Hey Lev,
No SAC meeting today but Tamara the SAC Chair will still be meeting with committee members who choose to come. In typical guy-with-no-life-who-thinks-he-can-change-stuff fashion, I will be going to discuss a few things with her.
Charles
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
UC General Minutes 11/02/08
Sunday, November 2, 2008, 7:00pm Harvard Hall 104
Harvard University – Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Minutes
I. Officer Updates
a. President
i. Information Updates
1. Student Faculty updates will be posted on the blog
2. This week will be a massive information update campaign
b. Vice President
i. Mather special elections going on soon
ii. Rules will meet this week
c. Treasurer
i.
d. Secretary
i. we re-registered as a student organization
ii. hazing policy later
II. Committee updates
i. legislation from SAC
ii. event calendar: some movement in that direction
b. amnesty policy, ATM in the quad—we have people working on those issues
c. No SAC meeting in honor of election day
d. first CUE meeting on Wed.
e. mental health planning meeting
f. SAC had a fun happy hour on Thursday
g. Ficom
i. smaller grants pack
III. For the Good of the Council
a. Cable Proposal (Matt Sundquist)
i. a round of negotiations about cable proposals
ii. many proposals fell, new ones involving sling boxes from Buffalo, NY run through Harvard ethernet
iii. 55-60 dollars per month plus front end costs of the installation
iv. FAS IT, bastions of forward lookingness (sarcastic), decided that they would block it from coming in because they could block wherever they thought the cable would come in from
1. cite: undue traffic over the ethernet would clog access to the internet
2. FAS IT doesn’t want to be seen as not providing a service that has been available to most colleges since 1970s
v. Randall and Matt are only helping Nick Castein, this is not a UC-sponsored initiative
vi. had it gone forward, we might have gotten an interesting discussion
vii. up until this point we were just lending him support, but it’s always been nebulous and slow (SAC has been working on it for years)
1. Tamar has a question
a. very detailed, but who wrote it?
i. Matt: ongoing process many individuals involved. at this point, it’s dead in the water.
2. Papa: is there any way we can address their concerns (FAS IT)?
a. Randall: UIS and FAS IT are still discussing and we’re still waiting on responses. the reason people don’t want to hardwire all the hoses for cable are because of the coming house renovations.
b. Matt: a big part of the problem is that we have 1994 networks and they’re outdated.
3. Jack: what are we discussing?
a. Matt: we just wanted to bring people up to date on it because this is a hot-button issue
4. Tamar: FAS IT said no to the most recent proposal and the previous one?
a. Randall: they didn’t explicitly say that they would block it, but they implicitly suggested it.
5. Eric M: Is there anyway to update the wiring system?
a. Matt: renovations in 40 years, so no.
6. Zags: the yard won’t be covered by house renewal
a. Matt: the houses were never renovated, whereas the Yard has been renovated recently
b. Hazing policy
i. long discussion quoted from the agenda
c. Randall
i. attendance warning for George Hayward
ii. motion to vote to appoint Tamar and Michael Regalie to sit on the election commission
1. requires a 2/3 vote
2. unanimous consent
iii. rules for presidential election will out this week, and there will be a campuswide house posting
iv. Matt is a jerk to Papa for a moment
IV. Question Period
a. Papa: are minutes public?
i. yes
b. Lisa: What’s the order of the construction of the houses?
i. Matt: Neo-Gerogian houses, Dunster first. Then the modern ones.
ii. houses will be renovated by the earliest constructed house on to the most recent
V. Comment Period
a. Eric M: 2 days until the election
i. Matt makes snarky comment
VI. Legislation
a. House Renewal Subcommittee Appointments Act
i. self-explanatory
ii. speaker opposed? none
iii. call to question
iv. unanimous consent
b. FiCom Grants pack
i. Sundeep: any questions?
ii. Jack Pararas: Baptist Asian Student eventàwhy so much money?
1. Randall: open to all students
2. Jack Pararas: Committee on College Life should advocate for the “eradication” of the Asian Baptist Students association, (a crude, unfortunate and unfunny joke—to say the least about it)
iii. Tamar: what is training day?
1. Jack: Can the UC pay for Bibles?
2. Sundeep: yes, because it’s materials necessary for the event, open to all undergraduates
iv. Papa: the Voice? is that one issue being covered?
1. we’re giving them $1000 because we decided to fund two issues since they are a weekly publication. it’s a new precedent
v. Jack: are we encouraging to get other kind of funding?
1. FiCom members: of course
vi. Tamar: how are we doing money-wise?
1. Sundeep: many events are worthy of funding
2. Tony: money wise, we’ve spent 23% of our Grants Fund, which is right on par with what we spent last year at the same time. we’re seeing a lot of increase in upfront funding, so we see more funding. we shouldn’t be too concerned.
vii. Alyssa: can someone explain what the criteria for being a publication is?
1. Sundeep: student group can be its own publication, and can start its own publication. as long as they are a publication.
2. the Voice is different because they publish ten issues
viii. Jack: what was the exact amount allocated for dummies for training day?
1. cited from grants pack extended
ix. Tamar: what’s the process for larger grants?
1. Lisa: some groups (eleganza and project east sometimes get far less than they request and have specific policies) but most groups are interviewed twice
x. Speaker Opposed? No
xi. Call to Question
xii. Jack objects to unanimous question
xiii. Vote: 25-0-2 (Jack Pararas and Doug Lloyd abstain)
c. Closing
i. House Renewal Survey—DO IT!!!! It’s the most important survey ever
ii. Adjournment
Harvard University – Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Minutes
I. Officer Updates
a. President
i. Information Updates
1. Student Faculty updates will be posted on the blog
2. This week will be a massive information update campaign
b. Vice President
i. Mather special elections going on soon
ii. Rules will meet this week
c. Treasurer
i.
d. Secretary
i. we re-registered as a student organization
ii. hazing policy later
II. Committee updates
i. legislation from SAC
ii. event calendar: some movement in that direction
b. amnesty policy, ATM in the quad—we have people working on those issues
c. No SAC meeting in honor of election day
d. first CUE meeting on Wed.
e. mental health planning meeting
f. SAC had a fun happy hour on Thursday
g. Ficom
i. smaller grants pack
III. For the Good of the Council
a. Cable Proposal (Matt Sundquist)
i. a round of negotiations about cable proposals
ii. many proposals fell, new ones involving sling boxes from Buffalo, NY run through Harvard ethernet
iii. 55-60 dollars per month plus front end costs of the installation
iv. FAS IT, bastions of forward lookingness (sarcastic), decided that they would block it from coming in because they could block wherever they thought the cable would come in from
1. cite: undue traffic over the ethernet would clog access to the internet
2. FAS IT doesn’t want to be seen as not providing a service that has been available to most colleges since 1970s
v. Randall and Matt are only helping Nick Castein, this is not a UC-sponsored initiative
vi. had it gone forward, we might have gotten an interesting discussion
vii. up until this point we were just lending him support, but it’s always been nebulous and slow (SAC has been working on it for years)
1. Tamar has a question
a. very detailed, but who wrote it?
i. Matt: ongoing process many individuals involved. at this point, it’s dead in the water.
2. Papa: is there any way we can address their concerns (FAS IT)?
a. Randall: UIS and FAS IT are still discussing and we’re still waiting on responses. the reason people don’t want to hardwire all the hoses for cable are because of the coming house renovations.
b. Matt: a big part of the problem is that we have 1994 networks and they’re outdated.
3. Jack: what are we discussing?
a. Matt: we just wanted to bring people up to date on it because this is a hot-button issue
4. Tamar: FAS IT said no to the most recent proposal and the previous one?
a. Randall: they didn’t explicitly say that they would block it, but they implicitly suggested it.
5. Eric M: Is there anyway to update the wiring system?
a. Matt: renovations in 40 years, so no.
6. Zags: the yard won’t be covered by house renewal
a. Matt: the houses were never renovated, whereas the Yard has been renovated recently
b. Hazing policy
i. long discussion quoted from the agenda
c. Randall
i. attendance warning for George Hayward
ii. motion to vote to appoint Tamar and Michael Regalie to sit on the election commission
1. requires a 2/3 vote
2. unanimous consent
iii. rules for presidential election will out this week, and there will be a campuswide house posting
iv. Matt is a jerk to Papa for a moment
IV. Question Period
a. Papa: are minutes public?
i. yes
b. Lisa: What’s the order of the construction of the houses?
i. Matt: Neo-Gerogian houses, Dunster first. Then the modern ones.
ii. houses will be renovated by the earliest constructed house on to the most recent
V. Comment Period
a. Eric M: 2 days until the election
i. Matt makes snarky comment
VI. Legislation
a. House Renewal Subcommittee Appointments Act
i. self-explanatory
ii. speaker opposed? none
iii. call to question
iv. unanimous consent
b. FiCom Grants pack
i. Sundeep: any questions?
ii. Jack Pararas: Baptist Asian Student eventàwhy so much money?
