122;10) UC Parliamentarian Eric Hysen (Mather â&#x20AC;&#x2122;11) WHEREAS many students are unable to get answers to advising questions through the existing advising system, and WHEREAS students have expressed that peer advising can be as valuable or more valuable than advising from adults, and WHEREAS the Internet allows for peer advising beyond the traditional one-to-one model, and WHEREAS the Council realizes that decentralized online peer advising cannot replace the traditional advising model, but should be looked at as a potentially valuable supplement; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council establish an online advising forum, containing a discussion board for undergraduates to receive answers to simple advising questions from their peers over the internet; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that prior to establishing the forum, the sponsors shall consult with UC Representatives, Peer Advising Fellows, the Advising Programs Office, and other interested parties to design an effective and usable system; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all pages on the forum include a notice stipulating that the UC cannot endorse the validity of any advice provided through the forum, that the forum should not be used to discuss sensitive matters, and that students should not treat the forum as a replacement for the existing advising system; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that $10 be allocated from the operations fund to register a domain name for the forum, to be determined by the sponsors; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Ad-Hoc Student Relations Committee shall aid in publicizing the forum to the study body once it is established. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that prior to the launch of this forum, its rules, regulations, procedures, and design will be subject to final approval by a vote of Undergraduate Council. Student Affairs Committee: Docketed: 12-0-0 Student Affairs Committee: Recommended: 6-4-2 Executive Board: Docketed: 5-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 25-2-4

Secretary’s Note This legislation was divided into two separate questions. The remaining portion, which was deliberated and voted on separately by the Council, is listed as 27S-14B

27S-14A The ‘Get Out of Cambridge’ Endorsement Act UC Parliamentarian Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) UC Communications Director Daniel Kroop (Pforzheimer ’10) UC Public Relations Director Amanda Lu (Eliot ’11) Co-Sponsors Get Out of Cambridge Co-Founder Robert Corty (Mather ’10) Get Out of Cambridge Co-Founder Zachary Smith (Kirkland ’09) WHEREAS the UC supports independent student initiatives that improve undergraduate life, and WHEREAS the student-run web site GetOutofCambridge.com provides a valuable service to the undergraduate community by offering flight price comparisons and a cab-sharing tool at no additional cost to student users, and WHEREAS an official UC endorsement of the service would make it more useful for undergraduates; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council endorses GetOutofCambridge.com; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council shall aid in publicizing the service through emails to House lists and other methods at the discretion of the Student Relations Committee; and

Finance Committee: Docketed: 10-0-0 Finance Committee: Recommended: 6-1-3 Student Relations: Reported: 5-0-0 Student Relations: Recommended: 5-0-0 Executive Board: Docketed: 4-0-1 Undergraduate Council: 31-0-0

Secretary’s Note This legislation was divided into two separate questions. The remaining portion, which was deliberated and voted on separately by the Council, is listed as 27S-14A

27S-14B The ‘Get Out of Cambridge’ Endorsement Act UC Parliamentarian Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) UC Communications Director Daniel Kroop (Pforzheimer ’10) UC Public Relations Director Amanda Lu (Eliot ’11) Co-Sponsors Get Out of Cambridge Co-Founder Robert Corty (Mather ’10) Get Out of Cambridge Co-Founder Zachary Smith (Kirkland ’09) BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that $200 be allocated from the grants fund to assist GetOutofCambridge.com with its initial publicity efforts; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that for the remainder of the term of the twenty-seventh Undergraduate Council, the Council will receive fifteen (15) percent of the profits grossed from the website. Finance Committee: Docketed: 10-0-0 Finance Committee: Recommended: 6-1-3 Student Relations: Reported: 5-0-0 Student Relations: Recommended: 5-0-0 Executive Board: Docketed: 4-0-1 Undergraduate Council: 15-14-2

27S-15 The Women In Politics at Harvard and Beyond Co-Sponsorship Act UC Parliamentarian Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) SAC CCL Vice Chair Senan Ebrahim (East Yard ’12) Finance Committee Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ’11) UC Communications Director Daniel Kroop (Pfoho ’10) UC Secretary Doug Lloyd (Eliot ’09) UC Treasurer Tony Britt (Lowell ’10) BE IT RESOLVED by the Undergraduate Council that the Council co-sponsors the Women in Politics at Harvard and Beyond event, being held during Women’s Week on March 12 featuring UC President Andrea R. Flores ’10. Executive Board: Docketed 5-0-0 Executive Board: Recommended 5-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 31-0-0

27S-16 Spring Grants Pack 4.0 Finance Committee Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ‘11) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate down below,

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Fall applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein. Grants Fund: Grant ID Project Name 759 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 814

The Exonerated Purim Palooza Eleganza 2009 New members Welcome Creating Community for BRYE Summer Staff Habitat for Humanity Yearly Social Harvard Aikikai Operating Budget Harvard Aikikai Spring Seminar Boxing Equipment and Expenses Dumplings Invites AADT: Dance Workshop

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Project Description Grant ID Project Description â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Exoneratedâ&#x20AC;? is a profound, often humorous, and sometimes heart-wrenching play that follows the stories of 6 former death-row inmates who have since been exonerated through evidence presented decades later. Often with members of their families, the exonerees share the factual details and emotions behind their arrests, their experience with the court and penal systems, and their release. The show concludes with reflections from the various characters, black and white, male and female, from the American South and the Midwest, all of who shed new light on the realities of being an alleged criminal in Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s penal system. Here we are presented with a series of vignettes, where each character speaks directly to the audience, carrying their story through to its completion but also interspersing their narrative between those of their fellow exonerees and the voice of Delbert, the chorus. The audience moves between narratives, finds similarities and 759 sometimes, stark contrasts in the themes, experiences and feelings the authors present. Purim Palooza is a Harvard community celebration of the Jewish holiday, Purim, one of the most festive Jewish holidays. As a very popular Jewish holiday, Purim is enjoyed by many Jewish undergrads and recognized from their childhoods. Therefore, Purim is an ideal Jewish holiday to share and celebrate as a larger Harvard community. Purim Palooza is a college-style celebration of Purim as a dance party in Harvard Hillel with Jewish music and traditional Purim food, such as hamentashen cookies that represent the hats worn by the villain in the Purim story, and is one of Hillel's biggest social events of the semester. Our hope in organizing this year's Purim Palooza is to provide a positive and fun, as well as educational, Jewish experience not only to Jewish students, but also to the larger undergraduate community. To encourage widespread access and participation in Purim Palooza, we do not charge any entrance fee nor do we charge for food and drinks. We have held this event in past years, and it has been very successful, drawing a large crowd of 150-200 students. Food is critical to the event because so much of celebrating Purim is through the food Jews eat, namely hamentashen cookies that we would need to order from a kosher bakery. Having free food available to sample is part of learning and experiencing Jewish culture, and it is key to providing a real sense of a Purim celebration to the Harvard undergraduate community. Purim Palooza is a wonderful event that has provided Harvard undergraduates with a fun party with an introduction to and interaction with Jewish culture. We look forward to the event and would very 806 much appreciate your funding support. Eleganza 2009 strives to embody diversity through music and dance, providing a venue where all cultures, ethnicities, and tastes can be expressed openly and creatively. Every year, our entertainment event raises funds, which we donate to The Center for Teen Empowerment. It was founded in 1992 in order to utilize the potential of young people to generate solutions to difficult problems. The organization's mission is to empower youth and adults as agents of positive individual, institutional, and social change in their neighborhoods. Though Eleganza was established as a small fashion show meant to redefine what most considered to be beautiful, the event has grown in size and popularity to become Harvard's most anticipated event of the year. More than any other event at Harvard, Eleganza provides a space where students of all races, interests, and sexualities can come together to enjoy the production. At the event, we show appreciation to our sponsors by announcing their support on stage, printing ads in our program book, and having flyers or other products in our publicity bags 807 which are distributed to all attendees. After spring auditions we welcome the new members with a screening of our previous show and a appetizers. Because we performed our last 808 show with TAPS! Dance Co., we are also inviting them. The Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment Summer Program (BRYE) serves 90 immigrant children in the Dorchester area. While our mission statement predominately speaks about these ninety kids, it is not the only community that we serve. Our camp is run by a team of collegeaged students, two directors and nine senior counselors (SC). Both positions are comprehensive and intense that are aimed at student development. Our goal is to create independent and invested teachers that are socially-aware and dedicated to long-term change. We want our Harvard students to develop emotional and intellectual connections to the immigrant community in Dorchester. This must first be 809 achieved by establishing a sense of community within our college-aged staff. A connected staff will be more effective teachers and mentors

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to the campers and can therefore have more transformative experiences. A connected staff can also act as a support system for each other for this experience that is often called, "The Hardest thing you'll ever Love to do." We will establish this through welcoming meetings and bonding activities in the Spring. For example, we would like to host introductory walking tours of Dorchester on the first of March.In addition, we need to have efficient and effective communication within the group. We wish to have prepared and informed senior counselors, and to do so we need to be in constant communication. This will include updates on fundraising and field trip planning, as well as other things. While training of senior counselors does not begin until June, we wish to prepare them as much as possible during the Spring, so to ensure successful and fulfilling experiences for our college-aged participants. This is an event as a Habitat for Humanity social to get all the trip participants to get to know each other. On Tuesday, march 3rd 8:309:30pm, everyone will get together and meet to discuss the different trips and their goals. The Harvard Aikikai is a club sport which practices aikido, a Japanese martial art which focuses on balance and redirecting energy. This grant is intended to help pay for our instructors, who teach 8 classes a week. Every year, the Harvard Aikikai hosts a fall seminar in which we invite a renown aikido instructor from outside of the Harvard community to teach a two-day seminar. The seminar is targeted towards a broad audience and made open to the public. Classes are taught at a beginner level, but will also feature high-level instructor demonstrations. The Harvard Boxing Club provides a recreational boxing opportunity for those affiliated with the university. We also provide coaching three times a week, as well as sparring opportunities to improve practical skills. We create a comfortable learning space for people of all skill levels, genders, and backgrounds. We provide a variety of equipment included heavy bags, sparring gloves, bag globes, speed bags, mitts, medicine balls, workout mats, headgear, wraps, mouth guards, etc.

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Every year, Dumplings invites AADT, the Asian American Dance Troupe, to come perform for us and teach us a few dance moves. This year, they performed an Eastern Imperial dance, and taught a Taiwanese Aboriginal dance. As part of our arts and crafts activity, we made Taiwanese aboriginal headdresses, bracelets, and parasols (which are also often used as props in traditional Chinese dance). It was great fun and we had a great turnout! Afterwards, we had a small breakfast social, where we served bagels, muffin, and cereal. Costs were used to buy beads (for the bracelets and the headdresses) as well as wooden dowels (for the parasols. Harvard College Bowl was invited to participate in the MIT mirror of the Stanford Cardinal Classic tournament, which rewards both cultural literacy and teamwork in an intercollegiate setting. Harvard performed admirably against such teams as Brown, Dartmouth, and Hampshire, and one of the two Harvard teams placed second in the top bracket. Individually, sophomore Ted Gioia ranked fourth and freshman Dallas Simons ranked seventh (based on cumulative scores), beating out many older, more experienced opponents. The Harvard College Economics Review is the largest student run economics magazine on campus. We distribute for free to all undergraduates dorms. We have published 5 issues now and are very thankful for the UC's help throughout the years. Our magazine is in the style of the Economist, so that all undergraduates can understand the writing regardless of their academic background. We are funded by a mixture of grants and advertisements. This year's economic slowdown has significantly hampered our advertising efforts and increased the need for UC support. The most important time for HCEWB members is in between trips when research, planning, and consultations are conducted. HCEWB consults with our professional engineering mentors from Boston Engineers without Borders and professional Harvard mentors, including Professor James Rice and Dr. Marie Dahleh. On March 7, 2009, we have asked members of the Boston Engineers without Borders to present a practical workshop which will include: How to develop an EWB-rural water scheme projectHow to determine which scheme is appropriate, given scale,accessibility, and population constraintsHands-on demonstration of how hand-pumps work and how to build aconcrete spring boxAn NGWA professional discussing drinking water well constructionCase study examples of previously successful projects We expect 50-75 of our HCEWB members, around 50 Harvard students interested in engineering or international development, and additional students from the Boston area to attend the workshop, which will be held in the Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH). Following the workshop from 2-5PM will be a mixer for people to discuss projects and ideas presented in the workshop individually with EWB professional mentors.

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Since our funding from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences go directly to our trip implementation costs, we rely on other grants for workshops and conferences during the school year. Last fall, Harvard College Stories for Orphans had the opportunity to write, illustrate, and translate stories for orphans in Peru. All of our participating students were awarded the unique chance to affect the lives of orphans in Peru by fostering their imagination and love of reading. Most importantly, however, is the connection the children receive from each of us, knowing that we have personalized these stories for them. Recently, we have received photos of our children in Peru. In these photos, the children were smiling and enjoying our books. We were all touched and felt even closer to the children. We wish to foster this connection by learning to appreciate the culture of these children we have come to love. Harvard College Stories for Orphans wishes to host a Peruvian party in celebration of these childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s culture. At this party, we would provide Peruvian music, food, and games. The funding you would provide would encourage both a cultural interest in our students and a love for such an important mission. Harvard College Team HBV partnered with Harvard China Care as well as KDSAP to bring a fun Mardi Gras themed study break to Ticknor while at the same time answering questions about Asian American health disparaties. The money will be used to purchase practice and electric epee equipment as well as tools for old equipment reparations. This semester Harvard Polish Society will cooperate with another Harvard group, Harvard College Stories for Orphans in a joint semester-long project that aims at creating, illustrating and translating individualized stories for small 3-9 yr-old children in Polish Orphanages. The HCSO club has been active since last fall and they have successfuly created 23 distinct children stories for 23 children in an orphanage in Lima last fall. This semester they will work with 2-3 orphanages in Poland and Harvard Polish Society is honored to offer help in translation as well as explaining cultural trends among Polish children to the story writers. The grant we are applying for is therefore aimed at 1. supporting Stories for Orphans in their production process 2. organizing a "Polish Storytelling Event", during which the HPS member will share their knowledge of old Polish tales and legend with HCSO members as well as "Translating Night", during which HPS members will translate the written original stories, with help and assistance of the original writers. This project will result in sending beautiful gifts to children in Poland as well as promote the Polish childhood literature and language among members of both groups. As another academic year comes to a close, we would like to hold an exceptionally fun and exciting HUEA meeting to help get people motivated for the last stretch of the semester. By turning a standard meeting into a dinner event, we hope to foster group bonding and allow people to reconnect. The Shoryuhai is currently the largest and most prestigious intercollegiate kendo â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that is, Japanese fencing - tournament in the United States, with a history of over a decade of excellence. Teams come from all over North America, including Canada and Mexico, to compete, and we are currently in the process of expanding it to include international competitors, in the hopes of fostering better relationships and sharing new experiences among the students. In addition to the development of friendships across countries and schools, this tournament is also an opportunity for Harvard students to learn more about a celebrated sport in Japan that is an integral part of both its culture and history. HCEF has acquired a new space on top of Boloco's/HSA and we rolled out a huge "opening night" to celebrate what we believe to be a huge new addition to our community and Harvard community in general. With this space, we now have resources for anyone to come and work on their entrepreneurship projects, various startups, and general space for people to get together and discuss their business plans. It is the first time that Entrepreneurship has really taken ahold of Harvard campus, and the opening of the space marks this super important event. We let entrepreneurs on campus bounce off ideas with other creative minds on projects each can start to solve, including needs for new technologies, poverty in developing countries, inequalities and inefficiencies in health care and healthy lifestyles. Then, they can work with IdeaTrust to make those ideas happen, through weekly "roadblock" sessions where we update each other on project progress and work through roadblocks together. We created this networking/tutorial for students to learn how to write a business plan that sells their idea effectively. Funding is vital for entrepreneurship - and all of it depends on the business plan. We use this event to be the one that launches our entrepreneur's ideas. This event was set up as an information/help session for our many young entrepreneurs on campus to learn the legalities of starting a

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business. Legal issues are one of the biggest deterrents to entrepreneurship, and we wanted to tackle this obstacle through our info session. The Codman Square Volunteer Program staffs the childcare center at the Codman Square Health Center and teaches a currriculum about healthy diet and lifestyle through fun and interactive games and activities. This grant is to fund the purchase of the supplies needed for the curriculum, such as art supplies and play food and doctor's equipment (which are used to teach lessons about nutrition and fitness). The Mission Hill After School Program held its first training of the fall semester for program volunteers. We met from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in Phillips Brooks House. We introduced the program and explained program policies/schedules. Then we broke out into smaller groups to discuss tutoring techniques and allow coordinators to meet their counselors. We served soda and snacks to our volunteers. We provide each volunteer and staff member with an information packet about program as well as another packet that discusses each student's academic strengths and weaknesses. After the first week of program, MHASP held a counselor bonding event so that counselors from different days and different color groups would be able to meet each other. We find that our counselor bonding events are the best way to build mhasp-wide community among our undergraduate volunteers. We served soda, juice, and light refreshments (chips, crackers, and cheese). We invited all 140 of our undergraduate volunteers and 100 people were able to attend. The Tea Party is Woodbridge's bi-annual event, where the community meets once again to share their wonderful winter tales. This year, Woodbridge is introducing the element of jazz, with a great jazz music in the background, while everyone revels in conversation and good tea. The tea party also served as the last event of the former Executive Board. The Tea Party has been a staple in Woodbridge's calendar of events, and has consistently proven to be a successful and well-attended affair. Make A Difference was this year's HPSD drive to show Harvard undergraduates how they can contribute to the global effort to fight poverty in the developing world. Through a series of presentations, HPSD members showcased a variety of upcoming spring events and summer projects. The first presentations allowed students to find out about different ways they can participate in on-campus events, such as the Global Health forum. The majority of the presentations that followed showed students how they can become involved in development ground-work, though HPSD projects in Nicaragua, Uganda, and the Dominican Republic. The end of the presentations was followed by food and an informal mingling session that allowed students to approach the different HPSD groups to ask specific questions and pick up project applications.

27S-17 Attendance Policy Reform Act

UC Secretary Doug Lloyd (Eliot ’09) UC Parliamentarian Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) WHEREAS there have been many questions and concerns recently with respect to the Undergraduate Council’s attendance policy, and WHEREAS it is in the best interest of the representatives of the Undergraduate Council to have clear guidelines with respect to this attendance policy, and WHEREAS it is in the best interest of the undergraduates of Harvard College to ensure that the representatives elected by them are meeting their obligations; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that Section 21.1 of the By-Laws of the Undergraduate Council be amended to read as follows: Section 21. Attendance. Section 21.1 Record (A) Procedure. The Secretary of the Council shall call roll at the announced time of the beginning and end of each regular general meeting, and shall note all arrivals and departures of representatives from the meeting, and the times thereof, until the meeting is adjourned. The Secretary or equivalent officer of each of the standing committees shall call roll at the announced time of the beginning of each regular committee meeting, and shall note all arrivals and departures of representatives from the meeting, and the times thereof, until the meeting is adjourned. Absence from either roll call shall count as one half of an absence. Absence from both shall count as a full absence. Members failing to vote on any constitutional amendment shall be assessed one absence. The Secretary or equivalent officer of each committee shall record the name of each member present at each regular committee meeting, and shall promptly deposit this roll with the Secretary. An election commissioner absent from a committee meeting on election business will be excused. All absence records shall be cleared at the end of each semester. (B) Half-Absence. Any one of the following is considered grounds for receipt of one half-absence: arrival after the conclusion of the roll call at the beginning of a general or committee meeting or absence upon the adjournment of a general or committee meeting; absence from a substantive portion still less than fifty percent of a general or committee meeting, as determined by the start and end times of said meetings, at the discretion of the Secretary. Where a representative is present for more than fifty percent of a general or committee meeting, as determined by the start and end times of said meetings, but is not present during both roll call and adjournment, they shall only be assessed a half absence. (C) Full Absence. Any one of the following is considered grounds for receipt of one full absence: arrival after the conclusion of the roll call at the beginning of a general or committee meeting and absence upon the adjournment of a general or committee meeting, except as noted in 21.1(B) above; absence from fifty percent or more of a general or committee meeting, as determined by the start and end times of those meetings; failure to vote on a constitutional amendment. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Section 21.3 of the By-Laws of the Undergraduate Council be amended to read as follows: Section 21.3 Expulsion Upon the call to order of any Executive Board meeting, The Vice President must expel any member who has been absent from three or more regular Council meetings, three or more regular Student Affairs or Finance Committee meetings, or any combination of four absences from regular Council meetings and regular Student Affairs or Finance Committee meetings shall be expelled from the Council. These expulsions occur automatically and are not subject to any deliberation or vote. The Vice-President shall notify members due to be expelled for reasons related to the attendance policy a minimum of twenty-four hours before the call to order of each regular Executive Board meeting. The Vice-President has the sole authority to make such an expulsion and this decision to expel for reasons of attendance is not subject to any deliberation by the Council. These pending expulsions must be announced in the Vice President’s remarks during the next full

Council meeting. Should the expelled member with the pending expulsion be reinstated before the next full Council meeting, the Vice President’s remarks should reflect both the expulsion and reinstatement. The Vice President must notify the member of his or her pending expulsion at the regular Council meeting immediately following the absence which incurred the expulsion. Expelled members must attend the first or second meeting of the Executive Board occurring after they have been notified by the Vice-President in order to be considered for reinstatement. Irrevocable expulsion shall be effective immediately following the conclusion of the second first subsequent Executive Board meeting following the announcement VicePresident’s notification to the representative of his or her of the pending expulsion, unless the member shall have been reinstated or the member's reinstatement fails at the first Executive Board meeting. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Section 21.4 of the By-Laws of the Undergraduate Council be amended to read as follows: Section 21.4 Reinstatement If an expelled member wishes to be reinstated, he or she must appear before the Executive Board at its next meeting. The An expelled member shall have time to speak to the Executive Board and answer questions. A two-thirds vote of the Executive Board shall be required for reinstatement, in which case the member's absences shall be reduced as the Executive Board deems appropriate. If the expelled former member is not reinstated, he or she is expelled the expulsion is irrevocable. Failure to appear at the meeting where expulsion occurs or the meeting directly following expulsion, without prior notice to the Executive Board, will make that expulsion irrevocable. Failure to appear at the meeting directly following expulsion will make that expulsion irrevocable, except in the case of debilitating illness or family emergency, in which case If prior notice is given, the Executive Board may consider reinstatement in the expelled member's absence. No member shall be expelled and no expulsion shall be made irrevocable through negligence or error on the part of the Executive Board or any Council officer. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the provisions of this legislation take effect immediately upon its passage by the full council, that it apply retroactively to all prior meetings of the Twenty-Seventh Spring Council, and that the meeting at which the passage of this legislation occurs will be subject to the amended by-laws. Rules Committee: Docketed: 5-0-0 Rules Committee: Recommended: 5-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 28-0-2

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Section 21.1(A) eliminates roll calls at the end of general and committee meetings, but reinforces that a roll call should be held at the beginning of each general and committee meeting. It also establishes that secretaries of the council and of the committees must keep note of the time of arrivals and departures of representatives, which can be used as mollifying evidence in reinstatement hearings in the case where a member is expelled. Section 21.1(B) lists the three reasons representatives can be assessed a half absence. It also eliminates the rare circumstance that a representative who is present for most of a meeting, but is not present at the beginning and end, is assessed a full absence. Section 21.1(C) lists the three reasons representatives can be assessed a full absence. Section 21.3 clarifies when a member’s expulsion takes effect, and outlines provisions for when and how a member’s reinstatement hearing can take place. Section 21.4 adds language that allows the Executive Board to consider reinstatement of a member in the event that a member cannot attend the Executive Board meeting where the reinstatement hearing is taking place, so long as prior notification by that representative has been given that they will not be in attendance.

27S-18 Speak Out, I’m Listening: Mental Health Protocol at After Hours Urgent Care Act SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) Representative Samad Khurram (Winthrop ’10) Co-Sponsors Lianna Karp, Co-Director of Room 13, and Co-Chair of Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy Group WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council recognizes that many students accessing immediate mental health assistance at After Hours Urgent Care may be helped by additional resources and evidence of support; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council work with Room 13, the Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy Group, and the director of After Hours Urgent Care and Stillman Infirmary to implement the following recommendations: x x x

A public sign in the waiting room reminding students that counseling and support is available at AHUC 24 hours a day for students who are in need. Consider new or additional ways to offer ongoing training to AHUC staff members, including meetings with peer counseling groups and student groups, or gatekeeper trainings. Offer students waiting to be seen numbers of Peer Counseling lines as well as other resource numbers. Student Affairs Committee: Docketed: 11-0-0 Student Affairs Committee: Recommended: 11-0-0 Executive Board: Docketed: 5-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 30-0-0

27S-19 Improving Global Access to Harvard Technology Act UC Public Relations Director Amanda Lu (Eliot ’11) SAC CCL Vice-Chair Senan Ebrahim (East Yard ’12) SAC CHL Vice-Chair George Hayward (Currier ’11) SAC CUE Vice-Chair Sarah Honig (Lowell ’10) Co-Sponsors: Sarah Sorscher, Universities Allied for Essential Medicine Krishna Prabhu, Harvard College Global Health and AIDS Coalition WHEREAS the Harvard Undergraduate Council recognizes the need to expand access to Harvard technology in an effort to combat health epidemics in developing nations in an ethical manner, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council sign on to the following letter, allowing for subsequent changes, urging Provost Steven Hyman to take immediate steps to create a policy that will increase global access to Harvard technology; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council sign on to the Philadelphia Consensus Statement; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council will lend support to the initiative through publicity and follow-up with administrators and faculty members as deemed necessary by the co-sponsors of the legislation. To: Provost Steven Hyman Date: March 15, 2009 Re: Improving Global Access to Harvard Technology Dear Provost Hyman, As a research university, Harvard serves as an important source of new medical innovation that has the potential to make a profound impact around the globe. An estimated 10 million people die every year because they are unable to access existing drugs and vaccines. Meanwhile, technologies being developed today in Harvard labs hold the promise of revolutionary new advances, such as vaccines for HIV/AIDS, treatments for malaria, and diagnostic tools. As a non-profit institution with a nearly four-century tradition of advancing knowledge, we believe that Harvard has the opportunity and the responsibility to ensure that these advances are accessible to patients in developing countries, who are often the most in need of the technologies we create. Harvard currently does not have a policy to promote global access to health technologies when negotiating licenses with industry partners. Several recent agreements demonstrate the feasibility of including access provisions in licenses, but these cases remain ad hoc. An explicit access policy would complement and support the work of the Office of Technology Development (OTD). Such a policy is both desirable and achievable, and would increase the social impact of Harvard research. We believe that a meeting between stakeholders, which you have so thoughtfully agreed to facilitate, is useful to promote dialogue. However, coming to a consensus on a set of workable policy recommendations will likely require more than a single day to achieve. We therefore ask that you convene a committee to investigate fully the complex challenges of making our technologies more accessible in developing countries, and that you mandate this body to formulate policy recommendations for your consideration. We request that you form this committee before the end of the semester and include faculty, administrators, OTD, and student representatives. We appreciate the leadership you have shown on this issue, and look forward to working with you in the future. Sincerely, Harvard Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Harvard Global Health and AIDS Coalition Harvard Law Advocates Global Health Initiative Harvard School of Public Health Student AIDS Tank

American Medical Students Association at Harvard Medical School Students for Global Health at Harvard Medical School Students for Global Health at Harvard Kennedy School

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27S-20 Spring Grants Pack 5.0 FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ‘11) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Fall applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein. Grants Fund: Grant ID Project Name 833 The Fiery Furnace 834 Homenaje Latino 2009 835 Lighting for House Theater 836

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Project Description An original operatic composition by Junior Robin Reinert. The story is the biblical tale of and the three brothers Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego who survive being thrown into the furnace by King Nebuchandnezzar after refusing to bow down to his golden idol. With a cast of 5, a chorus of 6 and an orchestra of 20, this unique production hopes to be open to everyone and without ticket prices. The opera is only 40 minutes long so we hope to do this project without ticket prices to bring the largest crowds for such a small production. Cultura, comunidad, y orgullo (culture, community, and pride). We, the Harvard Latino community, believe that these are the sentiments are the heart of every one of our Latino organizations. We want to ask for your help in the production of the 4th Annual Homenaje Latino in an effort to continue its tradition of rewarding excellence while promoting Latino culture and leadership within the Harvard community. Homenaje Latino is the first of many endeavors of a Latino population who wishes to promote a sense of community at Harvard that extends beyond country borders and renders spatial differences obsolete. The success achieved by previous years' galas has encouraged us to once again unite Harvard's Latino community—students, alumni, professors and family members—under one roof to celebrate Latinos and their accomplishments within as well as beyond the campus gates. Together, we will reflect on and thank those who, through hard work, have led this community to strive for and attain excellence. Homenaje Latino unites our Harvard Latino organizations including the Cuban-American Undergraduate Student Association (CAUSA), Fuerza Latina, Harvard Organization for Latin America (HOLA), La Organización de Puertorriqueños (La O), Latinas Unidas, Latino Men's Collective, and RAZA, as well as others. The night features various artistic performances, recognition of graduating Latinos, a renowned guest speaker, and a gala dinner and dance. It is through events, like Homenaje Latino, that we are able to honor and inspire our community. However, in order to make such a wonderful event a reality, we realize that we need the generous assistance of other organizations. We would like to apply for funding to buy lighting equipment for house theater. At the moment, no such resource exists and there is a critical window right now where we have the opportunity to purchase lights that the American Repertory Theater (on Brattle Street) is planning to get rid of when they update their inventory. These lights would be available to us at low prices due to a relationship that Tom Morgan, the head of technical theater in the houses through the OFA, has with the ART. Unfortunately, they do not have the resources to purchase these lights, and we feel that the project should receive UC funding because the lights will be available to many future Harvard students for theater projects done outside the framework of the Loeb and the HRDC. These lights would be put to immediate use for Hamlet in the Leverett Old Library and would then be put in to storage and made available for any other student groups trying to put on theater in the houses with limited technical resources in the future.

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The Global Initiative for Women's Empowerment is an organization dedicated to empowering impoverished women in developing countries to uplifting their communities by providing them with medical and educational means. Our annual publication, SEVA magazine, is one of our main projects. Its objective is to share the experiences of Harvard undergraduates who have spent their summers working on problems of global health, poverty, and education in developing countries with other Harvard students, thus imforming and empowering the Harvard community at large to take on significant international work abroad. The SEVA launch party will succeed in bringing people who wrote for the publication together with students who hope to learn from these writers, and help set up conversations that may be critical in informing Harvard students about what it is possible to do with their summers. The launch party will also help initially serve in distribution of SEVA magazine, which helps Harvard students make informed decisions based on their peers' experiences about spending their summers in international development. Our trip is departing for Honduras the next day (it's a spring break Habitat for Humanity service trip), and to get a kick start on the group bonding we wanted to have a nice, final All-American dinner before we get on the plane at the ungodly hour of 4:00 a.m. Winter Fire was a social Salsa dance that the Ballroom Team organized on campus. It was open to all Harvard affiliates and persons interested in social dancing, but primarily aimed at undergraduates. The intention of the dance was to teach and promote salsa and other latin ballroom dancing throughout the community as both a social activity and art form. Before the dance officially began, the team held a salsa class in the dining hall, teaching both beginners and experienced dancers alike the basics of salsa dancing, along with other, flashier steps and technique. Later on in the evening, we also had a latin dance showcase, performed by members of the team. Our aim with this dance was to introduce the Harvard undergraduate community to the joys of

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Holi, the festival of colors, is a Hindu holiday observed in India that commemorates the coming of spring. Traditionally, Hindus spend the first day lighting bonfires to signify the death of the demoness Holika. However, the cornerstone tradition of Holi is the throwing of “colors”. On the second day, people throw colored flour and water at each other all day. In fact, the colored flour people throw consists of various Ayurvedic medicines that help combat illnesses due to the changing of the seasons. Holi is one of the most famous Hindu celebrations, and Hindus around the world celebrate Holi at their local temples. Every year, Dharma enacts the most important tradition of Holi here on campus. Traditionally, up to 200 students (both Hindu and non-Hindu) throw “colors” at each other in the Mac Quad. Rain or shine, Harvard students and friends gleefully enjoy the festivities, and without fail, smother their favorite friends in colored powder. In addition, Dharma hosts an indoor celebration with food and traditional Indian games, such as kabbadi and caramboard. Dharma’s celebration of Holi provides an excellent opportunity for Hindus on campus to celebrate an age-old tradition. In addition, our event draws a significant portion of non-Hindus, who end up learning about both Holi and Hinduism as a whole. Holi is one of our most important events of the spring semester, as it is a time for our Hindu community to bond with one another, and for the campus at large to explore one of Hinduism’s greatest celebrations. In order to help the members of our community relax somewhat before the Midterm season, HIS planned a Winter Tea Party study break. The students benefited from engaging in fun games, eating delicious and exotic desserts, and enjoying the company of their fellows. The break was also a great, safe and 'clean' alternative to the number of parties around campus that occurred around the same time. There were a number of students present that were not previously very active in the society, as well as a few members of the Cambridge community who joined in the night's fun. Overall, there was very positive feedback from all who attended. This HPF lunch is meant to bring together the Harvard Philippine Forum Community as well as all others interested to an informal lunch with two prominent Filipino media personalities. Karen Davila is an award-winning television and radio broadcast journalist for the Filipino Network, ABS-CBN. Her work on television, for ABS-CBN, involves anchoring on several programs. Diether Ocampo is a Filipino actor, singer, and model, who is also involved in many charity programs. During the lunch, Harvard students and Ms. Davila and Mr. Ocampo talked about Filipino media as well as charity programs that HPF may eventually take part in. To open the spring semester, we advertised the club by postering around campus, to recruit members. We performed a demo and explained what the club was about, and taught the recruits some basic taekwondo. A first get-together for all new recruits to get to know the members of the club. Regular practices for club members, with instruction. Wushu is the practice of contemporary Chinese martial arts. To facilitate Wushu's presence on campus, the board retreat allowed all the directors, outgoing and incoming, to get to know each other and to discuss the future of the Harvard Wushu Club extensively. By sharing ideas and thoughts in an open atmosphere, each director developed an understanding of the concerns affecting Harvard Wushu. Since there were students from different years at the retreat, the directors exchanged stories about the history of Harvard Wushu and how it has developed. Newer directors were able to learn more about Wushu and older ones were reinvigorated in their commitment to the growth of this organization. Much of the time during the retreat was spent on evaluating the goals of Harvard Wushu and how directors can restructure practices to achieve those goals. All the directors are intent on improving the club to make a contribution to student life at the College, and came up with ways to run the club more efficiently. The board was able to put these ideas into practice immediately, for we got started on choreographing our next performance right away at the retreat. The main purpose of the event was to foster a sense of community so that all the directors would be able to better work together to promote undergraduate life through Wushu. We hope that the Undergraduate Council can support us in our efforts to help make martial arts accessible to all College affiliates. This was our second year throwing Graffiti, a party we are hoping to turn into a tradition for CSA. Graffiti is a blacklight party where highlighters are passed out at the door, and people are encouraged to draw on each other (white shirts are encouraged!). White paper is taped all along the walls to allow for an additional avenue of artistic release. By the end of the party, everyone and everything was glowing yellow, orange, and green under the blacklights. It's a great opportunity to relax, and people come as much for the party as for the unique theme. Quad Sounds Studios (QSS) is a professional-quality, student-run music studio located in Pforzheimer House. QSS's mission is to provide both Harvard students and other community members with the resources to realize their artistic visions through recorded music. Studio engineers are instructed, through a comprehensive comp process, in how to run recording sessions using the studio's microphones, external recording equipment, and soundboard, which is integrated with Pro Tools LE7, the industry standard recording software. Engineers also have comprehensive knowledge of the Pro Tools software and, once recording is finished, work with clients to mix and master their audio projects until they sound just as the clients wish. QSS is a valuable resource to the community because the studio provides services that are not found anywhere else on campus. Countless campus clients, from a capella groups to VES thesis

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filmmakers to string quartets, have worked with QSS to produce their recorded music. The current engineers of QSS are committed to expanding the role that the studio plays in serving Harvard musicians and artists.Presently, however, the studio is unable to receive new clients because of a series of events that have rendered the studio incapable of operating. The studio's location in the basement of Pforzheimer House is prone to flooding in excessive rain, and despite consistent efforts on the part of the studio's engineers to keep the storm drains outside the studio unclogged and minimize water entry into the studio, a recent rainstorm has damaged the studio significantly. We have already made arrangements with the Pforzheimer House superintendent to ensure that flooding will be prevented in the future. In the mean time, however, the studio has unfortunately been left incapacitated. Specifically, the flooding destroyed the studio’s computer. As the studio is a digital workspace, all of the relevant software and audio files for music recording and production are contained on the studio computer; without the computer the studio cannot effectively function. Additionally, the interior of the studio (carpeting, paint, etc.) has suffered substantial damage from the flooding. Currently, the floors and walls of the studio are covered in mold. The carpeting needs to be replaced and the walls must be repainted before the studio can be in working order.We hope that QSS can continue to be a resource to the community, but in order for it to be so the studio needs a new computer system along with the relevant software. It is also essential that the interior of the studio be restored before it can begin taking on new clients. The studio's current budget is not capable of covering these costs, so outside funding is a must if the studio is to be resuscitated. NB: the figures for Harvard and other community members who will benefit from our project are not exactly quantifiable, but the studio takes on an average of 15-20 Harvard and outside clients per year. We recently applied to the SAO and have been accepted as an official student organization with the stated goal of starting a new history of science journal at Harvard. The Synthesis journal will have the distinction of being the only undergraduate publication in the nation on subjects in the history of science. It will be open to articlesfrom other universities, thus helping to unify the study of the history of science nationallyand establishing Harvard as a leader in the field. By publishing undergraduate work, itwill offer the published students the unique opportunity to be edited by their peers andprofessors and have their work read by a wide community of scholars. It will bepublished both in hard copy for on-campus distribution and on the web, thus increasingthe potential readership without greatly increasing costs.Undergraduates interested in the history of science at Harvard do not currently have anorganization dedicated to their discipline like OEBug, STAHR, the Harvard Society forMind, Brain, and Behavior, and other academic-themed groups. Synthesis would benefitHarvard College by adding to the diversity of academic theater groups and students whoare passionate about the history of science and opportunity to meet each other andsynthesize their ideas. Synthesis would also give many students the opportunity to bepublished as undergraduates in a journal that would be publicized nationally and placedonline. The Taiwanese Cultural Society is once again holding their annual hallmark event Winterfest, now dubbed Nightmarket, on April 4, 2009, in Quincy Dining Hall. This event is put together and run solely by the freshmen representatives of TCS, and so there are fresh perspectives and new ideas every year. However, the theme every year remains the same: to spread awareness about and give a hands-on introduction to one of the most popular phenomena in Taiwan – the nightmarket. Nightmarkets exist all throughout Taiwan, whether it’s in a huge city like Taipei or in a little village in the mountains. They’re so popular and so crucial because they bring the entire population together. Street vendors line both sidewalks, offering a huge array of clothing, accessories, toys, games, electronics, and more. Also, at the intersections, performers will often set up shop and showcase some of Taiwan’s oldest art forms. While some of the quirkiest outfits and cheapest buys may be found there, it is the food sold at nightmarkets that is especially worth paying attention to. Nightmarkets in Taiwan are particularly well-known for their variety of specialty food items, called “xiaochi.” Among these are oyster pancakes, stinky tofu, and lemon aiyu jelly. Some of the most famous nightmarkets in Taiwanese include Shillin, Liuho, and Feng Chia. In our nightmarket, we will also be serving a wide variety of Taiwanese specialty foods, such as almond jello and scallion pancakes. We will also be inviting a number of Asian performance groups, such as Wushu and the Asian American dance troupe, to come perform. In addition to these, to further promote Taiwanese culture, we will be having workshops that teach students how to make such specialty foods as muaji and booths where students can learn how to fold origami or write Chinese calligraphy, even though such events aren’t normally seen at an actual nightmarket in Taiwan. The TCS Big Sib/Little Sib Mentoring program is designed to provide guidance and advice to freshmen on academics and social life. As upperclassmen who have gone through the process of adjusting to college life, each of us will be mentoring 2-3 freshmen who sign up for the program. Whether it be answering all their concentration questions, giving advice on how to manage courses and extracurricular activities, or simply cooking them a home-made meal of hot Taiwanese porridge and steamed eggs, we are here to provide them with extra support and act as someone freshmen can turn to in their new, hectic year at Harvard. The program has been running for 3 years and its popularity has been proven with increased membership. This semester, the program will continue to be just as lively as before, with old "families" holding together and new people being brought in. Above simply advising or lending helpful hands, strong and lasting friendships are cemented through this program. The siblings can organize meals and other social functions together, and thus the tight group that is the TCS extended family will grow even further. As the year closes, a few dear members of the TCS family must say goodbye to the rest. This event is for the organization to give the graduating seniors a grand farewell. This event is held annually when the younger members treat seniors to a dinner. This year, it will be bringing catered Thai food back on