1. Randall: open to all students
2. Jack Pararas: Committee on College Life should advocate for the “eradication” of the Asian Baptist Students association, (a crude, unfortunate and unfunny joke—to say the least about it)
iii. Tamar: what is training day?
1. Jack: Can the UC pay for Bibles?
2. Sundeep: yes, because it’s materials necessary for the event, open to all undergraduates
iv. Papa: the Voice? is that one issue being covered?
1. we’re giving them $1000 because we decided to fund two issues since they are a weekly publication. it’s a new precedent
v. Jack: are we encouraging to get other kind of funding?
1. FiCom members: of course
vi. Tamar: how are we doing money-wise?
1. Sundeep: many events are worthy of funding
2. Tony: money wise, we’ve spent 23% of our Grants Fund, which is right on par with what we spent last year at the same time. we’re seeing a lot of increase in upfront funding, so we see more funding. we shouldn’t be too concerned.
vii. Alyssa: can someone explain what the criteria for being a publication is?
1. Sundeep: student group can be its own publication, and can start its own publication. as long as they are a publication.
2. the Voice is different because they publish ten issues
viii. Jack: what was the exact amount allocated for dummies for training day?
1. cited from grants pack extended
ix. Tamar: what’s the process for larger grants?
1. Lisa: some groups (eleganza and project east sometimes get far less than they request and have specific policies) but most groups are interviewed twice
x. Speaker Opposed? No
xi. Call to Question
xii. Jack objects to unanimous question
xiii. Vote: 25-0-2 (Jack Pararas and Doug Lloyd abstain)
c. Closing
i. House Renewal Survey—DO IT!!!! It’s the most important survey ever
ii. Adjournment
Student Affairs Committee Minutes 10/28/08
Twenty-Seventh Council October 28, 2008
Student Affairs Committee 7:00 PM
Loker Commons 028
Meeting Minutes
Meeting called to order at 7:07PM by Tamar Holoshitz
I. Business
a. Check-in
i. Jack and Dan: ATM in the quad, discussed with Bank of America manager
ii. Eric Hysen: party advertising issue
iii. Eric Michel: housing groups – linking groups – work in progress, equipment in common rooms
iv. Senan: sent out survey, working on water fountains – UC can chip in
v. Bill: Newspapers – work in progress
vi. Mallika: to meet with Dean Kidd on Queen’s Head Pub joint student-faculty visits
vii. Sarah: language requirement, new major approved
viii. Matt Sundquist: visit to Princeton and Yale, many ideas for housing suggestions
ix. Doug: trying to improve UC-HoCo relations
x. Ben: working with athletics representative Julia Lam to , gender-neutral housing work in progress, house renewal meeting
xi. Papa: printing costs/refunds project, plagiarism information for freshmen – contacted Dean Ellison
xii. Nadia: Sent out survey email to all
xiii. Matt Garcia: Worked on HUCEP escort, to contact new sergeant Gillis
xiv. Alyssa and Matt: Allston volunteering
b. Discussion on candidates for Housing Renewal subcommittee
i. Chair of Neo-Georgian House committee and Chair of Modern House committee both present
1. Talk about what they look for in candidates
ii. Vote on number of representatives for Neo-Georgian
1. 11 for 6
2. 4 for 7
3. 2 abstentions
iii. Vote on whom to include on Neo-Georgian committee
1. Result: 6 representatives – Tian, Laura, Josh, Rebecca, Mohindra, Lauren
iv. Modern committee: Seema, Siri, Colin, Marcella, Dan, Jacky
c. Discussion on:
i. SAC Outreach
1. Papa: more information and outreach to freshmen on specifics of amnesty policy
2. Jack: freshmen will not understand the email sent out
3. Matt: do not ruin rapport with DAPAs, work with them maybe
4. Charles: ambulance issue – who will pay for the ambulance, who should pay?
ii. Party Publicity Guidelines
1. Eric: wants to know if it is enforced in the houses
2. Matt: be careful about alerting administration to make them more strict
3. Eric: just wants to discuss it with reps from each house
4. Nadia: the administration probably does not care too much about advertising of parties
5. Doug: gray area of what is an invitation and what is public – Facebook?
6. Eric: shouldn’t we have a uniform policy on it?
7. Discussion to be continued
d. Docket: House Renewal Subcomittees Appointments Act
i. Speaker against: Eric Hysen – should have put more work into the selection of candidates than simply emailing, maybe coordinate with HoCos
ii. Speaker for: Jack Pararas – we should approve it
iii. Speaker against: Charles James – one person from each house might be better
iv. Legislation amended by unanimous consent to include names of appointees
v. Legislation docketed: 17-0-0
vi. Legislation recommended: 17-0-0
e. Break Out
i. Happy birthday to Mallika and Daniel
II. Closing Business
a. Logistic announcements made
i. Planning of SAC Happy Hour this Thursday
1. Time TBD
b. Attendance: George Hayward absent, Mallika and Nadia late, no one left meeting early
c. Meeting adjourned by Tamar Holoshitz at 8:35PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Senan Ebrahim
Secretary, Student Affairs Committee, Fall 2008
Student Affairs Committee 7:00 PM
Loker Commons 028
Meeting Minutes
Meeting called to order at 7:07PM by Tamar Holoshitz
I. Business
a. Check-in
i. Jack and Dan: ATM in the quad, discussed with Bank of America manager
ii. Eric Hysen: party advertising issue
iii. Eric Michel: housing groups – linking groups – work in progress, equipment in common rooms
iv. Senan: sent out survey, working on water fountains – UC can chip in
v. Bill: Newspapers – work in progress
vi. Mallika: to meet with Dean Kidd on Queen’s Head Pub joint student-faculty visits
vii. Sarah: language requirement, new major approved
viii. Matt Sundquist: visit to Princeton and Yale, many ideas for housing suggestions
ix. Doug: trying to improve UC-HoCo relations
x. Ben: working with athletics representative Julia Lam to , gender-neutral housing work in progress, house renewal meeting
xi. Papa: printing costs/refunds project, plagiarism information for freshmen – contacted Dean Ellison
xii. Nadia: Sent out survey email to all
xiii. Matt Garcia: Worked on HUCEP escort, to contact new sergeant Gillis
xiv. Alyssa and Matt: Allston volunteering
b. Discussion on candidates for Housing Renewal subcommittee
i. Chair of Neo-Georgian House committee and Chair of Modern House committee both present
1. Talk about what they look for in candidates
ii. Vote on number of representatives for Neo-Georgian
1. 11 for 6
2. 4 for 7
3. 2 abstentions
iii. Vote on whom to include on Neo-Georgian committee
1. Result: 6 representatives – Tian, Laura, Josh, Rebecca, Mohindra, Lauren
iv. Modern committee: Seema, Siri, Colin, Marcella, Dan, Jacky
c. Discussion on:
i. SAC Outreach
1. Papa: more information and outreach to freshmen on specifics of amnesty policy
2. Jack: freshmen will not understand the email sent out
3. Matt: do not ruin rapport with DAPAs, work with them maybe
4. Charles: ambulance issue – who will pay for the ambulance, who should pay?
ii. Party Publicity Guidelines
1. Eric: wants to know if it is enforced in the houses
2. Matt: be careful about alerting administration to make them more strict
3. Eric: just wants to discuss it with reps from each house
4. Nadia: the administration probably does not care too much about advertising of parties
5. Doug: gray area of what is an invitation and what is public – Facebook?
6. Eric: shouldn’t we have a uniform policy on it?
7. Discussion to be continued
d. Docket: House Renewal Subcomittees Appointments Act
i. Speaker against: Eric Hysen – should have put more work into the selection of candidates than simply emailing, maybe coordinate with HoCos
ii. Speaker for: Jack Pararas – we should approve it
iii. Speaker against: Charles James – one person from each house might be better
iv. Legislation amended by unanimous consent to include names of appointees
v. Legislation docketed: 17-0-0
vi. Legislation recommended: 17-0-0
e. Break Out
i. Happy birthday to Mallika and Daniel
II. Closing Business
a. Logistic announcements made
i. Planning of SAC Happy Hour this Thursday
1. Time TBD
b. Attendance: George Hayward absent, Mallika and Nadia late, no one left meeting early
c. Meeting adjourned by Tamar Holoshitz at 8:35PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Senan Ebrahim
Secretary, Student Affairs Committee, Fall 2008
UC General Minutes 10/26/08
Sunday, October 26, 2008, 7:00pm Harvard Hall 104
Harvard University – Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Minutes
UC Minutes Gen Meeting 10-26-08
I. Officer Updates
a. Matt Sundquist
i. Princeton and Yale have awesome housing, and it would be cool if we could replicate
b. Randall Sarafa
i. nominating positions for President/Vice President, need 150 signatures from undergraduates
ii. if you’d like to serve on the Election Commission, which enforces election rules. Steve Cupps is looking for 2 people.
c. Tony Britt
i. review of the last week’s budget’s contentious footnote
d. Mohindra Rupram
i. starling, special election to replace him in Mather
II. Committee Updates
a. Tamar Holoshitz
i. tutorial this week was great
ii. SAC will be considering legislation to appoint students to two new house renewal subcommittees
b. Andrea Flores
i. Student Life meeting on Monday went well
ii. Tony and Andrea will be meeting with HoCos to talk about the Student Life Fund
iii. Questions for Grants Pack will be accepted when the legislation is discussed
iv. new policy in the FiCom policy subcommittee will be discussed this week
III. For the Good of the Coucil
a. Matt Sundquist
i. On December 1 (tentative), Ted Kennedy will be having a ceremony for an honorary degree
ii. Pass around Mallika’s bag and draw names for the Kennedy ceremony to see who will attend
IV. Question Period
a. None
V. Comments Period
a. Meeting on Tuesday in Quincy Dining Hall for the Student Life Fund
VI. Legislative Docket
a. Fall Grants Pack 2.0
i. Question on grant 145, 147, 150 because zeroed out
ii. Why is grant 163 so high? huge number of undergrads
iii. Speakers for and against? none
iv. 26-0-1, passes
b. Fall 2008 HoCo allocation
i. Tony explains the general particulars of the legislation ($5400 per house, a little less for Dudley)
ii. Matt interrupts gives brief history: we used to fund them much less and only for events
1. but Matt’s freshmen year it changed so that we funded them upfront
2. Tony adds that last year we funded them $4,550
a. Questions
i. Alyssa Aguilera: What does Dudley usually get?
ii. 1/6 of a normal house, plus $1000, proportional to # of students in the house
iii. Matt Sundquist: we went with this formula because it would account for the shifts in House population, guarantees more continuity in terms of how much they can count on.
3. Doug Lloyd
a. amendment proposed: move to strike the fifth be it further resolved clause
i. all those in favor of considering the amendment: fails
4. No speakers against
5. Unanimous Consent
c. Tony Britt motions to reconsider the budget from last week
i. requires half of the Council to consider
1. 21-1-4
ii. Tony: better ways to go about fostering cooperation than in the contentious footnote from the first budget vote
1. easier to strike the footnote, since it doesn’t really do anything anyway
2. Question: Are you striking the $8,000 Special Initiative Fund and putting it back to the Grants Fund?
a. Tony: yes, because we can still allocate money from the Grants fund without making SIF?
iii. Vote on the question (after all previous procedures)
1. 22-1-3
d. Draw names for the Kennedy event
i. Crimson dude pulls the names out of the bag
1. Names
a. Doug Lloyd
b. Lisa Schechner
c. Nadia Gaber
d. Bill Rose
e. Catherine Ntube
f. Eric Michel
VII. Closing Remarks/Adjournment
Harvard University – Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Minutes
UC Minutes Gen Meeting 10-26-08
I. Officer Updates
a. Matt Sundquist
i. Princeton and Yale have awesome housing, and it would be cool if we could replicate
b. Randall Sarafa
i. nominating positions for President/Vice President, need 150 signatures from undergraduates
ii. if you’d like to serve on the Election Commission, which enforces election rules. Steve Cupps is looking for 2 people.
c. Tony Britt
i. review of the last week’s budget’s contentious footnote
d. Mohindra Rupram
i. starling, special election to replace him in Mather
II. Committee Updates
a. Tamar Holoshitz
i. tutorial this week was great
ii. SAC will be considering legislation to appoint students to two new house renewal subcommittees
b. Andrea Flores
i. Student Life meeting on Monday went well
ii. Tony and Andrea will be meeting with HoCos to talk about the Student Life Fund
iii. Questions for Grants Pack will be accepted when the legislation is discussed
iv. new policy in the FiCom policy subcommittee will be discussed this week
III. For the Good of the Coucil
a. Matt Sundquist
i. On December 1 (tentative), Ted Kennedy will be having a ceremony for an honorary degree
ii. Pass around Mallika’s bag and draw names for the Kennedy ceremony to see who will attend
IV. Question Period
a. None
V. Comments Period
a. Meeting on Tuesday in Quincy Dining Hall for the Student Life Fund
VI. Legislative Docket
a. Fall Grants Pack 2.0
i. Question on grant 145, 147, 150 because zeroed out
ii. Why is grant 163 so high? huge number of undergrads
iii. Speakers for and against? none
iv. 26-0-1, passes
b. Fall 2008 HoCo allocation
i. Tony explains the general particulars of the legislation ($5400 per house, a little less for Dudley)
ii. Matt interrupts gives brief history: we used to fund them much less and only for events
1. but Matt’s freshmen year it changed so that we funded them upfront
2. Tony adds that last year we funded them $4,550
a. Questions
i. Alyssa Aguilera: What does Dudley usually get?
ii. 1/6 of a normal house, plus $1000, proportional to # of students in the house
iii. Matt Sundquist: we went with this formula because it would account for the shifts in House population, guarantees more continuity in terms of how much they can count on.
3. Doug Lloyd
a. amendment proposed: move to strike the fifth be it further resolved clause
i. all those in favor of considering the amendment: fails
4. No speakers against
5. Unanimous Consent
c. Tony Britt motions to reconsider the budget from last week
i. requires half of the Council to consider
1. 21-1-4
ii. Tony: better ways to go about fostering cooperation than in the contentious footnote from the first budget vote
1. easier to strike the footnote, since it doesn’t really do anything anyway
2. Question: Are you striking the $8,000 Special Initiative Fund and putting it back to the Grants Fund?
a. Tony: yes, because we can still allocate money from the Grants fund without making SIF?