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campus. The event serves as a general mingling time when people can reminisce on past years and perhaps the seniors can pass on their wisdom. Although the organization is continuously seeking to improve, the precedents from years past can serve as helpful reminds of what can work in the future. The Senior Dinner also helps affirm that old members will not be forgotten, and that once they are part of the TCS family, they will always be part of the TCS family. This grant will help offset the costs of printing and publishing the Spring 2009 issue of The Harvard Advocate, the magazine devoted to the publication of undergraduate poetry, fiction, art, and features. The magazine is distributed free of charge to all Harvard undergraduates and department offices. In addition, the magazine will be mailed to our subscription base of parents, alumni, and local residents. This issue of the magazine is a contest issue focused on showcasing and rewarding exemplary works of art and literature produced by undergraduates at the College who are not members of the Advocate. Publication of the Harvard Chapter of the International Triple Helix journal for Science, Law, and Society Every year, the Harvard Chapter of the United World College organizes a reunion on campus which draws alumni from other colleges across the US. This event is primarily aimed at allowing these students to interact with Harvard undergraduates, increasing awareness of the United World College movement, while building strong relationships that will advance the movement's aim of fostering international peace and understanding in the world. The project is open to all members of the Harvard College community. By organizing a weekend filled with conferences, forums, and different forms of socializing activities, the project aims to expose Harvard undergraduates to the multiculturalism that exists on campus and beyond, thereby enriching the undergraduate experience at Harvard College. The purpose of this event is to let WISHR members become better acquainted with each other through discussions regarding classes, research, and upcoming WISHR events. This event is also meant for students swamped with midterms and papers to talk to their big sibs and other upperclass WISHR members about their experiences in those classes. In honor of PI day, this event will allow members of WISHR as well as community members to take a break from the stress of midterms and papers during the final stretch to spring break. Freshmen are especially encouraged to attend to relieve stress before housing week begins. This event will honor Jennifer Hoffman, a Harvard physics faculty who's been especially dedicated in inspiring undergraduate women interested in science. This will be an opportunity for students to get to know Professor Hoffman in an informal, personal setting and to discuss with her their interests and aspirations in physics and other scientific fields of study. The purpose of this event will be to allow potential chemistry concentrators and students who have a general interest in chemistry to interact with the head tutor, Dr. Tucci. We will provide an informal dinner setting to allow students the opportunity to learn more about the subject and concentration. YALDA will be working with Harvard University Dining Services to host an campus-wide event on global hunger with the help of Oxfam America, an international relief and development organization. The purpose will be to educate the Harvard Community about the effects of hunger throughout the world as well as provide students with the opportunity to learn about various existing initiatives both locally and internationally. It is our hope that the event will help raise awareness and the realization of the first UN Millenium Development Goal- eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. The Intercollegiate Championship Tournament (ICT), one of the largest and most prestigious College Bowl competitions in the nation, is an annual event held by NAQT. Competitors must be invited to the ICT based on outstanding performance at Sectional Championship Tournaments held around North America in February; British teams have also been invited in past years. ICT is divided into Division I (upperclassmen/grad students) and Division II (underclassmen), and the top Division I and Division II teams earn national recognition. Harvard College Bowl recently qualified two teams for ICT-- we are sending two Div. I teams to the tournament. (To compete with Harvard College Bowl, any Harvard-affiliated student merely has to attend one of the weekly practices, which are open to all levels of experience.) The ICT is one of the only chances for Harvard to compete against schools from around the country; teams from such far-ranging places as Stanford, U. of Chicago, and Toronto, as well as the more familiar MIT and Princeton groups, will be in attendance. Based on Harvard College Bowl's strong performance over the past season, we expect to place relatively high at ICT and have a strong chance of receiving the Top Undergraduate Team award. Harvard College Bowl is willing to cover the housing expenses for the tournament; we would just like UC assistance with the ICT entry fee and with transportation to Dallas. Collegiate Taekwondo Tournament, where members represent Harvard as a team, competing against other schools. Part of the Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference. Our trip to the Feminist Majority Foundation's 2009 National Young Women's Leadership Conference will allow us to network with other feminist campus organizers, learn about current feminist issues, and prepare us to increase our impact on the Harvard campus. The event spans two full days and covers topics ranging from violence against women to international feminism. In addition to workshops and plenaries, there is time for regional networking and an optional visit to lobby on Capitol Hill. The Intercollegiate Championship Tournament (ICT), one of the largest and most prestigious College Bowl competitions in the nation, is an annual event

held by NAQT. Competitors must be invited to the ICT based on outstanding performance at Sectional Championship Tournaments held around North America in February; British teams have also been invited in past years. ICT is divided into Division I (upperclassmen/grad students) and Division II (underclassmen), and the top Division I and Division II teams earn national recognition. Harvard College Bowl recently qualified two teams for ICT-- we are sending two Div. I teams to the tournament. (To compete with Harvard College Bowl, any Harvard-affiliated student merely has to attend one of the weekly practices, which are open to all levels of experience.) The ICT is one of the only chances for Harvard to compete against schools from around the country; teams from such far-ranging places as Stanford, U. of Chicago, and Toronto, as well as the more familiar MIT and Princeton groups, will be in attendance. Based on Harvard College Bowl's strong performance over the past season, we expect to place relatively high at ICT and have a strong chance of receiving the Top Undergraduate Team award. Harvard College Bowl is willing to cover the housing expenses for the tournament; we would just like UC assistance with the ICT entry fee and with transportation to Dallas. Collegiate Taekwondo Tournament, where members represent Harvard as a team, competing against other schools. Part of the Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference. The Chamber Singers is planning to travel to San Francisco and the Bay Area this coming June. This is likely a one-time opportunity for the Chamber Singers, as over the past three years we have attained an extremely unusual level of musical excellence, and a correspondingly unusual level of success. Several churches in the San Francisco area have invited us to give evening concerts, and the Harvard Club of SF has also invited us to perform at their annual dinner. We hope to take advantage of our current level of musicality to expand the outreach of the Chamber Singers generally to new audiences and musicians, and to offer the members of the Chamber Singers a unique musical and performance opportunity. At least 6 concerts will be performed, a combination of â&#x20AC;&#x153;gigsâ&#x20AC;? and ticketed performances, and we hope to collaborate with choral ensembles, both semi-professional and University-based. With rises in plane tickets, we will need UC funding if this tour is to be feasible. Our trip to the Feminist Majority Foundation's 2009 National Young Women's Leadership Conference will allow us to network with other feminist campus organizers, learn about current feminist issues, and prepare us to increase our impact on the Harvard campus. The event spans two full days and covers topics ranging from violence against women to international feminism. In addition to workshops and plenaries, there is time for regional networking and an optional visit to lobby on Capitol Hill.

27S-21 Student Space for Today and Tomorrow: Task Force Creation Act UC President Andrea R. Flores ’10 SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council is committed to improving student life and providing equal access to student resources including social and event spaces, and WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council has recently learned that 45 Mount Auburn, “The Democracy Center,” is looking for a buyer, and other spaces in the Cambridge area have become available, and WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council believes that 45 Mount Auburn must remain a location that is open and accessible to all students in the Harvard Community, and must not become the exclusive property of any internal or external organization, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council resolutely urge the Foundation for Civic Leadership not to sell 45 Mt. Auburn Street, and instead take it off the market to give time for students to develop viable proposals, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council convene a Student Task Force on Social Space, charged with developing a comprehensive fiscal and outreach strategy to develop a student-accessible and equal-access social and meeting place for all Harvard undergraduates. The task force membership will be as follows, with all meetings open to participation by any interested students: Andrea Flores (chair) Tamar Holoshitz Josh Nuni Senan Ebrahim Sundeep Iyer Tony Britt BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Task Force present its findings by April 12 for council review.

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27S-22 “Many Colors, One Harvard” Co-Sponsorship Act UC President Andrea R. Flores ‘10 WHEREAS the UC opposes racism at Harvard; and WHEREAS recent racially charged incidents show that racism still exists on our campus; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the UC co-sponsor the “Many Colors, One Harvard” rally being held on Wednesday, March 18 at 12:00PM; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that UC President Andrea R. Flores speak at the rally as a representative of the Council.

Author’s Note The organizers of the rally have been circulating the following message to student groups: The Harvard community has witnessed a series of racially charged incidents in the last few weeks. The discriminatory slurs written at the Chinese Students Association's Graffiti Party, the negative reaction to the appointment of Professor Jim Kim as Dartmouth's new president, and xenophobic student comments on the Crimson's website are only the most recent of many events demonstrating that racism still presents a real challenge, even here at Harvard. While each incident may represent a minor, isolated instance of bigotry, collectively these events remind us that the preservation of a progressive community requires regular diligence and attention generation after generation. It is now our responsibility as privileged members of Harvard's accepting community to respond to intolerance firmly; intolerance is intolerable. As such, the leaders of several student organizations have decided to hold a rally. This rally will be a peaceful demonstration of solidarity within Harvard's student community. We will be gathering in front of the John Harvard Statue on Wednesday, March 18th. The rally will start promptly at 12:00pm and will include a number of student speeches. Every supporter of the rally will be wearing a solid-colored shirt that day to signify the theme of the rally: "Many Colors, One Harvard." In addition, every participating student organization will hold up their student group banner or poster to demonstrate our plurality and our unity. We are contacting you as a leader of your community. Let us know whether your organization is interested in supporting this rally and also if you are willing to co-sign a joint letter to the Harvard community. We invite you to our meeting tomorrow (Sunday) in the Quincy Spindell Room at 9:00pm to discuss further details. We would love to hear your thoughts and ideas. Please spread the word of Wednesday's rally to your student organization, as well as to your friends. Please join us in this moment. Circumstances have provided us with a unique opportunity to demonstrate strength and solidarity. Help us make this moment one that all our communities can be proud of. Sincerely, Yuting Chiang, Director of Archives of the Asian-American Brotherhood Sean Li and Daniel Suo, Co-Presidents of the Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Andrew Le, Co-President of the Harvard Vietnamese Association Austin Chu, Co-President of the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association James Fish, President of the Harvard Half-Asian Peoples' Association Hernan Gatpandan, Co-President of the Harvard Philippine Forum Eric Beck, Co-President of the Korean Association

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27S-23 The UC Theater Lights Act SAC CCL Vice Chair Senan Ebrahim (East Yard '12) UC Representative Mallika Khandelwal (Quincy '11) WHEREAS the importance of unbureaucratic, simple policies has been highlighted at today's Town Hall Meeting, WHEREAS the importance of student-initiated creative arts has been emphasized in President Faust's Task Force on the Arts report, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Finance Policy Committee establish a policy associated with the lighting the UC has funded for House Theater such that any theater group can rent the equipment for a production, allowing for structured and equitable use. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this policy be brought forth before UC general during the next UC general meeting. Undergraduate Council: 22-6-0

27S-24 Spring Grants Pack 6.0 FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ‘11) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate below,

$11,862.90 from the Grants Fund to 12 recipient projects as shown in the break-down

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Fall applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein.

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Project Description Quad Sounds Studios (QSS) is a professional-quality, student-run music studio located in Pforzheimer House. QSS's mission is to provide both Harvard students and other community members with the resources to realize their artistic visions through recorded music. Studio engineers are instructed, through a comprehensive comp process, in how to run recording sessions using the studio's microphones, external recording equipment, and soundboard, which is integrated with Pro Tools LE7, the industry standard recording software. Engineers also have comprehensive knowledge of the Pro Tools software and, once recording is finished, work with clients to mix and master their audio projects until they sound just as the clients wish. QSS is a valuable resource to the community because the studio provides services that are not found anywhere else on campus. Countless campus clients, from a capella groups to VES thesis filmmakers to string quartets, have worked with QSS to produce their recorded music. The current engineers of QSS are committed to expanding the role that the studio plays in serving Harvard musicians and artists.Presently, however, the studio is unable to receive new clients because of a series of events that have rendered the studio incapable of operating. The studio's location in the basement of Pforzheimer House is prone to flooding in excessive rain, and despite consistent efforts on the part of the studio's engineers to keep the storm drains outside the studio unclogged and minimize water entry into the studio, a recent rainstorm has damaged the studio significantly. We have already made arrangements with the Pforzheimer House superintendent to ensure that flooding will be prevented in the future. In the mean time, however, the studio has unfortunately been left incapacitated.Specifically, the flooding destroyed the studioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s computer. As the studio is a digital workspace, all of the relevant software and audio files for music recording and production are contained on the studio computer; without the computer the studio cannot effectively function. Additionally, the interior of the studio (carpeting, paint, etc.) has suffered substantial damage from the flooding. Currently, the floors and walls of the studio are covered in mold. The carpeting needs to be replaced and the walls must be repainted before the studio can be in working order.We hope that QSS can continue to be a resource to the community, but in order for it to be so the studio needs a new computer system along with the relevant software. It is also essential that the interior of the studio be restored before it can begin taking on new clients. The studio's current budget is not capable of covering these costs, so outside funding is a must if the studio is to be resuscitated. NB: the figures for Harvard and other community members who will benefit from our project are not exactly quantifiable, but the studio takes on an average of 15-20 Harvard and outside clients per year. Costumes for performances Identities Promo Party is a party for the Identities Fashion show. The Boston area is a vibrant center for research and a science conference hotspot. There is great potential in establishing a defined undergraduate research community in Boston. Helping foster such a community is essential to intellectual exchange between undergraduates from different colleges and research backgrounds. Naturally, such an exchange has numerous benefits, such as networking and gaining valuable insight into both similar and different research problems tackled by other undergraduates. General costs to keep HCURA running Developmental workshops are put on by HCURA to help people find research positions for the summer and apply for grants. HCURA invites various faculty members such as Nobel Laureate Dudley Herschbach to come and have an informal discussion with undergraduate students Ascent Magazine is a widely distributed biannual publication produced by undergraduate and graduate Muslim students at Harvard and the Massachusetts

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Institute of Technology. Ascent serves as a platform from where Muslim perspectives on a variety of topics can be presented to the larger campus communities. Ascent publishes essays, poetry, creative writing, photography, visual art, and fiction. We publish perspectives on Islam's relationship with a wide range of fields including history, science, economics, art, politics, psychology, anthropology, technology, and literature. International politics, including the politics in the Middle East and issues surrounding that region as well as other Muslim societies are also a central topic addressed by the Magazine with advising and written contributions from Harvard faculty as well as undergraduate and graduate students from Muslim and non-Muslim backgrounds. Ascent's target audience is the general community at both the Harvard and MIT campuses, where many are curious about Islam and Muslims as a result of, among other things, a dearth of representative publications by Muslims. As Ascent is the only such publication on either campus, we have a substantial Muslim and non-Muslim readership. The magazine has 42 full color, gloss pages, and this Spring 2009 issue is the fifth issue of the magazine. Our equipment is mostly falling apart. We need new equipment to maintain our program. In addition, we're reforming into a new league (Ivy versus NERFU) which has additional requirements, including video sharing. Relay For Life is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money to help the American Cancer Society save lives, help those who have been touched by cancer, and empower individuals to fight back against this disease. During the event, teams of people take turns walking laps, trying to keep at least one team member on the track at all times. But Relay is so much more than a walk around a track. It is a time to remember those lost to cancer and celebrate those who have survived. This Relay in particular draws universities from all over the Boston area to join together in the fight against cancer. ABHW's Tribute to Black Men is an annual banquet held to celebrate excellence among Harvard undergraduate seniors. The Banquet will be held in Northwest Labs to maximize fiscal responsibility and to increase accessibility to all undergraduates. The event is an award banquet and scholarship dinner consisting of video presentations, speeches, and artistic performances. The dinner will be provided by Crimson Catering and the media equipment will be provided by Harvard Media and Technology Services. This year's theme is Everyday Heroes: Daring to do the Impossible to honor and promote community service on and off Harvard's campus. This year we encourage all Harvard affiliates to join in our night of tribute to these undergraduate men that we hope will inspire others to contribute to the Harvard community as well. A farewell dinner to celebrate members of the organization who are graduating seniors. The funding will solely go to food and non-alcoholic drinks at the dinner.

27S-25 Supporting the Undergraduate Developments in Ethnic Studies (STUDIES) Act UC President Andrea R. Flores ’10 Co-Sponsors: Quinnie Lin (Winthrop ’09) Athena Lao (West Yard ’12) Yuting Chiang (Leverett ’10) Jessica Roman (South Yard ’12) Michelle Kellaway (Mather ’10) Liyun Jin (East Yard ’12) WHEREAS Harvard is significantly behind the national and academic developments of ethnic studies in American universities; and WHEREAS the study of race and ethnicity are intellectual fields that would contribute valuable scholarship to the Harvard Academic community; and WHEREAS the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences website claims that more than 1/3 of Harvard’s undergraduate population is comprised of African Americans, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, Latino Americans, and Native Americans. The growing diversity of our campus, coupled with incidents of racially motivated intolerance in recent years, is evidence that more resources that help students understand different perspectives and life experience are sorely needed; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council adopt the report “Ethnic Studies Policy Paper” as its official position regarding Ethnic Studies; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President, Student Affairs Chair, and Vice Chair for Undergraduate Education present this report to the Committee on Undergraduate Education and to relevant Deans, administrators, and Faculty and advocate for its recommendations. Student Affairs Committee: Docketed: 14-0-0 Student Affairs Committee: Recommended: 14-0-0 Executive Board: Docketed: 4-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 30-0-0

Ethnic Studies Policy Paper

Authors: Quinnie Lin (Harvard College ’09) Athena Lao (Harvard College ’12) Jessica Roman (Harvard College ’12) Michelle Kellaway (Harvard College ’10) Liyun Jin (Harvard College ’12) Yuting Chiang (Harvard College ’10) Christina Koah (Harvard Kennedy School ’10) Table of Contents: Executive Summary Section 1: The Ideological and Academic Rationale for Ethnic Studies Section 2: The Current Status of Ethnic Studies at Harvard Section 3: Ethnic Studies Programs at Other Universities Section 4: Potential Structures and Frameworks for Ethnic Studies at Harvard

Executive Summary

Christina Kaoh (christina.kaoh@gmail.com) and Quinnie Lin (qlin@fas.harvard.edu) Section 1: The Ideological and Academic Rationale for Ethnic Studies Ethnic Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines how people of color in the United States have historically experienced social and political institutions and how, as growing populations, will they continue to encounter life in the United States. In addition, Ethnic Studies examines the interaction of race with: immigration, gender, sexuality, class, health policy, media, art, politics, etc, to provide a complete picture of a diverse American society. An Ethnic Studies Department would provide students a comprehensive education that reflects the relevance of their and their peers’ cultural backgrounds and the tools necessary for participating in a diverse and ever changing world. Section 2: The Current Status of Ethnic Studies at Harvard The Committee on Ethnic Studies (CESH) is comprised of faculty from various disciplines who are “appointed to encourage and promote course offerings on ethnicity in the US”. The committee oversees the disposition of two Full Time Equivalent faculty annually, visiting scholars who offer courses in Native American, US Latino, and Asian American Studies. The 2008-2009 roster nor the CESH website have been adequately updated as of April 2009. Currently, Harvard offers study in disciplines such as African, East Asian, and Latin American Studies which provide an international perspective. However, these disciplines inadequately address the experiences of blacks, Asians, and Latinos in the United States, which is wholly different than that of an African, East Asian or Latin American in their respective countries. Asian American Studies: Harvard’s East Asian Studies Department offers a secondary concentration which requires students to take an East Asian language and tutorial classes. However, this concentration does not focus on the experience of Asians in the United States. EAS has hired temporary faculty to offer courses with a domestic focus; however, their lack of permanence threatens students’ meager offerings. Latino/Chicano Studies: Students can take six related courses and complete a thesis to obtain a certificate in Latin American Studies. The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies supports six endowed professorships, travel abroad programs, and has relationships with over sixty institutional partners and hundreds of individuals in Latin America. While it offers a plethora of learning experiences, courses, and scholastic resources, it acknowledges its shortcomings by offering students the option to create special concentrations. Native American Studies: While Harvard’s charter specifically calls for educating American Indian students, Harvard also lacks a Native American Studies program to develop respect for and understanding of native and indigenous ideologies and knowledge systems. Harvard FAS has two junior, tenure-track faculty members who are currently on leave. No undergraduate classes are available for students, nor a guarantee that these professors will be tenured to continue the development of a Native American Studies program. Section 3: Ethnic Studies Programs at Other Universities Many comparable universities offer a form of ethnic studies, revealing a shortcoming in Harvard’s curriculum. Universities such as Stanford, Dartmouth, UC Berkeley, Columbia, Brown and Yale offer a wider array of courses and chances for students to earn their degrees in ethnic studies. Section 4: Potential Structures and Frameworks for Ethnic Studies at Harvard Certificate Program: The certificate program in health policy serves as a model for this structure, which can be easily achieved, even with the paucity of classes currently available. However, since a Certificate Program is not noted on the Harvard transcript, it is not completely ideologically compatible with the goal of the permanent establishment of Ethnic Studies at Harvard. Interdisciplinary Concentration: Social Studies serves as a model for an interdisciplinary structure in which courses from different fields are relevant to the academic study and “tracks” are offered in which students can specialize. We propose the creation of a fund within each discipline to hire faculty who specialize in fields relevant to ethnic studies. Secondary Field: A secondary field in Ethnic Studies should be grounded in a concentration rather than in departments that relate to area studies.

General Education: In fall 2009, General Education will replace the Core Courses. We recommend that ethnic studies courses be incorporated into the General Education so that all students will have access to the discipline. Department: While it is yet too early to think about making Ethnic Studies into a Department, this is the ultimate goal after a sustainable foundation of establishing Ethnic Studies as a program or concentration. Post-Doc Program: To respond to the current dearth of faculty who specialize in topics under Ethnic Studies within the Harvard system, we recommend the establishment of a special post-doctoral program, which would attract graduate students in the various tracks of Ethnic Studies to Harvard in order to expand their theses and dissertation into published works. Already, there are graduate students who seek ethnic studies in their current fields; these post-doc students can then become an integral and diverse part of the teaching staff for Ethnic Studies as well as bolster Harvard’s reputation as a leader in research related to Ethnic Studies. Community Based Learning : Modeled on community based research and learning classes in Sociology and African American Studies, a Community Based Learning program in Ethnic Studies would place theory into practice. Such a program would allow Harvard students to add to the discipline as well as serve, organize and mutually gain from marginalized communities. Section 1: The Ideological and Academic Rationale for Ethnic Studies

Yuting Chiang (ychiang@fas.harvard.edu) and Athena Lao (amlao@fas.harvard.edu) 1. What is ethnic studies? 1.1 Defining ethnic studies Ethnic Studies as an interdisciplinary field would focus on the experiences and position of ethnic communities in culture and society, with its chief analytical category ethnicity—the division of human beings into racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural categories. Among the questions that Ethnic Studies scholars would ask include the following: To what extent are ethnic divisions variable social constructions? What are—and historically have been— the practical and cultural consequences of ethnic divisions? What is the significance of ethnicity in social and political institutions, systems of thought and representation, and everyday life for those who live in the United States? What are the historical origins and reasons for the persistence of social and economic inequality along ethnic lines? What implications will the rapidly changing U.S. demographics have for social, political and economic relations?1 At its core, Ethnic Studies asks the questions, “What are race and ethnicity? How do they affect how humans think and act?” Ethnic Studies seeks to identify alternative answers to these questions, to understand the structure of contemporary society based on a racial and ethnic foundation, and to identify and solve problems resulting from and relating to race and ethnicity. As a discipline, it explores a diverse but wholly connected set of issues, including race, nationality, immigration, gender, sexuality, class, politics, human rights, health policy, culture, media, art, and urban studies. Intellectually, it is based on the premises that race is a social construction, the historical account of United States is incomplete, contemporary understanding of American society is inadequate, and the “black vs. white” perspective of race is insufficient in today’s interdependent and multicultural world. The proposed Ethnic Studies program at Harvard would include the subfields of Asian American studies, Latino American Studies, Native American Studies, and Comparative Ethnic Studies. These curricula would focus on ethnicity in the United States as opposed to ethnicity and race in general in an internationalist context. In addition, the program would work together with related academic departments, like African American Studies or History, in order to provide students with the most comprehensive intellectual experience. 1.2 Differentiating ethnic studies from other fields Some believe that some sub-categories of Ethnic Studies may fall under more traditional disciplines; for instance, some might place Asian American Studies under East Asian Studies or Latino American Studies under Latin American Studies. 1

Campaign for Ethnic Studies, Demand Letter, Sophia Lai

22 However, the purpose and vision of studies such as the ones above are more in line with the ultimate goals of Ethnic Studies. Both East Asian and Latin American Studies focus on the culture and history of peoples residing in those specific geographical areas – East Asia and Latin America. Asian American and Latino American Studies emphasize how these groups interact with other ethnic groups in the context of an American society.

2. Why does Harvard need ethnic studies? 2.1 Ethnic Studies and the Mission of Harvard University “We recognize that knowledge and learning are as essential to human beings as food – especially as we confront the rapid pace of social, political, and technological change – and as we struggle to understand what it means to be human amid such disorienting shifts in our societies and our lives.” -President Drew Faust, “Illuminating one’s bright virtue: higher education in a changing world.” According to the United States Census Bureau, approximately one third of our nation’s population consists of minority groups, and that population is only set to increase in the coming years. Ethnic Studies serves to highlight the diversity of issues that affect these peoples, so that students are more aware of how race and ethnicity add complexity to an issue. Because Ethnic Studies are essentially studies about people, students will be able to demonstrate real life applications of knowledge in cultural organizations on campus, in their communities, and in many professional and career contexts, including medicine, law, business, social work, media, and the arts. The Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences website claims that more than 1/3 of Harvard’s undergraduate population is comprised of African Americans, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, Latino Americans, and Native Americans. The growing diversity of our campus, coupled with incidents of racially motivated intolerance in recent years, is evidence that more resources that help students understand different perspectives and life experience are sorely needed. 2.2 Ethnic Studies and General Education curriculum “The general education curriculum we have designed aims at four overarching goals in linking the college experience to the world its graduates will confront. These goals are, in many respects, overlapping, and they are not tied to specific disciplines or departments.” -Task Force on General Education, Final report 1. General education prepares students for civic engagement. 2. General education teaches students to understand themselves as products of—and participants in—traditions of art, ideas, and values. 3. General education prepares students to respond critically and constructively to change. 4. General education develops students’ understanding of the ethical dimensions of what they say and do. Ethnic Studies are relevant and central to each of these four goals. This program prepares students for civic engagement by helping them think about issues from the viewpoints of many different peoples so that students can be effective leaders. As an interdisciplinary study, Ethnic Studies incorporates analysis of the facets of “culture,” including the “arts, ideas, and values” that General Education seeks students to understand. Additionally, Ethnic Studies proposes alternative means of understanding race and ethnicity, and students will be challenged to think critically and adapt to these new ways of thinking. Students will become more conscious of how they think and approach those of different races and ethnicities. 2.3 Ethnic Studies for all “Education at Harvard should liberate students to explore, to create, to challenge, and to lead. The support the College provides to students is a foundation upon which self-reliance and habits of lifelong learning are built: Harvard expects that the scholarship and collegiality it fosters in its students will lead them in their later lives to advance knowledge, to promote understanding, and to serve society.” Dean Harry R. Lewis, The Mission of Harvard College

23 Ethnic Studies is a pertinent topic for many students, not just those who consider themselves “hyphenated Americans” or minorities. The Ethnic Studies curriculum “advances knowledge” and “promotes understanding” of the differences among peoples, so that we can overcome cultural misunderstandings, appreciate our multicultural nation, and serve all members of society. By doing these things, we can all embrace our shared humanity.

Section 2: The Current Status of Ethnic Studies at Harvard

Michelle Kellaway (kellaway@fas.harvard.edu) and Liyun (Li) Jin (ljin@fas.harvard.edu) The Committee on Ethnic Studies at Harvard On the Web site of the FAS Registrar, the Committee on Ethnic Studies is described as “an Interdisciplinary Coordinating Committee constituted of faculty members from across the disciplines appointed to encourage and promote course offerings on ethnicity in the US.” The actual Web site of the Committee on Ethnic Studies at Harvard (CESH) has ostensibly not been updated since the 2007-2008 academic year. The page is sparse: the only content is the contact information for Ali S. Asani, Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Cultures. Although the Registrar’s Web site says that the field of ethnic studies “continues to flourish within individual departments as well as across disciplinary boundaries,” it also states that despite this success, Harvard does not offer an undergraduate concentration or an advanced degree in Ethnic Studies, only that “concentrations focusing on topics relating to ethnic studies can be undertaken through many departments, as well as within programs such as Social Studies, History and Literature, Folklore and Mythology, and Special Concentrations.” The Committee on Ethnic Studies oversees the disposition of two Full Time Equivalent faculty annually, visitors who offer courses in Native American, US Latino, and Asian American Studies. Past course offerings have spanned topics as Native American Art and Architecture, Asian American Literature, Spanish Caribbean Music, Comparative Urban Latino Politics, and the relationship among Native Americans, Hispanos, and Anglos in the American Southwest. The membership of the 2008-2009 Committee on Ethnic Studies is not listed on the Web site, since it “had not been determined at the time Courses of Instruction went to press.” As of March 2009, the Web site remains lacking in an updated committee roster. Courses in Ethnic Studies: Core Courses: Foreign Cultures 46. Caribbean Societies: Socioeconomic Change and Cultural Adaptations Foreign Cultures 60. Individual, Community, and Nation in Vietnam Foreign Cultures 70. Understanding Islam and Contemporary Muslim Societies Foreign Cultures 82. Modern Arabic Narratives: Self, Society, and Culture Foreign Cultures 86. West African Cultures Foreign Cultures 88. The African Experience: Between Tradition and Modernity Historical Study A-14. Japan: Tradition and Transformation Historical Study A-16. Modern South Asia in Global History Historical Study A-67. Gendered Communities: Women, Islam, and Nationalism in the Middle East and North Africa Literature and Arts A-48. Modern Jewish Literature

Literature and Arts A-88. Interracial Literature

Literature and Arts B-78. Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World Literature and Arts B-82. Sayinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Something: Jazz as Sound, Sensibility, and Social Dialogue Social Analysis 54. American Society and Public Policy Social Analysis 66. Race, Ethnicity, and Politics in the United States Freshman Seminar: *Freshman Seminar 37y. Muslim Voices in Contemporary World Literatures *Freshman Seminar 40y. Histories of the US-Mexico Border Courses with a Primary Focus on Ethnicity in the United States *History 74a (formerly *History 1612). African Diaspora in the Americas History 1330 (formerly History 1661). Social Thought in Modern America History 1430 (formerly History 1657). Native America: The East History 1431 (formerly History 1658). Native America: The West Courses Related to Ethnicity and the United States Anthropology 1090. Ethnography and Archaeology *Anthropology 1610. Ethnographic Research Methods Anthropology 1850. Ethnography as Practice and Genre Chinese Literature 132. Chinatowns Folklore and Mythology 114. Embodied Expression/Expressive Body: Dance in Cultural Context Folklore and Mythology 126. Continuing Oral Tradition in Native American Literature Government 20. Introduction to Comparative Politics *History 74e. North American Borderlands History - (New Course) *History 84c (formerly *History 1610). Confronting Objects/Interpreting Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on North America Music 194r. Special Topics: Proseminar *Sociology 184. Freedom in America: An Historical Sociology: Conference Course Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1162. Imagining Asian America - (New Course) Visual and Environmental Studies 189. Exploring Culture Through Film Courses Related to Ethnicity outside the United States Chinese Literature 132. Chinatowns French 70c. Introduction to French Literature III: The Francophone World *Government 98gs (formerly *Government 90gs). Civil Society in Asia Government 1295. Comparative Politics in Latin America Government 1760. International Relations of East Asia

25 *History 84c (formerly *History 1610). Confronting Objects/Interpreting Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on North America

*History 89c (formerly *History 1958). Islam and Ethnicity Literature 166 (formerly Comparative Literature 166). The Comic Tradition in Jewish Culture Music 190r. Topics in World Music: Proseminar Music 206r. Research Methods in Ethnomusicology: Musical Ethnography Music 207r. Ethnomusicology: Seminar Portuguese 37. Brasil hoje: Contemporary Brazilian Culture through Media Portuguese 44 (formerly Portuguese 38). Images of Brazil: Contemporary Brazilian Cinema Religion 11. World Religions Today: Diaspora, Diversity and Dialogue *Religion 1820 (formerly *Religion 1585). Islam in South Asia: Religion, Culture, and Identity in South Asian Muslim Societies *Social Studies 98gf. Modernity and Social Change in East Asia Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1210ft. Feminist Theory: Feminism and Psychoanalysis Asian American Studies A comprehensive program in Asian American Studies is necessary in order to foster greater understanding and scholarship of the broad range of issues that people of Asian descent have faced in America. Additionally, establishing a comprehensive program in Asian American Studies will allow students to reach a greater understanding the issues of history, identity, race and discrimination that Asian Americans still face in the struggle to be perceived as “American” rather than “foreign.”2 Currently, Harvard has no degree program in Asian American Studies. Although a secondary concentration/track has recently been proposed through the East Asian Studies department, this is not an ideal solution because it requires students to take East Asian area studies tutorial classes that have very little to do with the question of race and ethnicity in America. Although Harvard has hired professors in the past from other schools to teach topics within Asian American Studies, these professors have not been hired on as permanent faculty. The current classes relating to topics within Asian American Studies are listed below. Chinese Literature 132:Chinatowns (Professor Eileen Chow – Assistant Professor, Harvard) Music 194r: Special Topics: Proseminar (Professor Ellie Hisama – Visiting Professor) Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality 1162: Imagining Asian America (Professor Jigna Desai – Visiting Professor) Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality 1453: South Asians in America - Nation, Migration, Diaspora (Professor Jigna Desai – Visiting Professor) History 1436: Immigrants in America (Professor S. Deborah Kang – Visiting Professor) History 74k : American Immigration Law and Policy in Historical Perspective (Professor S. Deborah Kang – Visiting Professor) History 84k : American Immigration History (Professor S. Deborah Kang – Visiting Professor)

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Latino American Studies

Why does Harvard need Latin American Studies? Harvard should develop a systematic Latino American/Chino Studies program in order to enhance understanding of Latin Americans in the United States and abroad, in addition to fostering scholarships on various topics within Latin American studies that could be of interest to the Harvard student body. The current status and situation of Latino American studies at Harvard: Currently, there is no degree program for Latin American studies at Harvard. However, students who take at least six courses with significant Latin American content and write a thesis on a Latin American topic can get a Certificate in Latin American Studies. Certificates are presented to seniors upon graduation. Students who are interested in Latin America are encouraged to pursue this work within a concentration that offers Latin American courses of study: The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures allows students to select a track in Latin American Studies, Hispanic Studies, or Portuguese and Brazilian Literature and Studies. The Committee on Degrees in History and Literature offers tracks in both Latin America and the combined field of Latin America and North America. Students concentrating in History may elect to study Latin America under the auspices of the program's “comparative history” track. The DRCLAS Web site states that “Serious students whose academic interests cross the boundaries of current degree programs should consider petitioning for a Special Concentration.” Thus, Harvard acknowledges the lack of a broad multidisciplinary Latin America studies degree program, one which would allow students to pursue their specific academic interests within the study of Latin America. David Rockefeller Center for Latin America Studies (DRCLAS) http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/ Mission: The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University works to increase knowledge of the cultures, economies, histories, environment and contemporary affairs of Latin America; to foster cooperation and understanding among the peoples of the Americas; and to contribute to democracy, social progress and sustainable development throughout the hemisphere. Activities: Supports faculty-directed research projects and academic conferences. Funds students who want to learn more about Latin America through research, work, study, or volunteering in the region. Provides funding to underwrite course-based field trips to Latin America and to develop new courses with Latin American content. Coordinates the University's relationships with over 60 institutional partners and hundreds of individuals throughout Latin America Accomplishments:

Has overseen the creation of six endowed professorships at Harvard dedicated to the study of Latin America.

The Center's Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professorship program and the Visiting Scholars and Fellows Program, have enabled the Center to draw leading scholars from Latin America to spend time at Harvard. The Center launched a Brazil Studies Program in May 2006, followed by the opening of the Brazil Office in S達o Paulo, Brazil in June 2006. The joint efforts of Harvard University faculty members and students from diverse disciplines, and support from Jorge Paulo Lemann, enable the Brazil Studies Program to convene experts from the United States and abroad to expand and diversify research and teaching on Brazil at the University. Classes offered currently: z Anthropology 1795. The Politics of Language and Identity in Latin America

Catalina Laserna

z Freshman Seminar 41g. The Faces of Human Rights in Latin America: Anthropological Perspectives

Theodore Macdonald z Freshman Seminar 42q. Cosmopolitanism and Globalization: A Latin American Perspective (New Course)

Mariano Siskind

z Government 98vj. Collective Action, Sustainability and Development in Latin America (New Course)

Juan Camilo Cardenas

z Government 1295. Comparative Politics in Latin America

Steven R. Levitsky

z Government 1795. US-Latin American Relations: Seminar

Jorge I. Dominguez

z Government 2131. Comparative Politics of Latin America

Expected to be given in 2009-2010, Jorge I. Dominguez z Government 2900. US-Latin American Relations

Jorge I. Dominguez

z Historical Study B-64. The Cuban Revolution, 1956-1971: A Self-Debate z Expected to be given in 2009-2010, Jorge I. Dominguez z History 85b. Brazil Between Revolutions, 1776-1789

Expected to be given in 2009-2010, Kenneth R. Maxwell

z History 85c. Latin American Independence (New Course)

Gabriel Paquette

z History 1500. History of Latin America to 1825

Expected to be given in 2009-2010, Kenneth R. Maxwell

z History 1510. Latin America in the 19th Century (New Course)

Gabriel Paquette

z Latin American Studies 70. Modernity, Culture and Politics in Latin America

Mariano Siskind

z Social Studies 98cv. Authoritarianism and Democracy in Latin America

Steven R. Levitsky

z Social Studies 98kb. Gender in Developing Nations (New Course)

Jocelyn Viterna

z Sociology 191. The Politics of Law, Labor and Globalization in the Americas

Expected to be given in 2009-2010, Tamara Kay

z Spanish 71a. Encountering Difference: Experience and Imagination in Latin American Colonial Literature

(1492-1808) Rosa Perelmuter (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) z Spanish 152. Magical Realism and Its Discontent: Latin American Novels That Didn't Boom Mariano Siskind z Spanish 261. The Return of World Literature: Placing Latin America, Debating Universalism (New Course) Mariano Siskind

z Portuguese 151. Culture in Turmoil: Brazil in the 50s, 60s and 70s

Nicolau Sevcenko (Universidade de Sao Paulo)

z Portuguese 165. The Rise and Fall of Nationalism in Brazil

Expected to be given in 2009-2010, Nicolau Sevcenko (Universidade de Sao Paulo)

z Portuguese 171. A Poetic of the Senses: The Brazilian Experience

Expected to be given in 2009-2010, Nicolau Sevcenko (Universidade de Sao Paulo)

z Romance Studies 170. Fictions of Marginality: Italian and Latin American Novel and Film in the Age of

Globalization Expected to be given in 2010-2011, Francesco Erspamer and Mariano Siskind Native American Studies What is Native American Studies? The Native American Studies Program exists to broaden the understanding of students interested in the history, culture, and contemporary situations of Native Americans in the United States. The curriculum has been structured to provide courses that deal with both historical and cultural analysis of Native American cultures and contemporary legal and social institutions that affect Native American life. The program not only stresses sound academic preparation in the classroom but also allows students the flexibility to take part in community-oriented education through field work or studies directed towards community situations and problems. (FROM UC-BERKLEY)

Why does Harvard need Native American Studies? z To develop respect for and understanding of native and indigenous ideologies and knowledge systems z The Harvard Charter: z The education of Native Americans is woven into the long history of Harvard University. The Charter of

1650, by which Harvard University continues to be governed, pledges the University to “the education of English and Indian youth.” From 1655 to 1698, the "Indian College" stood in Harvard Yard, on the site currently occupied by Matthews Hall. Despite the University’s pledge in its Charter to actively facilitate the education of American Indian youth, it was not until 1970 that a program was established to specifically address Native American issues. In early 1970, the American Indian Program (AIP) emerged on campus. That year, the Harvard University Graduate School of Education received federal funds for a program to train American Indian leaders and HGSE enrolled 11 Native Americans to its master’s degree program—the greatest number of Indian students to attend Harvard since the mid-1600s. n 1990, the AIP was reorganized by the Provost as the Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP). In 1998, HUNAP was designated an interfaculty initiative of Harvard University. As an interfaculty initiative, HUNAP’s goals focus on interfaculty scholarship and teaching, Native outreach, and student recruitment and support. z The Harvard University Charter of 1650, which is still the governing document of Harvard today, calls for "the education of English and Indian youth", making it the first University to offer an education to Native Americans. Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck of the Wampanoag Tribe, Class of 1665, was the first Native American to graduate from Harvard.

What is the current status and situation of Native American studies at Harvard? There is currently no Native American Studies concentration or secondary field offered at the College or any of the graduate schools. Current FAS Faculty: Lisa Brooks (Abenaki) and Malinda Maynor Lowry (Lumbee) In FAS there are currently two Junior, tenure-track faculty who teach specifically Native American-centered curriculum: Lisa Brooks (History & Literature and Folklore & Mythology) and Malinda Maynor Lowry (History). Both have been part of an effort to build a Native American Studies curriculum, and have had conversations with their

respective departments about this goal. These conversations have resulted in a somewhat unique arrangement in which developing Native American Studies is being considered as part of their tenure review. Most Junior faculty are not expected, or even allowed, to build curriculum outside of their specific field; the fact that these FAS departments have opened this space for developing Native American Studies-related coursework implies that the University recognizes its current lack of Native American Studies and is supportive of efforts to develop this curriculum.

However, the work it takes to develop a sustainable curriculum is far more than 2 professors can handle, especially on top of their teaching, research, and writing. Further, both professors have taken advantage of the Junior Faculty one-year sabbatical; both have also given birth within the past year. This means that within the past 2 years, there has been no time when both professors have been present on campus at the same time, and able to work together. Both are currently on leave this semester, meaning that there are currently no courses offered by professors dedicated to developing Native American issues taught at the undergraduate level. Further, there are currently no courses taught by Native American professors at the undergraduate level, meaning there are no Native faculty role models/mentors/advisors at FAS for Native American students/students studying Native American issues. While they will return, there is no guarantee that they will be tenured and continue on at Harvard; this sort of uncertainty and the limited, though valued, progress that only two professors are able to make towards such a monumental task means Native American Studies is a field that few other faculty and students are invested in at Harvard, and other Native Studies professors from the United States and Canada have little incentive to seek positions at Harvard. Lisa Brooks, Assistant Professor in History and Literature Lisa Brooks (Abenaki) received her PhD from Cornell University in English literature, with a minor in American Indian Studies. Her research interests include early American Indian writing, contemporary American Indian literature, oral traditions, American Indian history, indigenous intellectual traditions, ecology/environmentalism and Native communities, Native northeastern culture and diplomacy, gender in American Indian studies, language and indigenous epistemology. Malinda Maynor Lowery, Assistant Professor of History Malinda Maynor Lowery (Lumbee) received her PhD in history from UNC-Chapel Hill. She has published articles about American Indian migration and identity, school desegregation, and religious music. Lowery has produced three documentary films about Native American issues, including the award-winning In the Light of Reverence, which showed on PBS in 2001 to over three million people. She has a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in history and literature from Harvard University and a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in documentary film production from Stanford. Harvard University Native American Program's Visiting Scholar Initiative The Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP), an interfaculty initiative, has a "teaching and research arm" dedicated to cultivating Native Studies-related activity across Harvard. Via the faculty Ethnic Studies Committee, HUNAP has been supported in hosting a Visiting Scholar in Native American Studies each year. This year, however, the selected professor postponed, so there is not even a Visiting Scholar available to take the place of the absent Professor Brooks and Professor Lowry. The low number of Native Studies faculty results in this sort of instability, so that students cannot rely on constant learning or advising if they study a Native Americanrelated topic within their concentration. Unfortunately, because of the brief time period they remain at the College, Visiting Professors rarely have enough time to integrate into the system and become connected to the student body in a fully meaningful way. The Visiting Professors (such as last year's Professor David Wilkins (Lumbee), who taught on federal Indian policy) provide a necessary diversity of viewpoint to teaching at Harvard, but are not a substantial program -- rather, Visiting Professorships are meant to compliment an already strong program. They are not, in other words, a solution. In conversation with various interested parties, it has been ascertained that, for example, the low enrollment in Prof. Wilkins' Indian policy seminar was partly due to a lack of understanding on the part of the student body of the importance of understanding Native-related policy and history. This reflects a more general Harvard atmosphere that does not prioritize this knowledge as necessary, or even important, to a "liberal arts" education, but rather tangential.

Classes offered currently: z z z z

The Archaeology of Harvard Yard Native America: The East Native America: The West Freshman Seminar: Sacred Places and American Law Native American Literature: Narrations of Nationhood (FAS, Fall) -- CURRENTLY ON LEAVE -- Lisa T. Brooks (Abenaki), Assistant Professor of History and Literature and of Folklore and Mythology Continuing Oral Tradition in Native American Literature (FAS, Fall) -- CURRENTLY ON LEAVE -- Lisa T. Brooks (Abenaki), Assistant Professor of History and Literature and of Folklore and Mythology Pathways through the Andes: History, Culture, and Politics in Andean South America (FAS, Spring) -- Thomas B. F. Cummins The Imperial Arts of the Inca and the Aztec -- Thomas B.F. Cummins Mesoamerican Civilizations (FAS, Fall) -- William Fash Issues in Mesoamerican Archaeology (FAS, Fall) -- William Fash The Incas (FAS, Fall) -- Gary Urton Classic Mayan Litearture, Language, and Society (FAS, Fall) -- Marc Zender American Indian Law (LAW, Fall) – VISITNG -- Bethany Berger, Oneida Indian Nation Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Tribal Justice Systems: Seminar (LAW, Fall) – VISITING -- Bethany Berger, Oneida Indian Nation Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation Building I (KSG, Fall) -- Joseph P. Kalt, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Kennedy School of Government Encountering the Conquistadors (FAS, Spring) -- Matthew Joseph Leibmann The Moche of Ancient Peru: Politics, Economy, Religion, and Art (FAS, Spring) -- Jeffrey Quilter Gender, Cosmology, and Ritual in Native American Society (DIV, Spring) – VISITING -- Nimachia Hernandez (Blackfoot), Visiting Lecturer on Women's Studies and Native American Religions Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation Building II (KSG, Spring) -- Dennis Norman (Cheyenne), Faculty Chair, HUNAP; Chief of Psychology at Mass General Hospital; Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Courses Currently Offered Containing Native American Curricular Elements: Colonial American Literature (FAS, Fall) -- Joanne van der Woude, Assistant Professor of History and Literature North American Borderlands History (FAS, Spring) -- Rachel St. John American Encounters: Art, Contact, and Conflict, 1560-1860 (FAS, Spring) -- Jennifer Roberts Digging the Glyphs: Adventures in Decipherment (FAS, Spring) -- Marc Zender Historical enrollment: The HUNAP colloquium series (formerly the HUNAP lunch seminar series) was created to provide a forum for students, faculty, and staff to share their research on Native and indigenous issues, build awareness of Native perspectives throughout the University, and promote scholarly work and curriculum development at Harvard on issues relevant to Native Americans. Our colloquia topics are fluid and reflect the range of scholarship being produced by our community. Previous topics include, but are not limited to, Native health issues, Native art,

federal Indian law, and Native history. Comparing Native American studies at Harvard with other schools. Robert M. Nelson, Editor. “A Guide to Native American Studies Programs in the United States and Canada.” http://oncampus.richmond.edu/faculty/ASAIL/guide/guide.html

Recommendations z An interdisciplinary curriculum drawn from courses taught throughout the University, primarily in law,

education, the social sciences and humanities.

z Endow chair of Native/Indigenous studies at Faculty of Arts and Sciences z Possible Course Offerings: Native American Studies Reading and Composition, Native American Literature,

Native Americans in the Twentieth Century, Native American Law, Native American Tribal Governments, Native American Economic Development, Theories and Methods in Native American Studies, Native American Women, Native American Philosophy, and various courses in Native American oral and written literatures. Indigenous language and culture revitalization, indigenous education, immersion programing, technology and indigenous languages, language planning, ethnomusicology, ethnography, Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages; American Indian history, ethnology, law, religious belief, Indian-White relations, Navajo language, Salish language, documentary film making, folklore; Indian Country Today, North American Native History, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Indigenous Peoples and the Nation State, American Indian Law and Policy, Native American Literature, Native American biographies, Oral literature, American Indian Tribal Governance, Senior Seminars, and Independent Study z Contemporary Native Studies Course: case study model, in which students would research specific indigenous and Native American issues, as well as learning about specific Native American nations and other indigenous groups around the world. z American Indians and Film; History of American Indian Art z Courses should be available for cross listing, as well as for some fulfilling general education requirements

Resources Available: Native Americans at Harvard College Harvard University Native American Program Peabody Museum of Ethnology and Archaeology Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, Kennedy School of Government z Honoring Nations, Kennedy School of Government z Oneida Indian Law Chair, Harvard Law School z z z z

z National Indian Center of Boston, Boston, MA z Cultural Survival, Cambridge, MA z Aquinnah Wampanoag Nation, Martha’s

Vineyard, MA

z Mashpee Wampanoag Nation, Cape Cod, MA z Moheagan Tribal Nation, CT z Mashentucket Pequot Tribal Nation, CT

Section 3: Ethnic Studies Programs at Other Universities Athena Lao (almlao@fas.harvard.edu) and Jessica Roman (jroman@fas.harvard.edu) In the past thirty years, Ethnic Studies programs have seen a rise in both popularity and curriculum development at other major universities, both public and private. Below is a listing of Ethnic Studies related programs at Stanford University, Dartmouth, University of California Berkeley, Brown University and Yale University. Stanford University: Website: http://ccsre.stanford.edu/ Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) give undergraduates at Stanford University the

32 opportunity to major or minor in ethnic studies or in one of the five specialty areas which are Asian American Studies, Comparative Studies, Chicana/o Studies, and Native American Studies in addition to the existing African and African American Studies and Jewish Studies.

Mission Statement: “the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) at Stanford University provides many opportunities for teaching and research on topics of race and ethnicity from both domestic and international comparative perspectives” Asian American Studies: Affiliated Faculty: Chaired by Professor Gordon Chang (History) Courses offered: 10 total that focus solely on Asian American issues Chicana/o Studies: Affiliated Faculty: Chaired by Professor Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano (Spanish) Courses offered: 19 total that focus solely on Chicana/o issues. Native American Studies: Affiliated Faculty: Chaired by C. Matthew Snipp (Sociology) Courses offered: 12 total that focus solely on Native American issues Core Requirements: two introductory courses, a senior seminar; for a major, students must complete sixty units of study; for a minor, they must complete at least thirty units of study (6 courses); there are more than 150 approved courses in the CCSRE and other related departments that will fulfill the requirements Honors Program: “Majors in each of the study areas who meet academic qualifications (at least a grade point average of ‘B+’ in CSRE-related courses) may apply for admission to the Honors Program. Prizes for the best undergraduate honors theses are awarded annually by the Curriculum Committee of CSRE.” Additional Outreach Activities: - The Research Institute of Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity Current Projects: Asian American Art Project Ethnic and Racial Changes in South Central Los Angeles Group Differences Revisited: The Role of Social Identity Threat and Cultural Models in the Experience of Diversity Race and Ethnicity in California: Demographics Report Series Stanford Integrated Schools Project The Future of Minority Studies: Redefining Identity Politics Archived Projects: Comparative Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity and Gender Identifying, Teaching, and Evaluating the Talented Through Linguistic and Cultural Lenses Panel on Racial Dynamics in Colleges and Universities: A Research Perspective - The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute -Fellowship Programs for Stanford graduate students, Stanford faculty, and visiting faculty - Publications such as Race and Ethnicity in California: Demographics Report Series, Annual Ernesto Galarza Commemorative Lecture, CCRSE Newsletters, and SCCR Working Papers - CCSRE Reading Room, a collection of research and scholarship on race, ethnicity, and culture Dartmouth College: Website: http://www.dartmouth.edu/home/academics_research/undergraduate_departments.html At Dartmouth College there is a different academic department for Asian American, Latino, and Native American. They are all interdisciplinary academic programs. Majors and minors are offered in Latin, Latino, and Caribbean Studies and in Native American Studies.

Mission Statements: - “Asian American Studies is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of historical and contemporary experiences of Asian Americans in local, national, and global contexts.” -“ Native American Studies strives to develop interdisciplinary teaching and research and increase understanding of the historical experiences, cultural traditions and innovations, and political status of Indian peoples in the United States and Canada.”

Asian American Studies: Faculty: 4 total, including 3 permanent professors Courses offered: 11 total, all in other departments Latin, Latino, Caribbean Studies (LALASC): Faculty: Chaired by Israel Reyes; 25 total, including 7 permanent professors Courses offered: 33 total, including 20 in Latin America and Caribbean Studies and 13 in Latino Studies. There are also 37 other associated courses offered in other departments. Native American Studies (NAS): Faculty: Chaired by Colin G. Calloway; 10 total, including 9 permanent professors Courses offered: 21 total Honors Program: -LALASC: Successfully complete two survey courses by the end of junior year: LACS1, LACS 4, LATS 3 Minimum GPA of 3.3 for all Dartmouth courses, and 3.3 in LACS/LATS major Obtain a faculty advisor Write thesis proposal, have it signed by your faculty advisor and submitted to LALACS Program Administrator LACS/LATS 98 in the fall of senior year and LACS/LATS 99 in the winter Five to seven page thesis prospectus by the end of Fall semester senior year Thesis must be completed by eighth week of spring semester Additional Outreach Programs: -LALASC Independent study; Summer Study Abroad in Santiago, Chile -NAS library; Native American Writing Prize University of California Berkley: Website: http://berkeley.edu/academics/dept/a.shtml UC Berkley has the Department of Ethnic Studies (ES). Within the ES there are programs in Asian American, Chicano/Latino, Native American, and African American Studies. There approach like with many other universities and colleges is interdisciplinary. Majors and minors are offered for all areas of study including Ethnic Studies. Mission: “The Department of Ethnic Studies (ES) encourages the comparative study of racialization in the Americas, with a focus on the histories, literatures, and politics of Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, Native American Indians, and African Americans. ES seeks to situate these core groups within national and transnational contexts, and to understand how racial and ethnic formation articulate with other axes of stratification such as class, gender, and sexuality.” Asian American Studies: Faculty: 12 total, including 6 full professors Courses offered: 43 total Chicano Studies: Faculty: 8 total, including 6 full professors Courses offered: 43 total Native American Studies: Faculty: 5 total, including 2 full professors

Courses offered: 37 total

Ethnic Studies (ES): Faculty: Chaired by Beatriz Manz; 6 total, including 3 full professors Courses offered: 39 total Core Requirements: Honors Program: -Asian American Studies: recommended if completed at least 30 units, two semesters with a GPA of 3.3 for courses in Asian American Studies Program; must have approval by ES Department chair and Asian American Studies Vice Chair, complete H195 Senior Honors Seminar for Asian American Studies Major, and maintain GPA of 3.3 - Native American Studies: must have junior standing, a 3.5 GPA overall, 3.5 GPA in the major, undertake a 4-unit research project - ES: recommended if completed ES 101A or 101B, at least 20 units, two semesters with a GPA of 3.3 for courses in ES department; must have approval by department chair, complete Senior Honors Seminar H196A and Senior Honors Thesis H196B for Ethnic Studies Majors, and maintain GPA of 3.3 Additional Outreach Programs: -ES Library -“Ethnic Studies Graduate Group doctoral program focuses on the historical and sociocultural study of the core groups racialized in United States history: African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicanos and Latinos, and Native Americans.” Brown University Website: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Race_Ethnicity/ Has an “interdisciplinary and comparative” Ethnic Studies concentration, added in 1996, which is housed at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA). Concentrators take a set of core Ethnic Studies courses and choose courses from the humanities and social sciences for the rest of their curriculum with the help of faculty advisors. Some examples of areas of study include social issues, cultural representation, history of racial/ethnic groups, comparative studies, and formation/history of diasporas. Mission Statement of CSREA: “To facilitate research on race and ethnicity as social constructions in American society, including comparative studies of analytically similar problems in societies in other parts of the world To coordinate and develop Brown`s resources for research and teaching on racial and ethnic minorities in America To generate intellectual and financial resources for the Center, including support for new faculty positions and for research and curricular development To promote university-wide discussion of issues relating to race and ethnicity” Affiliated Faculty: 8 “Core” professors, 32 affiliated professors, 2 Cogut Postdoctoral Fellows in Humanities, 1-4 visiting scholars, and 2 staff members Number of Concentrators: 23 overall (13 seniors, 10 juniors - great) Alumni by year: -21 (Class of 2003) -13 (Class of 2004) -16 (Class of 2005) -21 (Class of 2006) -16 (Class of 2007) -12 (Class of 2008) Courses: -4 core ETHN courses (including ETHN 0500: Intro to American/Ethnic Studies) -21 classes crosslisted (from Africana Studies, American Civilization, Anthropology, Education, English, History; Theatre, Speech and Dance) Requirements: Students must take 10 course to fulfill the concentration requirements, including ET50: Introduction to Ethnic Studies

and ET190: Senior Seminar in Ethnic Studies. Two courses are selected from another set, and include introductory courses in Latino, African-, Asian-, and Native-American studies; Race, Culture and Ethnic Politics; and Race, Class and Ethnicity in the Modern World. Concentrators must also take three approved Ethnic Studies courses that address their area of focus, and finally, three courses from a list of classes related to Ethnic Studies. Honors Program: There is a honors track available for Ethnic Studies. A 3.0 overall GPA

Additional Outreach Activities: -Ford Fellows Lecture Series (with Department of American Civilization) and Collaborative Academic Lecture Series -Conferences: “The Immigrant Paradox in Education and Behavior,” Labor History Conference -Community Projects: Non-Traditional Leadership Institute, Service Learning Call for Action, English for Action/Espanol para Accion, International Charter School (ICS)/Bilingual Charter School [Pawtucket] -Research: Latino National Survey-New England; Race, Globalization and the New Ethnic Studies; The Rhode Island Disparities Project; Bracero History and Archives Project; Transcultural Community Health Initiative, RI Racial and Ethnic Minority Disparities Project Columbia University Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cser/program-ce.html Columbia has a Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, which houses the Comparative Ethnic Studies, Latino and Latina Studies, Asian American Studies programs. Students can major or minor in any of these fields. It was formed in response to a “student movement that called for activist intervention in teaching and learning, and recognition of the minority presence within the Columbia community.” The Center works in conjunction with related departments including the Institute for Research on African American Studies (IRAAS), Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWaG), American Studies Program, the Institute for Latin American Studies, the Institute for East Asian Studies, and the Institute for Middle Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Mission: “The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race is dedicated to the study of ethnic hierarchy in our social and knowledge worlds. It fosters creative intervention in this field, both in the form of community involvement and as scholarly and artistic accomplishment within the Columbia community...” Affiliated Faculty: 6 CSER professors, 1 visiting professor, 6 adjunct professors, 7 visiting scholars, 22 affiliated faculty, and 3 staff -Active CSER Board with 5 members Courses: -Native American Studies: -7 courses -Native American Studies Initiative Workshop (“to identify the advantages and disadvantages of studying Native Americans as a stand-alone group, or within the broader comparative frame of the study of indigeneity”) -Nahuatl Program -Latino American Studies -11 courses AAS: -9 courses -CES -34 courses Honors Track available; dependent on completion of senior thesis Outreach/other opportunities: -CSER Annual Undergraduate Conference -Academic Quality Fund (for research)

-Underwent curricular reform: 2007 Student Report on Ethnic Studies

Yale University Website: http://students.yale.edu/oci/ycps/ycpsProgramCourses.jsp?subject=ER%26M&dept=Ethnicity,%20Race,%20%2 6%20Migration&term=200803&term=200901 Has an Ethnicity, Race, and Migration (ERM) program which students can take as a second major, combined with another related major. Mission statement: The program “enables students to combine a disciplinary requirement of a first major with an interdisciplinary, comparative study of forces that have created a multicultural, multiethnic, and multiracial world. The major emphasizes familiarity with the intellectual traditions and debates surrounding the concepts of ethnicity, nationality, and race; grounding in both the history of migration and its contemporary manifestations; and knowledge of the cultures, structures, and peoples formed by these migrations.” Affiliated faculty: 21 professors, 4 associate professors, 9 assistant professors, 2 lecturers Courses: 28 courses available in ERM department; courses in other departments may count toward major Major Requirements: “12 term courses in ERM, including senior seminar and senior essay or project; ER&M 200b (intro course), at least 2 term courses in each of 2 distinct geographic areas, at least 1 term course on historical or contemporary migrations, at least 2 term courses demonstrating interdisciplinary engagement with ERM” Section 4: Potential Structures and Frameworks for Ethnic Studies at Harvard Quinnie Lin (qlin@fas.harvard.edu) Introduction There are many ways in which Ethnic Studies can be formulated to fit into the framework of Harvard’s current academic structures. Here are some of the possible options proposed by the Ethnic Studies Coalition. 4 1 Certificate Program Given the current paucity of resources and teaching staff that can constitute a more expansive program (such as a concentration or department) in Ethnic Studies, it may be possible to develop a Certificate program in Ethnic Studies. The Certificate Program in Health Policy serves as a model for the establishment of Ethnic Studies as a program. A Certificate Program in Ethnic Studies would require students to take a certain number of classes that have been pre-approved as falling under the general umbrella of Ethnic Studies across multiple departments and disciplines. However, since a Certificate Program does not appear on the Harvard transcript, it is not ideologically compatible with the goal of the establishment of a permanent Ethnic Studies program at Harvard. 4.2 Inter-disciplinary Concentration The most viable option for establishing a permanent Ethnic Studies program at Harvard is the Concentration. Ethnic Studies is located at the intersection of many different academic fields and disciplines. An important benefit to an inter-disciplinary concentration is that it would bring together professors and lecturers from relevant departments such as Literature, History, English, Government, and Sociology. Current academic departments such as Social Studies, History & Literature and History & Science serve as models that attest to the feasibility of Ethnic Studies as an interdisciplinary concentration Requirements for a Concentration in Ethnic Studies would include introductory classes in comparative studies of ethnicity, sophomore tutorial and junior seminars. Sophomore tutorial can be modeled on the structure of current social science concentration models, such as Social Studies. The primary goal of the sophomore tutorial should be to ensure that all concentrators have an understanding of the main topics under the general umbrella of Ethnic Studies. The sophomore tutorial can also be designed to be an overview of the various academic methodologies and should be taught by graduate students. Junior tutorial and research seminars should be required of students who want to pursue thesis research. Junior tutorial and seminars should be taught by faculty.

37 Using the Government and Social Studies as a model, â&#x20AC;&#x153;tracksâ&#x20AC;? or subfields, such as Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and Native American Studies and Comparative Ethnic Studies, can be established within Ethnic Studies. Once these academic tracks contain a sufficient number of classes and faculty, students will be able to concentrate in Ethnic Studies with a specialty in a specific track that is most relevant to their interest. In order to build a sustainable concentration and improve faculty retention, a substantial portion of the teaching staff in the concentration of Ethnic Studies should have permanent and non-visiting status. In order to facilitate the hiring of professors who specialize in certain subfields of Ethnic Studies, we propose creating a fund within each relevant department (such Literature, History, English, Government, and Sociology) to hire faculty who specialize in fields that fall under the broad umbrella of Ethnic Studies. The hiring of faculty should reflect a fundamental commitment to the diversity of ethnic groups and issues.

4.3 Secondary Field A secondary field within the framework of an interdisciplinary concentration is only feasible once a concentration in Ethnic Studies has been established. Most secondary fields within departments require the completion of sophomore tutorial and junior tutorial, as well as a certain number of introductory and advanced classes. Secondary fields should not be housed under departments (such as East Asian Studies) because Ethnic Studies are fundamentally different from area studies (although area studies can sometimes inform aspects of Ethnic Studies). 4.4 General Education (Gen-Ed) Starting in the fall of 2009, the General Education (Gen Ed) curriculum will replace the Core Curriculum. It is recommended that the administration incorporate Ethnic Studies courses into the Gen-Ed curriculum in order to make these courses more accessible to the general student population. In the long term, an increased enrollment in Ethnic Studies courses will lead to the opening of more diverse perspectives on race and ethnicity at Harvard. 4.5 Department While it is yet too early to think about making Ethnic Studies into a Department, especially without the monetary resources to hire outside faculty, the eventual establishment of a department would lead to a sustainable framework for attracting the best academics in the field of Ethnic Studies. 4.6 Post-Doc Program To respond to the current dearth of faculty who specialize in topics under Ethnic Studies within the Harvard system, establishment of a special post-doctoral program would attract graduate students in the various tracks of Ethnic Studies to Harvard in order to expand their theses and dissertation into published works. These post-doc students can then become an integral and diverse part of the teaching staff for Ethnic Studies as well as bolster Harvardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation as a leader in research related to Ethnic Studies. 4.7 Community Based Learning Modeled on community based research and learning classes in Sociology and African American Studies, a Community Based Learning program in Ethnic Studies would apply academic concepts and theory to research and service in the various ethnic communities of Boston. This program would allow Harvard students to benefit from a unique opportunity to carry out academically relevant research and conduct service learning projects.

27S-26 Add/Drop, Pass/Fail, and Withdrawal Deadlines Act SAC CUE Vice-Chair Sarah Honig (Lowell ’10) SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) Representative Mallika Khandelwal (Quincy ’11) Co-Sponsors: Alyssa Colbert, Member of the Committee on Undergraduate Education Kenneth Gotlieb, Member of the Committee on Undergraduate Education Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council adopt the position paper below as its official policy regarding the add/dop, pass/fail and sat/unsat, and course withdrawal deadlines.

Student Affairs Committee: Docketed: 14-0-0 Student Affairs Committee: Recommended: 12-1-1 Executive Board: Docketed: 4-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 25-1-4 Background Compared with other peer institutions, Harvard has early add/drop, pass/fail and course withdrawal deadlines, which students feel stifle their academic opportunities. The registrar’s office conducted research and found that most peer institutions’ drop deadlines fall between the fifth and ninth week of the semester.1 Additionally, most pass/fail or sat/unsat deadlines fall between the sixth and ninth week2,and their withdrawal deadline in between the eleventh and fifteenth weeks.3 Both Harvard’s add/drop and pass/fail deadlines fall after the fourth week, while most of the initial assignments for large courses which wee examined fall between the sixth and the ninth weeks. For years, Harvard students have felt that they do not have sufficient time to gage the course before the pass/fail, add/drop, and withdrawal deadlines. We brought this issue to the Committee on Undergraduate Education for a preliminary discussion of potential changes. Based on our discussion, comparisons to peer institutions’ policies, and our academic schedule, we propose the following changes to our add/drop, pass/fail and course withdrawal deadlines. Suggestions 1. Add Deadline: Maintain the deadline to add a course at the Monday of the fifth week of the semester. 2. Drop Deadline: Move the drop deadline to the Monday of the eighth week of the semester. 3. Pass/Fail Deadline: Move the pass/fail and sat/unsat deadline to the first Monday of the eleventh week of the semester. 4. Course Withdrawal Deadline: Move the withdrawal deadline to the first Monday of the eleventh week of the semester. Justifications The Add Deadline We propose to maintain the add deadline as it is, on the fifth Monday of the semester. After our discussion with faculty members on CUE, we recognize it would be pedagogically unsound to expect either faculty members or students to catch up with a course beyond this point. The Drop Deadline We propose to extend the drop deadline to the eighth Monday of the semester. The drop deadline is an incredibly important resource for students who may misjudge a course at the beginning of the semester. After reviewing the dates of assignments in the most popular classes, we found that most of the major assignments (i.e. tests, papers…) occur between the 6th and 8th weeks of the semester. We believe that students cannot fully gage the material or coursework of the class before preparing for major assignments and completing them.

1 2

Drop (college: week): Brown: 15, Cornell: 8, Dartmouth: 3, Penn: 6, Princeton: 9, Stanford: 5, Yale: 3. Credit Option (college: week): Brown: 7, Cornell 4, Dartmouth: 9, Penn: 6, Princeton: 6, Stanford: 6, Yale: 3.

Course Withdrawal (college: week): Brown: 15, Cornell: 14, Dartmouth: 8, Penn: 11, Stanford: 8, Yale: 13.

We do not believe that students will take their courses any less seriously. Since on the eighth Monday students will not have the option to add another course, we do not foresee this being too popular of an option. But it is still a necessary outlet for those who find it important enough to suffer the consequences of catching up. Students originally enrolled in four courses who decide to drop a course after the fifth Monday would be left with three courses and have to make up the credits before graduation. Students originally enrolled in five or more courses who decide to drop a course after the fifth Monday would be left with at least four courses. Pass/Fail and Sat/Unsat Deadline We propose to extend the pass/fail deadline to the eleventh Monday of the semester. Pass/fail and sat/unsat are an incredibly important resources for students to thrive in all of the courses they are interested in taking. The pass/fail and sat/unsat option allows students to enroll in courses that are outside of their familiar academic scope. It is important that we keep this option available for students who might realize they are in over their head later in the semester, but would still like to continue for credit. We see great benefit and no harm in extending this deadline. We understand that the faculty is interested in reexamining the distinctions between pass/fail and sat/unsat, and look forward to collaborating on this issue as well. Course Withdrawal Deadline We propose to extend the course withdrawal deadline to the fourteenth Monday of the semester. The withdrawal deadline allows students in extenuating circumstances to drop out of a course with the recognition that they have completed more than half of a course. Since it is meant to recognize students who have completed most of a course, we think it only logical to extend it further for students who have completed even more than eight weeks of a course but feel that they must withdraw for extenuating circumstances.

27S-27 Confirmation of Bill Rose’s Appointment to the General Education Committee SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10), on behalf of the Student Affairs Committee WHEREAS Section 32.2 of the Undergraduate Council Bylaws states that, “no later than October 31 in any calendar year, the Student Affairs Committee shall elect delegates to College, Faculty, and University Committees by secret ballot;” and WHEREAS the Student Affairs Committee has the responsibility of replacing any delegates who wish to discontinue their position; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council confirm the selection of Bill Rose (Adams ’11) to the Committee on General Education.

Student Affairs Committee: Docketed: 14-0-0 Student Affairs Committee: Recommended: 14-0-0 Executive Board: Docketed: 3-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 30-0-0

27S-28 Co-Sponsorship of “Take Back the Night” UC President Andrea R. Flores ‘10 SAC CCL Vice Chair Senan Ebrahim (East Yard ’12) WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council supports efforts to eliminate sexual violence at Harvard; WHEREAS Take Back the Night is a student-run event featuring educational discussions, talks, and performances on issues pertaining to sexual violence and a commemorative vigil for sexual assault victims; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council co-sponsor Take Back the Night, a series of events being held by OSAPR on the days of April 13th through 16th; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the UC will assist in publicizing the event, UC members will attend the candlelit vigil on Thursday night, and the UC will design a t-shirt to include in the clothesline project.

Executive Board: Docketed: 3-0-1 Executive Board: Recommended: 3-0-1 Undergraduate Council: 30-0-0

27S-29 Spring Grants Pack 7.0 FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ‘11) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate

$15,065.74 from the Grants Fund to 50 recipient projects and

$100.00 from the Student Life Fund to 1 recipient project as shown in the break-down below, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Fall applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein. Grants Fund: Grant ID Project Name Dumplings Watches Saturday Morning 878 (Chinese) Cartoons 879 Publicity 880 College Bound 881 Small Group Meetings 882 Friday Night Bible Study BSA - Harvard Commencement Celebration 883 and Reception (Black Graduation) 884 Concert Cycle 3 885 Publication of Winter Issue 2009 886 HCC Internship Program 887 The Bible: Word of God or Word of Man? 888 Cookie Making Study Break

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Black Students Association Harvard Bach Society Orchestra Harvard Book Review Harvard China Care Harvard College Alpha Omega Harvard College Democrats

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Conversation with Tina Flornouy General Meeting / Poster-making for WBC Counterprotest The Blue Line Spring 09 Queens Head Dinner HCAP Iron Chef State House Outing After Conference Social Gatherings

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Singapore and Malaysian Flavors SAWC Cookie & Brownie Study Break SAWC Bubble Tea Discussion Recall! Publication of Winter 2009 Issue The Harvard Brain Issue Launch Party

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Spring 2009 Issue Record Hospital Fest 2009 Percy Grainger Post-Concert Discussion Make Your Own Sushi Nite! Champions League 1/16 round Harvard Polo Club

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Project Description Last Saturday morning, during our weekly Dumplings Session, we watched Chinese cartoons from the 1940s to present day. First we started with Princess Iron Fan, the very first animated film created in China, then the Cabalash Brothers, made in the 1960s from papercut animation, then to Mudi, the ink and water styled cartoon by famous Chinese animator Te Wei, and finally we watched Century Sonny, the first Chinese cartoon to be made entirely in CG. For our arts and crafts session, we made a mini "TV," as well as a fan styled after the princess iron fan animation. Our costs were to cover the crafts supplies. We also had a fun relaxed breakfast social afterwards, with bagels and cereal. In order to publicize and spread awareness of Girlspot events, and meetings, we are requesting funding to cover printing costs. We anticipate hosting at least two events every month along with bi-weekly meetings. Along with learning the basic information about applying to post-secondary programs, College Bound is dedicated to providing young students with one-on-one mentors currently enrolled in a University who understand the challenges in navigating through the college process and concerns. We believe that a reliable system of peer support is just as beneficial and necessary a tool as involved parents, dedicated teachers and guidance counselors, and dependable information on options after high school. This semester, we will be continuing the College Bound program at New Mission High School where we help sophomores and juniors learn how to get into and graduate from college. Mentors need only commit 2-3 hours per week (and may choose to go Monday through Thursday) and have been matched with students that have similar interests to their own. Mentors receive a lesson plan for each week but are encouraged to work specifically on the things their student needs the most help with. With the one-onone pairs, mentors will be able to help their students the most, build a real relationships, and have a lot of fun.We aim to provide inner-city youth with the power of choice and social mobility. Without training past high school, these young men and women will be forever limited when choosing

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Harvard ABSK's Small Groups are an activity to help foster close community among Harvard College students. They are weekly roundtable discussions for College students to relate Christianity to their own lives on campus, in a personal setting. The small groups center on sharing about spiritual issues, Christian life at Harvard, and the Bible as it relates to Harvard students. They also allow for students of different years, especially freshmen, to support each other in personal, academic, and spiritual matters. ABSK is concerned with the religious, social, and cultural issues regarding Christianity and Asians and Christianity. These small groups allow students of different ages with diverse personal, family, and cultural backgrounds to share quality time together while discussing their spiritual lives at Harvard. To clarify, Small Groups are a weekly event and we are thus asking for upfront funding for an event that spans the entire semester. ABSK is concerned with the religious, social, and cultural issues regarding Christians and Christianity. The group seeks to promote greater awareness and understanding of Christian issues in the Harvard community in a small group environment, such as in Friday Night Bible Studies. There we try to encourage students to use the skills of discovery and critical thought they hone in the Harvard classroom and apply them to the Bible to gain insight into spiritual life. Especially emphasized are Asian-Christian issues and the practice of faith on the Harvard campus and in future career life. Afterwards, we have fellowship and socializing over an Asian meal and games. To clarify, Friday Night Bible Studies are a weekly event and thus we are asking for upfront funding for an event that spans the entire semester. On June 3, 2009, the Harvard Black Students Association is hosting our annual Harvard Commencement Celebration and Reception. The event was founded with the purpose of providing graduates and their family members with an informal and very personal ceremony to congratulate and acknowledge the senior class. The program is a celebration of the accomplishments of the class of 2009 including a speech by someone who greatly touched our class and seen us grow over the years, individual remarks and performances by members of the class. The reception will be a moment for graduates and their families to bond, reflect on the years passed here and share a dinner before Commencement ceremonies the next day. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BSAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Commencement Celebration and Reception aims to acknowledge the individual class of 2009; but also aims to celebrate the accomplishments of all African-Americans. The Bach Society Orchestra gives four concerts each year to great acclaim, and is proud to be one of Harvard's foremost supporters of undergraduate musical endeavors. BachSoc provides invaluable experience to its undergraduate conductors and members, many of whom go on to become some of the greatest musicians in the field. In addition, BachSoc supports undergraduate instrumentalists and composers through its annual Concerto and Composition Competitions, of which the winners receive an opportunity to perform with BachSoc or to have their compositions played by BachSoc in front of a substantial audience.With each concert there are large costs incurred with venue rental, publicity, program printing, and music rental, all of which are essential to each performance, and it has been increasingly difficult recently for BachSoc to cover operational costs from revenue alone. We therefore request assistance from the UC so that BachSoc can continue to promote the arts at Harvard; the UC's aid is very much appreciated! Each issue of HBR features reviews of contemporary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry; interviews with writers from the Harvard community and beyond; retrospectives on favorite authors; thoughtful features; and student artwork and photography. As the only book review on campus run entirely by undergraduates, we provide our readers (both students and faculty) with a forum for the discussion, criticism, and appreciation of contemporary literature, from a youthful yet sophisticated perspective. This issue, the first under our new leadership, we hope to experiment further with different types of illustrations for our reviews and features, and to include more short pieces in issue. We door-drop to all undergraduates, distribute to various faculty departments, and leave stacks of issues around campus (for example in dining halls and libraries). HBR has consistently received $500 from the UC to help fund each of our issues, published quarterly. We great value the UC's support! This is a periodic meeting to introduce Harvard students to China's orphanages. Past interns come and speak, along with parents of recently adopted children. The aim is the make students aware of not only the cultural, social, and political atmosphere of China, but also given them a glimpse of the medical and educational conditions of Chinese orphanages in particular. Our mission is to spread general understanding and awareness of China's lost children. For the first event sponsored by our new student organization, we had a guest speaker who graduated from Harvard Divinity School speak about the biblical manuscripts and what we can learn from them about the transmission of the biblical texts. The Dems held a study break in Thayer basement. The Dems had a conversation with IOP Fellow Tina Flornouy, an education policy expert, about President Obama's education plan.