iii. Vote on the question (after all previous procedures)
1. 22-1-3
d. Draw names for the Kennedy event
i. Crimson dude pulls the names out of the bag
1. Names
a. Doug Lloyd
b. Lisa Schechner
c. Nadia Gaber
d. Bill Rose
e. Catherine Ntube
f. Eric Michel
VII. Closing Remarks/Adjournment
Student Affairs Committee Minutes 10/21/08
Twenty-Seventh Council October 21, 2008
Student Affairs Committee 8:45 PM
Loker Commons 028
Meeting Minutes
Meeting called to order at 8:50PM by Tamar Holoshitz
I. Business
a. SAC tutorial
i. Contact information exchanged
ii. Reasons for being UC reps discussed
iii. Ideas discussed for what SAC should and should not be this year
1. Artistic depiction of members’ thoughts created with following
a. Included in SAC
i. Proactivity, projects, collaboration
ii. Cooperation
iii. Concrete accomplishments
iv. Empowerment
v. Feedback efficiency
vi. Empowering for advocacy
vii. Open-mindedness
viii. Fresh ideas
ix. Themes
x. Themed meetings
xi. Positive energy
xii. Selflessness
xiii. Transparency
xiv. Enthusiasm and food
xv. Circular tables
b. Not included in SAC
i. Negativity
ii. Redundancy
iii. Insider talk
iv. Working at cross-purposes
v. Exclusivity
iv. Tamar instructs as to modus operandi of SAC meetings
1. Check-in at start of every meeting
2. Discussion of legislation
3. Breakout sessions
4. Basic ground rules for SAC meetings
a. No interruptions, talk in turn
b. Talk for a reasonable amount of time
c. Be respectful of one another
5. Expectations of Tamar
a. She is a resource
b. Support on all projects
c. Always email with questions
d. Neutrality
e. Encouragement to ask questions to learn about SAC
f. She should take constructive criticism
g. Update her weekly
v. Papa raises idea of coordinated SAC office hours, idea discussed
vi. Issue of politics in the UC
vii. Discussion of project ideas (from list and other ideas)
1. Ideas taken down by Tamar
2. Resources for advocacy on various issues discussed
viii. Directions on how to write and submit legislation
ix. Directions on how to write a position paper
b. Act to Involve Students in House Renewal
i. Legislation presented by Tamar
ii. Questions asked
iii. Comment: Dan Kroop – postpone vote to next week
1. Standing rule agreed to by acclamation
a. Email the blurb and procedure to submit application out over house lists
b. Email compiled responses out to SAC members to discuss over email
2. Vote to postpone legislation vote to next week after the emails – unanimous consent
II. Closing Business
a. Logistic announcements made
b. Attendance: Additional three student-faculty representatives present, George Hayward late, Jack and Sarah leave early (excused), Bill Rose and Ben Schwartz absent
c. Meeting adjourned by Tamar Holoshitz at 10:35PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Senan Ebrahim
Secretary, Student Affairs Committee, Fall 2008
Student Affairs Committee 8:45 PM
Loker Commons 028
Meeting Minutes
Meeting called to order at 8:50PM by Tamar Holoshitz
I. Business
a. SAC tutorial
i. Contact information exchanged
ii. Reasons for being UC reps discussed
iii. Ideas discussed for what SAC should and should not be this year
1. Artistic depiction of members’ thoughts created with following
a. Included in SAC
i. Proactivity, projects, collaboration
ii. Cooperation
iii. Concrete accomplishments
iv. Empowerment
v. Feedback efficiency
vi. Empowering for advocacy
vii. Open-mindedness
viii. Fresh ideas
ix. Themes
x. Themed meetings
xi. Positive energy
xii. Selflessness
xiii. Transparency
xiv. Enthusiasm and food
xv. Circular tables
b. Not included in SAC
i. Negativity
ii. Redundancy
iii. Insider talk
iv. Working at cross-purposes
v. Exclusivity
iv. Tamar instructs as to modus operandi of SAC meetings
1. Check-in at start of every meeting
2. Discussion of legislation
3. Breakout sessions
4. Basic ground rules for SAC meetings
a. No interruptions, talk in turn
b. Talk for a reasonable amount of time
c. Be respectful of one another
5. Expectations of Tamar
a. She is a resource
b. Support on all projects
c. Always email with questions
d. Neutrality
e. Encouragement to ask questions to learn about SAC
f. She should take constructive criticism
g. Update her weekly
v. Papa raises idea of coordinated SAC office hours, idea discussed
vi. Issue of politics in the UC
vii. Discussion of project ideas (from list and other ideas)
1. Ideas taken down by Tamar
2. Resources for advocacy on various issues discussed
viii. Directions on how to write and submit legislation
ix. Directions on how to write a position paper
b. Act to Involve Students in House Renewal
i. Legislation presented by Tamar
ii. Questions asked
iii. Comment: Dan Kroop – postpone vote to next week
1. Standing rule agreed to by acclamation
a. Email the blurb and procedure to submit application out over house lists
b. Email compiled responses out to SAC members to discuss over email
2. Vote to postpone legislation vote to next week after the emails – unanimous consent
II. Closing Business
a. Logistic announcements made
b. Attendance: Additional three student-faculty representatives present, George Hayward late, Jack and Sarah leave early (excused), Bill Rose and Ben Schwartz absent
c. Meeting adjourned by Tamar Holoshitz at 10:35PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Senan Ebrahim
Secretary, Student Affairs Committee, Fall 2008
UC General Minutes 10/19/08
Sunday, October 19, 2008, 7:00pm Science Center B-10
Harvard University – Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Minutes
I. Maia
a. Introduces newspaper readership program
II. Erin
a. deliver newspapers
b. online, sponsorships
c. integrate the readership with what’s going on on camps
d. surveys to ensure satisfaction and enable the UC to determine whether this is what students want
i. Maia:
1. first four weeks are free
2. how much is the total cost?
e. average $4 per student per year
i. What newspapers would be available?
f. New York Times, Boston Globe, USA Today
i. green?
g. All newspapers left over are taken to a recycling center, consumed newspapers go into the campus recycling program (USA Today is on soy ink!)
i. Christian Starling: digital service too?
h. We see that people who read the newspapers physically read more stuff online. We encourage students to read the whole newspaper. Portability: students can read it between classes. Yes, there are online resources that complement the readership program.
i. Ben Schwartz: I’m really confused, but can we go to all 12 dinign halls and Annenberg?
i. Program is unique in that you guys design. You pick where they go and how much. We can try out during the pilot program the amount and location. Each school has a different setup (FL puts its newspapers outside, but that won’t work here). We can correlate the number of newspapers provided based on demand.
i. overall cost?
j. cumulatively: $40,000 per year
i. Kia: how much would it cost to have the Wall Street Journal
k. The Wall St. Journal won’t participate because they believe they can do it all through subscriptions.
i. how do you ensure that only students pick up the newspaper?
l. We work with ID services to make sure that the newspapers are given through a machine that reads IDs and dispenses newspapers accordingly.
i. Dan Kroop: survey procedure, is it face-to-face or online interface?
m. Typically face to face, but we can have an online interface.
i. Abby: machines are super snazzy, do we pay for them?
n. No. Publications pay for them.
i. Tamar: surveys, do they have a cost?
o. No. Then follows a long tangent on Erin’s biography.
III. Officer Updates
a. Randall
i. attendance clarification
ii. Rules Comm will meet this week; if anyone no longer wants to be on it, please let me know
iii. No Answer.
b. Tony
i. I’ll talk more about the budget during legislation
c. Mohindra Rupram
i. attendance
ii. Minutes and Agendas to be up
d. Tamar
i. Student-Faculty Committee updates
ii. SAC advocacy tutorial on Tuesday, house renewal efforts
iii. For Freshmen: HUDS committee open for some freshmen
e. Andrea Flores
i. Approved over a hundred grants, some of which is retroactively recommended, in legislation
ii. Student Life Fund meeting tomorrow in Quincy at 8 PM
IV. For the Good of the Council
a. Email system update: now offers email forwarding, including 10 GB storage (reservations on why it isn’t a gmail based system). Anyone want to join?
i. questions:
1. Grad year, what happens if you graduate late? unclear
2. differences for thnderbird? No.
ii. joiners:
1. Bill Rose, Matt Sundquist, Papa, Zags, Jack, Randall
V. Question
a. Can we hold a vote to change meeting time?
i. Randall
1. No, it’s the Exec Board and President who set meetings.
2. We have hearing session to see whether you have good excuses for missing meetings. You can arrange with committee chairs for different meeting times.
3. We can kick you off Rules, but not the Council for missing rules.
ii. Jack
1. Are we gonna talk about the campus readership program?
a. Sure
b. Discussion ensues
i. Maia clarifies that it’s a lot of money, that we can get some money from other sources though we have to change termbill charges to account for it.
ii. Jack questions the survey process, points out that it’s environmentally unsound, and that USA Today is a terrible newspaper and a waste of time (why can’t we just get the NY Times)
c. Should we survey first?
i. Seth: Yes, the best way to verify whether students actually want it
ii. Bill: It’s cool, but is it daily?
1. Maia: unsure but we can check
d. Andrea: Are we deciding on something today?
i. Matt: No, just wanted to test the waters. We just wanted a long-term plan or outlook to make sure it’s sustainable.
ii. Zags: I like the idea, because we need something to do when we have time on our hands in Annenberg.
iii. Sarah Honig: This is going to take away from grants for student groups. It’s waste of resources, but I’m open to have a survey
e. Matt benches the discussion for a different time and for a more substantive discussion in committees.
iii. Randall: HUDS tour was a totally botched operations, it never materials, little publicity and no reminders. HUDS tour is amazingà Willy Wonka factory under Kirkland.
1. Can we organize HUDS tour? Can we open it up to 15 students on campus who apply?
a. Tamar: we can talk to people, but I think it’s a good idea.
b. Randall: Spring and Fall tour.
iv. Sonia
1. How come they don’t have an ID tap system in the dining hall?
a. Matt: There’s a decentralized system with different bureaucratic entities that govern house ID, dining hall ID, etc. There’s a transition plan in place to move it toward more integration.
v. Catherine: What’s the protocol for leaving a meeting?