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The Dems organized with QSA two counterprotests to hate group Westboro Baptist Church's appearances at Harvard and in Cambridge. We spent one of our general meetings making posters for these counterprotests, and also ordered pizza and had drinks. The Blue Line is the official progressive magazine of the Harvard College Democrats. Combining witty satire with insightful analysis, the Blue Line strives to differentiate itself from run-of-the-mill political magazines. The magazine released its inaugural issue in the Spring of 2006 and released one further print edition. In 2008 the Blue Line was revived in an online format. This semester, we are planning to relaunch our print edition. Because it has now been two boards since we last printed an edition, and because all of the people involved with the last print edition have either graduated or are no longer involved in the Dems, we are applying for the $1000 initial issue grant, as our costs and the challenges we face are the same as any magazine printing for the first time. Dinner in the Queens Head Pub where Harvard HCAP delegates and Asian delegates met and socialized with one another. A delicious, multi-ethnic food sampling event as a part of the HCAP Iron Chef competition in which HCAP Harvard and Asian delegates tasted world cuisines. Six state legislators hosted HCAP in the Great Hall of Flags and gave brief presentations on "Education in a Globalized World", the theme of our conference. There was then a question and answer exchange between Harvard delegates, asian delegates and the statesmen, which morphed into an informal meet and greet. Then we were given a tour of the statehouse. We provided invitations for the events and pastries for everyone to enjoy. Meet and greets after hours during the conference. These gave Harvard delegates to get to know each other on a more personal level before they leave for their respective trips to Asia as well as mingle with the Asian delegates. In our fourth general meeting, we had a special guest lecturer, a Harvard professor who was a Korean adoptee herself. She gave a nice talk and answered many questions for the parents. Meanwhile, the children prepared for the KA culture show, in which they will performa a skit. Food was prepared for the guest speaker and the parents / children This was a very special event that HCKAMP hosted for the mentors and mentees. As our general monthly meeting, we prepared materials needed to prepare a traditional Korean food called "kimbab." It is similar to sushi, but different in the way you make it. The mentors and the mentees together went around stations to make kimbab, and it was a very educational and fun day for all. With Gaypril quickly approaching, the Harvard QSA takes this opportunity to bring as many LGBT issues and concerns to the forefront. Thus, a great sense of visibility is necessary to achieve said dissemination of issues. In order to reach our ideal visibility such items as rainbow pins, safe space signs, and brochures are given to the community. The Harvard Icthus is a student journal of Christian thought. We take submissions (poetry, reviews, visual art, opinion pieces) from undergraduates which all center around Christianity. This grant is to help fund the printing and distribution costs for our spring publication. We put the journal in the drop boxes of every undergraduate, and we make it available to faculty, the divinity school, local book stores and coffee shops as well as to our subscribers. On the last day of Islam Awareness Week, the Harvard Islamic Society would like to invite the larger community to come join us for weekly Friday prayers, during which the community will come together to perform one of the most important obligations of a Muslim: salaat, or prayer. This event will also include a brief religious talk, or khutba, given by a member of the community and informational flyers will be handed out to attendees. This event promises to be eye-opening and educational as attendees will be provided with a glimpse into Muslim culture and religion. On the fourth day of Islam Awareness Week, the Harvard Islamic Society will be working with the Harvard Art Museum to provide an afternoon guided talk in the Islamic Art Gallery with Mary McWilliams and Michelle Lamuniere. The talk will cover both the permanent collection at the Gallery and the temporary collection called Sacred Sites. This event will be an exciting way to explore Islamic Art right here at Harvard! An annual event held annually during Gaypril, the Harvard Queer Students and Allies (formerly Harvard BGLTSA) is working with the Harvard Trans Task Force to host this year's Drag Night at the Cambridge Queen's Head. Acts will be performed by professionals as well as undergraduate. We will also be inviting undergraduates from neighboring Boston colleges. Some food and beverage will be offered, and the pub will be appropriately decorated. Florida-themed social for members and friends of Harvard STAGE. 30 new T-shirts with the STAGE logo for use by teachers while teaching classes. HUEA runs a high school economics competition which requires the help of many Harvard student volunteers. After the competition is over, we will have a dinner for the volunteers as a thank you, and also to talk about what went well and what could be improved for next year's competition.

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The Veritas Forum was a three-night speaker series that tackled the intersection between faith and beauty. The forum brought together professors, authors, pastors, and leaders of various disciplines to dialogue about the characteristics of a beautiful person, world, and society. This event engaged undergraduates from Harvard as well as graduates and members of the Cambridge/Boston community, and was publicized throughout house lists, campus bulletins, and by word of mouth. Join HUSO in New York City from March 13-15th for an introduction to career opportunities in the Arts and Entertainment. Alums working in various capacities (actors, directors, producers, musicians, agents, managers, business/museum management, etc.) will be sharing their experiences. The trip will include a visit to an agency, a production company, a tour of a graduate MFA program, cocktail hour with alums, and a broadway show.

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We provide the Crimson Crazy t-shirts to students at many Harvard athletic events throughout the year. These t-shirts are incredibly popular (as some random facebook messages and phone calls attest) and have been a key way to draw students to different events, especially in light of the recent restrictions on alcohol. In this way, we have been able to boost attendance at games to positively impact the overall school spirit. At the same time, children attending these games always sneak over to get a shirt, and although they won't fit in them for another few years, they love them still the same. These shirts have been a Harvard tradition for many years and have benefited both Harvard students and the community at large. With the UC's help, we hope to continue this for years to come. The Mission Hill After School Program held its second volunteer training from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Sunday, March 15th. This training was for all staff and volunteers of the Mission Hill After School Program. We had two trainers from ReadBoston teach our volunteers how to encourage literacy and build fundamental reading skills. Our volunteers have already been able to implement these new skills in the classroom. After our guest speakers finished, we divided into our color groups volunteers discussed the academic strengths and weaknesses of our students. The goal of the reflection was for volunteers to learn best-practices for working with the students from Mission Hill. This information is compiled into progress reports that are handed out to families. This training is especially important for our Harvard Undergraduates because it gives them the opportunity to work together with their peers and share information about their students and their experiences in the classroom. We served dinner to our volunteers. We had pizza, soda, juice, and cookies. Presencia Latina is Harvardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only Latino and Latin American cultural show, held annually in April. The aim of the show is to foster the expression of Latino and Latin American culture by Latino/Latin American students, as well as the exploration of and exposure to this culture by students of other backgroundsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;by performing in the show or attending. Our aim is to present more than simply a variety show of Latino dances and music. We attempt this by constructing the creative vision each year around a specific theme for the show, and try to mold the acts to fit within that theme to the best of our ability. While we appreciate the importance of and will include traditional dances, we also want to complement them with innovative and modern pieces that question and provide fresh insight into the Latino and Latin American experience. Culture is fluid and constantlychanging, and we want to express that and not simply focus on traditions from the past.A second important component of the night is the Food Festival held immediately after the show. We ask for donations from restaurants all over Boston and Cambridge, as a way to showcase a very important aspect of our cultureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;food. Because we do not receive enough food donations, we have to buy food. Presencia Latina is organized by a staff but it is essentially the result of the collaboration between students from all Harvard Latino and Latin American groups. Furthermore, it will include participation from students of non-Latino background, faculty members, and some members of the Cambridge and Boston communities.

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To provide Harvard undergraduates with a taste of sumptous Singapore and Malaysian Prawn Noodle Soup, Laksa and other delicacies from our homeland just before the start of a stressful reading period. The study break brings people with an interest in issues affecting South Asian women together. The study break, which was open to the entire campus and was publicized over multiple email lists, sought to introduce more individuals to SAWC and its purpose. It fostered discussion and allowed students invested in this cause to share ideas and thoughts. The SAWC Bubble Tea Discussion will pick a political topic relating to South Asian women and discuss it over bubble tea. It will create greater awareness of the issues relating to South Asian women. As an organization that is still trying to create its niche on campus, this event is integral to serving those who are interested in our cause. This year's freshman musical is entirely written, produced, directed, and performed by members of the class of 2012. The five members of the executive team have been working since the middle of October to write and compose the musical and have recruited additional staff. This year's production will take place in a small American town whose claim to fame is a popular processed meat called Scrapple. The show will open with a look inside the life of the townspeople and how their life revolves around the Scrapple factory. Havoc ensues when the FDA comes to town and temporarily shuts down the factory that is the life source to everyone in the town. Our hero, Michael, is the son of the factory owner and first in

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line to take over the family business. However, Michael has dreams of becoming an artist and while taking art classes hidden from his father, he falls in love with the vegan daughter of the FDA agent who has moved to town during the Scrapple recall crisis. Michael must deal with his increasingly disappointed father, his relationship with a girl who wants nothing to do with meat, and the plight of the townspeople whose livelihood depends on the reopening of the scrapple factory. Michael's artistic ability, desire to rid his life of processed meat, and his sheer brilliance come in handy to save the day and the show ends with a musical number reminiscent of the hilarity that will define the whole musical. Many freshmen are already involved with this project, and more continue to be recruited. Set designers, costumer designers, technicians, musicians, actors, and singers have all joined the team and are diligently working to get the show up and running within the next month. Performances will be held during prefrosh weekend in April, and will be open to the public. The Freshman Musical is committed to including as many freshman in both the production and performance as is possible. It is our goal to increase interest in theater and the arts at Harvard in as many freshmen as we can.Our main reason for applying for a UC Grant is based on our recent discovery that it is imperative for our show to have body mics. The Agassiz Theatre does not have its own set of body mics and therefore they would need to be rented for about 1000 dollars for the run of the show. With our current budget we could never afford this price, but it is very important for the quality of our show. We really do not want our show to suffer because of the high price of body mics which is why we are seeking financial aid from the UC. This grant will help offset the costs of printing and publishing the Winter 2009 issue of The Harvard Advocate, the magazine devoted to the publication of undergraduate poetry, fiction, art, and features. The magazine is distributed free of charge to all Harvard undergraduates and department offices. In addition, the magazine will be mailed to our subscription base of parents, alumni, and local residents. This issue of the magazine is a contest issue focused on showcasing and rewarding exemplary works of art and literature produced by undergraduates at the College who are not members of the Advocate. The Harvard Brain Publication will be celebrating the 2008-2009 Issue release with the Harvard community on April 24, 2009. The occasion will be held within Ticknor Lounge and is to be an exciting, community building day for scores of students and faculty. The night will feature a faculty speaker and two presentations from students whose papers we published. We expect 100 students at this year's unveiling, which includes an exclusive interview with Will Wright and a much anticipated preview of Professor Wrangham's forthcoming book. Included is great eating and the exchange of ideas that is core to this organization and the Mind, Brain and Behavior community. Opportunity for prospective freshman to get to know the organization, meet people in the organization, and generally get excited about Harvard! Open forum for discussion about the Latter-day Saint (Mormon) religion. Opportunity for non-Mormons to learn more about the doctrine of the religion, clear up misconceptions, ask questions, etc. An opportunity to celebrate religious diversity at Harvard and to encourage interfaith discussion. The Salient published an issue for the week of March 23rd to provide a journal of alternate opinion on campus. This was our second general meeting during which we updated the club as a whole on the progress of the individual boards. The purpose was not only to update those not involved with specific boards, something that could be done through email, but to also foster a feeling of cohesiveness among the members and different boards of the club. Special food and drinks were provided. The 2009 Spring issue of The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal will be distributed in early May to the Harvard community, door-dropped at the rooms of every undergraduate of the college. This will be the thirdissue of THURJ which showcases undergraduate research conducted here atHarvard as well as the continuing growth of the scientific community and activity here at Harvard. We hope to continue with and build off of THURJ's great success in the coming semesters and years. Every spring WHRB’s underground rock department, Record Hospital, hosts a two-day music festival to showcase some of what we play on air, drawing bands primarily from the Boston area but also the greater Northeast. This year’s Record Hospital Fest will be on Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11 and will feature about twenty bands total, our largest Fest ever. The first night will be hosted at an on campus location to be announced starting at 6 pm and ending at 12 am. This night will consist primarily of punk and indie acts. The final line-up will be Cheeky, Dead Uncles, Life Partners, Black Clouds, Quits, Thick Shakes, Dylan Bredeau, Dead at 24, Exusamwa, Little Lungs, and Vile Bodies. The second night will be hosted at Holden Chapel and will run from 4 pm to 11 pm. This night will consist mostly of heavier punk acts as well as one acoustic one. The bands for Saturday night are L’Antietam, Iron Hand, Revenge, Dry Hump, Freaking Mess, Daniel Striped Tiger, the Body, and Redwing Blackbird. There will also be two or three more bands added to this night’s line-up. Most of the bands are from the Boston area and while some play shows frequently, others do not, and Record Hospital Fest provides a unique opportunity for Harvard students and community members alike. Similarly, some bands are from out of town, and very rarely play in the area. Cheeky, for instance, are from New York, and Record Hospital Fest will be their first Boston show ever. As the line-up is not 100% finalized, things may change, but some bands may include Harvard students, and one officially

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confirmed band has a Harvard graduate and former Record Hospital DJ (Exusamwa). Record Hospital Fest provides a positive social alternative for Harvard students as it is a drug and alcohol free event. Many of the bands focus on the positive aspects of creating art as a method of social change by reinforcing do-it-yourself ethics. As very few punk concerts take place on campus, it is a unique opportunity for Harvard students to be exposed to alternative kinds of music and social expression. We are planning to record the sets from each night and will most likely broadcast them on air during regular Record Hospital hours. This will allow a wider segment of the Boston community to hear the concert. Furthermore, we are hoping to do either an audio release or perhaps even a video one of the performance that will be available to Harvard students and the community as a whole at low cost. This was a post-concert reception for intellectual and musical stimulation. After a concert featuring the diverse music of Percy Grainger, players and audience members gathered for food and beverages to discuss the various ways that Grainger arranged music and the different styles of conducting of Mark Olson and guest conductor Keith Brion. Brion was a student of Grainger and spoke to the audience about Grainer's thoughts while writing and arranging music, which was a source of discussion after the concert. We played recordings of the music that Grainger based his own arrangements off of for his piece "Linconshire Posy," and it was fascinating to hear what people thought about how Grainger used folk songs to launch into his own composition. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Culinary Society, Make Your Own Sushi Nite allows Harvard kids to experience one of Japan's greatest and most popular export products through a first-hand training session led by members of Woodbridge and the Culinary Society. We will supply them with all the ingredients, and all they need to come with is the enthusiasm and appetite. There is truly no better way to learn part of a new culture than through the wonderful world of cuisine!

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An international soccer event - watching the 1/16 round of UEFA Champions League. Featuring: Manchester United vs. Internazionale Milano. An event for all members of the Harvard community sharing the passion for soccer. The Harvard Polo Club consists of 20 members, both men and women, ranging from Freshmen to Seniors. We have mounted practices (on horseback) three times a week as well as daily fitness practices. One or two weekends a month we host games at our home facility in Hamilton MA against schools such as Cornell, Yale and UConn. Fans and supporters of the Harvard Polo Team are encouraged to come watch and cheer at our games. We also travel to these schools for games at their home arenas. Even though this has been our first season as a fully functional program, both the men's and women's teams have had great success in competition.

27S-30 January 2010 Recommendations Act UC Parliamentarian Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) Representative Bill Rose (Adams ’11) SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) UC President Andrea Flores ‘10 BE IT RESOLVED by the Undergraduate Council that the following question be submitted at the April 14, 2009 Faculty of Arts and Sciences Town Hall meeting on the economic crisis: "Last week, Deans Smith and Hammonds announced that due to the financial crisis, the College would primarily shut down during January 2010 and that housing would only be available to an extremely limited number of undergraduates. While students are appreciative that information about January 2010 is finally available, undergraduates across campus have expressed serious reservations about the lack of flexibility on which students will be eligible to remain on campus in these plans. Will students involved in substantive, structured activities on or near campus during January, such as short programs organized by student groups in the arts, politics, or public service, be eligible for housing, even if those activities do not fall under the strict categories listed in the announcement? What will the process for applying to be on campus look like, and will students be involved in developing that application process? What structure does the College have in place for developing January programming for 2011 and beyond, and what role will students have in that structure? We fully appreciate the economic concerns that surround these decisions, but are hopeful that a system for January 2010 can exist that allows students to participate in meaningful programming at extremely low cost to the College." BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council adopts the attached position paper, “The January Experience in 2010 and Beyond,” as its official policy on programming during January 2010. Student Affairs Committee: Docketed: 9-0-0 Student Affairs Committee: Recommended: 5-0-4 Executive Board: Docketed: 5-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 27-0-0

The January Experience in 2010 and Beyond Structured, Affordable Programming for Undergraduate Enrichment EXECUTIVE SUMMARY We understand that financial concerns prevent serious expenditures on programming in January 2010. However, significant opportunities exist and will be created for students to constructively spend time on campus during January. Groups including the Institute of Politics, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, and Phillip Brooks House Association have expressed a desire to organize January programming, provided that housing is available to participants. We recommend that students who can document that they will be spending at least 20 hours a week during January on a structured, scheduled activity be eligible for housing during the duration of that activity. We urge the College to publicly release a plan and detailed timeline on how decisions will be made for January 2011 and future Januaries, and to include undergraduates in the planning process. We recommend that the College’s philosophy in housing students during January 2010 not be focused on if students absolutely need to be on campus, but rather on if students will benefit from being on campus for a certain activity. Further, we recommend that a process be established for room reservations by student groups in January, that a directory of January options for students be created, and that the Campus Events Board or other student group be charged with planning a limited number of cost-effective safe social events during January 2010. INTRODUCTION When President Bok announced plans for the new University calendar in June 2007, undergraduates rejoiced not only at the changes moving fall exams before winter break, but also at the potential for innovative, exciting, stress-free programming options during January.1 Students across campus have expressed concern in recent months about the process by which decisions regarding January 2010 were made. Articles and editorials in The Crimson, as well as statements from student group leaders and other students interested in participating in January programming, have expressed dismay with the lack of student involvement in the decision-making process as well as with the fact that there is not yet a guarantee of housing to students participating in substantive programming during January.2 On April 6, 2009, Deans Smith and Hammonds announced plans for January 2010 in an email to the College community. In this email, they stated that “from January 10 through January 22, only students with a recognized and pre-approved need to be on campus will be permitted to return to College housing. Students with a need to be on campus may potentially include varsity athletes, international students, thesis writers, students conducting lab-based research, and others who cannot reasonably accomplish their work in another location.”3 In an interview with The Crimson, Dean Hammonds “hesitated to say for certain whether or not all dorms and houses will remain open during the January period, but said that the College would consider this issue after it decides which students will be allowed to stay on campus” and “said that after the decision was made not to provide programming, administrators did not want idle students to remain on campus.”4

“Bok Announces Calendar Change,” Christian Flow and Claire Guehenno, The Harvard Crimson, June 6, 2007: http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=519211 2 “January Housing Uncertain,” Clifford Marks, FlyByBlog, March 6, 2009: http://www.flybyblog.com/?p=383; “Administration Has Few Answers to J-Term Questions,” Lauren Kiel, March 20, 2009: http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=527303; “Jay On J,” The Harvard Crimson, March 10, 2009: http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=527075 3 “January Experience Announcement,” email from Deans Michael Smith and Evenlyn Hammons, April 6, 2009. 4 “College Cuts J-Term Plans,” Lauren Kiel, The Harvard Crimson, April 7, 2009: http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=527511

When the Undergraduate Council discussed January options with Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay Harris in April 2008, the potential for short classes on subjects ranging from PowerPoint to metalsmithing to introductory languages were discussed.5 We understand that with the financial crisis, such College- and Faculty-organized programming is not possible for January 2010. The fact that such programming will not be provided by the College does not mean, though, that there will not be reasons for students to spend January on campus. In addition to the limited number of examples of “pre-approved needs” given in the announcement email, many student groups have expressed interest in taking the initiative to plan January programming of their own at no cost to the University, as long as housing is available to participants. PROGRAMMING OPTIONS DURING JANUARY We fully appreciate the concern that students remaining on campus without structured activities taking up their time will turn to unconstructive activities which pose obvious problems for the College, and we agree with Dean Hammonds’s statement to The Crimson, that idle students should not be on campus during January. Therefore, we do not advocate for guaranteed housing for all undergraduates during January. Instead, we believe the College should offer housing only to undergraduates participating in a substantive activity while they remain on campus, even if those activities do not fall under strict categories established by the College. A list of potential substantive activities that students could participate in, beyond the limited options presented by the administration, follows. x The Institute of Politics has begun plans for a short program in Cambridge during two weeks of January, and would be able to provide this program to students at no cost to the College if housing were available. x Student groups such as the Phillip Brooks House Association and the International Relations Council have expressed interest in developing programming during January, but have not begun serious planning yet due to the lack of information about housing. x The Harvard Glee Club, along with other choral groups, has indicated that at least one week of full time (40 hours per week) rehearsals during January are essential to preparing for the spring semester. x The Hasty Pudding Theatricals has noted that two weeks of nearly full-time rehearsals in January for its spring production are necessary to that production being successful. x In addition to programs from student groups, some students have expressed interest in finding, on their own, a short job or internship in the Cambridge or Boston area during January, but would require housing to make these opportunities financially possible. HOUSING RECOMMENDATION When students vacate their rooms at the end of fall examinations in December, their rooms will still have their belongings in them. We do not understand college officials’ hesitation to state that all Houses and Dorms will be open during January, because if housing is given even just to athletes and international students, there will be students from every House and Dorm who require housing. The process of concentrating these students into a single House during January to reduce costs would require House residents to pack up and store their belongings before leaving in December, something that would create such obvious problems for those students that it could never feasibly occur. Another option to avoid keeping all Houses and Dorms open would be to consolidate students in a dormitory outside the existing Houses and Dorms. However, there has been enough 5

“UC Considers New List of J-Term Classes,” Chelsea Shover and Josh Zagorsky, The Harvard Crimson, April 7, 2008: http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=522863

difficulty finding a “swing house” for the House renovations that it seems unlikely that such a building could be found, and if it could the cost of acquiring it could eliminate any potential benefits of not having all the Houses and Dorms open. We strongly oppose any plans that would force students to move out of their rooms at the end of December, and believe that the only reasonable option to house students during January is to house them in their regular rooms. We assume for the duration of the paper that students on campus in January would stay in their regular rooms. Because all Houses and Dorms would be open, the cost of allowing housing to other students would not be as high as if it involved opening an entire House or Dorm that would not otherwise be open. We recommend that the College approve students participating in any substantive activity during January for housing for the duration of that activity. We suggest that “substantive activity” be defined as participating in a structured activity scheduled for at least 20 hours a week. Students could be required to provide documentation of how they will be spending 20 hours a week to their Resident Dean or to the Office of Residential Life in order to be eligible for housing. Such documentations could be due well in advance, in November or December, in order to ensure the smooth operation of the program. In making this recommendation, we are asking that the College view applications for housing during January not using the question “Is it absolutely necessary for this student to remain on campus?” but rather using the question “Would this student benefit from remaining on campus for this activity?” DINING RECOMMENDATION In her interview with The Crimson, Dean Hammonds stated that Annenberg Hall would be the only dining hall to remain open during this period. We appreciate that dining will be available at all, but we hope that the fact that only Annenberg will be open will not be used to justify limiting the number of students who can remain on campus, or to limit the students eligible to remain on campus to staying in dorms and Houses near Annenberg. Many students currently get by without dining halls open during Spring Break, and the January Experience as announced by Deans Smith and Hammonds is only one week longer. In an ideal situation, Annenberg and several House dining halls (potentially one per neighborhood) would be open. We understand that is not currently possible, but present here two possibilities concerning dining that we would consider reasonable: x

The number of students remaining on campus could be limited to the capacity of Annenberg Hall (one-fourth of all undergraduates). The application process described in the previous section would allow the number of undergraduates on campus to be capped at that number. The number of students remaining on campus could exceed the capacity of Annenberg Hall, but only a number of students not exceeding that capacity (one-fourth of all undergraduates) would be eligible for dining. The students eligible for dining could be limited to students participating in select activities (such as those initially presented in the announcement) in order to minimize the cost of housing additional students, or it could be limited on a firstcome-first-served basis as students apply for housing. Students excluded from dining would be responsible for their own meals, as currently occurs over Spring Break.

Our primary goal here is to convey that the availability of housing during January is far more important than the availability of dining. Even if dining cannot be available to all students remaining on campus due to cost issues, many students would wish to remain on campus without dining available. The lack of funding to keep dining halls open should not be seen as a factor to limit the number of students eligible for housing.

COLLEGE SUPPORT OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES DURING JANUARY

As previously stated, we understand that the current financial crisis prevents significant expenditures on January programming. However, there are ways in which the College could assist student-directed January programming at little or no cost. If student groups plan their own programs during January, those groups which do not own their own property or have access to other off-campus space will need to be able to reserve rooms on campus to hold their events. We recommend that the Student Life & Activities Office create a system for room reservations by student groups during January. Groups could be required to submit their January plans and room reservation requests to the Student Life & Activities Office by an early deadline (November, for example), in order to facilitate the process. The rooms available for reservation could be limited to those in buildings which would need to be open during January anyway, in order to minimize the costs of opening additional buildings. We also recommend that a directory be available of options for students over January, containing summaries of different programs that are being offered by various groups and information on the process for students to be eligible for housing. The Student Life & Activities Office could produce this directory, but this task could also be completed by the Undergraduate Council. Finally, to address concerns that students on campus during January would turn to unproductive activities that would pose problems to the College, we recommend that the Campus Events Board, Crimson Key Society, or Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisors be charged with providing a few safe social events during the period, at an extremely low cost. PERSONAL SAFETY IMPLICATIONS OF HOUSING UNAVAILABILITY While many students rejoiced at the possibility of taking a five-week long break from Harvard life, this was not true for everyone. For students with difficult home lives, being forced to stay at home during January without an option to remain on campus can be detrimental to their personal safety. Mental health concerns were one of the main reasons that led to the adoption of the new calendar; they should not be a byproduct of its implementation. Therefore, we recommend that the College work with Mental Health Services and peer counseling groups to develop plans for students who should not be at home during January for personal safety reasons. Our previous recommendations on allowing student-initiated programming during January would ensure that enough opportunities to remain on campus would be available to accommodate these students as well, but we urge the College to consider this as another reason why lack of housing during January is detrimental. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE JANUARY EXPERIENCE The previous recommendations provide what we believe to be a reasonable, although certainly not ideal, system for programming during January 2010. We must conclude, however, by urging that further action be taken now to plan for January 2011 and future years. While the economic crisis may not be over by 2011, longer term planning can lead to the sort of programming in January 2011 that thousands of undergraduates, administrators, and Faculty envisioned when the new calendar was first announced. We do not seek to prescribe here what that programming should look like, but we urge the College to publicly release a plan and detailed timeline on how decisions will be made for January 2011. Further, we ask that students be involved in the planning and decision-making process. The calendar change originated after years of collaboration between students, Deans, and Faculty, and we hope that similar collaboration can create a January experience that becomes an integral and thriving part of student life at Harvard College.

27S-31 Ivy Council Association Act UC Parliamentarian Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) UC Vice President Kia McLeod ‘10 UC Treasurer Tony Britt (Lowell ’10) Co-Sponsors LIHC President Ben Brinkopf (Mather ’11) LIHC Vice President David Tebaldi (Lowell ’10) Ivy Council Head Delegate John Tan (Adams ’11) WHEREAS the Harvard Undergraduate Council permanently rejoined the Ivy Council in 22S-43: “A Resolution Regarding Harvard’s Permanent Reentry into the Ivy Council” in the Spring of 2004; and WHEREAS the UC permanently withdrew from the Ivy Council in 23S-68: “A Resolution on Permanently Withdrawing from the Ivy Council” in the Spring of 2005 by a vote of 19-4-4; and WHEREAS the UC declined to rejoin the Ivy Council by rejecting 26S-14: “The Ivy Council Membership Act” in the Spring of 2008 by a vote of 3-18-2; and WHEREAS the Leadership Institute at Harvard College (LIHC) has since developed a relationship with the Ivy Council that best fits the mission of the Ivy Council and LIHC; and WHEREAS the Ivy Council gives two of the four votes per school in its elections to the student government president and a Ivy Council-student government policy liaison; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council recognizes the Leadership Institute at Harvard College’s affiliation with the Ivy Council as the official affiliation between the Ivy Council and Harvard College; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the positions of Ivy Council Head Delegate and Ivy Council External Affairs Liaison be filled by LIHC; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President of the Undergraduate Council or her designee will vote in Ivy Council elections; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President shall appoint from within the membership of the Council and StudentFaculty Committees an Ivy Council-UC policy liaison, who shall vote in Ivy Council elections; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if no member of the Council or Student-Faculty Committee member applies to be policy liaison, LIHC shall fill the position; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the policy liaison, along with the Executive Board, be charged with coordination with LIHC in Ivy Council matters that pertain to the purpose and work of the Undergraduate Council; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that nothing in this legislation shall authorize UC funding towards any Ivy Council-related expenditures, nor shall it preclude any future Council from further affiliating with the Ivy Council as it sees necessary. Executive Board: Docketed: 5-0-0 Executive Board: Not Recommended: 2-2-1 Undergraduate Council: 15-8-4

27S-32 Spring Grants Pack 8.0 FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ‘11) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate break-down below,

$8,864.45 from the Grants Fund to 27 recipient projects as shown in the

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Fall applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein. Grants Fund: Grant ID Project Name 928 929 930 931

New England Games Spring 2009 Issue Strivers Panel Publicity Item Outreach for Contact Peer Counseling

932 933 934

936

Spring 2009 Discussion Series Harvard Undergraduate Linguistics Conference Kite Festival "Recognizing Chinese Muslims" Presentation, Islam Awareness Week Recession-Era Global Health: A Forum with Nicholas de Torrente and Howard Zucker

937

Sententiae - Inaugural Issue

935

Organization Name Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia Association Harvard Science Review Assocation of Harvard Black Women Contact Peer Counseling Harvard College Human Rights Advocates Harvard College Linguistics Group Harvard Dharma Harvard Islamic Society Harvard Project for Sustainable Development Harvard Undergraduate Journal of Medieval Studies

Funding Type

Amt Req

Amt Fund

Upfront Upfront Retroactive Upfront

$350.00 $500.00 $350.00 $980.00

$300.00 $500.00 $264.60 $980.00

Retroactive Upfront Retroactive

$50.24 $192.50 $38.20

$30.00 $192.50 $38.20

Upfront

$145.00

$85.00

Upfront

$400.00

$383.60

Upfront

$850.00

938 939 940

HUB Recognition Banquet Prefrosh weekend Duckling Day Parade

941

Boston Area March Meet & Greet

942

CSA March General Meeting

943

CSA February General Meeting

944 945 946

Chinese Muslims Discussion HRO Spring Concert Kuumba Promotional Video

947

General LIHC Meeting

948 949 950 951 952

Spring 2009 Bouldering Competition The Women's Issue of Perspective Magazine Spring Semester Transportation to Mentoring Sites Social Confidence Workshop with Johnny Jen TCS Board Retreat

953 954

Torch Troupes - Screening and Dinner Tribute to Black Men 2009

Harvard University Band Harvard University Band Harvard University Band Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Kuumba Singers of Harvard College Leadership Institute at Harvard College Lowell Bouldering Wall - A division of the Harvard Mountaineering Club Perspective Magazine Strong Women, Strong Girls Taiwanese Cultural Society Taiwanese Cultural Society Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Association of Black Harvard Women

Upfront Upfront Upfront

$375.00 $20.00 $187.00

$300.00 $20.00 $187.00

Retroactive

$60.00

Retroactive

$100.00

Retroactive

$100.00

Retroactive Retroactive Upfront

$140.00 $1,244.50 $497.00

$80.00 $904.00 $20.00

Retroactive

$40.00

$26.00

Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$1,200.00 $870.00 $700.00 $48.00 $273.69

$1,050.00 $500.00 $700.00 $48.00 $70.00

Retroactive Upfront

$170.00 $2,151.50 $12,032.63

$170.00 $905.55 $8,864.45 FiCom: Docketed: 10-0-0 FiCom: Recommended: 10-0-0 Executive Board: Docketed: 5-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 24-0-3

27S-33 Ad Board Correspondence Act UC President Andrea Flores â&#x20AC;&#x2122;10 Be it hereby resolved that the Council directs the President to send the following letter regarding the Report of the Committee to Review the Administrative Board to the Dean of the College: Dear Dean Hammonds,

We write today to inquire as to when and if the report of the committee to review the Administrative Board will be reviewed. Any report related to the Administrative Board will be highly relevant to students and the work of the Undergraduate Council, as evidenced by the high levels of student discourse on the topic and the previous work of the Council on the subject over the past several years. Thus, it is our hope that this report will be publicly discussed and that we can work with your office to review the recommendations of the group. Sincerely, Andrea R. Flores, UC President, on behalf of the Undergraduate Council Undergraduate Council: 27-0-0

27S-34 Levenson Awards Act Representative Alyssa Aguilera (Dudley ’09) UC Treasurer Anthony Britt (Lowell ’10) Co-Sponsor: Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 WHEREAS the Levenson Awards banquet is an important annual public event of the Undergraduate Council, and WHEREAS a banquet benefiting the great esteem in which the student body holds the finest educators of this institution has grown beyond the resources available through the Levenson fund alone, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Council allocate $2,671.00 from the Grants Fund in order to meet the expenses delineated below. FiCom: Docketed: 12-0-0 FiCom: Recommended: 11-0-1 Executive Board: Docketed: 3-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 27-0-0 Expenses: $4,590.00 – Banquet ($27/person, 170 attendees) $200.00 – Reception $300.00 – Plaques $300.00 – Decorations, entertainment Income: $2,671.00 – Levenson fund

27S-35 HPN Sponsorship Act Representative Mohindra Rupram (Dunster ’10) Co-sponsors: Mihir Gupta ’10 (President Emeritus, Perspectives: The Liberal Monthly) Diana Suen ’11 (President, The Harvard Independent) Elizabeth Ryznar ’10 (Editor-in-Chief, The Harvard Brain) Tengbo Li ’12 (Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal) Anne Polyakou ‘12 (Harvard College Global Health Review) Aaron Oehlschlaeger ‘12 (Harvard Undergraduate Leadership Magazine) Ian Kumekawa ’12 (Perspectives: The Liberal Monthly) Dylan Matthews ‘12 (Dem Apples) Elise Liu ’11 (Harvard Political Review) Ana Enriquez ’10 (Harvard Undergraduate Journal of Medieval Studies) Laura DiCola ‘10 (Harvard Health Policy Review) Anthony Britt ‘10 (Leadership Institute of Harvard College) Saketh Bhamidipati ’12 (Swadharma) Matt Di Pasquale ’09 (Diamond Magazine) Wendy Ying ‘10 (Harvard Asia Pacific Review) Annie Wang ’11 (Freeze College Magazine) WHEREAS the UC supports initiatives that improve undergraduate life, which includes student journalism, and WHEREAS the Harvard Publications Network is creating a not-for-public service that includes a web portal that previews and links to the online content of Harvard publications on the basis of equal access, and WHEREAS an official UC endorsement of the network would make the recruitment of publications to the site more expeditious; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the UC endorses the Harvard Publications network’s proposed web portal; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council shall aid in publicizing the service through emails to House lists and other methods at the discretion of the Student Relations Committee. Student Relations: Reported: 5-0-0 Student Relations: Recommended: 5-0-0 Executive Board: Docketed: 3-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 28-0-0

27S-36 Spring Grants Pack 9.0 FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ‘11) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups,

$9,591.29

from the Grants Fund to BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate recipient projects from the Student Life Fund as shown in the break-down below,

47 recipient projects and $1,661.84 to 5

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Fall applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein.