1. Matt: Walk out but send an email in advance letting us know that you will.
VI. Legislative Docket
a. Budget
i. Overview needed because of a “relatively inexperienced” Council
1. Jack complains of the new opt-out system. Changed it to a letter write-in system to opt out, instead of electronically.
2. Tony: Do we have an opt out system so that people can opt out?
a. Matt: get to the point, which is your legislation.
ii. Budget increased 11% from last year. HoCos get more money this year.
iii. Initial Operations Fund was increased, but Tony cut much of the increase.
1. QUESTIONS
a. Tamar: Will there be a HoCo legislation that’s separate?
i. Tony: Yes. It will go through FiComm.
b. Ben: Tell me more about the Operations Fund.
i. Tony: Last year we had a special fund in the Operations Fund for a lot of important stuff that the Council wanted to approve, like a copier.
c. Ben: How much was it last year?
i. Tony: Just over $10k.
d. Sundeep: Why is there a Special Inititatives Provisions fund?
i. Tony: special dollars, such as coffee in Lamont and mental health meetings. None of these fell under the purview of FiComm or SAC, so we made a special fund within a fund for these projects.
e. Jack: An example of what would fall under this fund?
i. Tony: newspaper program if it only costs 8k, mental health conference pamphlets, free coffee at Lamont.
ii. This is just a controlled way of allocating the funds.
f. Eric H.: Why not just do it through the Grants Fund? Why is it separate?
g. Jack: Given that we already have a copier, why is still around 10k?
i. This is just to have money for extra things we find we might need. If we don’t need it, we can just roll it over to the Grants Fund.
2. SPEAKER’S SECTION
a. Matt: This is not committee specific, so amendments can be approved with only a half majority as opposed to the 2/3 majority of committee-specific legislation
b. Amendment Suggestion: There weren’t enough reasons last year to use the Special Initiatives Provisions, so we should strike it and absorb it into the Grants Fund.
i. Matt: we need a third to consider it, a half to approve
ii. Speaker Against the Amendment: Randall, he was going to speak for it but it doesn’t really matter. If the money doesn’t get spent, it gets rolled into the Grants Fund. If it does get used, there’s more accountability.
1. Sundeep: There’s no potential harm that could come out of this. Instead of just allocating out of the Grants Fund, we have a mechanism in place to have greater checks
iii. Speaker For: Mallika, I agree we because we should be allocating to student groups and let them decide through the process to allocate funds. We need to hold ourselves to the same standard we set for student groups.
iv. Speaker Against: Tony, it may seem contrived if you don’t have the information, but we actually spent 5-6000 dollars on important things. It encourages cooperation between SAC and FiComm. In terms of feedback, students wanted to see the UC as more than just a bank and this was a small step that is potentially crucial.
v. Speaker For: Papa, we can create a mechanism for someone in SAC to propose legislation. If we’re creating a fund that allows the UC to allocate these funds, we’re holding students at-large to a different standard.
1. Point of information: Tony, the fund can easily be amended to be Student-Initiated Fund
vi. AMENDMENT FAILS 12-19
c. Amendment from Tamar: Strike footnote “^” after the word “projects” because anyone on SAC and FiComm can propose legislation, but it shouldn’t be required that it come through FiComm.
i. Speaker Against: Randall, Grants Funds is to spent from legislation docketed from FiComm. Andrea, FiComm would be much more willing to work with SAC legislation about funds if we had more collaboration.
ii. Speaker For: Doug, the langage that SAC’s ideas should be able to pass through FiComis unequal because we’re all elected officials representing students
iii. Speaker Against: Eric H., any money that we allocate should actually go through FiComm because they know the long-term state of our finances. Tony, this is actually to empower SAC
iv. Speaker For: It’s not about either committee. I don’t think it’s necessary, because fund allocation legislation would be recommended to FiComm anyway. Jack, it actually is about committees because it’s just a FiComm power play
v. AMENDMENT FAILS, only 15 votes for. 2 abstentions, the rest opposed.
d. Mallika objects to unanimous consent
e. Debate on the budget as a whole
i. 29-0-4, budget passes
b. S-F Appointments Act
i. needs to be passed by 2/3 vote because some of the rules and bylaws were suspended because some committees (i.e. library) have members who are not on SAC
ii. Passes 33-0-1
c. FiComm Grants Fund
i. Sarah Honig: we need a calendar with all events
1. Andrea: we’ll discuss the calendar later
ii. Jack: percent of money funded column? Andrea thinks it’s a great idea.
iii. Alyssa: Why was Fieston event not funded?
1. Andrea: We can clarify guidelines later.
2. Sundeep: They will reapply because they were unclear of their expenses
iv. Nadia: Is there a way to compile the list of student group events funded?
1. Andrea: yes, we keep track of that.
v. Papa: Is there a way to compare size of organization, size of events to size of funds?
1. Andrea: we base it on the students involved not on the size of the groups.
2. Randall: we don’t fund groups; we fund events
a. Jack: are we overfunding?
b. Andrea: it’s not about equity, it’s about which student groups are doing more events for groups.
vi. Mallika: No Student Life Fund grants in the pack?
1. Andrea: none
vii. What about Hawai group funding?
1. not Student Life Fund, because Boston area travel.
viii. Feminist event: is it open?
1. Yes, by lottery. Not just for feminists
ix. Jack: Grant 8 sounds like a whole bunch of students drinking.
1. Eric H: We only provided funding for FOOD going to undergraduates.
x. Andrea: We will be holding office hours for SAC members who want to come, and they’re invited to our meetings too
xi. Call to Question
1. 34-0-0
VII. Co-Sponsorship of Sustainability Meeting
a. Randall introduces an EAC meeting including Director of Sustainability, Green task force, coming on the heels of the Wed. event with Al Gore.
i. It’s SEVER 113 not Fong Auditorium
b. 2/3 vote to bring legislation to the floor: passes.
c. Matt Sundquist presents
i. Sustainability Week: Greenhouse Gas Task Force released report last summer and now they want to introduce their findings and recommendations to students. (Al Gore speaking, ambitious goals, green science building using geothermal energy.)
ii. We would publicize on house lists and raise awareness for it.
d. Matt Garcia corrects so it says “Phillips Brooks House Association” before Robert Coles “Call of Service Lecture.” Secretary to change accordingly.
e. Passes by unanimous consent.
VIII. Pictures for Meet a Rep
IX. END
Harvard University – Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Minutes
I. Maia
a. Introduces newspaper readership program
II. Erin
a. deliver newspapers
b. online, sponsorships
c. integrate the readership with what’s going on on camps
d. surveys to ensure satisfaction and enable the UC to determine whether this is what students want
i. Maia:
1. first four weeks are free
2. how much is the total cost?
e. average $4 per student per year
i. What newspapers would be available?
f. New York Times, Boston Globe, USA Today
i. green?
g. All newspapers left over are taken to a recycling center, consumed newspapers go into the campus recycling program (USA Today is on soy ink!)
i. Christian Starling: digital service too?
h. We see that people who read the newspapers physically read more stuff online. We encourage students to read the whole newspaper. Portability: students can read it between classes. Yes, there are online resources that complement the readership program.
i. Ben Schwartz: I’m really confused, but can we go to all 12 dinign halls and Annenberg?
i. Program is unique in that you guys design. You pick where they go and how much. We can try out during the pilot program the amount and location. Each school has a different setup (FL puts its newspapers outside, but that won’t work here). We can correlate the number of newspapers provided based on demand.
i. overall cost?
j. cumulatively: $40,000 per year
i. Kia: how much would it cost to have the Wall Street Journal
k. The Wall St. Journal won’t participate because they believe they can do it all through subscriptions.
i. how do you ensure that only students pick up the newspaper?
l. We work with ID services to make sure that the newspapers are given through a machine that reads IDs and dispenses newspapers accordingly.
i. Dan Kroop: survey procedure, is it face-to-face or online interface?
m. Typically face to face, but we can have an online interface.
i. Abby: machines are super snazzy, do we pay for them?
n. No. Publications pay for them.
i. Tamar: surveys, do they have a cost?
o. No. Then follows a long tangent on Erin’s biography.