Grants Fund: Grant ID 958 959 960 961 962 963 964

Project Name Women's Cabinet end-of-year celebration Big River- the Musical 15th Athena Conference Super Tuesday Earth Day Bradford Washburn Photo Event

965 966

Student Exchange and Symposium Harvard China Care May Mentoring Event Baozi event

967 968

Progressive Soiree Delegation Socials

Organization Name

Athena Conference Catholic Student Association Environmental Action Committee Environmental Action Committee Harvard Association on US-China Relations Harvard China Care Harvard College Culinary Society Harvard College Global Health and AIDS Coalition Harvard College in Asia Program

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Amt Fund

Upfront Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Retroactive

$150.00 $3,500.00 $270.00 $62.85 $825.00 $193.54

$150.00 $1,000.00 $270.00 $62.85 $825.00 $193.54

Retroactive

$343.05

$284.22

Upfront Retroactive

$100.00 $60.00

$60.00 $60.00

Upfront Retroactive

$200.00 $55.24

969 970 971 972 973 974 975 976

After Hours Socials Border Cafe Dinner Dinner at Tommy Doyle's A discussion with Dr. Howard Koh Bajo La Arena...El Publico Palestine Play HPS Mixer Harvard Political Review Spring Issue

977 978 979 980 981 982 983

HPR General Meeting Transgender Law and Politics Today Drag Workshop Tranny Roadshow April/May Instruction National Collegiate Taekwondo Championship March Instruction

984 985 986 987

Board Turnover Event Shelving Instrument Repairs Bass Drum Journal

988

Karaoke Night

989

CSA Information Session

990

CSA Prefrosh Mixer

991

Prefrosh Pan-Asian BBQ - CSA

992

CSA Fun in the Sun

993 994

CSA Spring Hot Pot JAM first meeting

995 996 997 998

Counselor Bonding Event Intro to Activism at Harvard No Layoffs Rally Worker Panel

Harvard College in Asia Program Harvard College in Asia Program Harvard College in Asia Program Harvard College Team HBV Harvard College Teatro Harvard Islamic Society Harvard Persian Society Harvard Political Review Harvard Political Review (Under Institute of Politics) Harvard QSA Harvard QSA Harvard QSA Harvard Taekwondo

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Upfront Retroactive Retroactive

$60.41 $729.00 $870.00 $140.68 $1,070.00 $85.00 $70.00 $500.00

$60.41 $220.00 $220.00 $120.00 $543.00 $52.50 $60.00 $500.00

Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Upfront

$135.00 $150.00 $120.00 $440.00 $848.00

$90.00 $150.00 $60.00 $440.00 $848.00

Harvard Taekwondo Harvard Taekwondo Harvard Undergraduate Economics Association Harvard University Band Harvard University Band Harvard University Band Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association JAM (Jews, Arabs, and Muslims) PBHA's Mission Hill After School Program (MHASP) PBHA's Student Labor Action Movement PBHA's Student Labor Action Movement PBHA's Student Labor Action Movement

Retroactive Retroactive

$915.00 $1,485.00

$0.00 $0.00

Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$230.00 $150.00 $440.00 $500.00

$140.00 $0.00 $440.00 $294.00

Retroactive

$432.00

$0.00

Retroactive

$65.00

Retroactive

$135.00

$95.00

Retroactive

$165.00

Retroactive

$280.00

Retroactive Upfront

$190.00 $180.00

$160.00 $80.00

Retroactive Upfront Retroactive Retroactive

$70.01 $150.00 $500.00 $250.00

$70.01 $140.00 $320.00 $170.00

999 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004

Synthesis Ice Cream Social Reading with Jay McInerney Robert Pinsky Reading with Rakalam Bob Moses Relay for Life Harvard B Men's Ultimate Frisbee Team Mali Health Organizing Project

Student Life Fund: Grant ID Project Name Harvard B Men's Ultimate Frisbee 37 Team Pan American University Taekwondo 38 Championships Harvard-Witten University 39 Collaborative Research Project National Collegiate Taekwondo Team 40 Trials 41

HSBSE Medical School Visits

Synthesis The Harvard Advocate

Retroactive Retroactive

$134.94 $90.00

$134.94 $30.00

The Harvard Advocate Women in Science at Harvard-Radcliffe

Retroactive Retroactive

$400.00 $40.00

$92.50 $0.00

Harvard Men's Ultimate Team Mali Health Organizing Project

Retroactive Upfront

$1,194.12 $416.00 $19,389.84

$310.08 $80.00 $9,591.29

Organization Name

Grant Type

Harvard Men's Ultimate Team

Retroactive

Harvard Taekwondo

Harvard Taekwondo Harvard Society of Black Scientists and Engineers

Amt Req

Amt Fund $1,194.12

$884.04

Upfront

$300.00

Upfront

$6,400.00

$0.00

Upfront

$977.80

$477.80

$715.00 $9,586.92

$0.00 $1,661.84

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27S-37 The No Layoffs Act Representative Alyssa Aguilera (Dudley ’09) Representative Matt Garcia (Dunster ’10) Representative Eric Hysen (Mather ’11)

WHEREAS Harvard’s response to the economic crisis has not indicated a desire to work collaboratively with the entire Harvard community to develop solutions that do not require layoffs; and WHEREAS the University and Faculty have not fully disclosed financial documents showing the absolute necessity of the current layoffs and budget cuts; and WHEREAS the UC believes that students must be full participants in the process of budget cuts; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Harvard Undergraduate Council signs on to the attached letter from the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM); and BE IT FURTHER RESOVLED that the Council work with SLAM to advocate for the letter’s recommendations. Undergraduate Council: 23-0-5 April 12, 2009 To President Faust and Members of the Harvard Corporation: We write to you as members of the Harvard community because we are concerned with our University’s response to the economic crisis. We recognize that Harvard confronts a difficult challenge with a significant drop in the endowment announced in November 2008. However, Harvard remains the wealthiest university and one of the wealthiest non-profit organizations in the world. In this difficult moment, Harvard faces a choice: we can choose either to use our wealth in order to strengthen our community—students, faculty, and workers together—or to allow greed and fear to divide us and erode our institution of higher learning. We call upon Harvard in these times to act, not out of a logic of fear, but out of a logic of courage and creativity. In recent months, it appears that Harvard is taking the former path by laying off workers and generating an atmosphere of divisiveness. We reject this approach. Accordingly, we demand that the University suspends layoffs and recalls all workers, full-time and parttime, who have been fired since October 2008. We have watched with dismay as Harvard has responded to this economic crisis very differently than many peer institutions. Universities such as Stanford have committed to partial pay-cuts among the highest paid administrators. MIT has engaged the university community more openly and broadly through a series of town hall meetings. We refuse to accept that the wealthiest university in the world must lay off workers when institutions of far lesser means are able to navigate the economic crisis with greater justice and fairness. First, Harvard has not demonstrated—through transparent, full disclosure of financial information—why job cuts “cannot be averted now.” Second, even if the need for further budgetary cuts were to be transparently demonstrated, the moral logic that should animate a non-profit institution whose motto is “Truth” can never justify forcing its lowest paid workers to pay for a crisis that confronts us all. Because this is a crisis that involves the entire Harvard community, we must be involved in formulating a comprehensive response. This response must be grounded in an ethos of shared sacrifice and democratic participation. We insist that this process be opened to the community, and thus request a meeting with the President, the Corporation, University administrators, members of the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM), and other relevant groups in order to begin working together on creative and alternative solutions. We hope to meet immediately with workers, and certainly no later than April 30, 2009. Sincerely, The Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM)

27S-38 Harvard University Transcript Reform Act Representative Brad Paraszczak (Kirkland ’11) Co-Sponsors: Representative Eric Michel (West Yard ’12) UC Secretary Doug Lloyd (Eliot ’09) WHEREAS the Undergraduate Council recognizes student concerns with the costs of official transcript orders necessary for various applications, and WHEREAS that the Undergraduate Council believes there is a legitimate student desire for expedient access to free unofficial transcripts, WHEREAS the Office of Registrar does not provide unofficial transcripts in the office or online, and WHEREAS 4 of the 8 Ivy League Universities charge no fees for official transcripts, and WHEREAS 37 of the 2009 US News and World Report Top-50 Ranked Universities charge no fee for either official or unofficial transcripts, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council urge the Administration to provide students with the opportunity to access free, printable unofficial transcripts on the Advising Portal, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that alternative systems be considered for implementation, including, but not limited to, a lifetime transcript fee, and unofficial transcript printing within the Office of Registrar. Undergraduate Council: 27-0-0

27S-39 Social Space Proposal Outreach Act SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) SAC CCL Vice-Chair Senan Ebrahim (East Yard ’12) WHEREAS the Social Space Task Force appointed by the Undergraduate Council has put forth a proposal regarding the purchase of the property at 45 Mt. Auburn St. for the creation of a Student Community Center, WHEREAS the undertaking of the proposal requires significant effort and resources, WHEREAS gauging student opinion on this proposal is an essential and responsible first step before putting it into action,

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that 1 to 5 focus groups of 12 interested undergraduate students be created to meet during the week of April 19; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that one of the aforementioned groups consists of student group leaders; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all UC members are encouraged to attend at least one focus group; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a web forum be created to allow for broad student feedback on a summary version of the proposal; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the forum and student focus groups are advertised via UC Weekly, a campus-wide Mail-Merge email—if possible, house list emails, and personal contact of student groups by liaisons. Undergraduate Council: 17-9-1

27S-40 The UC Social Grants Act UC President Andrea R. Flores ‘10 UC Vice President Kia J. McLeod ‘10 FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ’11) SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) WHEREAS the UC supports improving social life on campus; and WHEREAS DAPA grants will no longer by funded by the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services next year; and WHEREAS the UC leadership has worked with the administration and several House Masters to develop a system to allow the UC to fund social events in the Houses, including alcohol; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Council pursues implementation of the attached plan for UC Social Grants during the 2009-2010 school year; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that final implementation and budgeting for the grants will require UC legislation in Fall 2009; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that $600 is allocated from the grants fund for a trial run of the program in up to three Houses during the final weekend before reading period of the Spring 2009 term; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Executive Board be charged with administration of the trial program, including selection of the recipients and dispersal of funds. Executive Board: Docketed: 4-0-0 Executive Board: Recommended: 4-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 23-0-0

UC Weekend Fund Pilot Program Part I: The DAPA Fund The Undergraduate Council recognizes the importance of funding non-alcoholic events and food for events occurring in suites that are difficult to monitor. We believe that the UC should support DAPA, for it improves social life for students of all ages across campus. ¾ As part of the Social Fund, the UC agrees to fund DAPA grants beginning fall of 2009. The UC will work with AODS to determine the size and quantity of the grants.

Part II: Pilot Program The Undergraduate Council is proposing a new solution to enhancing the safety of student parties. While the UC recognizes that monitoring house parties are the responsibilities of House Tutors, we are proposing new steps to ensure that party hosts are trained in safe event planning: The UC’s collaboration with the Student Life and Activities Office: The UC will work together with the SLAO to require all social hosts receiving a UC Weekend Grant to: ¾ Complete a full training session with Scott Smider of the Cambridge Queens Head Pub ¾ Meet with fund recipients each week to discuss safe party protocol and information on safe serving. ¾ Check-in at the party location before the event begins to answer any questions or concern the student may have. The Grant Recipients Responsibility: ¾ Each party host must attend an appointment at the pub prior to the event. Grant recipient’s ID will be swiped to ensure that he or she is over 21. ¾ Each host must pick up a resource packet containing information on safe event planning, safe alcohol serving, and information on sexual assault and prevention. ¾ The grant recipient must turn in receipts and meet with a ficom representative in order to receive funding after their event. The UC’S Responsibility: The Undergraduate Council will be responsible for funding UC Social grants. Unlike the former party fund, all grants are retroactive. ¾ No grant will exceed the value of $200. ¾ No more than 30% of the grant award will go towards the funding of alcohol. We will not fund hard alcohol, and grant recipients will only be refunded for wine and beer. The total amount of money going to alcohol is $60. ¾ 70% of each grant will go to food and non-alcoholic beverages. The total amount of money going to food and non-alcoholic beverages is $140. ¾ All funding is retroactive; all receipts will be audited to ensure that all recipients have adhered to the above guidelines.

The Role of the Houses: The Undergraduate Council understands that the former UC Party Fund placed an unnecessary burden on the houses. For this reason, the UC Weekend Grant will be a rotating system. The grant will be given out on Friday and Saturday nights, but only one house, in each housing neighborhood will receive a grant. In addition, we will not be funding alcohol in private suites

UC Weekend Grant Weekly Schedule Tuesday x Grant applications are due (UC Weekend and DAPA) x House party registration is due. Wednesday x UC reviews UC Weekend Grants. x UC works with DAPA to review DAPA grants x Grant recipients are announced Thursday x Recipients come to appointment at the pub for training discussion, ID-check, and resource packet Friday and Saturday x UC reps check-in before the start of the party

UC Weekend Grant Trial Run: Friday May 1, 2009 The Undergraduate Council is hoping to run a trial of the UC Weekend Grants. We will take applications on Wednesday April 29, 2009, and fund social grants in up to three houses. The executive board will administer these grants in order to better understand the necessary division of tasks that will be used next year.

27S-41 Spring Grants Pack 10.0 FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ‘11) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate

$7,251.47 from the Grants Fund to 32 recipient projects and

$16,661.84 to 15 recipient projects from the Student Life Fund as shown in the break-down below,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Fall applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein. Grants Fund: Grant ID Project Name 1002 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015

Organization Name Women in Science at HarvardRelay for Life Radcliffe Harvard College Investment Magazine Spring 2009 Issue Cambridge After School Program Chinatown Afterschool Program - Semester Expenses Athena Conference Info Session/Meeting CMI Retreat Cambridge Microfinance Initiative NSP Regional Summit Cambridge Student Partnerships Program Reflection Chinatown Afterschool Program Counselor Appreciation Chinatown Afterschool Program Counselor Bonding Chinatown Afterschool Program CityStep Picnic CityStep Pre-Frosh Global Health/ Women's Global Initiative for Women's Empowerment Speaker Event Empowerment

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Project Description WISHR is participating in the annual Relay for Life event in order to raise money for cancer research. This event is one of our biggest community service projects during the school year and encourages WISHR members to work as a team toward a common fundraising goal. We need money for the printing of our spring 2009 issue for distribution on campus, as well as enough copies to mail to our interviewees at investment banks and consulting firms. The Cambridge After School Program (CASP) is a tutoring / mentoring program for low-income, at-risk youth in the Cambridge community. The program runs for two hours, four days a week. The first hour is devoted to academic support, during which each volunteer works with two to three students on homework and other academic activities. The second hour focuses on academic and extracurricular enrichment. During this hour volunteers have the opportunity to teach a lesson on a subject about which they are passionate (from arts to sports to academics). The first hour of the program aims to provide students with a basic foundation for success in the classroom. The second part of the program is designed to expose our youth to opportunities not often available to them. CASP strives to be a partner for Cambridge families and to provide a helping hand to our community's young people, while offering Harvard undergraduates a valuable learning experience. Working in Cambridge allows Harvard undergraduates to become more invested in the community in which they live. This experience gives students the opportunity to learn more about the diversity, politics, and culture of Cambridge and to explore the community outside the infamous "Harvard bubble". Our program also allows Harvard undergraduates to gain valuable experience working with youth, planning and organizing curricula, and working with a community. For the past three semesters the UC has granted funding to CASP, funding that has been instrumental in making our program successful for our volunteers and students. The grant would cover the cost of transportation for this semester for all volunteers in the program for both tutoring days and the two field trips we will take before the term ends. Additionally, funding from this grant will cover food provided at CASP meetings. As a relatively new program, it is extremely difficult to find funding, so we are hopeful that the UC, will help us to bring this experience to the Harvard undergraduate community. The Chinatown Afterschool Program seeks to promote academic enrichment and enthusiasm through tutoring, supplementary projects, field trips, and literacy activities. We aim to provide a safe and supportive afterschool environment for the children of Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chinatown community. We also strive to build self-esteem and intellectual curiosity through mentoring relationships with volunteers. The Chinatown Afterschool Program is the only free after school program in the Chinatown community and thus is aimed to help disadvantaged immigrant families who cannot afford other after school programs. This spring, Chinatown Afterschool is providing sixty-two children from the Chinatown community, grades one through sixth, with academic tutoring and

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Volunteers gather for a chance to reflect on their experience during the semester as a counselor. We will encourage volunteers to consider their positive impact on the children as well as the Chinatown community, the impact Chinatown Afterschool has had on their own lives, and most importantly, to think seriously and creatively of ways to improve our program. The Counselor Appreciation Brunch will be a time to honor and recognize all volunteers, say farewell to graduating seniors, to recognize excellence in service with our Outstanding Counselor Awards, and to welcome new leadership for the fall semester. Counselor Bonding offers volunteers an opportunity to not only get to better know each other through teambuilding activities, but it also reinforces what our organization's mission statement and goals are all about to the counselors. For the fourth year in a row, CityStep will hold a community day event to celebrate the achievements of all the CitySteppers. CityStep students, parents, and the undergraduate teachers, producers, and composers will all come together for a potluck picnic in Cambridge Commons. The event will include games, informal dance performances, and a graduation ceremony for the 7th grade and 8th grade CityStep students who have devoted an incredible amount of time and energy to CityStep and to dance during their three years in the program. CityStep will send out letters to parents two weeks before the picnic asking them to bring a potluck food dish, and we are currently soliciting food donations from local businesses. However, we would like to ensure that there is enough food for the 65 undergraduates who will attend. For this reason, we are asking for a small stipend to buy pizza, soda, plates and cups, and a large cake from Star Market. CityStep is also requesting funding to help cover the park permit fee to reserve Cambridge Commons for the event. We are planning a speaker event about women's empowerment issues as they relate to health in developing nations and at home featuring Dr. Mary Jo Good, Professor of Global Health Sociology and Dr. Bela Bashar, Director of an Infectious disease clinic in Roxbury (she works with female AIDS patients). The event will entail the two women speaking about their work and then answering questions and facilitating discussion. The event is mostly geared towards pre-frosh who may be interested in humanitarian issues related to women's empowerment in underprivileged settings, and undergraduates who are eager to learn more about the field of global health, specifically the domain of women's issues, and the groups that work with such causes on campus. The Harvard College Umami Magazine evaluates the gourmet restaurant scene along the east coast, including establishments in Boston and New York. We offer in-depth reviews of fine dining establishments for the benefit of the Harvard community, as well as articles relating to topics in food science and life in the gourmet food industry. Unlike tourbooks or student-life guides, we expose more artistic and epicurean aspects of fine dining in Boston, Cambridge, and New York with articles and highly detailed photography galleries. EnviroEd is an after-school program that seeks to provide environmental education to middle school students in the Boston Public School District. On campus we work through both the Phillips Brooks House Association and the Environmental Action Committee. Additionally, we work with the non-profit educational organization Citizen Schools. Each semester, we pair several Harvard students with middle school classrooms for a once a week â&#x20AC;&#x153;apprenticeshipâ&#x20AC;? on an environmental issue. We generally send at least one group of students to a classroom every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The program lasts for twelve weeks and culminates in an end of the semester presentation called the WOW!. This semester the WOW for our curriculum on wetlands is a calendar, composed of pictures and information that the students have learned about wetlands. This project was selected so that each student would have a concrete final project to take home that will serve as a reminder of what they learned for the next year. This will also serve as a

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means of outreach to the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; families by allowing them to take some of what they learned in the classroom home. The idea of a calendar as a WOW! was chosen based on feedback from student volunteer teachers from past semesters who felt that a concrete final product such as the calendar, which allowed each student to have a finished product to take home, would be an ideal project. Giving the students a project which they could take home serves a concrete illustration of how they are spending their time and of what they have been working on. It also provides the opportunity for the lessons of the 12-week curriculum to remain in the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; minds for the next several months as they review their work in the calendar. The overall goal of EnviroEd is to foster a sense of environmental awareness in the students we work with and to generate a sense of responsibility for the state of the environment. To this end we design interlocking curriculum that teach the students about subjects (recycling, global warming, ecosystems, environmental law, etc) that they are not exposed to in their traditional curriculum. Our program builds over the course of 12 weeks, with each successive week based on the lessons and activities of the previous week. Because we are an after school program we try and achieve a balance between formal instruction and informal activity time. Part of the day is spent doing worksheets or listening to the volunteers teach and part of the day is spent working on mini-projects such as park cleanups or intra-class debates on environmental topics. Over the holiday of Passover, Jews commemorate escaping enslavement in ancient Egypt. It is one of the most widely-celebrated Jewish holidays, and it is one that often has nostalgic ties to home and family for students. The holiday is celebrated for eight days, and during those eight days, Jews are to supposed to eat any chametz, food, grain, and other leavened products. For undergraduates, Harvard Hillel offers kosher for Passover meals for lunch and dinner and the dining halls offer kosher for Passover food, as well. However, for brainbreaks and snacks there are fewer options for students. Thus, to supplement for extra meals, Harvard Hillel organzied study breaks on Sunday April 12 and Monday April 13 to provide fun, kosher for Passover snacks for Jewish harvard undergraduates, as well as any other students curious about trying Passover food; as with all Community Building events, it was open to the entire Harvard undergraduate community. The April 12 study break was called "Matzah Pizza and a Movie" study break. It was held in Harvard Hillel, and students watched the movie "The Prince of Egypt." We made the Passover classic, matzah pizza, and it was a very popular event with approximately 30 students coming to the event. The April 13 study breaks were special study breaks held in the residential houses. Harvard Hillel makes the goal of welcoming new undergraduates to Harvard Hillel activities a high priority. To help better achieve these goals, we held study breaks outside of the building to increase our potential for including more undergraduates. We held three simultaneous study breaks: one in Pforzheimer, one in Eliot, and one in Matthews. These study breaks were incredibly successful, bringing in lots of new faces to Hillel activities.The only major expense for these study breaks was the cost of food. We had to buy multiple boxes of cookies, candies, and marshmallows, as well as several jars of tomato sauce and packs of cheese for the matzah pizza. All of these items had to be kosher for Passover, which made them more expensive than they usually would be and involved special trips to Brookline. Ultimately approximately 70-80 people came to these study breaks. They gave Harvard undergraduates more Passover dietary options, and helped them celebrate the holiday with their classmates in a fun way. We would sincerely appreciate UC funding for this event, as Hillel is working without a budget and we have had to be more careful in our expenditures for programming. Thank you so much for considering our application. Interest in international development and service opportunities abroad continues to grow around campus. Each year, a large number of students are getting involved in this work for the first time, yet little college support and programming exists to help students to start thinking about the complicated issues and problems they will face abroad.The creation of a workshop series that begins to expose students to the complex issues they will face and that helps to explore them in an initial, supportive setting. The content presented here will be left for future years so that other students, staff and faculty can develop it further and continue to offer this important programming to students around campus.These workshops are the third and fourth of the series (on consecutive days), which include a workshop given by our adviser, Steven Bloomfield, who will lead a discussion with students based on many of his experiences abroad.The fourth workshop will follow the format of the first two, focusing on case studies to explore the topic of avoiding paternalism in development initiatives. Interest in international development and service opportunities abroad continues to grow around campus. Each year, a large number of students are getting involved in this work for the first time, yet little college support and programming exists to help students to start thinking about the complicated issues and problems they will face abroad.The creation of a workshop series that begins to expose students to the complex issues they will face and that helps to explore them in an initial, supportive setting. The content presented here will be left for future years so that other students, staff and faculty can develop it further and continue to offer this important programming to students around campus.The first workshop, which took place the 3rd of April, focused on working with communities and understanding the importance of avoiding power imbalances when working with communities in the developing world. Discussion included a case study examining interaction of the medical establishment with two communities in the United States, as well as other interactive activities designed to help students consider issues of communication, transparency, and equality in relationships with communities in the developing world. The second workshop, which was held the 17th of April, focused on project development in partnership, using case studies to examine interactions between development groups and affected communities in creating development projects.The third workshop, which was designed for HPSD alone, was held the same night, and focused on initiative planning and discussion for the upcoming year.

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Every week, HSMBB hosts community teas that bring together MBB-minded undergraduates with similarly MBB-minded professors and graduate students. Over cookies and tea, we have begun to foster a venue for informal dialogue between members of the mind, brain, and behavior community, with the hopes that the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas will lead not only to more interest and advancement in the field, but also more camaraderie between all interested parties. Every week, the Harvard Society for Mind, Brain, and Behavior invite professors to talk to interested students about their research and areas of expertise. The seminars range in topics from neurobiology, psychology, sociology, philosophy, and even some areas of art and music. Because of the broad range of topics covered and the intimate setting in which they take place, our seminars draw students from varying levels of background, making them highly accessible for all interested. Attendees include undergraduates, graduates, and sometimes even members from other institutions. To date, we have had 5 such seminars this semester, and we plan 3 more for the rest of the semester. Najla Said, an award winning playwright and actress, will perform her one woman show "Palestine" at Harvard. Najla is a graduate of Princeton University and daughter of the acknowledged Palestinian intellectual and activist Edward Said.The play will be followed by a conversation with Professor Harvey Cox of the Divinity School. A Q&A with the presenter will follow. The social event for the Harvard Society of Arab Students. Freshmen, upperclassmen, professors, teaching fellows, and students from other Harvard graduate schools were invited for brunch that consists of Arabic and Middle Eastern food. The goal of the event was to introduce the new board to the members of the organization, and to get to know new members. The goal was also to get a sense of what the members expected from the society, to increase the involvement of the non-board members. The Harvard Undergraduate Economics Association will be hosting the economics deparment's newest faculty member, Professor Raj Chetty, at a catered dinner in the Dunster House Junior Common Room on Tuesday, April 28 at 6:00. About 60 undergraduates are expected to attend. The dinner will start off with a short presentation during which Chetty will introduce himself to Harvard undergraduates and then summarize his work and highlight its major implications, and this will be followed by a question and answer session. Chetty, who received his PhD in economics from Harvard in 2003, is one of the yougest tenured professors in the history of Harvard. He has done ground-breaking research on the theoretical and empirical issues in the design of tax and social insurance programs. More specifically, Chetty has built models that attempt to estimate the optimal levels of unemployment insurance, health insurance, and welfare. He has developed a new model for estimating the coefficient of risk aversion, questioned the moral hazard implication of unemployment benefits, studied the long-run effects of changes in taxation;, shown that increasing interest rates can actually increase the rate of investment, and has run field experiments showing that consumers do not respond to taxes that are not salient.

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Our dim sum runs are becoming more and more popular, and so we are applying to the UC for 3 more. A dim sum run usually takes place on a weekend during lunchtime, and it is when a couple of board members take a group of around 25 into Chinatown to have a meal at a dim sum restaurant. Prior to each dim sum run, we send out emails asking all those interested to RSVP; the first 25 who respond are given a spot, with a waiting list maintained also. These runs have become popular because they offer great food and a great chance to socialize with other undergraduates. Board members who attend are also able to direct participants to various Chinatown supermarkets. All of our dim sum runs this semester have been maxed out in terms of capacity, and there has been an unusually high demand for them; we've held more dim sum runs this semester than ever before, and people still want to attend! For the recent few dim sum runs, we have been co-sponsoring with organizations like the Hong Kong Students Association or the Taiwanese Cultural Society (funding and payment is taken care of separately). We feel that this is a great way to help students come together and have fun on the weekends. (Please note: dim sum runs are not "general meetings" for CSA. We have general meetings also, and we have turned in separate grants for those. Thanks.) Dr. James Yannatos has been the conductor for the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra for 45 years. April 17th marked his final concert with the HRO. We are applying for money for photocopying and paper expenses. An introduction to career opportunities in the Arts and Entertainment. Alums working in various capacities (actors, directors, producers, musicians, agents, managers, business/museum management, etc.) shared their experiences in the business. The trip included a visit to an agency, a production company, a tour of a graduate MFA program, cocktail hour with alums, and a broadway show. Currently, through One Laptop per Child (OLPC), durable, inexpensive XO laptops are being distributed to children in developing countries. While the introduction of such technology has created tremendous potential, one major impediment to the ability of the laptops to create transformational change is the lack of teacher support in the classroom. Specifically, there is a disconnect between the integration of the curriculum and the use of the computers. The global digital divide is becoming a serious socioeconomic concern and must be addressed in order to eliminate inequities that will only grow more substantial in the future. Within the past few weeks, OLPC eliminated 50% of its entire staff due to the present state of the economy, including a substantial portion of its staff that addressed community outreach programs. OLPC, thus, is fully supporting our organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growth and development.One for All (OFA) aims to create a laptop pilot training program for teachers and students in developing countries in order to fill this void. OFA encompasses college volunteers from

the Boston community. These students are in the process of generating a formal outreach platform by volunteering at the local Cambridge Friends School. This platform will then be modified and tailored to fit the needs of schools in specific developing countries. During summers, breaks, and semesters abroad, students will implement this module at specific sites throughout the world, following an intensive training program. The impact of OFA will provide children in developing countries with laptops by facilitating the necessary support system so that communities can become self-sufficient and productive by enabling local teachers and therefore children with the ability to fully understand and use the laptops.One for All has three main activities. First, One for All is in the process of developing teacher and student training modules at the Cambridge Friends School (CFS), a local, urban school in the area. Built around integrating the XO laptop into the classroom setting, the pilot includes teacher training workshops, classroom activities, and after-school projects designed to encourage open-minded approaches to education. The CFS pilot program will be conducted between the months of February ‘09 to May ‘09. Secondly, in order to create a training module for teachers and students in developing countries, we will be actively editing and reflecting on our experiences at the CFS in order to maximize its effectiveness for global application. We will then cater the program to the destination we will be visiting.Thirdly, this summer, we plan on taking the updated pilot program, developed at the CFS, to Kenya with the Harvard organization, OLPC Kenya. OFA will conduct an “XO Pilot Tutorial” course where we will prepare the college student travelers for their summer abroad.

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We are having a fund raiser to cover the expenses of our Alternative Spring Break Trip. We plan to invite faculty members and students to give them an overview of our trip. There will also be a keynote speaker that will probably give a speech on Civil Rights. In an effort to improve the camaraderie and cohesiveness within our group, we hosted a member-bonding event at Berryline for our volunteers. As a program, in previous years, we have lacked unity within the members of our group. This year, we aimed to change that by including more social activities for our members. This event served as such an informal meeting, and also served as a chance for volunteers to voice their reflections or opinions about the program. The End of the Year Wrap up Meeting is a general meeting for all members of SCAS. We will discuss what was accomplished over the semester, welcome new members, and discuss plans for the summer. It will be open to all members of SCAS and those interested in SCAS next year would be welcome as well. Each semester Harvard's Under Construction - the Christian A Capella group, has a large concert that is free and open to everyone. Spring Formal for undergraduates in Dudley House On April 29th, the Harvard College Global Hunger Initiative will organize a panel on global food security. More than 800 million people in the world are chronically malnourished, while more than double that number of people are obese. Rising food prices have been an increased strain on food security during the last few years, and the economic crisis also seems to have devastating effects. What can we as citizens and students to help overcome some of these challenges? Our panelists will not only give an overview of the situation, but will also highlight some of the things they see as opportunities for action, especially for students. Richard Leach, founder of the organization “Friends of the World Food Program” will describe how he thinks the roadmap to food security he wrote, and that was passed by congress, will improve global food security. Professor Robert Paarlberg, a visiting professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and author of the book “Starved for Science: How Biotechnology is Being Kept Out of Africa”, will plead for less emphasis on food aid and more emphasis on agricultural development. He will also argue that the impact of rising food prises on the global hunger crisis is negligible, and the real causes lie somewhere else. Professor Anita McGahan, an economist at Harvard Business School, the University of Toronto and Massachusetts General Hospital, will give us an insight into the development economics of agricultural development. Dr. Howard Zucker, former Assistant Director-General at the World Health Organization, will argue that food insecurity is vital for our national interest: hunger crises in the third world have a direct impact on US national security. The panel will be moderated by Professor Thomas Burke, who is the Director of the Division of Global Health & Human Rights at Massachusetts General Hospital. Refreshments will be served before and after the panel discussion. When people leave, they will be handed a laminated card about global food security. On one side of this card, there will be facts about the global food crisis, and the other side of the card, there will be opportunities for action listed. With these cards, we try to increase awareness about global food security and get students involved in action. After our panel discussion, we will have a dinner with students, invited guests, our panelists and several other professors at the Students Organization Center at Hilles. This dinner is meant to fundraise for three projects: a food security project in Nicaragua run by the Harvard Project for Sustainable Development, a local food bank, and a malnutrition ward in Africa. The Harvard Men's B Ultimate Frisbee team will be competing in the BEasterns Tournament in North Carolina the first weekend of Spring Break and Huckbuddy Tournament in Rhode Island the second weekend of Spring Break. We will also be competing in the UPA Boston Metro Sectionals Tournament in April. Significance: Athlete (Emma Wu '09) will represent Harvard University and the United States in an international field of collegiate competitors from North,

Central, and South America.

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One of our athletes qualified for this exclusive event. Significance: Winner of each division represents the United States at the Summer World University Games at Belgrade, Serbia in July 2009. Our Bi-annual spring formal. It will be held in the Leverett Old Library, and a tent in the Leverett courtyard. Annual House spring formal. Eliot House Spring Formal. The Dunster House Committee holds semi-annual formals for the house, including a Spring Formal that this year we plan to have on May 8. Formals are meant to foster and promote Dunster House community by providing residents with a night of socializing, dancing, and general revelry. The formal will be held in Dunster House courtyard. Primary costs for this event derive from the installation and rental of a tent, the employment of a BAT team in accordance with University Regulations, food & drink, and decorative materials. Listings of approximate costs for each are listed within this document. This is a formal which will take place on a boat in Boston Harbor. After a set boarding time of 30 minutes, the boat will leave the dock and drift in the harbor for 3 hours. This boat will provide security detail and alcohol authorization teams, as well as food and drink for purchase. The boat will have three levels: one main dance floor, a bar level, and an outdoor deck above. Formal A baller formal. Note: Quincy started this year with a large budget deficit, out of which we have worked very hard this year to pull ourselves. Any help that the UC is able to provide will immensely benefit the students of Quincy House. Arbella Ball is Winthrop House's Spring Formal. The event is open to all members of the house community as well one guest each. Arbella ball features a live band and wooden dance floor set up in a tent in the Gore Courtyard. Additionally, the patio is decorated with flowers and candles. The event also takes place in the JCR where there is food, music, lights, and a second dance space available. The Winthrop House formal is not only a institutionalized community event but also the Freshmen's first real introduction to a house-wide event. Lowell's annual spring formal - including a DJ in the dining hall, a live swing band in the small courtyard, a string quartet in the large courtyard, food in the JCR, two bars (alcohol and non-alcohol) and of course beautiful decorations to transport us to a Greco-Roman world. The annual spring formal for Adams House. Theme TBD, but will be held in Adams House. All decorations and construction will be done by House Committee and friends. Formal Mather house spring formal.