III. Officer Updates
a. Randall
i. attendance clarification
ii. Rules Comm will meet this week; if anyone no longer wants to be on it, please let me know
iii. No Answer.
b. Tony
i. I’ll talk more about the budget during legislation
c. Mohindra Rupram
i. attendance
ii. Minutes and Agendas to be up
d. Tamar
i. Student-Faculty Committee updates
ii. SAC advocacy tutorial on Tuesday, house renewal efforts
iii. For Freshmen: HUDS committee open for some freshmen
e. Andrea Flores
i. Approved over a hundred grants, some of which is retroactively recommended, in legislation
ii. Student Life Fund meeting tomorrow in Quincy at 8 PM
IV. For the Good of the Council
a. Email system update: now offers email forwarding, including 10 GB storage (reservations on why it isn’t a gmail based system). Anyone want to join?
i. questions:
1. Grad year, what happens if you graduate late? unclear
2. differences for thnderbird? No.
ii. joiners:
1. Bill Rose, Matt Sundquist, Papa, Zags, Jack, Randall
V. Question
a. Can we hold a vote to change meeting time?
i. Randall
1. No, it’s the Exec Board and President who set meetings.
2. We have hearing session to see whether you have good excuses for missing meetings. You can arrange with committee chairs for different meeting times.
3. We can kick you off Rules, but not the Council for missing rules.
ii. Jack
1. Are we gonna talk about the campus readership program?
a. Sure
b. Discussion ensues
i. Maia clarifies that it’s a lot of money, that we can get some money from other sources though we have to change termbill charges to account for it.
ii. Jack questions the survey process, points out that it’s environmentally unsound, and that USA Today is a terrible newspaper and a waste of time (why can’t we just get the NY Times)
c. Should we survey first?
i. Seth: Yes, the best way to verify whether students actually want it
ii. Bill: It’s cool, but is it daily?
1. Maia: unsure but we can check
d. Andrea: Are we deciding on something today?
i. Matt: No, just wanted to test the waters. We just wanted a long-term plan or outlook to make sure it’s sustainable.
ii. Zags: I like the idea, because we need something to do when we have time on our hands in Annenberg.
iii. Sarah Honig: This is going to take away from grants for student groups. It’s waste of resources, but I’m open to have a survey
e. Matt benches the discussion for a different time and for a more substantive discussion in committees.
iii. Randall: HUDS tour was a totally botched operations, it never materials, little publicity and no reminders. HUDS tour is amazingà Willy Wonka factory under Kirkland.
1. Can we organize HUDS tour? Can we open it up to 15 students on campus who apply?
a. Tamar: we can talk to people, but I think it’s a good idea.
b. Randall: Spring and Fall tour.
iv. Sonia
1. How come they don’t have an ID tap system in the dining hall?
a. Matt: There’s a decentralized system with different bureaucratic entities that govern house ID, dining hall ID, etc. There’s a transition plan in place to move it toward more integration.
v. Catherine: What’s the protocol for leaving a meeting?
1. Matt: Walk out but send an email in advance letting us know that you will.
VI. Legislative Docket
a. Budget
i. Overview needed because of a “relatively inexperienced” Council
1. Jack complains of the new opt-out system. Changed it to a letter write-in system to opt out, instead of electronically.
2. Tony: Do we have an opt out system so that people can opt out?
a. Matt: get to the point, which is your legislation.
ii. Budget increased 11% from last year. HoCos get more money this year.
iii. Initial Operations Fund was increased, but Tony cut much of the increase.
1. QUESTIONS
a. Tamar: Will there be a HoCo legislation that’s separate?
i. Tony: Yes. It will go through FiComm.
b. Ben: Tell me more about the Operations Fund.
i. Tony: Last year we had a special fund in the Operations Fund for a lot of important stuff that the Council wanted to approve, like a copier.
c. Ben: How much was it last year?
i. Tony: Just over $10k.
d. Sundeep: Why is there a Special Inititatives Provisions fund?
i. Tony: special dollars, such as coffee in Lamont and mental health meetings. None of these fell under the purview of FiComm or SAC, so we made a special fund within a fund for these projects.
e. Jack: An example of what would fall under this fund?
i. Tony: newspaper program if it only costs 8k, mental health conference pamphlets, free coffee at Lamont.
ii. This is just a controlled way of allocating the funds.
f. Eric H.: Why not just do it through the Grants Fund? Why is it separate?
g. Jack: Given that we already have a copier, why is still around 10k?
i. This is just to have money for extra things we find we might need. If we don’t need it, we can just roll it over to the Grants Fund.
2. SPEAKER’S SECTION
a. Matt: This is not committee specific, so amendments can be approved with only a half majority as opposed to the 2/3 majority of committee-specific legislation
b. Amendment Suggestion: There weren’t enough reasons last year to use the Special Initiatives Provisions, so we should strike it and absorb it into the Grants Fund.
i. Matt: we need a third to consider it, a half to approve
ii. Speaker Against the Amendment: Randall, he was going to speak for it but it doesn’t really matter. If the money doesn’t get spent, it gets rolled into the Grants Fund. If it does get used, there’s more accountability.
1. Sundeep: There’s no potential harm that could come out of this. Instead of just allocating out of the Grants Fund, we have a mechanism in place to have greater checks
iii. Speaker For: Mallika, I agree we because we should be allocating to student groups and let them decide through the process to allocate funds. We need to hold ourselves to the same standard we set for student groups.
iv. Speaker Against: Tony, it may seem contrived if you don’t have the information, but we actually spent 5-6000 dollars on important things. It encourages cooperation between SAC and FiComm. In terms of feedback, students wanted to see the UC as more than just a bank and this was a small step that is potentially crucial.
v. Speaker For: Papa, we can create a mechanism for someone in SAC to propose legislation. If we’re creating a fund that allows the UC to allocate these funds, we’re holding students at-large to a different standard.
1. Point of information: Tony, the fund can easily be amended to be Student-Initiated Fund
vi. AMENDMENT FAILS 12-19
c. Amendment from Tamar: Strike footnote “^” after the word “projects” because anyone on SAC and FiComm can propose legislation, but it shouldn’t be required that it come through FiComm.
i. Speaker Against: Randall, Grants Funds is to spent from legislation docketed from FiComm. Andrea, FiComm would be much more willing to work with SAC legislation about funds if we had more collaboration.
ii. Speaker For: Doug, the langage that SAC’s ideas should be able to pass through FiComis unequal because we’re all elected officials representing students
iii. Speaker Against: Eric H., any money that we allocate should actually go through FiComm because they know the long-term state of our finances. Tony, this is actually to empower SAC
iv. Speaker For: It’s not about either committee. I don’t think it’s necessary, because fund allocation legislation would be recommended to FiComm anyway. Jack, it actually is about committees because it’s just a FiComm power play
v. AMENDMENT FAILS, only 15 votes for. 2 abstentions, the rest opposed.
d. Mallika objects to unanimous consent
e. Debate on the budget as a whole
i. 29-0-4, budget passes
b. S-F Appointments Act
i. needs to be passed by 2/3 vote because some of the rules and bylaws were suspended because some committees (i.e. library) have members who are not on SAC
ii. Passes 33-0-1
c. FiComm Grants Fund
i. Sarah Honig: we need a calendar with all events
1. Andrea: we’ll discuss the calendar later
ii. Jack: percent of money funded column? Andrea thinks it’s a great idea.
iii. Alyssa: Why was Fieston event not funded?
1. Andrea: We can clarify guidelines later.
2. Sundeep: They will reapply because they were unclear of their expenses
iv. Nadia: Is there a way to compile the list of student group events funded?
1. Andrea: yes, we keep track of that.
v. Papa: Is there a way to compare size of organization, size of events to size of funds?
1. Andrea: we base it on the students involved not on the size of the groups.
2. Randall: we don’t fund groups; we fund events
a. Jack: are we overfunding?
b. Andrea: it’s not about equity, it’s about which student groups are doing more events for groups.
vi. Mallika: No Student Life Fund grants in the pack?
1. Andrea: none
vii. What about Hawai group funding?
1. not Student Life Fund, because Boston area travel.
viii. Feminist event: is it open?
1. Yes, by lottery. Not just for feminists
ix. Jack: Grant 8 sounds like a whole bunch of students drinking.