27S-42 Spring Grants Pack 11.0 FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ‘11) on behalf of the Finance Committee WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate below,

$37,791.16 from the Grants Fund to 203 recipient projects as shown in the break-down

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Fall applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein. Grants Fund: Grant ID Project Name 1037 Leaders! Program 1038 Post-Concert Reception Iron Chef Competition- Nutrition 1039 Education Prefrosh Science Research 1040 Symposium 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047

Senior Dinner Farewell to the Industry Sabrosura 2012 Senior Lunch Congratulatory Disney Social Bipartisan Paintball Brawl 3rd Annual Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism

Organization Name

Grant Type Retroactive Retroactive

Amt Req

Amt Fund $153.00 $95.86

$99.50 $95.86

Health Advocacy Program

Retroactive

$366.00

$110.00

Society for Creativity and Innovation Korean International Students Association

Retroactive

$50.00

Harvard African Students Association Harvard Story-Time Harvard College Democrats

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$1,120.00 $322.71 $104.99 $700.00 $16.00 $160.00

$245.00 $176.39 $0.00 $200.00 $16.00 $160.00

Harvard Secular Society

Retroactive

$1,283.00

$725.80

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1054 1055

Annual SAMC-SAWC Party A Conversation with Pierre-Francois Limbosch Ondine the Play Exhibition Night Wushu Club T-shirt Purchase Team Member T-shirts Publications Network Website Creation Harvard Wushu Jackets

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Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Social Hurricane Party Caribbean Club Elections The 2009 Spring Dinner

1060 1061 1062 1063

Seminar Leader Social A Drop in the Ocean AADT Movie Night Social Eastbound

1064 1065 1066 1067

AMBLE Spring Career Conference ABHW Final Dinner ABHW/BMF Challenge Field Trip to JFK Presidential Library

1068 1069

Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program Super Tuesdays

1070 1071

Garden Party MAPS event Environmental Action Committee Meeting Environmental Action Committee Meeting Environmental Action Committee Meeting Planet Earth Night! Environmental Action Committee Website

1049 1050 1051 1052 1053

1072 1073 1074 1075 1076

Retroactive

$200.00

$150.00

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Upfront

$600.00 $812.00 $1,639.52 $390.89 $230.00

$225.00 $660.00 $689.34 $0.00 $0.00

Upfront Upfront

$1,100.00 $1,074.30

$1,000.00 $0.00

Upfront Upfront Upfront Upfront

$35.00 $100.00 $175.00 $320.00

$35.00 $100.00 $120.00 $0.00

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$120.00 $150.38 $124.00 $400.00

$40.00 $150.00 $101.25 $180.00

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$2,000.00 $500.00 $250.00 $50.00

$1,198.00 $233.75 $225.00 $23.80

Retroactive Retroactive

$485.40 $84.12

$192.40 $84.12

Retroactive Retroactive

$580.00 $50.57

$550.00 $50.57

Environmental Action Committee

Retroactive

$60.00

Environmental Action Committee

Retroactive

$60.00

Environmental Action Committee Environmental Action Committee

Retroactive Retroactive

$91.49 $30.23

$60.00 $30.23

Environmental Action Committee

Retroactive

$54.90

$0.00

Harvard Boxing Club Harvard Wushu Club On Thin Ice Harvard Publications Network Harvard Wushu Club Harvard Undergraduate Biological Sciences Society Harvard Geosociety Harvard Caribbean Club The Harvard Advocate The Harvard College Association for U.S.-China Relations A Drop in the Ocean Asian American Dance Troupe Asian American Dance Troupe Aspiring Minority Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs (AMBLE) Association of Black Harvard Women Association of Black Harvard Women BRYE Extension Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program Catholic Student Association Center for European Studies Undergraduate Board Environmental Action Committee

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Earth Day Science Day Freshmen Arts Program - Resident Artists and Food Budget Program Pre-Frosh BBQ Harvard Archery Inaugural 70m Tournament THE CHURCH OF SURP KHACH OR AKDAMAR MUSEUM? MUSEUMIFICATION AND TURKIFICATION STORY Climbing Mount Ararat: Then and Now, Lecture by Philip Ketchian

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Symposium and Recruitment Concert Cycle 4 The Feed Unrated Publication of Summer and Fall Issues Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Social Kick out Malaria Soccer Tournament Immigration Awareness Week That Thing Dems Prefrosh Weekend Events Conversation with David Plouffe General Meeting Blue Line Launch Party Blog Tutorial

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Water Testing Workshop Children and Transitional Justice conference (2) Movie Screenings of Invisible Children and Uganda Rising Movie Screening on the persecuted

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Retroactive Retroactive

$1,198.05 $200.00

$1,185.05 $200.00

Freshmen Arts Program Fuerza

Upfront Retroactive

$6,000.00 $94.39

$0.00 $94.39

Harvard Archery Team

Retroactive

$2,555.00

$950.00

Harvard Armenian Society

Retroactive

$39.37

Harvard Armenian Society Harvard Art Museum Undergraduate Connection Harvard Art Museum Undergraduate Connection

Retroactive

$13.75

Retroactive

$484.22

Retroactive

$526.70

$398.22

Harvard Asia Pacific Review Harvard Association on US-China Relations Harvard Bach Society Orchestra Harvard Bach Society Orchestra Harvard Ballroom Dance Club Harvard Book Review Harvard Chemistry Club Harvard Club Soccer Harvard College Act On A Dream Harvard College Art Society Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Democrats Harvard College Engineers Without Borders Harvard College Human Rights Advocates Harvard College Human Rights Advocates Harvard College Human Rights

Upfront

$300.00

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$215.80 $1,037.80 $500.00 $1,541.30 $500.00 $120.00 $283.00 $200.00 $226.07 $100.00 $70.00 $61.00 $90.00 $30.00

$215.80 $549.69 $400.00 $747.50 $500.00 $0.00 $0.00 $170.00 $206.07 $50.00 $70.00 $61.00 $90.00 $30.00

Retroactive

$587.71

$509.31

Retroactive

$200.00

$105.00

Retroactive Retroactive

$67.50 $90.00

$67.50 $60.00

Senior Night at the Art Museum Night at the Museum of Natural History Winter 2009 Fading Identities Issue Launch Party

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Environmental Action Organization ExperiMentors

Roma in Eastern Europe

Advocates

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HCAP Prom Invitations for State House Executive Board Retreat Multiplay 4: A Super Smash Bros. Tournament Songs in the Key of Change

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Korean Culture Show Dinner Questions about the LSAT Semester General Meeting

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Opportunities After the Recession

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Introductory Mixer Harvard College Vegetarian Society booth at Harvard Earth Day Celebration Screening of "A Delicate Balance" Senior Tea Prefosh Introductory Meeting Prefrosh Weekend Information Session End of Semester Awards Ceremony Ice Cream Sundae Study Break! Cafe Hillel T-passes for nursing home concert and visit Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) Celebration Pan-Asian Spring Barbecue Freshman Dinner Mah-jong and a Movie HIB Asia-Pacific Financial Companies in China with Prof. Felix OberholzerGee HUPD for Spring Dinner Spring Program Final Dinner InVentureBlog HMCA Spring Dinner Soiree HOC Spring Square Dance

Harvard College in Asia Program Harvard College in Asia Program Harvard College in Asia Program Harvard College Interactive Media Group Harvard College KeyChange Harvard College Korean Adoptee Mentorship Program Harvard College Law Society Harvard College Law Society Harvard College Social Enterprise Project Harvard College Social Enterprise Project

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Retroactive Retroactive Upfront

$300.00 $94.43 $200.00

$0.00 $0.00 $160.00

Retroactive Retroactive

$470.00 $260.00

$470.00 $0.00

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$80.00 $60.00 $57.23

$75.00 $60.00 $50.00

Retroactive

$130.00

Upfront

$100.00

$0.00

Harvard College Vegetarian Society Harvard College Vegetarian Society Harvard Dharma Harvard Dharma Harvard DIn & Tonics Harvard Financial Analysts Club Harvard Hillel Harvard Hillel

Retroactive Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Retroactive Retroactive

$9.40 $135.74 $50.00 $56.71 $67.53 $185.00 $40.00 $23.00

$9.40 $100.24 $50.00 $34.00 $60.00 $150.00 $40.00 $23.00

Harvard Hillel

Retroactive

$44.19

Harvard Harvard Harvard Harvard

Hillel Hong Kong Society Hong Kong Society Hong Kong Society

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$200.00 $67.50 $115.00 $70.00

$200.00 $40.00 $0.00 $70.00

Harvard International Business Club Harvard Islamic Society Harvard Legal Committee Harvard Media Ventures Harvard Model Congress Asia Harvard Outing Club

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Upfront Upfront

$87.31 $282.20 $412.00 $500.00 $300.00 $500.00

$87.31 $195.20 $75.00 $500.00 $300.00 $500.00

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Harvard Polish Society elections "Pops Sells Its Soul" Concert Harvard QSA Prefrosh Ice Cream Social Study Break Lincoln Day Dinner Discussion with Prof. Wisse General Board Meeting General Board Meeting State of the Union Event Annual Ice Cream Social Global Warming Talk by Dr Fred Singer Sangeet Music School Commentary! viewing and HSS meeting End of Year Harvard South Asian Journal Publication T-passes for weekly school visits Scavenger Hunt Social Dinner Discussion with Dr. Pearl O'Rourke Science Activities Pre-frosh Social Harvard Undergraduate Global Health Forum Information Session John Snow Global Health Consulting Case Study Workshop

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Global Health Art Project Spotlight on a Culture of the World Dinner: France Pan-Asian BBQ Caribbean People at Harvard Mixer

1159

Boston Area April Meet & Greet

1160

CSA April General Meeting

1161 1162

CSA Spring Fling CSA Senior Dinner

Harvard Polish Society Harvard Pops Orchestra Harvard QSA Harvard Republican Club Harvard Republican Club Harvard Republican Club Harvard Republican Club Harvard Republican Club Harvard Republican Club Harvard Republican Club Harvard Salient Harvard Sangeet

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Retroactive Upfront

$228.00 $257.00 $47.50 $90.00 $924.00 $90.00 $90.00 $90.00 $90.00 $350.00 $252.00 $350.00

$50.00 $257.00 $47.50 $90.00 $720.00 $90.00 $80.00 $80.00 $90.00 $345.00 $180.00 $350.00

Harvard Secular Society Harvard Shotokan Karate

Retroactive Upfront

$40.34 $400.00

$27.00 $152.50

Harvard South Asian Journal Harvard STAGE Harvard STAGE Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society Harvard Undergraduate Biological Sciences Society (HUBSS) Harvard Undergraduate Global Health Forum Harvard Undergraduate Global Health Forum Harvard Undergraduate Global Health Forum Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business Harvard Vietnamese Association Harvard-Radcliffe Caribbean Club Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students

Upfront Retroactive Retroactive

$500.00 $680.00 $40.00

$500.00 $400.00 $40.00

Upfront

$65.00

Retroactive

$29.16

$17.88

Retroactive

$65.00

Retroactive

$200.00

$100.00

Retroactive

$150.00

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$170.00 $296.55 $37.50

Retroactive

$60.00

Retroactive

$100.00

Retroactive Retroactive

$200.00 $130.00

$125.00 $130.00

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CSA Classy Affair II Concert Reception Harvardwood NYC Baseball/Softball Prefrosh Weekend Tailgate Write for Rights Board Turnover General Meeting Pan-Asian BBQ (KA's portion) Spring Picnic during Reading Period Karaoke Night Dating at Harvard Discussion Feminine Identity in the Workplace Senior Wisdom and Farewell Sleepover Pre-frosh Meet the Presidents - Other Costs

1177

Leadership Training with Jeff Hoffman

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Pre-frosh Meet the Presidents Spring Scenes Concert STREETS Spring Dance Show Marshall After School Program Marshall After School Program Swann's Blood Comedy Extravaganza Senior Show Send-off Chinatown Big Sibling Science Museum Field Trip Chinatown Program-Wide Study Break Chinatown Teen Six Flags Field Trip

1189

Spring Transportation

1190

Counselor Final Celebration

1191

3rd Volunteer Training

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Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus Harvardwood

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$210.00 $251.40 $400.00

$132.50 $250.00 $0.00

H-Club Interfaith Council Korean Association Korean Association Korean Association Latinas Unidas Latinas Unidas Latinas Unidas Latinas Unidas Latinas Unidas Leadership Institute at Harvard College Leadership Institute at Harvard College Leadership Institute at Harvard College Lowell House Opera Mainly Jazz Dance Company Marshall After School Program- PBHA Marshall After School Program- PBHA Mill Street Productions On Harvard Time On Thin Ice

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$400.00 $59.06 $297.00 $505.50 $200.00 $136.78 $154.75 $79.85 $93.75 $97.04

$90.00 $0.00 $171.50 $460.50 $200.00 $60.00 $120.00 $62.00 $50.00 $84.00

Retroactive

$85.00

$44.00

Retroactive

$47.00

Retroactive Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Upfront

$35.00 $500.00 $500.00 $485.00 $91.00 $300.00 $115.06 $180.00

$20.00 $488.00 $370.00 $485.00 $26.00 $140.59 $115.06 $120.00

PBHA Chinatown Big Sibling Program PBHA Chinatown Committee PBHA Chinatown Teen Program PBHA's David Walker Scholars Program PBHA's Mission Hill After School Program PBHA's Mission Hill Afterschool Program (MHASP)

Upfront Upfront Retroactive

$357.50 $500.00 $350.00

$44.20 $350.00 $0.00

Upfront

$640.00

Retroactive

$76.01

$0.00

Retroactive

$347.21

$240.00

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April Issue of Perspective Magazine Public Service Celebration Franklin Teen Mentoring - Volunteer Transportation Satire V Newspaper Publication T-passes for Shani A Cappella SWS - A Year in Review Introductory Meeting for Prefrosh Mixer with Organization of Asian American Sisters in Service Bubble tea SBOS Information Sessions MIT/Wellesley Mixer Mahjong Madness Time Steps The Big Question on the Role of Harvard Students in Boston & Cambridge The Big Question on Voluntourism Senior Reading Denis Johnson Reading Louis Begley Prize Ceremony Publication of the Commencement 2009 Issue Harvard Certament 2009 Mensa Latina (Latin Table) 4/2 Mensa Latina (Latin Table) 3/19 Mensa Latina (Latin Table) 3/12 Mensa Latina (Latin Table) 3/5 Mensa Latina (Latin Table) 2/26 Mensa Latina (Latin Table) 2/19 Mensa Latina (Latin Table) 2/12 Mensa Latina (Latin Table) 2/5 Mensa Latina (Latin Table) 1/29 HSYLC Seminar Leaders and Staff Social The Harvard Independent Prefrosh Activities Fair costs

Perspective Magazine Phillips Brooks House Association Phillips Brooks House Association Franklin Teen Mentoring Satire V Shani A Cappella Smart Women Securities South Asian Men's Collective

Retroactive Retroactive

$900.00 $1,000.00

$500.00 $800.00

Retroactive Upfront Retroactive Upfront Retroactive

$700.00 $750.00 $54.20 $200.00 $16.85

$400.00 $500.00 $36.00 $200.00 $15.98

South Asian Men's Collective South Asian Women's Collective South Boston Outreach Summer Taiwanese Cultural Society Taiwanese Cultural Society TAPS

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$60.70 $100.00 $634.59 $175.00 $195.00 $150.00

$60.70 $100.00 $354.00 $85.00 $145.00 $150.00

The Big Question The Big Question The Harvard Advocate The Harvard Advocate The Harvard Advocate

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$33.25 $45.07 $55.00 $75.00 $55.01

$33.25 $45.07 $47.50 $72.50 $43.17

The Harvard Advocate The Harvard Classical Club The Harvard Classical Club The Harvard Classical Club The Harvard Classical Club The Harvard Classical Club The Harvard Classical Club The Harvard Classical Club The Harvard Classical Club The Harvard Classical Club The Harvard Classical Club The Harvard College Association for U.S.-China Relations The Harvard Independent The Radcliffe Pitches

Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$500.00 $24.00 $12.00 $24.00 $20.00 $12.00 $16.00 $12.00 $20.00 $8.00 $16.00

$500.00 $24.00 $12.00 $24.00 $20.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Upfront Retroactive Retroactive

$250.00 $1,500.00 $39.06

$140.00 $1,500.00 $20.00

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Spring Concert with the Harvard Krokodiloes Discussion of Undergraduate Teaching Experiences and Public Education "What is Finance" Panel Musical Film Discussion "Sweets and Science": Prefrosh Science Activities Social Reading Period Study Break and Senior Send-Off Queer Narratives in America and beyond Finance info session Champions League 1/2 round Senior Farewell BBQ Wushu Banquet The Voice Print Publication The Voice Print Publication Harvard Korean Adoptee Mentoring General Meeting Keylatch Summer Program Spring Directors Training and Retreats

The Radcliffe Pitches Undergraduate Teacher Education Program Members Veritas Financial Group Wind Ensemble Women in Science at HarvardRadcliffe Women in Science at HarvardRadcliffe (WISHR) Woodbridge International Society Woodbridge International Society Woodbridge International Society Woodbridge International Society Harvard Wushu Club The Voice The Voice Harvard College Korean Adoptee Mentorship Program Phillips Brooks House Association PBHA's Summer Urban Program

Retroactive

$523.51

$270.51

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$325.00 $158.78 $50.00

$320.00 $85.25 $50.00

Retroactive

$100.00

$50.00

Retroactive

$50.00

$40.00

Retroactive Retroactive Upfront Upfront Upfront Retroactive Retroactive

$62.83 $48.40 $40.00 $325.00 $230.00 $1,000.00 $2,000.00

$62.83 $48.40 $0.00 $325.00 $200.00 $500.00 $500.00

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$67.50 $500.00 $3,356.00

$67.50 $130.00 $1,040.00

$68,373.97

$38,361.16 FiCom: Docketed: 8-0-0 FiCom: Recommended: 8-0-1 Executive Board: Docketed: 4-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 25-0-3

Spring Grants Pack 11.5 FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ’11) WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate below,

$6,032.23 from the Grants Fund to 33 recipient projects as shown in the break-down

Publication of Issue 8 (Spring 2009) Irish Dancing World Championships

Organization Name Harvard Romanian Association

Grant Type Retroactive

Harvard Republican Club Harvard Philippine Forum Black Students Association Black Students Association Brevitas Brevitas Cinematic - The Harvard Film Journal Corcaidhearg: Harvard College Irish

Amt Req

Amt Fund $98.00

$98.00

Retroactive

$90.00

Retroactive Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$35.98 $430.00 $180.00 $400.00 $100.00 $1,000.00

$35.98 $119.00 $80.00 $160.00 $98.75 $1,000.00

Upfront Retroactive

$2,075.00 $80.00

$500.00 $0.00

Dancers 1250 1251 1252 1253 1254 1255 1256 1257 1258 1259 1260 1261 1262 1263 1264 1265 1266 1267 1268 1269 1270 1271 1272 1273 1274

Pretty in Pink PreFrosh Picnic Freeze Eleganza Issue Spring Break Trip Reunion and Information Session Publishing Party Spring Tournaments New Mexico Club Enchilada Dinner Fiesta de HOLA!! Sigla! Filipino Unity Games HPF Shirts for Prefrosh Events and 2009-2010 HPF Relay for Life Rally Cultural Rhythms, Eastbound, and Southeast Asian Night Costumes HPF End of the Year and Senior Farewell Dinner Harvard Political Review Summer Issue HPR General Meeting Bi-partisan Paintball Brawl Pan Asian BBQ Sex at Harvard panel Staff Solicitation Letters Staff Training and Bonding Gamut End of the Year Reading Concert for a Millennium Village; Roy Hargrove LectureDemonstration Final Social Bash OUTWIT: The Freestyle Rap Competition Spring Show

Freeze College Magazine Freeze College Magazine

Retroactive Retroactive

$150.00 $75.00

101.25 75

Habitat for Humanity Harvard College Economics Review Harvard Men's Ultimate Club Harvard New Mexico Club Harvard Organization for Latin America Harvard Philippine Forum

Retroactive Upfront Retroactive Upfront

$261.00 $90.00 $1,675.00 $300.00

$261.00 $90.00 $1,675.00 $60.00

Retroactive Retroactive

$55.00 $36.26

$55.00 $34.95

Harvard Philippine Forum Harvard Philippine Forum

Retroactive Retroactive

$255.60 $24.32

$0.00 $0.00

Harvard Philippine Forum

Retroactive

$57.35

Harvard Philippine Forum Harvard Political Review (Under Institute of Politics) Harvard Political Review (Under Institute of Politics) Harvard Republican Club Japan Society Peer Contraceptive Counselors Refugee Youth Summer Enrichment Roxbury Youth Initiative (PBHA) The Gamut

Upfront

$85.00

$56.00

Retroactive

$500.00

Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$150.00 $59.95 $300.00 $28.00 $216.00 $112.40 $70.00

$100.00 $59.95 $200.00 $28.00 $24.00 $57.20 $70.00

Retroactive

$180.00

$156.80

$50.00

$145.00 $100.00 $195.80 $9,660.66

$139.00 $100.00

The Harvard College American Music Association The Harvard Latter-day Saint Student Association

Upfront

Tuesday Magazine SAA Election Harvard-Radcliffe Modern Dance

Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

$195.80 $6,328.03

27S-43 Act Calling for the Reinstatement of Harvard’s Transfer Admissions Program

Representative Manny Antunes (Cabot ’11) UC Treasurer Anthony Britt (Lowell ’10) Representative Senan Ebrahim (East Yard ’12) UC President Andrea Flores (Currier ’10) SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) UC Parliamentarian Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) UC Vice President Kia McLeod (Leverett ’10) Representative Eric Michel (West Yard ’12) Representative Cyrus Mossavar-Rahmani (Mather ’09) Representative Joshua Nuni (Cabot ’10) Representative Sam Stein (Leverett ’10) Representative Benjamin Zagorsky (West Yard ’12) Representative Bernie Zipprich (Leverett ’09-10) WHEREAS transfer students are an integral part of the Harvard student body, and WHEREAS the University administration announced on 20 March 2008 that the College was instituting a two year moratorium on transfer admissions in the wake of the Space Assessment Committee’s findings on overcrowding the upperclassmen houses, and WHEREAS this two year moratorium has since been extended indefinitely, with some suggestion that transfer admissions will only be considered for reinstatement after completion of the house renewal campaign, a project which will take at least a decade – if at all, and WHEREAS these decisions have been made by administrators without any public discussion or student input whatsoever; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED, that the Undergraduate Council adopt the views of the attached correspondence as its official position and call on the University to reinstate transfer admissions for no later than the 2010 fall term, as the two year moratorium originally provided for, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the below correspondence, be suitably engrossed and transmitted to the appropriate University officials, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Undergraduate Council will direct its representatives on the Committee on House Life to raise this issue at the next meeting of the CHL, and press for the committee’s endorsement of said correspondence. Student Affairs Committee: Docketed: 9-0-0 Student Affairs Committee: Recommended: 9-0-0 Executive Board: Docketed: 4-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 27-0-0

HARVARD UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL

STUDENT ORGANIZATION CENTER AT HILLES, BOX #281, 59 SHEPARD STREET CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02138

Adopted in Council May 3, 2009 Dean Michael D. Smith, Faculty of Arts & Sciences & Dean Evelynn Hammonds, Harvard College Harvard University, University Hall Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Dear Deans Smith and Hammonds: In this time of financial distress, we are writing to suggest a small – but tremendously valuable – step we believe the University should take to improve its financial standing and, more importantly, to enhance the student body: Reintroduce the transfer students program. Reinstating the program, even if only on a limited basis, would ensure that we are keeping our doors open to the best and brightest – regardless of what path they ’ve followed – while at the same time providing the College with much-needed extra revenue in the form of tuition and future alumni donations. But even as we make this suggestion, we hesitate to argue for the reintroduction of this program on financial grounds alone. Doing so implies that transfers are here solely to fill beds and the University ’s coffers; but it is well known that transfers are here because they add a real value to our community, and because they deserve to be here as much as the next Harvard student. Harvard has a lot to be proud of with its transfer program. Some of the University ’s most notable alums – people like W.E.B. DuBois, Class of 1890, John F. Kennedy ’40, Henry Kissinger ’50, and Chief Justice John Roberts ’76 all came to Harvard after first attending other universities. With acceptance rates often on par with or lower than those of the freshman class (in 2007, fewer than 50 out of more than a thousand applicants were accepted), getting accepted as a transfer is an almost superhuman feat. Those who make the cut are truly exceptional individuals – and once here, they almost always excel. “Transfer students have proved to be outstanding in every way during their Harvard College years and throughout their lives, ” Dean of Admissions William Fitzsimmons has previously said. It is a sentiment we agree with wholeheartedly. Transfers come from a wide range of backgrounds and, once here, contribute greatly to the vibrancy of campus life. They are student leaders and scholars. They are athletes and musicians. They produce shows, start businesses, found student groups, and volunteer in the community. They write for the Crimson and run for the UC. They serve on HoCos, give admission tours and serve as peer advising fellows. Many bring experiences that students from high school cannot. Deep Springs, the two-year, all-male college in the California desert – widely considered one of the most intellectually and personally challenging undergraduate institutions in the country – from where many transfers in recent years have come, is often cited as one of the best demonstrations of this. The military academies are also regularly represented among new classes of transfers, as are students from leading universities worldwide. Other transfers come from more humble or traditional origins, community colleges and elsewhere; their unique experience is in their perseverance and their unyielding drive to succeed. Students like these can teach us all incredible lessons – and indeed they often do. We understand that Harvard ’s houses are overcrowded. This is a reality we encounter on a daily basis, and is a fact that was impressed upon us during meetings with various university officials. We recognize fully that the houses were simply not designed to accommodate the nearly 4,900 students that presently call them home. As the Space Assessment Committee found last year, several hundred students live in suites ’ common rooms, many rooms are walk-throughs, and many lack sufficient second means of egress. Unfortunately, this is a problem that cannot be resolved in the short term, and indeed, we are excited about the ambitious house renewal campaign the University is undertaking. But as we also learned from our conversations with deans and administrators, this campaign will take at least a decade to complete, and with the current financial crisis, probably longer. In his letter to prospective transfer applications on the Admissions Office website, Dean Fitzsimmons states: “We await the opportunity to continue this venerable Harvard tradition when our residential houses will once again be ready to welcome transfer students. ” If it is indeed the University ’s plan to wait until completion of house renewal before reinstating transfer admissions, we as the representatives of the student body say this is far too long. The transfer community is too important to the broader Harvard community for it to be disbanded for a decade or more.

For this reason, we propose that the University reintroduce the transfer program, if only on a smaller scale. Even with current space constraints, the houses could reasonably accommodate 24 students, admitted each fall, spread among them. A transfer program of this size would be on par with Yale, which for the past fifteen years has consistently aimed to have no more than two dozen transfers matriculate. It would also ensure that Harvard is still accessible to the best and the brightest. Such a measure would also be in line with Harvard ’s broader efforts to make the College more accessible to a wider portion of the American public. There are other reasons we urge the administration to reinstate the transfer program now. For years, transfers ’ successful integration into the student body has been facilitated by a peer advising program called “Transfer Links. ” These “links, ” former transfer students themselves, took much of the advising burden off of administrators and helped provide new students with the answers they needed. They also connected new students to the broader transfer community, which came together at the beginning of each semester to welcome the new students and help smooth their transition. Even if the program is reinstated so that transfers can be readmitted for fall 2010 – as the original two year suspension provided for – only a handful of former transfers will still be on campus to reprise this tradition and play this crucial role. If the University delays any longer, knowledge of this tradition will be completely lost. Our greatest fear is that the transfer program will be allowed to languish and will never be reintroduced. At Princeton, a two year moratorium similarly gave way to an indefinite suspension; administrators have found it “easier ” to not revive the program. We fear deeply that Harvard will suffer a similar fate. We fear that administrators here will grow similarly apathetic about reviving the program and as a result, a venerable Harvard tradition – one which for decades has enhanced our student body – will be lost. The transfer program is too important to be allowed to lapse into such a fate. With or without the transfer program, Harvard undergraduates are going to face overcrowded housing for the foreseeable future. This is unfortunate and inconvenient. But when one considers what our community is giving up by foregoing transfer admissions, it is clear that the benefits of its reintroduction far outweigh the minor inconveniences. We are a richer community for our transfers. Sincerely, The Members of the Harvard Undergraduate Council CC: Drew Faust, University President, Associate Dean Suzy Nelson, Residential Life, Associate Dean John F. Gates, Administration and Finance Associate Dean Monique Rinere, Advising Programs Dean William Fitzsimmons, Admissions Office

27S-44 The UC Reform Act of 2009 UC Parliamentarian Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) Representative Manny Antunes (Cabot ’11) SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) UC Secretary Doug Lloyd (Eliot ’09) UC Vice President Kia J. McLeod ‘10 Representative Mohindra Rupram (Dunster ’10) Representative Eric Michel (West Yard ’12) Representative Zags Zagorsky (West Yard ’12) FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ’11) UC Communications Director Daniel Kroop (Pforzheimer ’10) UC PR Director Amanda Lu (Eliot ’11) WHEREAS structural reforms will better enable the Undergraduate Council to fulfil its duties to the student body; and WHEREAS implementing internal reforms will not prevent the Council from advocating for reforms to the Student-Faculty Committees and other aspects of the Council’s interaction with the College, Faculty, and University as recommended by the Dowling Report; and WHEREAS upon restructuring of the Student-Faculty Committees, the Council still may modify its internal structure to accommodate these changes; BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the Constitution and Bylaws of the Harvard Undergraduate Council are amended as shown on the subsequent pages; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council expresses its support for the recommendations of the Dowling Committee regarding the restructuring and decision-making power of Student-Faculty Committees; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council pursue the implementation of these recommendations to the fullest extent possible during the 2009-2010 school year. Rules Committee: Docketed: 5-1-0 Rules Committee: Recommended: 5-1-0 Undergraduate Council: Adopted: 26-6-2

SECRETARY’S NOTE: Because this was a constitutional revision, the vote is a mandated roll call vote. The results of the roll call appear below. The revised constitution of the Undergraduate Council, effective May 10, 2009, begins on page 31. Alyssa Aguilera (Dudley ’09) NO Manny Antunes (Cabot ’11) YES Anthony Britt (Lowell ’10) NO Sonia Dara (East Yard ’12) YES Senan Ebrahim (East Yard ’12) ABSTAIN Andrea Flores ’10, President YES Matt Garcia (Dunster ’10) NO George Hayward (Currier ’11) YES Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) NO Sarah Honig (Lowell ’10) YES George Huang (North Yard ’12) YES Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) YES Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ’11) YES Vijay Kedar (South Yard ’12) YES Mallika Khandelwal (Quincy ’11) YES Joseph Kim (North Yard ’12) YES Daniel Kroop (Pforzheimer ’10) YES Tomo Lazovich (Winthrop ’11) YES

Doug Lloyd (Eliot ’09) YES Amanda Lu (Eliot ’11) YES Kia McLeod ’10, Vice-President YES Eric Michel (West Yard ’12) YES Cyrus Mossavar-Rahmani (Mather ’09) YES Catherine Ntube (Pforzheimer ’11) YES Joshua Nuni (Cabot ’10) ABSTAIN Brad Paraszczak (Kirkland ’11) YES Bill Rose (Adams ’11) YES Mohindra Rupram (Dunster ’10) YES Randall Sarafa ’09, ex officio Vice President NO Lisa Schechner (Adams ’11) NO Sam Stein (Leverett ’10) YES Matt Sundquist ’09, ex officio President DID NOTE VOTE Alex Weisz (Currier ’10) YES Benjamin Zagorsky (West Yard ’12) YES Bernie Zipprich (Leverett ’09) YES

CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF THE HARVARD UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL

NEWLY REVISED

MAY 2009

CONTENTS PREFACE TO THE REVISED CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS

CONSTITUTION OF THE HARVARD UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL

PREAMBLE

ARTICLE I: General Provisions

ARTICLE II: Membership

ARTICLE III: Organization

ARTICLE IV: Legislative Business

ARTICLE V: Finance

ARTICLE VI: Accountability

ARTICLE VII: Amendment and Suspension of Governing Documents

BYLAWS OF THE HARVARD UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL

ARTICLE I: General Provisions

ARTICLE II: Membership

ARTICLE III: Committees

ARTICLE IV: Officers

ARTICLE V: Meetings

ARTICLE VI: Finance

ARTICLE VII: Campus Elections

ARTICLE VIII: College, Faculty, and University Committees

PREFACE TO THE REVISED CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS Section 43 of the Bylaws of the Harvard Undergraduate Council stipulates that, “the duties of the Parliamentarian shall include … compiling updated copies of the Constitution and Bylaws before the end of his or her term to be made available to the Council and public.” This revision of the Undergraduate Council’s governing documents is an effort at fulfilling that responsibility. This newly revised version of the Constitution and Bylaws incorporates the changes approved by the Council under the UC Reform Act of 2009. These reforms drastically alter the Council’s structure, creating a new system of five standing committees with three representatives per district, in which each representative may chose to sit on one or two committees. This new structure incorporates the Student Relations Committee, which existed during the Spring 2009 term as an Ad-Hoc Committee, splits the Student Affairs Committee into the Student Life and Education Committees, and creates a new Student Initiatives Committee to promote student-run (either on or off the UC) programs to improve the campus. These reforms were passed following the release of the report of the second Dowling Committee, but do not indicate a completion of the work in implementing the report. The Reform Act included clauses directing the Council leadership to pursue a full implementation of the changes to the Student-Faculty Committee system recommended by the Dowling Committee, and the Council will pursue this to the fullest extent possible during the 2009-2010 school year. The work of UC reform is not done, and these newly amended governing documents should be viewed as a precursor to the completion of reform of the role of the student in college governance, which will take place in the semesters to come. Respectfully submitted, Eric Hysen ‘11 Parliamentarian

CONSTITUTION OF THE HARVARD UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL REVISED THROUGH MAY 2009

PREAMBLE We, the undergraduates of Harvard College, are an important part of the University community, and are therefore entitled to an active role in deciding its policies and priorities. To this end, we hereby re-constitute an undergraduate government to represent student interests; to secure an active role for students in deciding official policies and priorities; to safeguard academic freedom and student rights, and to affirm the student citizens dignity and worth; to promote and fund student groups and organizations; and thereby promote student morale and interaction; and finally, to serve as a campus-wide forum for the expression and exchange of student ideas and opinions.

ARTICLE I: General Provisions !

Section 1. Name. The name of the undergraduate government shall be the Harvard Undergraduate Council.

Section 2. Objects. The Council shall pursue the objects stated in the preamble. Any matter that can be decided or considered by an officer, office, or official body within the University, or that directly affects the quality of undergraduate education or life, falls within the Council's jurisdiction. The Council shall be responsible for the selection of undergraduate delegates for official bodies with campus-wide representation, and may review the budget of the college.

Section 3. Authority. The authority of this constitution is the basis for the conduct of all business in the undergraduate government. The Council may, by a two-thirds vote, adopt or amend Bylaws. The Executive Board may establish temporary standing rules. Such rulings are subject to full Council veto, in the form of a majority vote. The Council is a permanently and continuously organized body with authority vested in its representatives and elected officers and officials.

Section 4. Nondiscrimination policy. The Council shall not discriminate, and shall discourage discrimination on the basis of ancestry, citizenship, creed, economic background or status, ethnic identity, ethnicity, gender expression, gender identity, intellectual disability, national origin, philosophy, physical disability, political affiliation or ideology, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. In adhering to this policy, the Council will not advocate the restriction of anyone's freedom of public speech, assembly, expression, or association. ARTICLE II: Membership

Section 1. Representation. Each upper-class house shall comprise an electoral district. There shall be three representatives for each residential electoral district. Dudley house shall have representation proportional to the smallest residential district. The Firstyear dormitories should be divided into four sections (the North Yard, the South Yard, the East Yard, and the West Yard).

Section 2. Election. The general election of the Council shall occur within three weeks of upper-class registration in the fall semester. The district shall rank its delegates, according to votes received. The Election Commission shall administer the

election of the district's representatives according to the Council Bylaws and the discretion of the Election Commission. !

Section 3. Tenure. An elected representative shall take office at the first meeting after the election, and shall serve until the first meeting after the next election unless he or she resigns, leaves the college, is expelled for nonattendance or misconduct, is recalled, or transfers out of the district from which he or she was originally elected.

Section 4. Vacancy. Following the resignation or expulsion of a member, the vacancy must be announced during the next Council meeting. The district must also be notified. A vacancy may be filled in one of two ways. If only one person seeks the vacated seat, then that candidate will automatically be seated, unless the Council, by a majority vote, declines to seat him or her before the end of the next Council meeting. If more than one person is interested, the vacancy must be filled by Special Election as outlined in the Council Bylaws. This election must be completed within two weeks of the announcement of the vacancy and shall be administered by the Election Commission. If the vacancy occurs after Spring Break, the affected district may not seat a new delegate. Any new delegate has the same powers as other delegates and shall be given lowest priority in committee assignment.

ARTICLE III: Organization !

Section 1. Committees. There shall be five standing committees: Finance, Student Life, Education, Student Initiatives, and Student Relations. All issues and policy matters shall fall into the appropriate committee (and consequent subcommittee) jurisdiction. Each representative must sit on one of these committees, referred to as his or her primary committee. Representatives may choose to sit on a second of these committees, referred to as their secondary committees. No two representatives from the same residential house or yard delegation may have the same primary committee. Representatives shall submit committee preferences to the Executive Board following their election, and the Executive Board shall seat representatives on the five standing committees as outlined in the Bylaws. Each Committee shall elect a Chair for a year-long term during the Fall Reading Period.

Section 1.1. The Finance Committee. The Finance Committee shall foster and coordinate student activities by way of supporting student organizations which promote student interaction. The Finance Committee shall have sole jurisdiction over the allocation of all event and operating grants to all other student organizations, with the exception of House Committees. All groups receiving grants must apply according to the Finance Committee's rules, and must be registered with the College, with the Athletic Department as a club sport, or with a House.

Section 1.2. The Student Life Committee. The Student Life Committee shall represent undergraduate interests in official University policies and priorities pertaining to student life. This committee will work to ensure the student life needs of the students within the official context of the College in both its central and adjunct institutions. This committee shall make all appointments to College and faculty advisory committees pertaining to student life. Each delegation must be approved by the Council. If the delegation is not approved, then the Council will elect a delegation at its next meeting. This committee shall also be responsible for any and all matters relating to student security and safety as well as the appointment of any groups or delegates to conferences representing Harvard's student body.

Section 1.3. The Education Committee.

The Education Committee shall represent undergraduate interests in official University policies and priorities pertaining to education. This committee will work to ensure the academic needs of the students within the official context of the College in both its central and adjunct institutions. This committee shall make all appointments to College and faculty advisory committees pertaining to education. Each delegation must be approved by the Council. If the delegation is not approved, then the Council will elect a delegation at its next meeting. The committee shall also be responsible for the annual administration of the Levenson and Marquand awards. !

Section 1.4. The Student Initiatives Committee. The Student Initiatives Committee shall provide meaningful services to the Harvard and undergraduate communities through creating and operating Council initiatives and partnering with other initiatives started by undergraduates and other interested parties.

Section 1.5. The Student Relations Committee. The Student Relations Committee shall ensure communication between the Council, student body, and public and ensure that student views are represented in the work of the Council. The Committee shall interact with campus and other media, operate the electronic and other communications of the Council, and interact with student leaders with an interest in Council affairs.

Section 2. Officers. The executive officers shall be a President and a Vice President who shall be elected by the student body; and a Secretary and Treasurer who shall be elected by the Council. No one may hold more than one of these offices concurrently, and no one may Chair or Vice Chair a standing committee while serving as an officer. The executive officers shall serve year-long terms and shall sit on all committees as ex-officio non-voting members. There will be a spending limit that shall be in effect for all campus-wide elections. The Election Commission shall monitor all expenses. The President and Vice President shall be elected from the student body at large, including members of the Undergraduate Council. The Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected from the ranks of the Undergraduate Council during the Fall Reading Period. Upon assumption of their offices, the President and Vice President shall lose their seats, if any, in their house delegations. All Presidents-Emeritus and Vice Presidents-Emeritus shall retain all privileges of members of the Council except a vote until they leave the College. Any official action by an officer can be overturned by the entire council by a majority vote.

Section 3. Executive Board. The general executive authority shall reside in the Executive Board, the voting membership of which shall consist of the four executive officers and Chairs of the standing committees (and Vice Chairs in the absence of the Chairs). The President will preside over the board. The President shall designate a Parliamentarian from the membership of the Council, who shall serve as a non-voting member of the Board unless he or she is otherwise a voting member. The Executive Board shall be charged with compiling the week's docket of legislative business. The board may, by a vote of two-thirds, vote to close a piece of legislation to amendments. This vote may not be made on a Finance Committee Grants Package. The Council may overturn this closed rule by a majority vote. The Secretary, Treasurer, and Chairs of the standing committees shall serve during the calendar year following their elections. They shall remain representatives while in office, but shall not be required to seek re-election in their Houses during their terms. The Houses of these officers shall elect a reduced number of representatives to a total of three. Upon the completion of their terms, the House seats of the Secretary, Treasurer, and Chairs of the standing committees shall become vacant and be filled in a special election within the first two weeks of the spring term.

Section 4. Chief Executive.

The chief executive officer shall be the President, who shall preside over the Council and the Executive Board; shall delegate any responsibility whose exercise is not otherwise assigned; shall serve as the undergraduate government's general representative and official spokesperson; and shall serve, along with the Vice President, ex officio as a nonvoting member of all standing committees. The President shall be the arbiter and interpreter of the Council constitution and bylaws. All such decisions can be appealed and overturned by a majority vote of the Council. Any other official action by the President may be overturned by the entire Council by a majority vote. !

Section 5. Administrative Committee. There shall exist an Administrative Committee co-chaired by the Secretary and Treasurer. The Vice Chairs and Secretaries of the standing committees shall sit on the Administrative Committee. The Administrative Committee shall be responsible for Council administrative tasks, ensuring collaboration between the committees beyond the Chairs, and preserving institutional memory.

ARTICLE IV: Legislative Business !

Section 1. Meetings. Any undergraduate may participate in any meeting of the Council unless the meeting has been called into Executive Session as outlined in the Bylaws.

Section 2. Committee Jurisdiction. Only one committee may pursue legislative work in one area unless the Chairs of the committees in question determine otherwise. In the event of disputed jurisdiction, the President has the power to refer all legislation to a certain committee. Committee Chairs may on their own create subcommittees and refer issues to them. If referral to subcommittee is ordered by order of the Executive Board, the Chair of the committee must create a subcommittee and refer the issue to it.

Section 3. Quorum. The quorum of any meeting shall be a simple majority of the voting members. Council business may continue in the absence of a quorum. No legislation can be passed in the absence of the quorum.

Section 4. Motions. A motion may be made by any member of the Council. No motions will be allowed unless permitted by the governing documents.

Section 5. Referendum. Any question may be committed to a referendum or poll by the Council or by a petition by 10% of the student body. In case of multiple questions, the petition format must require students to sign for each question presented on the petition. Any petition that does not meet the above requirements shall be declared void. A referendum will be advisory unless the provisions of the referendum make its results binding and it achieves a 25% turnout or the percentage voter turnout for Council representative elections, whichever is lower. A binding referendum may be overturned by three quarters of the Council with the exception of a referendum on constitutional measures. For a binding referendum requiring constitutional change, a simple majority of the voting students must agree on the constitutional change in order for the referendum to pass. Upon passage, the Council constitution is automatically amended to include the proposed change. The Council is also obligated to make all necessary changes to the Council bylaws so as to meet the requirements mandated by the constitutional change. The Executive Board shall be the governing body of all referenda. The Secretary shall be the executive officer entrusted with the duty of carrying out

the will of the Executive Board in setting the dates and making the rules of the referendum. Referenda must be administered within three weeks of the petition's submission to the Council.

ARTICLE V: Finance !

Section 1. Income. The Council shall receive term-bill income for its own operations, for grants to undergraduate organizations, and to stimulate social life. The Council shall have final control over this income but shall not deviate from the budget enumerated in the Bylaws unless said budget is amended. No resolution may be considered if said resolution authorizes spending in excess of the sum of the amount remaining in the appropriate fund, minus all unpaid authorizations from said funds. The Grants fund may be spent only on grants, and the Operations fund may be spent only on Council operations. Upon request to the Office of the Dean of the College, a student will receive an automatic full refund of the Undergraduate Council Fee paid through the termbill for the current academic year. No refunds will be made for requests submitted to the Office of the Dean after the Undergraduate Council Fee refund deadline, which shall be no later than October 1st each year. Students shall be made amply aware of the deadline for termbill refund requests. The names of students requesting refunds will be confidential except for the purpose of verifying and fulfilling refunds. To preserve student confidentiality, no list of student names who request term bill refunds will be provided to any member, officer, or body of the Council.