1. Eric H: We only provided funding for FOOD going to undergraduates.
x. Andrea: We will be holding office hours for SAC members who want to come, and they’re invited to our meetings too
xi. Call to Question
1. 34-0-0
VII. Co-Sponsorship of Sustainability Meeting
a. Randall introduces an EAC meeting including Director of Sustainability, Green task force, coming on the heels of the Wed. event with Al Gore.
i. It’s SEVER 113 not Fong Auditorium
b. 2/3 vote to bring legislation to the floor: passes.
c. Matt Sundquist presents
i. Sustainability Week: Greenhouse Gas Task Force released report last summer and now they want to introduce their findings and recommendations to students. (Al Gore speaking, ambitious goals, green science building using geothermal energy.)
ii. We would publicize on house lists and raise awareness for it.
d. Matt Garcia corrects so it says “Phillips Brooks House Association” before Robert Coles “Call of Service Lecture.” Secretary to change accordingly.
e. Passes by unanimous consent.
VIII. Pictures for Meet a Rep
IX. END
Student Affairs Committee Minutes 10/14/08
Twenty-Sixth Council October 14, 2008
Student Affairs Committee 7:00 PM
Loker Commons 028
Meeting Minutes
Meeting called to order at 7:07PM by Tamar Holoshitz
I. Business
a. Interview and selection of student representative to the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility
i. Group interview of Jamie Sterne
ii. Group interview of John Bowman
iii. Group interview of Jonathan Gould
iv. Discussion on candidates
v. Vote on student representative, Jonathan Gould is voted student representative to ACSR
b. Selection of student representatives to the Harvard University Dining Services Student Advisory Committee
i. Review of the HUDS Committee applications
ii. Vote on HUDS representatives, nine representatives elected
c. Discussion on application process this year
i. Preference of SAC/UC members in selection
ii. Allowing UC members to remain in the room during selection process
iii. Timing – create 2-hour slots throughout the week instead of 6-hour slots on weekend
d. Legislation: Student-Faculty Committees Appointments Act
i. Recommendations made as to rules
ii. Proposed amendments
1. Malika amends Act to include the Library Committee representative Ana Enriquez, amendment unanimously approved
iii. Call to question legislation
iv. Vote on legislation, approved unanimously (19-0-0)
e. Discussion on Committee of Inquiry and Committee on Rights and Responsibilities
II. Closing Business
a. Logistic announcements made
b. Attendance: all members present, Meeting adjourned by Tamar Holoshitz at 9:02PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Senan Ebrahim
Secretary, Student Affairs Committee, Fall 2008
Student Affairs Committee 7:00 PM
Loker Commons 028
Meeting Minutes
Meeting called to order at 7:07PM by Tamar Holoshitz
I. Business
a. Interview and selection of student representative to the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility
i. Group interview of Jamie Sterne
ii. Group interview of John Bowman
iii. Group interview of Jonathan Gould
iv. Discussion on candidates
v. Vote on student representative, Jonathan Gould is voted student representative to ACSR
b. Selection of student representatives to the Harvard University Dining Services Student Advisory Committee
i. Review of the HUDS Committee applications
ii. Vote on HUDS representatives, nine representatives elected
c. Discussion on application process this year
i. Preference of SAC/UC members in selection
ii. Allowing UC members to remain in the room during selection process
iii. Timing – create 2-hour slots throughout the week instead of 6-hour slots on weekend
d. Legislation: Student-Faculty Committees Appointments Act
i. Recommendations made as to rules
ii. Proposed amendments
1. Malika amends Act to include the Library Committee representative Ana Enriquez, amendment unanimously approved
iii. Call to question legislation
iv. Vote on legislation, approved unanimously (19-0-0)
e. Discussion on Committee of Inquiry and Committee on Rights and Responsibilities
II. Closing Business
a. Logistic announcements made
b. Attendance: all members present, Meeting adjourned by Tamar Holoshitz at 9:02PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Senan Ebrahim
Secretary, Student Affairs Committee, Fall 2008
UC General Meeting 10/13/08
UC General Meeting
October 13, 2008
Location: SOCH P02
I. Opening Remarks (Matt Sundquist)
a. hopes to be out by eight because he has a soccer game
b. guests to talk about the recent crime incidents along the quad route
II. Bud Reilly, Chief of HUPD
a. chief of police at university, 13 years at HUPD
b. reassure people about the incidents
c. used to have HQ near the route from the Yard to the Quad, but since renovation of new building they’re on the other side of campus
d. heart of matter: view among student journalists that (*criticism of the Voice*) there is a huge crime wave on campus. Total misquote on the part of the Voice, attributing an over-the-top comment on the incidents to Bud Reilly, which had never occurred. pleads for people to get the “right information” and not information written “unknowingly and inaccurately”.
e. “So-called ‘crime wave’” was the result of a number of safety advisories. It’s our duty, according to the law, to tell people what happened so that people can be vigilant so that they are mindful of surroundings—without tipping them over to the point of paralyzing fear.
f. Three burglaries, man arrested and charged.
g. 2 assaults, Cambridge police arrested and charged the dude.
h. Student attacked while blasting music on earphones. No description of attacker, no information.
i. Concrete attempt: try to increase police visibilityàCambridge Police Department will put more bike officers on the Quad-Yard route.
j. Each area of campus has a team of police officers, so get to know them!
k. Ask students: Be mindful of their surroundings to minimize the dangers. We don’t blame the victims and we do work to find the culprits, but in many cases incidents are avoidable. HUPD will try to do what it can to create a safer, more well-lit, blue phone-filled routes, but students need to be more aware and take precautions.
l. Responsiveness: Just because you’re going to call us doesn’t mean we’re going to drag people off in handcuffs, so there’s no need to fear overreaching on the part of officers. We’ll be very responsive to student calls, and we have a good track record on it.
m. Harvard students are easily targetable, because people have preconceptions of them as rich and overindulged (however unfair that characterization might be). They are targets, but students can help HUPD by being more mindful.
n. Because of the prevalence of cell phones, most 911 calls from student go to a nonlocal police department. They should put in 617-495-1212 into their speed dials.
III. Dean Ellison, Associate Dean of the College
a. among other things, in charge of emergency response, community safety
b. chair of the safety committeee
c. Describes lots of programs and information sources that students can use to educate themselves or prevent being victimized; many are student-initiated: shuttles, safety phone numbers, lighting, blue phones.
d. Students can take action through the Safety Committee
e. there’s a website for the safety committee
f. email address: hcsafety@fas.harvard.edu
i. monitored by Dean Ellison, forwarded to committee or commented directly
ii. little anecdote on how he’s responded in the past to emails
iii. he wants the email in the Crimson someday so that students can see it (good luck)
g. Message Me system in the event that there’s a crisis on campus, to inform students about what happened, where to go, what to do.
i. We don’t want to overuse it or spam students.
h. Bottom line: we want to hear from you or your peers, and there are venues for you to communicate concerns.
i. “My email address is adboard@fas.harvard.edu.” Hilarity ensues.
IV. Steve Catalano
a. 95% of crime that happens is property crime
b. Since 2000, crime on campus has decreased 33 percent
c. Since January 2007, crime has gone down
d. There is no solace to people who have been victims, but overall the risk is down
e. Most risk is in the dorms with your property. Unattended property inevitably increases your risk of losing property. Propping open your room doors increases risk of theft.
f. Dissenting view: 75% of violent crime in the community have occurred against males by masked assailants—because males tend to walk without regard to safety believing they can defend themselves
g. There is a booklet on what websites that has information on all kinds of safety concerns—mandated by the Dept. of Education, but HUPD goes above and beyond what is madnated
i. hupd.harvard.eduà “Playing it Safe”
h. We want to see more people take the shuttle and use the escort bus because there’s safety in numbers. No usual problems with delay, because request numbers are so small.
i. On website, a section called “If you see something, say something” a program originally designed in NYC against possible terrorism. It’s been carried over to fight crime. DO NOT INTERVENE. JUST CALL HUPD in the event of an incident.