Section 2. Allocation. The Budget shall determine where this money is spent. No less than 60% of the Council's finances, excepting any money allocated to the Reserve Account enumerated in Article V, Section 4, shall go to the Grants Fund. No more than 5% shall be allocated for operations; no more than 5% shall be allocated to the Student Relations Fund; no more than 10% shall be allocated to the Student Initiatives Fund, and no less than 25% shall be allocated to the House Fund. Budgeted income remaining in any fund at the end of a session of the Undergraduate Council shall roll over to that fund in the following academic year.

Section 3. Grants. The Finance Committee shall recommend and docket before the Council a package of grant allocations from the grants fund. Applications for said grants must be made available a week before their due date and publicized. The budget for grants shall be divided between fall semester and spring semester with year-long grants included in the fall allocation. No member of the Finance Committee shall participate in the consideration or vote on any grant with which he or she is a member, officer, or the equivalent. These grants shall be awarded based upon benefit to the community, fostering independence, and other Finance Committee guidelines. It shall be the duty of the Grants Vice Chair and Secretary of the Finance Committee to prepare a detailed and computerized report of the Grants Process in order to inform the next Finance Committee of previous grants. The Finance Committee shall also be charged with the recommendation and docketing of grants for the House Committees, in accordance with guidelines provided in the Bylaws of the Undergraduate Council and in standing rules adopted by the Finance Committee.

Section 4. Reserve Account. The Undergraduate Council shall maintain a Reserve Account for overdraft protection, from which account only overdraft expenditures shall be made. Within one month after the beginning of each session of the Undergraduate Council, the Reserve Account shall have in it no less than $5,000.

ARTICLE VI: Accountability !

Section 1. Information. Any document or record produced by the Council or any department shall be a matter of public record, with such exceptions as the Bylaws or Executive Board may prescribe. The proceedings of meeting are public record unless the Chair or President has moved the meeting into executive session.

Section 2. Officers. Every officer, delegate, or Harvard Undergraduate who exercises any power or duty under the authority of this constitution, or who represents the Council or any department, is responsible to the electing body and ultimately to the Council. The Council may move to expel any officer or member in accordance with the Bylaws.

Section 3. Departments. No department of the Council may affect the actions of the entire Council without the approval of the entire Council. Committees may, however, act under their own jurisdiction and appoint delegates to committees outside the Council. They may also affect their own rules for internal procedure.

Section 4. Recall. Recall shall be defined as the removal of an individual from an elected office by the electing body. Each representative may be submitted to a recall election by a petition of one-tenth of the members of his or her district. After this petition has been submitted to the Executive Board, the district must then have a vote of confidence in said representative, within two weeks, excluding any absence or recess. A representative shall be recalled by a two-thirds vote, providing that the turnout in the recall election equals or exceeds the district's turnout in the first general election of the academic year. A popularly elected office or office emeritus may be submitted to a recall election by a petition of one-tenth of the student body. After this petition has been submitted to the Executive Board, the campus must then have a vote of confidence in said office within two weeks, excluding any absence or recess. A popularly elected office shall be recalled by a two-thirds vote of the student body, provided that the turnout is equal to or greater than the turnout for the most recent presidential election. Internally elected offices shall be recalled by a twothirds vote of the electing body.

Section 5. Expulsion. Expulsion shall be defined as the removal of an individual for misconduct from the Council. Expulsion results in the forfeiture of all associated offices and privileges. Any individual who exercises power or duty under this constitution or bylaws may be subject to expulsion. Expulsion by petition, as outlined in the bylaws, shall require a two-thirds vote of the Council. Expulsion for violation of attendance rules shall follow the procedures as outlined in the bylaws. ARTICLE VII: Amendment and Suspension of Governing Documents

Section 1. Rules Committee. There shall exist a Rules Committee. All representatives to the Undergraduate Council are eligible to serve on the Rules Committee, and shall be selected for service as outlined in the Bylaws. This committee will meet regularly to generate and review potential changes to the Constitution and Bylaws. The Vice-President or his or her designee shall chair the Rules Committee but shall not have voting privileges except to make or break a tie. Only committee members shall maintain voting privileges, however all Council members may make and second motions from the floor.

No proposed amendment to this Constitution or the Bylaws shall be considered as new or docketed business by the Council without having been considered by the Rules Committee. Only the Rules Committee may docket proposed amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws. !

Section 2. Amendment of the Constitution.

Section 2.1. Proposal. If a proposed amendment to the Constitution is docketed by the Rules Committee, at least one week must pass between the approval of the amendment by the Rules Committee and the beginning of voting on the amendment. If an amendment to the Constitution is proposed as new business after being considered by the Rules Committee, at least one week must pass between the Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vote to consider the amendment as new business and the beginning of voting on the passage of the amendment.

Section 2.2. Voting. Amendments to this Constitution require three-fourths of those voting either for or against the amendment to be adopted. At least two-thirds of the Council must vote either in the affirmative or negative on the question of amending the Constitution in order for the amendment to be made. Voting on an amendment to the Constitution shall end at the opening of the meeting of the Council immediately following the meeting at which voting begins. The Secretary may employ phone voting and electronic mail voting in order to assume that all members of the Council are aware of the vote on any amendment, and shall accept votes in the same manner.

Section 3. Amendment and Suspension of the Bylaws. Amendments to the Bylaws of the Undergraduate Council require a two-thirds majority vote of those voting for or against the amendment to be adopted. The Council may suspend any of its Bylaws at and for any time by a twothirds vote, with at least a quorum of the Council voting for or against the suspension of the Bylaw(s).

BYLAWS OF THE HARVARD UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL REVISED THROUGH MAY 2009

ARTICLE I: General Provisions !

Section 11. Office. The Undergraduate Council shall maintain an official Council office.

Section 12. Incorporation.

Section 12.1. Registration. The Council shall be registered with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a nonprofit corporation, to be named the Harvard Undergraduate Council, Incorporated. The constitution, together with any articles submitted to the Secretary of the Commonwealth in application for recognition, shall constitute the corporate charter and bylaws for legal purposes. The corporation shall exist perpetually. The corporation's purpose is educational, insofar as its end is the better governance of a university. This purpose is neither exclusive nor mandatory.

Section 12.2. Powers. The corporation may exercise any power or privilege ordinarily enjoyed by a non-profit corporation under state law, and all lawful powers conducive or incidental to the achievement of its objects. The enumeration of certain powers or privileges does not deny or disparage other general powers or privileges that the corporation may by law possess or exercise, all of which are hereby expressly claimed.

Section 12.3. Tax Status. The corporation is a charitable, non-partisan, non-profit organization, and shall not engage in any activity that could compromise this status. The corporation shall neither consider nor endorse the candidate or platform of any organized political campaign or party; the creed, doctrine, or ideology of any religious, denominational, sectarian, or cultist enterprise, institution, or organization; or any activity that solicits funding or support for anything in either category above.

Section 12.4. Dissolution. If the corporation dissolves without a legal successor, then its residual assets shall be distributed among the house committees and the First-Year Caucus, on a per-undergraduate basis, if possible; otherwise these assets shall be distributed to a charitable organization within the University community that is eligible for tax-exempt contributions under federal tax law, or to local government for exclusive public purpose within the University Community.

Section 13. Affiliation.

Section 13.1. Qualifications and Prerequisites. The Council shall not join any discriminatory, partisan, or sectarian organization, or one whose activities include the consideration or endorsement of the candidate or platform of any organized political campaign or party; the creed, doctrine, or ideology of any religious, denominational, sectarian, or cultist enterprise, institution, or organization; or any activity that solicits funding or support for anything in either category above.

The Executive Board shall thoroughly investigate proposed affiliation with any organization, and shall promptly report to the Council upon the benefit to the Council and undergraduate body of such affiliation. A permanent affiliation entails approval of the organization's constitution and agreement to the obligations implied thereunder, and shall not be considered before the Executive Board has reported. !

Section 13.2. Temporary affiliation. The Council may temporarily join any qualified organization, as permitted by the regulations governing Harvard student organizations by a two-thirds vote, or by simple majority if affiliation is a prerequisite to attend a conference to which a delegation is accredited. No temporary affiliation shall extend beyond the first full academic year after the vote to affiliate.

Section 13.3. Permanent Affiliation. The Council may permanently join any qualified organization, as permitted by the regulations governing Harvard student organizations, if a delegation has attended and reported upon a conference of the organization, or if the organization has invited the Council's membership and provided substantial literature documenting its purposes, activities, and accomplishments.

Section 13.4. Conferences. The Executive Board shall notify the Council of any invitation to the conferences of an affiliated organization for consideration of whether to accredit a delegation. The Executive Board shall provide for the selection of any delegate to such a conference; the selection must be approved by the Council if the conference exceeds two hundred dollars. No member of the graduating class shall be the sole delegate to such a conference, or be a member of the first delegation accredited to an organization. The Council shall fully pay the registration of its delegation to any conference, and may also pay its transportation. The delegation to a conference shall report to the Council upon its attendance, the conference's work, and the state of the affiliated organization by the second meeting after its return from the conference.

ARTICLE II: Membership Section 21. Attendance. !

Section 21.1. Record. A. Procedure. The Secretary of the Council shall call roll at the announced time of the beginning and end of each regular general meeting, and shall note all arrivals and departures of representatives from the meeting, and the times thereof, until the meeting is adjourned. The Secretary or equivalent officer of each of the standing committees shall call roll at the announced time of the beginning of each regular committee meeting, and shall note all arrivals and departures of representatives from the meeting, and the times thereof, until the meeting is adjourned. The Secretary or equivalent officer of each committee shall record the name of each member present at each regular committee meeting, and shall promptly deposit this roll with the Secretary. An election commissioner absent from a committee meeting on election business will be excused. All absence records shall be cleared at the end of each semester. B. Half-Absence. Any one of the following is considered grounds for receipt of one half-absence: arrival after the conclusion of the roll call at the beginning of a general or committee meeting or absence upon the adjournment of a general or committee meeting; absence from a substantive portion still less than fifty percent of a general or committee meeting, as determined by the start and end times of said meetings, at the discretion of the Secretary. Where a representative is present for more than fifty percent of a general or committee meeting, as determined by the start and end times of said meetings, but is not present during both roll call and adjournment, they shall only be assessed a half absence. C. Full Absence. Any one of the following is considered grounds for receipt of one full absence: arrival after the conclusion of the roll call at the beginning of a general or committee meeting and absence upon the adjournment of

a general or committee meeting, except as noted in 21.1(B) above; absence from fifty percent or more of a general or committee meeting, as determined by the start and end times of those meetings; failure to vote on a constitutional amendment. !

Section 21.2. Warning. The Secretary shall inform members of their absences when asked and shall notify any member who is within one absence of expulsion from the Council or removal from a committee.

Section 21.3. Expulsion. Upon the call to order of any Executive Board meeting, any member who has been absent from three or more regular Council meetings, three or more regular meetings of his or her primary committee, or any combination of four absences from regular Council meetings and regular meetings of his or her primary committee shall be expelled from the Council. These expulsions occur automatically and are not subject to any deliberation or vote. The Secretary shall notify members due to be expelled for reasons related to the attendance policy a minimum of twentyfour hours before the call to order of each regular Executive Board meeting. These pending expulsions must be announced in the Secretaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks during the next full Council meeting. Should the expelled member be reinstated before the next full Council meeting, the Secretaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks should reflect both the expulsion and reinstatement. Expelled members must attend the first or second meeting of the Executive Board occurring after they have been notified by the Secretary in order to be considered for reinstatement. Irrevocable expulsion shall be effective immediately following the conclusion of the second Executive Board meeting following the Secretaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s notification to the representative of his or her expulsion, unless the member shall have been reinstated or the member's reinstatement fails at the first Executive Board meeting.

Section 21.4. Reinstatement. An expelled member shall have time to speak to the Executive Board and answer questions. A two-thirds vote of the Executive Board shall be required for reinstatement, in which case the member's absences shall be reduced as the Executive Board deems appropriate. If the expelled former member is not reinstated, the expulsion is irrevocable. Failure to appear at the meeting where expulsion occurs or the meeting directly following the expulsion, without prior notice to the Executive Board, will make that expulsion irrevocable. If prior notice is given, the Executive Board may consider reinstatement in the expelled member's absence. No member shall be expelled and no expulsion shall be made irrevocable through negligence or error on the part of the Executive Board or any Council officer.

Section 21.5. Removal from and Reinstatement to Additional Committees. The Chairs of the standing Committees must remove any member who sits on that committee as a secondary committee who has been absent from three or more regular meetings of those Committees. The Chairs of all Committees other than the five standing committees must remove any member who has been absent from three or more regular meetings of those Committees. The Chair has the sole authority to make such a removal and this decision is not subject to any deliberation by the Committee. These pending removals must be announced by the Chair during the next regular Committee meeting. The Chair must notify the member of his or her pending removal at the regular Committee meeting immediately following the absence which incurred the removal. Removal shall be effective immediately following the conclusion of the first subsequent regular Committee meeting following the announcement of the pending removal. If a removed member wishes to be reinstated, he or she must appear before the Committee at its next meeting. The removed member shall have time to speak to the Committee and answer questions. A two-thirds vote of the Committee shall be required for reinstatement, in which case the member's absences shall be reduced as the Committee deems appropriate. If the former member is not reinstated, he or she is removed from the Committee. Failure to appear at the meeting directly following removal will make that removal irrevocable, except in the case of debilitating illness or family emergency, in which case the Committee may consider reinstatement in the removed member's absence. No member shall be removed and no removal shall be made irrevocable through negligence on the part of the Committee or any Committee officer.

Section 21.6. Attendance Verification. Any failure on the part of the Secretary to enforce the attendance policy may be regarded as substantive grounds for recall. If the Secretary is not performing his or her duties, then any Council member has the right to inspect the attendance rolls and motion for the expulsion of certain members and/or the recall of the Secretary.

Section 22. Conduct.

Section 22.1. Duties of Members. All members of the Undergraduate Council are responsible for electronically notifying their house or district of all relevant Council business on a weekly basis whenever the Council is in regular session, for assistance in publicizing all Council projects and events, and for assistance in conducting all Council surveys. Members are also required to attend all full Council and committee meetings as outlined in the attendance policy.

Section 22.2. Ethics. No member of the Undergraduate Council, except where otherwise noted in the case of officers, may enter into any contracts or agreements on behalf of the Council without Council approval. All members should avoid entering into "conflicts of interest" which might reflect poorly upon the Council. No member may misrepresent his or her authority with respect to the Council and no member may sponsor Council resolutions in which he or she expects to receive monetary gain.

Section 23. Misconduct.

Section 23.1. Petition. Any ten members may introduce a resolution to reprimand, censure, or expel another member or to recall any officer, for misconduct. The petition must allege specific misconduct.

Section 23.2. Misconduct Defined. The term 'misconduct' shall include disorderliness, or disturbance of the peace; infraction or contempt of the Council's authority; infringement upon the rights of another undergraduate; malfeasance; misfeasance; nonfeasance; willful hindrance of the Council or any officer or department in his, her or its legitimate work; conspiracy to commit any act mentioned above; failure to carry out the duties of members and violations of the rules of ethics as outlined above. The term "misconduct", with respect to an office, shall also include disobeying or ignoring an instruction; incompetence; negligence; unsatisfactory reportage; and failure to carry out the duties of the office as outlined in the Constitution and Bylaws.

Section 23.3. Warning. The Secretary shall promptly notify the member or officer involved about the resolution for his expulsion or recall.

Section 23.4. Consideration. A resolution for reprimand, censure, expulsion or recall shall be considered at the first meeting convened more than three days after the aforementioned warning. The member facing disciplinary action may appoint up to two managers for the defense, who shall attend the meeting until the disposition of the resolution. The sponsor or a designee of the sponsor may speak first for up to five minutes, and the member facing disciplinary action, or his or her manager, may reply for up to five minutes. The Council shall consider the resolution for up to ten minutes after these speeches, during which any undergraduate may directly question the sponsor or his or her designee, or the member facing disciplinary action or his or her manager.

The vote shall be taken by secret ballot. A resolution for reprimand or censure shall require a simple majority. A resolution for expulsion or recall shall require a two-thirds vote. Any officer so recalled shall be ineligible to the same office until the next general election.

ARTICLE III: Committees !

Section 31. Finance Committee.

Section 31.1. Finance Committee Structure. The Finance Committee shall at its first meeting every semester elect exactly one Grants Vice Chair, Policy Vice Chair, and Secretary. The Secretary shall be responsible for maintaining all records on the grants process and working with the Chair and Grants Vice Chair to coordinate both the application and disbursement process, as well as taking minutes and recording attendance during Committee meetings. The Chair shall be responsible for assigning each group a meeting time to present their project applications to the Finance Committee. The Vice Chairs shall also assume any responsibilities deemed necessary by the Chair. When the Chair is absent, the chair shall devolve to the Grants Vice Chair followed by the Policy Vice Chair.

Section 31.2. Grants Process. The Finance Committee shall direct every group interested in Council funding to apply through the grant process. Unless so designated by the Bylaws, the entire operating procedure of the grants process shall be set by the recommendations of the Policy Subcommittee approved by a majority vote of the Finance Committee. The Chair shall determine the operating procedure of the Finance Committee during time sensitive circumstances, provided that such procedures neither conflict with nor contradict established policies. All decisions of the Chair may be overturned by a majority vote of the Finance Committee.

Section 31.3. Policy Subcommittee. The Finance Committee shall have a standing Policy Subcommittee, whose members shall be appointed by the Chair. The Policy Vice Chair shall be the Chair of the Policy Subcommittee. The Policy Subcommittee shall establish all funding guidelines and the operating procedure of the Finance Committee. The guidelines shall be approved by a majority vote of the Finance Committee.

Section 32. Student Life Committee. The Student Life Committee shall at its first meeting every semester elect exactly one Vice Chair for College Life, Vice Chair for House Life, and Secretary. The responsibility of the Chair includes, but is not limited to, the coordination and promotion of Student Life projects and the representation of the Student Life agenda on the Executive Board, before the Full Council, and to the Harvard administration. The Vice Chairs shall be responsible for overseeing and coordinating advocacy efforts and projects in their respective areas. When the Chair is absent, the chair shall devolve to the Vice Chair for College Life followed by the Vice Chair for House Life. The committee secretary will be responsible for keeping all committee minutes and records as directed by the governing documents and the Chair.

Section 33. Education Committee.

Section 33.1. Education Committee Structure. The Education Committee shall at its first meeting every semester elect exactly one Vice Chair for Educational Policy, Vice Chair for Educational Services, and Secretary. The responsibility of the Chair includes, but is not limited to, the coordination and promotion of Education projects and the representation of the Education agenda on the Executive Board, before the Full Council, and to the Harvard administration. The Vice Chairs shall be responsible for overseeing and coordinating advocacy efforts and projects in their respective areas. When the Chair

is absent, the chair shall devolve to the Vice Chair for Educational Policy followed by the Vice Chair for Educational Services. The committee secretary will be responsible for keeping all committee minutes and records as directed by the governing documents and the Chair. !

Section 33.2. Annual Awards. The Education Committee is delegated responsibility by the College to confer the Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize and the John H. Marquand Award for Exceptional Advising and Counseling of Harvard Students to the faculty and staff of Harvard College. At the beginning of the spring term, the Education Chair shall accept applications for the Awards subcommittee, and shall choose a Chair and members. The Awards subcommittee is responsible for advertising to solicit award nominations in conjunction with the Student Relations Committee, accepting nominations and presenting them to the Education Committee, and organizing the presentation ceremonies and, if possible, banquets for each award.

Section 34. Student Initiatives Committee.

Section 34.1. Student Initiatives Committee Structure. The Student Initiatives Committee shall at its first meeting every semester elect exactly one Vice Chair and Secretary. The responsibility of the Chair includes, but is not limited to, the coordination and promotion of Student Initiatives projects and the representation of the Student Initiatives agenda on the Executive Board and before the Full Council. When the Chair is absent, the chair shall devolve to the Vice Chair. The committee secretary will be responsible for keeping all committee minutes and records as directed by the governing documents and the Chair.

Section 34.2. Endorsements Process. The Student Initiatives Committee shall direct every party interested in Council endorsement, sponsorship, or support of an initiative benefiting the undergraduate experience to apply through the endorsements process. Unless so designated by the Bylaws, the entire operating procedure of the endorsements process shall be set by the Student Initiatives Committee. These procedures shall include definitions of the different levels of endorsement and sponsorship and the requirements for Council actions in each situation, including funding. The Chair shall determine the operating procedure of the Student Initiatives Committee during time sensitive circumstances, provided that such procedures neither conflict with nor contradict established policies. All decisions of the Chair may be overturned by a majority vote of the Student Initiatives Committee.

Section 34.3. Council Initiatives. All proposed initiatives to benefit the undergraduate experience that will be operated by the Undergraduate Council must be formally initiated through Council legislation originating in the Student Initiatives Committee. Upon the formal approval of these initiatives, the Student Initiatives Committee shall develop procedures to maintain their successful operations. No later than October 15th of each year, the Student Initiatives Committee shall docket legislation listing existing initiatives the Council will operate or continue to endorse for the next year. This legislation shall outline details of these operations, including their funding.

Section 35. Student Relations Committee.

Section 35.1. Student Relations Committee Structure. The Student Relations Committee shall at its first meeting every semester elect exactly one Vice Chair and Secretary. When the Chair is absent, the chair shall devolve to the Vice Chair. The committee secretary will be responsible for keeping all committee minutes and records as directed by the governing documents and the Chair.

Section 35.2. Student Relations Committee Duties.

The duties of the Student Relations Committee shall include communicating with local and campus media; approving and placing all media advertisements; writing official press releases to post on the website and send to Representatives for mailing to House Lists; coordinating publicity for Council events and initiatives; creating electronic notices of Council events and forwarding them to the UC General list for distribution to House Lists by Representatives; monitoring and operating, in conjunction with and with the approval of the President, the UCPresident mailing account (ucpres@fas.harvard.edu); interacting with student groups to understand their needs from the UC, holding public town halls and other events to bring student feedback into UC work, and working with and creating a network of Council alumni. The Student Relations Committee shall develop procedures for its continual carrying out of these duties. !

Section 36. Rules Committee

Section 36.1. Committee Structure. The Rules Committee shall consist of between eight and ten members of the Council. The Committee shall elect a Secretary at its first meeting. When the Chair is absent, the Chair shall devolve to the committee secretary.

Section 36.2. Committee Selection. Within the first two weeks following the election of a new Council, each of the five standing committees shall elect a delegate to the Rules Committee. Following these elections, the Vice-President shall solicit nominations from additional members of the Council interested in serving on the Rules Committee. The Executive Board shall appoint, subject to Council confirmation, between one and three additional delegates from those nominated. The Parliamentarian shall always be a voting member of the Rules Committee.

Section 36.3. Vacancies. In the event that a vacancy occurs on the Rules Committee, the same process by which that delegate was initially seated on the Committee shall be followed to fill the vacancy.

Section 37. Administrative Committee.

Section 37.1. Administrative Committee Structure and Operations. The Administrative Committee shall elect a secretary at its first meeting of each semester. The Administrative Committee shall meet no less than monthly. One Administrative Committee meeting each month shall be a joint meeting with the Executive Board.

Section 37.2. Administrative Committee Duties. The duties of the Administrative Committee shall include financial audits and reconciliations; upkeep of the Council web site; ensuring Council documents are public and stored in the Council archives; operation of the attendance and expulsion system, working with FAS Information Technology, the Election Commission, and all other relevant bodies to maintain and test the Council’s electronic voting system; implementation of electronic PRS voting; reserving rooms for meetings of the Council and its subsidiary entities; compiling and publicly providing a calendar of all meetings of the Council, its subsidiary entities, and College, Faculty, and University Committees; filing tax documents and maintaining the Council’s non-profit status; and all other duties necessary to ensure the smooth and orderly operations of the Council.

Section 37.3. The Treasury Subcommittee. A Treasury Subcommittee comprised of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer (if one exists), and the Secretaries of the Finance, Student Initiatives, and Student Relations Committees shall be responsible for reviewing the financial status of the Undergraduate Council and ensuring widespread knowledge of the Council’s financial practices.

Section 38. Committee Assignments.

Section 38.1. Committee Selection Procedure. In assigning committees to elected representatives, the Executive Board must seat any representative on a committee he or she previously sat on as a voting member, if he or she wishes to be so seated. Further, the Executive Board must seat the representatives with the most votes in each district general election on their first choice primary committee, as space permits pursuant to section 38.2. In making all other primary and secondary committee assignments, the Executive Board shall take into account representativesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; preferences, results of the district elections, and seniority on the Council. Committee assignments are final once enacted by the Executive Board. Legislation adjusting committee assignments following initial seating must be considered by the Executive Board and be approved by a two-thirds vote of the Council.

Section 38.2. Committee Sizes. In seating representatives on committees in the fall, the Executive Board shall seat, excepting Chairs, no more than nine representatives each on the Education, Student Life, and Student Initiatives Committees as their primary committees, no more than eleven representatives on the Finance Committee as their primary committee, and no more than four members on the Student Relations Committee as their primary committee. In seating representatives on committees as secondary members, the Executive Board cannot increase the size of a committee, including its Chair, beyond 20 members.

ARTICLE IV: Officers !

Section 41. Committee Elections. The President or Vice President of the Council shall (provided there are no objections from other Council members) administer and oversee the annual elections of Committee Chairs. The Chairs shall administer all further internal committee elections. Each candidate may appoint someone to oversee the vote-counting. Prior to the meeting of the election, official ballots shall be prepared by the above committee. Such ballot shall contain a genuine signature of the individual administering the election to affirm its officiality. A roll-call of all voting members shall be taken prior to the voting. After the ballots have been counted, the total votes cast shall be compared with the number of the voting members present and absentee ballots accepted. If there is a discrepancy, the vote will be called void, and a re-vote will be called immediately.

Section 42. Succession.

Section 42.1. Presidency. If the Presidency becomes temporarily vacant, then the person who is highest on the following list and is eligible and able to serve as President shall act accordingly until the incumbent's disability ends: the Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Chairs of the standing committees, in alphabetical order by committee. When the President is absent from the chair, the chair shall likewise devolve, but the acting President shall only act as presiding officer and shall not exercise any other power or duty of the office. Any officer so presiding shall yield the chair to any officer higher on the above list upon the disposition of the pending main motion. If the Presidency becomes permanently vacant, the Vice President shall vacate his or her office and assume the Presidency. In the case where the offices of the President and Vice President become simultaneously vacated, the council will elect a President and Vice President at the next full council meeting.

Section 42.2. Other officers.

If the office of the Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer becomes permanently vacant, then the council will elect a successor at the next full council meeting. If the office of the Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer becomes temporarily vacant, then the successor shall act until the disability ends or another successor is elected. If the Vice Presidency becomes temporarily vacant, then the person who is highest on the following list and is eligible and able to serve as Vice President shall act accordingly until the incumbent's disability ends: the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Chairs of the standing committees in alphabetical order by committee. If the office of the Secretary becomes temporarily vacant, the President will appoint a successor to fill the office until the incumbent's disability ends. If the office of the Treasurer becomes temporarily vacant, the Chair of the Finance Committee shall serve as the Treasurer until the incumbent's disability ends. !

Section 43. Parliamentarian. The duties of the Parliamentarian shall include clarifying parliamentary procedure upon request, taking minutes at Executive Board meetings, keeping a portfolio of all Constitution and Bylaws amendments passed by the full council, and compiling updated copies of the Constitution and Bylaws before the end of his or her term to be made available to the Council and public.

ARTICLE V: Meetings !

Section 51. Calling Meetings.

Section 51.1. Council. The Council shall regularly meet by rule or at the call of the Executive Board. The Council shall not meet before noon, during vacations, during exam period and no more than twice during Reading periods. The President or Executive Board as a whole may convene the Council with one day's notice to the Council as a whole.

Section 51.2. Departments. Each department shall regularly meet by rule, or at the call of the Executive Board or the presiding officer of the department in question. No department may meet when the full council is in session, and all meeting time and places must be confirmed with the Secretary. Committees must meet in the in compliance with the minimum guidelines outlined in the Article III of these bylaws.

Section 52. Quorum. The members present at a committee or subcommittee do not need a quorum to carry on normal business. A committee may not recommend legislation or pass official statements without a quorum, however. It may send legislation to the Executive Board for docketing, in which case the Executive Board will have to make a recommendation.

Section 53. Council Meetings.

Section 53.1. Agenda. The Executive Board shall prepare and circulate to the membership an agenda for each regular meeting. The agenda should also be posted in Harvard's electronic mail system at least one day before the meeting itself.

Section 53.2. Minutes. The Secretary shall carefully record all proceedings in Council, and circulate these minutes to the membership after each meeting. In addition, such minutes should be posted electronically in Harvard's electronic mail system. Any correction to the minutes shall be in order throughout the next meeting, whose adjournment should constitute their approval. The Executive Board or the Council may amend the minutes by a majority vote.

Section 53.3. Order of Business. The Executive Board shall prescribe a regular order of business for each meeting, subject to review or change by the entire Council during the meeting. A. Opening Business. Roll call and officer remarks. The time for the President's remarks shall be limited to three minutes, and the time for other officers' remarks shall be limited to one minute. These periods may be extended by the Council. B. Committee Reports. The Chairs of the standing committees, Rules Committee, and all Ad Hoc Committees shall each have one minute to report on the progress of their respective committees. C. Question and Comment Period. Any party with a vested interest in the Council may ask a question concerning Council business or speak for up to two minutes on any subject of interest to the Council. Any question that cannot be answered at that time will be treated as a question at the next meeting when the President will be responsible for answering it. Question and Comment Period shall not exceed ten minutes. D. For the Good of the Council. The Council may hear presentations by invited parties and hold discussions during this time, as permitted by the Executive Board. All special business, as determined by the President, shall also be during For the Good of the Council. E. Docket. Following committee presentation and docketing by the Executive Board, any piece of legislation shall be placed under docketed business. If a committee votes to docket a bill by a majority, the Executive Board may not keep it off the docket for more than two weeks. All proposals subject to docketing through the Executive Board must have been considered with a complete text in committee, and that text must be available for the Executive Board. No legislation subject to the jurisdiction of a committee can be docketed by the Executive Board if it has not been considered by the appropriate committee. F. New Business. At the end of docketed business, the Council may, by a two-thirds vote, choose to review new business. All new business must be presented in written form to all members of the Council at the time of its introduction. The member introducing the new business will have one minute to explain why the Council should consider this. If the business is considered, it should be reviewed in the same manner as normal legislation.

Section 53.4. Phone and Email voting. When the Executive Board employs phone and email voting on a constitutional questions, said voting shall cease on the day of the next meeting of the full council following the initial vote on the constitutional change. Any member not voting by the adjournment of the next meeting of the full council shall be recorded as having abstained. The Vice President shall employ appropriate measures to ensure the integrity of all email votes.

Section 54. Procedure.

Section 54.1. Parliamentary Authority. The current edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the procedures of each meeting.

Section 54.2. Special Rules of Order. The following special rules of order shall supersede any other rules of order in governing the proceedings in Council. A. Adjournment. Any motion to adjourn or to Recess shall be debatable. A motion to Adjourn before the completion of the docket shall require a two-thirds vote. B. Cloture. Any motion to close debate before the expiration of allotted time shall require a two- thirds vote. The President may note upon such a motion if there are several people left to speak on this issue. No motion to close

shall take effect until a speaker on each side, in addition to remarks from presenter and those making amendments, has been heard. If one motion to close debate has already been offered on the pending motion, and failed, it will be the President's discretion whether or not to recognize additional motions of cloture on the pending motion. C. Elections. Any motion for election to fill a vacated office shall take precedence. D. Submission and Consideration of Amendments. All amendments must be presented in writing to the President and must receive a one-third vote to be considered. At his or her discretion, the Chair may accept simple amendments verbally. Provided the requisite vote for consideration, the sponsor shall be recognized for a oneminute opening speech. The Chair must entertain at least one speaker for and against. E. PRS Clicker Voting. If electronic PRS voting is available, then the Council shall submit all substantive questions to vote by PRS Clickers except in elections and disciplinary action. All votes using PRS Clickers shall be roll call votes and the results of all such votes shall be included in the minutes. During roll call votes, Representatives may vote yea, nay, or present. F. Voting. Where electronic PRS voting is not available or on questions of procedure, all voting will be done by hand or voice at the discretion of the Chair except for votes in elections and disciplinary action. If voting is done by voice, a Call for Division shall necessitate voting by hand. Any member of the Council may motion for a roll-call vote. This requires a one-fourth vote and must be published in the minutes by the Secretary. G. Divide the Question. Any Council member may motion to divide an issue into two or more votes. This requires a majority vote. H. Amendment by Unanimous Consent. The sponsors of any resolution or amendment may propose amendments to their resolution or amendment until the closure of debate. If no member of the Council objects to the inclusion of the proposed alteration, the motion or amendment shall be considered amended immediately. If any member objects, it must be considered in the normal manner. I. Amendment After Adoption. A motion to amend after adoption shall require a majority vote for consideration. The member making the motion shall have one minute to explain why the Council should consider amending after adoption. This motion, which includes motions to rescind or repeal, shall not be used to alter a previously passed Constitutional or Bylaws change. The provisions of 54.2(K) shall apply to motions to amend after adoption. J. Majority Vote. For the purposes of normal legislation, a majority vote shall be defined as a majority of those voting yea or nay. At least a quorum of the Council must vote yea or nay, otherwise it is considered that no action is taken on a bill, and the bill may go through the legislative process again. K. Committee-Specific Business. Consideration and adoption of amendments to legislation concerning committeespecific business will require a three-fifths vote of those voting. Committee-specific business includes legislation docketed by one of the five standing committees. In uncertain cases, the Executive Board shall decide whether legislation is general or committee-specific. !

Section 54.3. Executive Session. A. Authorization. The Undergraduate Council and any of its subsidiary entities may, by majority vote, enter into executive session. B. Restrictions on Business. No legislation may be adopted, nor may standing rules, the Bylaws, the Constitution, or any other governing authority or document be suspended or amended, nor may any person officially be appointed to or confirmed in a student-faculty committee, in executive session. C. Recordkeeping. Minutes and other records during executive session shall be kept in the usual fashion, and shall be held in confidence except as otherwise provided under Section 54.3D.

D. Release of Records. The Undergraduate Council and any of its subsidiary entities may release any or all of its respective executive session records by majority vote. E. Retroactivity. Section 54.3D shall apply to records from executive sessions occurring before the passage of Section 54.3. !

Section 54.4. Official Council Documents. Official documents of the Undergraduate Council, including the agenda and the minutes of Council meetings and the text of all resolutions passed by the Council, must reflect the non-discrimination policy of the Council. The Secretary may insert gender-neutral language where necessary in any official document, except quotations and paraphrases of comments made by individuals. All such changes in resolutions shall be made before the resolution is introduced on the Council floor and shall be noted by the Secretary in footnotes. No change made by the Secretary shall change the effect of the resolution or document in question. Typographical errors present in official Council documents, including the Constitution and Bylaws, the text of all resolutions passed by the Council, and the final copy of the minutes will be corrected at the discretion of the Secretary or the secretaries of the committees. Each secretary shall be required to keep a thorough record of all typographical errors corrected.

Section 54.5. Time Limit. The following schedule shall be followed for each piece of legislation considered by the Council: A. Opening Speech. The measureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sponsor shall have two minutes for an opening speech. B. Q&A. Council members may ask questions of the sponsor for up to five minutes. C. Debate. Speakers will speak for up to one minute each, alternating sides and beginning with opposition to the measure. Amendments to the measure may be proposed until the end of debate. Following two speakers on each side, or in the absence of speakers on either side, the Council will immediately move into Question on the measure unless the Council votes to extend the limits of debate. Such a motion shall include the number of speakers by which to extend, on which sides the speakers shall speak, and the amount of time to be allotted to each speaker, and shall require a majority vote to pass.

Section 54.6. Absentee Voting. All voting must be done in person. No form of absentee or proxy voting may be permitted. If a member is absent or must leave early from a General Meeting he or she forfeits his or her right to vote on said legislation unless he or she returns during the vote or unless that legislation is constitutional in nature.

Section 55. Legislation.

Section 55.1. Introduction of Legislation. No legislative business shall be considered by the Council or by any of its committees which has not been introduced by a member of the Council.

Section 55.2. Sponsorship. Any piece of legislation proposed to the Council or to any of its committees shall be sponsored by no less than one member of the Council. No person or entity shall be considered a sponsor of legislation considered by the Council who is not a member of the Council. The sponsor or sponsors of a piece of legislation should be only those parties intimately involved in the drafting, creation, and innovation of the given legislation. Sponsorship may be withdrawn at any time until voting begins on the question of legislation. No sponsors may be added after legislation has been introduced to the Council or to any of its committees excepting the case that a piece of legislation has a sole sponsor

who withdraws his or her sponsorship, in which case a Council member in support of the legislation is permitted to put forward his or her name as a sponsor, pending approval of the majority of the Council or committee. !

Section 55.3. Co-Sponsorship. Legislation proposed to the Council may be co-sponsored by intimately interested parties. Co-sponsors may include, but are not necessarily limited to, members of the Council personally involved in the pursuit of the legislationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passage, members of the Council who would be directly affected by the passage or implementation of the legislation, Harvard-affiliated student groups directly involved in the issue discussed by the legislation, and Harvard undergraduates involved in the inspiration for the legislation. Status of co-sponsorship of legislation may be changed at any time until voting begins on the question of the legislation.

Section 56. Emergency Session. The Executive Board may, by two-thirds vote, convene the Council in an emergency session at a time not permitted under Section 51.1. The emergency session must have quorum and must be based on the membership numbers (absent and present) from the previous normal General Council meeting. The only legislation that may be passed, and amendments that may be made, shall be legislation which legitimately solves the emergency for which the meeting was called. ARTICLE VI: Finance

Section 61. Treasury.

Section 61.1. Accounts. The treasury shall consist of six permanent funds: a Grants Fund, an Operations Fund, a House Fund, a Student Initiatives Fund, a Student Relations Fund, and a Reserve Fund. The Treasurer shall be responsible for tracking all the funds and keeping records of all receipts, contracts, bank statements, and copies of checks written. A. Grants Fund. The Grants Fund shall include monies intended for grants to student groups. B. Operations Fund. The Operations Fund shall include monies intended for administrative and elections-related expenses as well as for managerial overhead. C. House Fund. The House Fund shall include monies intended for grants to House Committees. D. Student Initiatives Fund. The Student Initiatives Fund shall include monies intended for the work of the Student Initiatives Committee. E. Student Relations Fund. The Student Relations Fund shall include monies intended for the work of the Student Relations Committee. F. Reserve Fund. The Reserve Fund shall be reserved and structured as a savings account for the sole purpose of budgetary overdraft protection as enumerated in Article V, Section 4 of the Constitution. G. Additional Funds. Any additional funds may be created by the Council in its original budget outline or by subsequent amendment, provided that the originating legislation delineates the purposes for which monies may be expended and specifies the permanent fund to which unspent monies will rollover at the end of each Council year.

Section 61.2. Income. The Treasurer shall earmark the new term-bill income at the beginning of the academic year as directed by the Council in accordance with Article V of the Constitution.

Section 61.3. Appropriations.

An appropriation shall expire if not claimed by the end of the Spring session of the year in which it was appropriated, except for grants, which shall expire after sixty days. !

Section 61.4. Reporting of Finances. A weekly statement of the Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finances will be presented to the Council, and entered into the minutes, for public review.

Section 62. Budget.

Section 62.1. Budget Outlays. The Council shall outline a budget at the start of each academic year, before any funds can be allocated.

Section 62.2. Operations. The following schedule shall govern any routine expenditure from the Operations and Discretionary Fund. A. Administrative Expenses. The Executive Board may appropriate up to $200.00 without consulting the Council for normal operational expenses and postering of public notices. B. Elections. The Council will fully fund the costs of running its own elections. C. Overhead. The Operations fund will be used to pay the rent, phone bill, mailing costs, costs of office supplies, hired office managers, and the refund of term bill fees.

Section 63. Student Group Grants.

Section 63.1. Student Group Grants. The money earmarked for the Grants process and the Finance Committee shall be established in the Council budget at the beginning of each academic year and allocated according to Finance Committee guidelines. The minimum Grants Fund allocation enumerated in the Constitution shall be used only for funding student groups or those groups selected to receive funding according to Finance Committee guidelines. Any granted money not claimed, and any money remaining in the grants fund at the end of the semester or year shall remain in the grants fund for the next semester or year, and this remaining money shall not be counted as part of the required allocation of new money.

Section 63.2. Grant Restrictions. No group may receive funding for a project which does not occur within the semester for which an application is made without a 2/3 vote of the Finance Committee and a 2/3 vote of the Council. No group may receive funding for projects occurring during the summer. No funding shall be given for to pay for honoraria, speaker fees, and costs associated with the travel or lodging of speakers. All other grant restrictions shall be established by the Policy Subcommittee and approved by a majority vote of the Finance Committee. These guidelines shall be publicized to grant applicants and made available in hardcopy and on the Council website at least once a semester.

Section 63.3. Grants for the Following Academic Year. Grants shall not be allocated for following academic years without a 2/3 vote of the Finance Committee and a majority vote of the Council. No grants shall be allocated for events or projects occurring after the first convening of the Finance Committee in the following academic year.

Section 63.4. Reimbursement Period. The Policy Subcommittee shall establish deadlines after which no further funding shall be allocated and funding already allocated shall expire. Such deadlines must be approved by a majority vote of the Finance Committee and shall be widely publicized to the campus.

Section 63.5. Application for Grants. The Finance Committee shall continually make available grant applications to student groups during the academic year, in accordance with the deadlines set by the Policy Subcommittee. These applications shall be widely publicized and made available on the Council website or in another electronic format. The Chair of the Finance Committee and his or her designee(s) shall be responsible for ensuring regular communication with the campus regarding the availability of grants and notifying grant recipients of the status of their applications.

Section 63.6. Student Group Non-Discrimination Provision. To receive Undergraduate Council grants, student groups must either be recognized by Harvard College as an official student group, or must not discriminate on the basis of any of the characteristics enumerated in Article I, Section 4 of the Council Constitution, and sign a statement to this effect. In addition, to be eligible for Undergraduate Council grants, events or projects must not be discriminatory on the basis of any of the characteristics enumerated in Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of the Undergraduate Council.

Section 64. House Committee Grants.

Section 64.1. Jurisdiction. All funding for House Committees shall come from the House Fund and shall fall under the jurisdiction of the Student Initiatives Committee. An equal amount of funding will be available to each House Committee, with the exception of Dudley House.

Section 64.2. Minimum Funding. Annual funding per eligible House Committee shall constitute no less than one-twelfth of 25% of the annual Council budget and no less than $4500 per semester, with the exception of Dudley House.

Section 64.3. Dudley House. If eligible, annual funding for Dudley Committee shall constitute $1000 plus 16% of the annual allocation given to each of the other twelve House Committees as outlined above.

Section 64.4. Funding Periods. Eligible House Committees shall be awarded allocations on a semesterly basis no later than the second meeting of each session. Funding to eligible House Committees shall be upfront and unrestricted.

Section 64.5. Eligibility. In order to be eligible for funding, a House Committee must be democratically elected in a house-wide election, participation in activities funded by the House Committee may not be predicated upon the payment of dues, and all regular meetings of the House Committee must be open to the entire house community.

Section 64.6. Funding for Ineligible House Committees.

House Committees which do not meet the eligibility requirements outlined above may apply for funding on a perevent basis and will be held by the Finance Committee to the same standards as other student groups. Total funding to events organized by a House Committee not meeting the eligibility requirements in any given semester may not exceed the amount of the upfront semesterly allocation granted to each eligible House Committee. !

Section 65. Social Event Grants. All funding for grants to undergraduate social events independent of a recognized student group shall come from the Student Initiatives Fund and shall be granted in accordance with provisions outlined in the Constitution of the Undergraduate Council, herein, and in the standing rules of the Student Initiatives Committee. These monies may not be used to fund parties hosted by student groups, house committees, non-undergraduate affiliated events, or parties held off campus.

Section 66. Accountability & Disbursement.

Section 66.1. Audit of Council Finances. No more than once per year, the Council may require an audit of Council finances by majority vote. Such a vote shall require the Finance Committee Chair to Chair and appoint an audit committee consisting of him or herself and two Representatives not on the Executive Board. The Committee shall present a written report to the Council and a copy of this report shall be posted on the Council web site.

Section 66.2. Signing Authority. The President, Treasurer, and Vice President shall have signing authority. All disbursements and contracts must be co-signed by two of the three mentioned above. No check should ever be made out to a person who is the signatory of that check. The Council may allocate money from its discretionary fund but may not violate budget constraints. The Council may not spend money that it has not appropriated through legislative business with the exception of provisions in Section 62.2. ARTICLE VII: Campus Elections

Section 71. Structure of the Election Commission.

Section 71.1. Scope. The Election Commission shall administer external elections, including the general elections of representatives, the popular elections of the President and Vice President, and special elections to fill Council vacancies. The Election Commission shall not be charged with internal elections of officers.

Section 71.2. Membership. The Election Commission shall be composed of seven Commissioners, one of whom shall serve as Chair and shall not be a member of the Council. No more than three Commissioners shall be members of the Council, serving oneyear terms beginning once confirmed by the Council after Spring Break and ending once the next Commission has been so confirmed.

Section 71.3. Geographic Diversity. No more than three Commissioners may be residents of the same neighborhood of Houses, as defined by the Office of Residential Life, and no more than two may be members of the same House. For this purpose, first-year students are considered residents of their assigned Houses following their assignment.

Section 71.4. Selection of Commissioners.

No later than the first day of classes following Spring Break, the Executive Board shall publicize the availability of Election Commissioner positions, including the position of Chair, to the entire campus. The Executive Board shall interview and nominate a Chair, with whom it shall work to nominate a slate of six further Commissioners. The Executive Board shall present their slate of nominations at the third Council meeting after Spring Break. The nominees will be seated on the Election Commission upon confirmation by a majority of the Council. The list provided by the Executive Board shall be voted up or down without debate, unless the Council by a two-thirds vote shall decide to debate the appointments. !

Section 71.5. Quorum. Quorum for the Election Commission shall be four Commissioners. The Commission may not meet, nor may any official action in regards to an external Council election be taken, nor may voting in an external Council election occur, unless the Commission contains at least four Commissioners, including the Chair.

Section 71.6. Vacancies. The Chair shall appoint new Commissioners to fill vacancies on the Commission within three weeks of the vacancies occurring, unless such vacancies have already been filled by Council legislation. All vacancies on the Commission must be filled by one week before the start of a period of campaigning or voting in a general or presidential election. If vacancies occur causing a quorum of Commissioners to not exist during a period of campaigning or voting in a general or presidential election, the vacancies must be filled within two days. If the Chair of the Commission becomes vacant, the Executive Board shall nominate and the Council shall confirm a new Chair. The Commission may elect an Acting Chair at its next meeting if confirmation of a new Chair has not occurred.

Section 71.7. Conflicts of Interest. Members of the Election Commission are required to resign if there exists a potential conflict of interest involving a candidate for campus-wide popular election. The Commission shall be the final judge of such conflicts of interest. Election Commissioners may not run for President or Vice President during their term, nor may they serve on the campaigns of any other candidate.

Section 72. Operations of the Election Commission.

Section 72.1. Duties. The Election Commission is charged with the following duties: A. Publicity. The Commission shall publicize external elections to the campus by means of postering, emails to every student, and placing notices in the Yard Bulletin and House newsletters. B. Petitions. The Commission shall make petitions for candidacy available to all students, collect and validate them, and make a list of certified candidates available to the public no later than three days following the deadline for submission of petitions in any election. C. Online Voting System. The Commission shall be responsible for working with FAS Information Technology to ensure the proper functioning of the Council electronic voting system, including ensuring that timely and accurate voter eligibility information is included in the system. The Commission shall extensively test the electronic voting system before any election. D. Notification of the Student Body. Within an hour of the start of voting in an election, the Election Commission Chair shall write an e-mail notifying the eligible voters in that election that an election is occurring. He or she will stipulate the duration of the election and the offices open for election. Under no circumstance shall he or she make mention to any candidate in such an email. E. Results. The Commission shall tally ballots using the Hare-Clark voting system and promptly notify candidates and the public of results following the close of an election.

F. Rules. The Commission shall be responsible for enforcing all election rules, including spending limits. !

Section 72.2. Rules. The Commission shall draft and approve sets of additional Rules for each election. The Commission shall present the Rules for the upcoming general election to the Council before the last Council meeting of the spring term each year, and shall present the Rules for the upcoming presidential election to the Council no later than November 1 of each year. The Rules for each election shall include financial regulations, restrictions on postering and emails, allowed dates of campaigning, and all other rules the Commission feels are necessary for the orderly and efficient conduct of the elections. The Rules shall also contain proscribed punishments for their violation. During the course of an election, the Commission may institute additional Rules by two-thirds vote. The Council may amend the Rules as approved by the Commission by two-thirds vote.

Section 72.3. Council Authority and Removal of Commissioners. The Election Commission exists as an independent regulatory body of the Council, responsible for facilitating free and fair elections, while abiding by and executing the Constitution and these Bylaws. The Council may, by twothirds vote, remove the Chair or any Commissioner for Misconduct as defined in these Bylaws. Commissioners other than the Chair may be also removed by two-thirds vote of the Commission, excluding the Commissioner in question.

Section 72.4. Meetings. The Commission shall meet by call of the Chair, and no less than every other day during a period of campaigning or voting in an election. All decisions of the Commission during a period of campaigning or voting in an election shall be published to the Council email list no later than twelve hours following the decision.

Section 72.5. Council Coordination. The Election Commission Chair shall meet regularly with the Executive Board in preparation for each election. The Chair shall honor all requests to brief the Executive Board and Council.

Section 72.6. Budget. The Council shall legislate separate budgets for the Election Commission for the general and presidential elections.

Section 73. General Elections.

Section 73.1. First-Year Districts. The first-year district shall be the North Yard, consisting of Canaday and Thayer Halls; West Yard, consisting of Holworthy, Hollis, Lionel, Massachusetts, Mower, Stoughton, and Straus Halls; East Yard, consisting of Greenough, Hurlbut, Pennypacker, and Wigglesworth Halls, and South Yard, consisting of Grays, Matthews, and Weld Halls as well as Apley Court and any first-year students living in locations not otherwise assigned. The Election Commission may make minor shifts in district designs if absolutely necessary for the completion of the election.

Section 73.2. Schedule. Any undergraduate may nominate him or herself to run for the Council by notifying the Election Commission by 5:00 PM on the Friday preceding the first day of voting. All candidates must accept their nominations with the intent of completing their term in office, and thereby commit themselves to maintaining official conduct within the scope of the Constitution and these Bylaws.

Section 73.3. General Election Finance.

Candidates may not distribute candy, food, merchandise, prizes, or otherwise indirectly-related campaign materials to voters in their election district. Acceptable materials include posters, door drops, and pamphlets/brochures that conform to Election Commission standards. Electronic media and communications shall not come under restrictions beyond what the Election Commission establishes so long as no direct cost is associated with the electronic campaign. Restricted materials therefore include paid election campaign websites or online gift giving. The council shall reimburse all candidates for up to $10 in campaign printing costs upon approval by the Election Commission and submission of receipts to the Vice President. !

Section 74. Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections.

Section 74.1. Nomination and Election of the President and Vice President. The President and Vice President of the Undergraduate Council shall run togetherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as a ticket. Each ticket must clearly state which student is seeking which office (president/vice president); if the ticket is elected, this is the office each candidate will hold. To compete in the election, each ticket must present 150 valid undergraduate signatures to the Election Commission by the fourth Monday preceding Thanksgiving. Nomination petitions for each office shall be made available to potential candidates no later than ten days prior to the deadline for certification of petitions. Undergraduates may sign as many nominating petitions as they choose. The Election Commission shall certify the nominating petitions and officially declare the eligible tickets no later than the fourth Wednesday preceding Thanksgiving. Campaigning may begin at 12:01 AM on the third Monday preceding Thanksgiving. Voting in the election of the President and Vice President shall occur during a 72-hour period beginning at noon on the second Monday before Thanksgiving.

Section 74.2. Campaign Finance. There shall be a campaign spending limit of $400 per ticket. The Council shall reimburse candidates for all expenses that they incur. Receipts must be submitted to the Treasurer for reimbursement to occur. The Election Commission shall be charged with monitoring all campaign spending by the candidates and shall provide a list of standardized campaign expenses. The Election Commission shall consider all complaints against the validity of a candidate's spending and shall have the right to expel a candidate from the election for violation of the spending rules. Any inkind or monetary donations will count against the candidate's spending limit. Organizations may endorse candidates, but may not spend money or resources on any campaigns. Candidates must report actions that may be considered campaign violations and must sign a pledge to adhere to election guidelines and agreeing to the responsibilities of the office for which they are running.

Section 74.3. Term of Office. The popularly elected President and Vice President shall serve during the calendar year following their election.

Section 75. Special Elections.

Section 75.1. Vacancies. In the event of a vacancy for which more than one candidate has applied, a special election must be conducted in the district experiencing the vacancy. Upon their assumption of office, the seats, if any, of the popularly elected President and Vice President shall become vacant and shall be filled according to the provision for filling any Council vacancy.

Section 75.2. Administration.

Special elections shall be administered by the Election Commission in consultation with the Secretary. Voting shall be scheduled so as to seat the new members within the two week time limit specified in the Constitution, preferably during the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of the second week after the vacancy is announced.

ARTICLE VIII: College, Faculty, and University Committees !

Section 81. Division of Committees.

Section 81.1. Procedure for Division. Delegates to all College, Faculty, and University Committees shall be elected by the Student Life and Education Committees. Responsibility for these elections shall be divided between the Student Life and Education Committees as described in these Bylaws. The President shall determine responsibility for elections to College, Faculty, and University Committees not listed in these Bylaws.

Section 81.2. Student Life Committees. The Student Life Committee shall elect delegates to the following committees as follows. Except when noted, delegates shall serve for year-long terms. A. Committee on College Life. The five student delegates to the Committee on College Life shall be the Student Life Chair, the Student Life Vice Chair for College Life, and three students. It is strongly suggested that these students be members of the Student Life Committee that are not sitting on the Committee on House Life. The Chair and Vice Chair shall serve as delegates while in office. B. Committee on House Life. The five student delegates to the Committee on House Life shall be the Student Life Chair, the Student Life Vice Chair for House Life, and three students. It is strongly suggested that these students be members of the Student Life Committee that are not sitting on the Committee on College Life. The Chair and Vice Chair shall serve as delegates while in office. C. Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility. The delegate to the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility shall serve one two-year term. D. Further Committees. The Student Life Committee shall also elect delegates to the Commission of Inquiry, the Athletics Committee, the HUDS Advisory Committee, the Campus Safety committee, the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Advisory Committee, and the UHS College Committee.

Section 81.3. Academic Committees. The Education Committee shall elect delegates to the following committees as follows. Except when noted, delegates shall serve for year-long terms. A. Committee on Undergraduate Education. The five student delegates to the Committee on Undergraduate Education shall be the Education Chair, the Education Vice Chair for Educational Policy, and three students. It is strongly suggested that these students be members of the Education Committee. The Chair and Vice Chair shall serve as delegates while in office. B. General Education. At least one of the delegates to the standing committee(s) with jurisdiction over programs of general education must be a member of the Education Committee. C. Further Committees. The Education Committee shall also elect delegates to the Advising and Counseling Committee, the Pedagogical Improvement Committee, the Advisory Committees for Arts and Humanities, Social Science, and Science, the Library Committee, and the Committee on Writing and Speaking.

Section 82. Election of Delegates.

Section 82.1. Procedure for Election. No later than October 31 in any calendar year, the Student Life and Education Committees shall elect student delegates to College, Faculty and University committees. The delegates to the Committees on College Life, House Life, and Undergraduate Education, excepting the Chairs and Vice Chairs, shall be elected following the standard practices for committee elections as outlined in these Bylaws. All other delegates shall be elected by secret ballot. Within one week of the confirmation of delegates by the Council, the President shall deliver a roster of delegates to those committees to University Hall within one week of their election. The President shall also be responsible for reporting any resignations from or changes to that roster to University Hall.

Section 82.2. Delegate Restrictions. No undergraduate may serve on more than one of the Committees on College Life, House Life, and Undergraduate Education, with the exception of the Student Life Chair. No district may be twice represented on one of the aforementioned committees, with the exception of the Chairs and Vice Chairs.

Section 82.3. Removal of Delegates. Delegates, with the exception of the Chairs and Vice Chairs, may be recalled by a two-thirds vote of the electing committee. A recall vote must be announced one week prior to voting. Failure by delegates to follow the instructions of the Council is grounds for immediate dismissal of that delegate from any committee. Should any College, Faculty and University committees be dissolved or disbanded, the electing committees shall elect delegates to any successor committee(s).

Section 83. Committee Operation.

Section 83.1. Agenda Setting. The respective Chairs and Vice Chairs serving on the Committees on College Life, House Life, and Undergraduate Education shall be responsible for meeting with the appropriate college administrators to set the agenda for meetings of those committees.

Section 83.2. Delegate Interaction. The Vice Chairs of the Student Life and Education Committees are responsible for coordinating with student delegates to committees under their jurisdiction to ensure collaboration between the committees. The Secretaries of the Student Life and Education Committees are responsible for notifying student delegates of upcoming meetings. The Student Life and Education Chairs shall designate one of their committee meetings each month as joint meetings with the student delegates. All student delegates elected by a committee must attend the joint meetings of their electing committees.

Section 83.3. Advocacy Coordination The Student Life and Education Chairs, in coordination with the President, shall maintain a UC Student Affairs email address for the purposes of ensuring coordination in interactions with University Hall and College, Faculty, and University Committees.

APPENDIX A: Summary of New UC Structure 1)

Five standing committees a) Student Life – Legislate and advocate on College and residential life issues. b) Education – Legislate and advocate on undergraduate education issues. c) Student Initiatives: Create, coordinate, endorse, and operate UC- and student-initiated services - UC TKTS, Crimson Cable, Get out of Cambridge, Urtak, Advising Forum, UC Speakers, Crimson Reading, Party Fund, Airport and H/Y Shuttles, etc. d) Finance: Same as current, minus services like UC Speakers and Party Fund that will go to Student Initiatives. e) Student Relations: UC weekly, run surveys, town halls, student group liaisons, etc. Also responsible for UC alumni relations. Three representatives per district. 51 members counting the Pres & VP. a) Reps must sit on one of the five committees, referred to as their “Primary Committees.” Committees will have the following number of primary members: i. Student Life, Education, Student Initiatives: 10 each ii. Finance: 12 iii. Student Relations: 5 iv. Two reps in a district may not be on the same Primary Committee. b) Reps are encouraged but not required to serve on a “Secondary Committee.” They will be full voting members of those committees but will be expected to put the majority of their work into their Primary Committee. i. Representatives may have no more than one Secondary Committee. ii. No committee may be larger than 20 reps including secondary members. This is overly generous – in practice the sizes will not approach 20. c) Committee Selection Process: i. The first UC meeting after the general election will be an intro meeting, without committee assignments. The committee chairs will present their committees and take questions about how the different committees work. ii. After the intro meeting, reps will submit committee preferences to the Executive Board. These preferences will include a ranked list of their preferences for their primary committee, if they wish to serve on a secondary committee, and their ranked choices for secondary committee. iii. The Executive Board will develop a slate of committee assignments, taking into account previous service on a committee, results of the district election, Council seniority, etc. The slate is final once approved by the Executive Board. iv. Appeals to committee assignments will be directed to the Executive Board. Any legislation changing committee assignments must originate in the Executive Board and be approved by 2/3 of the Council. d) The current attendance policy will still apply, but only considering reps’ primary committees. Reps will be expelled from their secondary committee (but remain members of the Council and of their primary committee) upon missing three meetings of their secondary committee. The reinstatement process for secondary committees will work the same as the current reinstatement process, but the Executive Board will closely consider if reps have the time and dedication to sit on the second committee, instead of only looking at which absences were excusable. Internal Elections a) The five committees will elect Chairs and the Council will elect the Secretary and Treasurer during the fall reading period, to serve from January 1 –December 31. b) These officers will remain district representatives once elected, but in order to guarantee that they can serve their full terms (to allow summer work, increase efficiency in the fall, etc), they will not need to run for re-election in their House in the fall during their terms. This means that Houses with officers will elect fewer reps in the fall, and will get an email explaining why only two seats are available. c) At the expiration of their terms, these officers will choose to either resign or remain as their House representative through the end of the spring semester. d) The Secretary and Treasurer will not serve as voting members of any committee, but will be, like the President and VP, ex-oficio members of all committees. e) The Secretary will assume many of the administrative duties of the President and Vice President, including room reservations, interfacing with the Election Commission, and administering the attendance and expulsion system. Administrative Committee a) The Secretary and Treasurer will co-chair the Administrative Committee, consisting of themselves and the Committee Officers. b) The five committees will each elect a Vice Chair and Secretary or Secretary-Treasurer each semester, referred to as Committee Officers. i. Student Life will elect two vice chairs, for College Life and House Life. ii. Education will elect two vice chairs, for Education Policy and Services. iii. Finance will elect two vice chairs, for Grants and Policy.

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iv. Finance, Student Initiatives, and Student Relations will elect Secretary-Treasurers. Student Life and Education will elect Secretaries. c) The Administrative Committee will meet every other week, and once a month with the Executive Board. It will be responsible for assisting the Secretary and Treasurer in their duties, ensuring collaboration between the committees beyond the Chairs, and preserving institutional memory. d) The Treasurer will work closely with the three Secretary-Treasurers to ensure their knowledge of the financial process. e) The Administrative Committee will be in charge of tasks including: Auditing, Reconciliations, Website Management, Document Distribution, Attendance & Expulsion system, Election Commission interaction, Room Reservations, Taxes, Non-profit status, UC Archives, UC and Student-Faculty Meetings Calendar The Executive Board will consist of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and five committee Chairs, all voting. a) The Parliamentarian will be designated by the President at the start of each semester. Being designated Parliamentarian is not an exclusive title – the President can designate any member of the Council, including Executive Board members. b) The Parliamentarian will act as the secretary of the Executive Board, but shall not vote unless he or she is already a voting member. Rules Committee will consist of one representative elected by each of the five committees, between two and four atlarge representatives appointed by the Executive Board, and the Parliamentarian. It will be chaired by the Vice President or his or her designee. General meetings: All officer and chair updates will be one minute, and Question & Comment periods will be combined and put before For the Good of the Council. Budget a) Five Funds, with the following Constitutional restrictions: i. Grants Fund: No less than 60% ii. House Fund: No less than 25% (for HoCo grants) iii. Student Relations Fund: No more than 5% iv. Student Initiatives Fund: No more than 10% v. Operations Fund: No more than 5% b) The numbers above are minimum and maximum amounts for these funds. The actual budget breakdown will be determined by the Treasurer and Council at the start of the year. We recommend a breakdown like the following: i. Grants Fund: 67% ii. House Fund: 25% iii. Operations Fund: 2.5% iv. Student Relations Fund: 1.5% v. Student Initiatives Fund: 4% Amendments to Committee-Specific Business will require 60% instead of 2/3. Presidential & VP Elections a) Voting: 72 hours during the week leading up to Harvard-Yale (the week before Thanksgiving), ending at the latest at noon on Thursday. b) Campaigning: Starts at the latest on the second Sunday before Harvard-Yale (third before Thanksgiving) c) Petitions Due: First Monday in November, candidates announced by Wednesday d) Officers take office automatically on January 1, formal inauguration at the first meeting of the spring semester. Student-Faculty Committees a) Split appointments between SL and Ed b) SL and AC follow parallel processes for interviewing and selection with a joint application process. Chairs responsible for avoiding unwanted overlap. c) CUE/CCL/CHL all UC reps, but they have invited guests who are not UC members. i. CUE: Ed Chair, Ed Vice Chair Policy, Three elected Ed members ii. CCL: SL Chair, SL CCL Vice Chair, Three elected SL members iii. CHL: SL Chair, SL CHL Vice Chair, Three elected SL members iv. SL & AC members on these committees can be primary or secondary members d) Other committees – remove requirements for UC members (will have to ask Chairs) e) One SL and one Ed meeting a month will include the S-F reps in that committee’s area – all reps must attend. f) The SL and Ed Secretaries are responsible for making sure S-F reps know about meetings, the Vice Chairs are responsible for bringing them into advocacy work.

Rationale for the UC Reform Act of 2009 Zags (Benjamin) Zagorsky (West Yard ’12) The current two-committee structure of the Undergraduate Council is problematic because of its divisive nature. With members of the council devoting the majority of their time to one of two major committees causes members to feel a stronger allegiance to their committee than to the council. Controversial issues confronting the entire council often end up being one committee against the other. Even with less contentious issues, the committee divide can still be polarizing. Additionally, this causes a profound lack of communication and collaboration between the two committees. Members of one committee rarely attend a meeting of the other. Even less often do members of one committee consider working with members of the other committee on a project. Thus, projects that would draw on the resources of both committees don’t happen. One of the main reasons for this amendment is to alleviate many of the problems of having only two committees. Additionally, what follows is the specific rationale for each of the major changes the amendment makes. The major changes that are made and why: 1. The creation of the Student Initiatives Committee. The Student Initiatives Committee is designed to handle student run projects or programs that improve student life. Many students both on and off the council bring such projects to the UC hoping for support in both funding and publicity. These requests are currently handled by the Finance Committee. However, the Finance Committee’s time and policies are focused on allocating funding to student groups and is consequently ill suited to deal with these special allocations. The creation of the Student Initiatives Committee would relieve some of the Finance Committee’s excessive work load, and also enable these student initiatives to be handled in a much more consistent and effective way. Additionally, the Student Initiatives Committee will handle ongoing UC projects, such as UC tickets. 2. The institutionalization of the Student Relations Committee. The Student Relations Committee was created as an ad hoc committee this semester to increase communication with the student body. The committee was very successful and ought to be formalized as a standing committee. The current positions of Public Relations Director and Communications Director are being eliminated because the chair of the Student Relations Committee would fill their roles. 3. The separation of the Student Affairs Committee into the Student Life Committee and the Education Committee. It is difficult for a committee to work on more than one major project at a time. The separation of the Student Affairs Committee into what clearly are two distinct directions of advocacy allows for more advocacy work to be done and more people to participate in it. Additionally, the two student affairs committees, once separated, could be more specialized and consequently more efficient. 4. The creation of the Administrative Committee. The Administrative Committee is designed to handle all of the miscellaneous tasks that are necessary for the council’s operation but currently no one’s responsibility. This will take a significant work burden off of committee chairs and other council executives, allowing them the ability to do more planning, coordination, and projects. 5. Allowing representatives to serve on a secondary committee. As committees become more specialized, inter-committee work becomes increasingly more important. Having representatives serve on a second committee makes projects that span multiple committees much easier to initiate

and organize. Additionally, representativesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; interests are broad. Allowing them to serve on a second committee allows them to pursue other interests that they may have. At the same time, representatives are expected to do most of their work for their primary committee and secondary committees are optional, so the secondary committee is not an added burden on representatives. 6. Adding an additional representative per district. There is more work being done, both in the Student Initiatives, Student Relations, and Administrative Committees, as well as between committees. More people are necessary to do more work. Several years ago, the council eliminated the third representative in each district because they were removing a committee (the Campus Life Committee). Their rationale for eliminating the third representative in each district was that without this extra committee, there would not bee enough work for 49 representatives. By similar reasoning, the addition of three new committees is too much work for 33 representatives. Also, adding more representatives should increase the accuracy with which the council represents the student body. 7. Changing committee chair, secretary, and treasurer terms to be year long. The main problem with the current semesterly election of executives is a lack of continuity. Since executives are elected at the beginning of each semester, there is little incentive for them to do council work over summer and winter recess. Additionally, committee work is disrupted by the frequent elections. Having committee chairs, the secretary, and treasurer elected for calendar year terms would allow larger projects to be undertaken as well as better management of the council and committees. The reason these terms would be calendar year for two reasons. The first is so they are in phase with presidential and vice-presidential elections. This is important because these are the likely president and vice-president candidates and it makes the executive board less volatile. The second is so they are out of phase with the rest of the council membership. This allows chair elections to be more informed, as committee members will have worked with chair candidates for a semester by then, and, similar to the president and vicepresident, allows for greater continuity between councils. The reason these executives would be automatically re-elected in their districts in the fall is so that the district does not undercut the council or committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision. The reason they are then forced to run for re-election after the conclusion of their executive term is because at that point they are representing their district again, and their constituents should have a say in that. 8. Shifting many of the administrative duties of the vice president to the secretary. For many of the same reasons the administrative committee is being created, executives should not be burdened with administrative tasks. The vice president in particular needs more time for advocacy and organization. While the secretary is also technically an executive, the role of secretary is much more administrative than that of the Vice-President.

27S-45 The Student Community Center Creation Act Representative Joshua Nuni (Cabot ’10) SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) SAC CCL Vice-Chair Senan Ebrahim (East Yard ’12) Representative Alex Weisz (Currier ’10) Representative Zags Zagorsky (West Yard ’12) Representative Joseph Kim (North Yard ’12) WHEREAS the need for an open, inclusive, flexible, student-run, vibrant new social space has been affirmed by numerous students across campus, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council launch a sixteen-month capital campaign to create a Student Social Space Fund with the aim of establishing a Student Community Center, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that capital raised first be applied to the creation of a Student Community Center at 45 Mt. Auburn St. through purchase, leasing, or leasing-to-own, if the terms of the deal with the current owners of 45 Mt. Auburn St. are amenable to the Undergraduate Council, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that capital raised may be used alternatively to secure accommodations at another site or to better existing social spaces on campus, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council plan to hire four members of the student body as full-time staffers for the capital campaign this summer, andthe UC will facilitate housing for these staffers using only private or surplus funds BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council advertise capital campaign positions through a mail merge, email blurbs, and other publicity mechanisms; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Vice-Chair for CCL and any interested UC members interview the applicants and select the final capital campaign team. SAC: Not Docketed: 5-5-0 Executive Board: Not Docketed: 2-3-0 Undergraduate Council: 15-13-2*

SECRETARY’S NOTE * 27S-45’s vote was a roll call. The results of the roll call are on the next page.

Alyssa Aguilera (Dudley ’09) - YES Manny Antunes (Cabot ’11) - NO Anthony Britt (Lowell ’10) - NO Sonia Dara (East Yard ’12) - NO Senan Ebrahim (East Yard ’12) - YES Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy ’10) - YES Sarah Honig (Lowell ’10) - NO George Huang (North Yard ’12) - NO Eric Hysen (Mather ’11) - NO Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ’11) - NO Mallika Khandelwal (Quincy ’11) - YES Joseph Kim (North Yard ’12) – YES Daniel Kroop (Pforzheimer ’10) - NO Tomo Lazovich (Winthrop ’11) - YES Doug Lloyd (Eliot ’09) - NO Amanda Lu (Eliot ’11) - NO Kia McLeod ’10, Vice-President - YES Eric Michel (West Yard ’12) - NO Cyrus Mossavar-Rahmani (Mather ’09) - ABSTAIN Catherine Ntube (Pforzheimer ’11) - ABSTAIN Joshua Nuni (Cabot ’10) - YES Brad Paraszczak (Kirkland ’11) - NO Bill Rose (Adams ’11) - YES Mohindra Rupram (Dunster ’10) - YES Randall Sarafa ’09, ex officio Vice President - YES Lisa Schechner (Adams ’11) - NO Sam Stein (Leverett ’10) - YES Alex Weisz (Currier ’10) - YES Benjamin Zagorsky (West Yard ’12) - YES Bernie Zipprich (Leverett ’09) – YES

27S-46 Re-Examining Harvard’s Reaccreditation SAC CHL Vice-Chair George Hayward (Currier ‘11) WHEREAS Quad Residents and guests have poor cell phone reception which creates tremendous security concerns, WHEREAS Harvard administrators want to solve the problem but have not yet implemented a plan to fix cell phone reception or set a timeline to do so, WHEREAS The recently released draft of the Harvard University Self-Study for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) Reaccreditation has made explicit reference to the “MobileMe” emergency text message service even though many Quad residents and guests cannot receive these text messages in a timely manner or at all due to poor cell phone reception, WHEREAS Professor Margo Seltzer, the Faculty Chair for Accreditation, has asked the Harvard community for review of the self-study, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Harvard Undergraduate Council will recommend that Harvard re-examine its report for re-accreditation with respect to safety because of the Quad cell phone reception issue, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President of the Undergraduate Council, with the support of the Undergraduate Council, will first send the following message to the Harvard Committee on Reaccreditation, with the possibility of following up with the New England Association of Schools and Colleges at the discretion of the Committee on House Life Vice Chair. This message’s salutation will be personalized depending on the recipient. SAC: Docketed: 8-0-0 Executive Board: Docketed: 3-0-0 Executive Board: Not Recommended: 1-0-2 Undergraduate Council: 24-0-3 To whom it may concern: Many students in Harvard’s Quad have little to no cell phone reception. Students with illnesses often cannot call doctors; ambulances often cannot be called unless one can find a hard-wired phone. The hard-wired red phones in Harvard dorm rooms are a valuable resource, but emergencies do not always occur near a red phone. Further, many students in the Quad cannot receive the “MobileMe” Text Message Service in a timely manner or at all. Harvard does not mention this when it makes explicit reference to “MobileMe” under the “Safety” heading in Standard 6 of its self-study for reaccreditation. We urge Harvard to move forward on a plan to fix the cell phone reception in the Quad, as peer institutions like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have done. The students of Harvard University are deeply worried about Quad safety and strongly believe this should be considered in the reaccreditation process. The Undergraduate Council, therefore, asks that before Harvard receives a full reaccreditation, you closely examine the safety implications of a lack of cell phone reception in the Quad. Thank you. Sincerely, Harvard Undergraduate Council

27S-47 Spring Nominations Act SAC Chair Tamar Holoshitz (Quincy â&#x20AC;&#x2122;10), on behalf of the Student Affairs Committee WHEREAS recently two budgetary working groups and a committee on J-term implementation have been created, and WHEREAS student representation on all three of these committees are of extreme importance, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council appoint the following students to committees: Budgetary Working Group on Undergraduate Education x Dimitrije Ruzic x Athena Lao Budgetary Working Group on Student Life x Johnny Bowman x Jordan Bock Committee on the January Experience x Bill Rose x Morgan Paull SAC: Docketed: 7-0-1 Executive Board: Docketed: 3-0-0 Executive Board: Recommended: 3-0-0

Undergraduate Council: 27-0-0

27S-48 Spring Grants Pack 12.0 FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ’11) WHEREAS Harvard’s student groups provide valuable services to the undergraduate community, and WHEREAS the Finance Committee is committed to allocate grants in support of student groups, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate

$6,743.77 from the Grants Fund to 8 recipient projects as shown in the break-down below,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer immediately disburse funds to the recipients of Upfront Funding, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer disburse funds to the recipients of Retroactive Funding upon notification by the Finance Committee that a Completed Project Form and all applicable receipts have been collected, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may adjust allocations appropriately in response to new information provided on a Completed Project Form, but in no case to more than 150% of the allocation amount listed herein, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Committee may impose additional penalties upon any Upfront Funding recipient who fails to file a Completed Project Form and submit all receipts for their event, including the rejection of future Fall applications by that recipient, unless the recipient’s failure to file on time is due to an error by a UC member or the Finance Committee approves an extension, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Finance Committee notify each recipient listed below of the decision of the Undergraduate Council regarding their grant application within 24 hours of this bill’s passage, and provide each recipient with all necessary information for obtaining the funds allocated herein. Grants Fund: Grant ID Project Name Opening Round Championship Series 1275 Registration and 1276 Ivory Tower Season 6 1277 HUTV Equipment Repairs 1278 HUTV Launch 1279 Spring Volunteer Transportation 1280 Tuesday Magazine Spring 2009 Issue 1281 Friday Chais 1282 Dems Citizens Schools Project

Organization Name

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Harvard Mock Trial Association Harvard Undergraduate Television Harvard Undergraduate Television Harvard Undergraduate Television Mission Hill After School Program Tuesday Magazine Harvard SE Asian Association Harvard College Democrats

Retroactive Upfront Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive Retroactive

Amt Req

Amt Fund $3,392.62 $5,558.80 $1,789.50 $1,217.52 $2,100.00 $500.00 $350.00 $142.80 $15,051.24

$0.00 $1,250.00 $1,670.97 $870.00 $2,100.00 $500.00 $210.00 $142.80 $6,743.77 FiCom: Docketed: 7-0-0 FiCom: Recommended: 7-0-0 Executive Board: Docketed: 3-0-0 Undergraduate Council: 22-0-5

27S-49 Surplus Allocation Act SAC CCL Vice-Chair Senan Ebrahim (East Yard ’12) WHEREAS, the Undergraduate Council stipulated in 27S-45, The Student Community Center Creation Act, that it would facilitate housing for Capital Campaign Staffers using surplus funds; WHEREAS, the Undergraduate Council has hired Abel Acuña (Kirkland ’11), Dana Kase (Currier ’11), Chris Keinhen (Elliot ’10), and Winnie Liu (Leverett ’11) as Capital Campaign Staffers; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Undergraduate Council allocate $3000 from the Operations Fund to be put toward housing costs for the aforementioned Capital Campaign Staffers.

Undergraduate Council: 16-5-4

27S-50 UC Speakers Investment and Improvement Act Representative Bill Rose (Adams ‘11) Representative Lisa Schechner (Adams ’11) FiCom Chair Sundeep Iyer (Kirkland ’11) Co-sponsors: George Zisiadis, a.k.a. DJ Straus WHEREAS the UC Speakers initiative is a popular and cost-effective way to promote social events on campus, WHEREAS there is more demand for speakers than UC Speakers can currently meet, WHEREAS more powerful speakers are needed for larger venues such as dining hall and outdoor parties, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that $1700 be allocated from the operations fund for the purchase of a new speaker system, cables, and a flatbed cart for transportation; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the speakers be stored and distributed by Media and Technology Services in addition to and in the same manner as the current UC speakers system; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the speakers, cables, and cart will be purchased as soon as possible when students return in the fall.

Undergraduate Council: 26-0-0