V. Questions
a. Christian Starling: The only thing I got about safety was a talk about safety from my freshmen proctor. Is there anything that we could do to change that?
i. Bud: You must not have gone to the mandatory freshmen meetings. (says he’s kidding, but…?) We have people who set up programs in houses, work with House masters to set up programs to educate students and make contact. Plus, mandatory freshmen safety meetings; there was some pushback from the freshmen proctors about taking up student time. Bud wants a pushback against the pushback.
b. Spectator: questions the emphasis on self-sufficiency, because some Harvard students aren’t streetsmart. What can we do about stationing an officer on the Quad-Yard route?
i. Bud: We have one now.
c. Student spectator: Increase blue lights along the Quad-Yard route?
i. Bud: there are blue lights, but they have to be on Harvard buildings. They can’t be on private property.
ii. Some of the students who come on camps have absolutely no concern for their safety (women: 2/3 are concerned), and that needs to change.
iii. The Quad has three officers on patrol.
d. George: more streetlights on the Cambridge Commons? and along Garden St?
i. Bud: we can’t do that, that’s the city’s responsibility
ii. Ellison: historical commission makes it difficult make any changes, though there have been marginal success (a blue light in the Cambridge Commons). HUPD can’t patrol Cambridge Commons or Garden St. because they have no legal jurisdiction there.
e. Jack: are there any plans to have HUPD officers patrol areas in transit even though they lack technical jurisdiction for deterrence purposes? we appreciate HUPD! yay!
i. We have bike officers who do precisely that, and we have done that to increase visibility.
f. UC Rep whose name I don’t remember: I’m concerned about profiling. What steps are we taking to make the process more “well-rounded”?
i. Bud: Who looks like a Harvard student? That’s not the basis of how we interview people. We try to get as much information from the call as possible, and talk to everyone. A part of the reason HUPD is broken up into teams, so that the officers can recognize people in the community better. We try to recognize suspicious behavior, not suspicious-looking people. Most of the calls that HUPD has received have not been based on race, but about actions. Most of the perps have not been minorities but have been white males, so profiling would not be effective. We had victims who would give bad descriptions, but would identify characteristics of someone’s race that could be applied to anyone of that raceàwe don’t use those kinds of descriptions, because they would turn into Wanted posters that make innocent people feel fearful that they could be accused of perpetrating a crime. This has been a change in policy since the 70s, a “change in culture”
g. Student spectator: How do we avoid being unwelcoming?
i. Bud: We don’t want to send out an unwelcoming message to people.
ii. Steve: the default position is to call us, even if we have no jurisdiction.
h. Christian Starling: The campus looks very different, and is composed very differently from past campuses. There are a lot of people who aren’t from urban areas, and who don’t understand individual safety as much. Is there anyway to introduce students to our neighborhood in Cambridge, so they can be more aware?
i. Bud: good idea
ii. Ellison: It’s hard to do. It’s difficult to familiarize students with these because it could be leaked to the press and there could be public consequences to such a policy. This is a job of the proctors and tutors: educate students about their community and prepare them for being safe.
iii. Ellison: Be on the Safety Committee!!!
iv. Bud: Two free safety programs on campusà one for women, shorter for men. These programs are helped by older mentors who can help without stigmatizing.
v. Bud: attention span is a problem. We don’t want to spam students with lots of safety information. We get responses from some students accusing us of spamming even when we send out community advisories.
vi. Steve: a one page email for students pending.
i. Matt: thanks for coming dudes!
VI. Rules Elections
a. Matt: we’re going to take volunteers for rules, we need 7 people, meets on an ad hoc basis
b. unless everyone objects, we can pass the people by acclamation
i. Mohindra, Eric M., Seth Peter, Alyssa, Matt Garcia, Kia, Christian, Abby, Doug, Tamar, Daniel, Bill, Eric H., Papa, Amanda, Sonia, Zags
ii. no objections
iii. passed by acclamation
VII. Committee Annoucements
a. Andrea: 272 grant requests for this week
i. up front grants which makes it only 171 requests
ii. she’ll be having office hours and grant interviews in lamont café if people feel nervous
b. Tamar
i. SAC did a great job interviewing people for the student-faculty committees
VIII. Email system trial from a webmail server that doesn’t allow mail forwarding. Does anyone want to do a trial?
a. resounding boos from the Council
b. trial exclusively for UC
c. a few people (with questionable judgment) volunteered
IX. Parliamentarian appointments
a. massive distraction from the crowd
X. Tony and the budget
a. Info passed out
b. Tony: please take a look at budget, make questions—or we can just pass it this week? which would you prefer?
c. Matt: these are projected figures, so they’re not final.
d. Tony: in that case, take a look at the flyer, send me questions.
XI. End meeting
October 13, 2008
Location: SOCH P02
I. Opening Remarks (Matt Sundquist)
a. hopes to be out by eight because he has a soccer game
b. guests to talk about the recent crime incidents along the quad route
II. Bud Reilly, Chief of HUPD
a. chief of police at university, 13 years at HUPD
b. reassure people about the incidents
c. used to have HQ near the route from the Yard to the Quad, but since renovation of new building they’re on the other side of campus
d. heart of matter: view among student journalists that (*criticism of the Voice*) there is a huge crime wave on campus. Total misquote on the part of the Voice, attributing an over-the-top comment on the incidents to Bud Reilly, which had never occurred. pleads for people to get the “right information” and not information written “unknowingly and inaccurately”.
e. “So-called ‘crime wave’” was the result of a number of safety advisories. It’s our duty, according to the law, to tell people what happened so that people can be vigilant so that they are mindful of surroundings—without tipping them over to the point of paralyzing fear.
f. Three burglaries, man arrested and charged.
g. 2 assaults, Cambridge police arrested and charged the dude.
h. Student attacked while blasting music on earphones. No description of attacker, no information.
i. Concrete attempt: try to increase police visibilityàCambridge Police Department will put more bike officers on the Quad-Yard route.
j. Each area of campus has a team of police officers, so get to know them!
k. Ask students: Be mindful of their surroundings to minimize the dangers. We don’t blame the victims and we do work to find the culprits, but in many cases incidents are avoidable. HUPD will try to do what it can to create a safer, more well-lit, blue phone-filled routes, but students need to be more aware and take precautions.
l. Responsiveness: Just because you’re going to call us doesn’t mean we’re going to drag people off in handcuffs, so there’s no need to fear overreaching on the part of officers. We’ll be very responsive to student calls, and we have a good track record on it.
m. Harvard students are easily targetable, because people have preconceptions of them as rich and overindulged (however unfair that characterization might be). They are targets, but students can help HUPD by being more mindful.
n. Because of the prevalence of cell phones, most 911 calls from student go to a nonlocal police department. They should put in 617-495-1212 into their speed dials.
III. Dean Ellison, Associate Dean of the College
a. among other things, in charge of emergency response, community safety
b. chair of the safety committeee
c. Describes lots of programs and information sources that students can use to educate themselves or prevent being victimized; many are student-initiated: shuttles, safety phone numbers, lighting, blue phones.
d. Students can take action through the Safety Committee
e. there’s a website for the safety committee
f. email address: hcsafety@fas.harvard.edu
i. monitored by Dean Ellison, forwarded to committee or commented directly
ii. little anecdote on how he’s responded in the past to emails
iii. he wants the email in the Crimson someday so that students can see it (good luck)
g. Message Me system in the event that there’s a crisis on campus, to inform students about what happened, where to go, what to do.
i. We don’t want to overuse it or spam students.
h. Bottom line: we want to hear from you or your peers, and there are venues for you to communicate concerns.
i. “My email address is adboard@fas.harvard.edu.” Hilarity ensues.
IV. Steve Catalano
a. 95% of crime that happens is property crime
b. Since 2000, crime on campus has decreased 33 percent
c. Since January 2007, crime has gone down
d. There is no solace to people who have been victims, but overall the risk is down
e. Most risk is in the dorms with your property. Unattended property inevitably increases your risk of losing property. Propping open your room doors increases risk of theft.
f. Dissenting view: 75% of violent crime in the community have occurred against males by masked assailants—because males tend to walk without regard to safety believing they can defend themselves
g. There is a booklet on what websites that has information on all kinds of safety concerns—mandated by the Dept. of Education, but HUPD goes above and beyond what is madnated
i. hupd.harvard.eduà “Playing it Safe”
h. We want to see more people take the shuttle and use the escort bus because there’s safety in numbers. No usual problems with delay, because request numbers are so small.
i. On website, a section called “If you see something, say something” a program originally designed in NYC against possible terrorism. It’s been carried over to fight crime. DO NOT INTERVENE. JUST CALL HUPD in the event of an incident.
V. Questions
a. Christian Starling: The only thing I got about safety was a talk about safety from my freshmen proctor. Is there anything that we could do to change that?
i. Bud: You must not have gone to the mandatory freshmen meetings. (says he’s kidding, but…?) We have people who set up programs in houses, work with House masters to set up programs to educate students and make contact. Plus, mandatory freshmen safety meetings; there was some pushback from the freshmen proctors about taking up student time. Bud wants a pushback against the pushback.
b. Spectator: questions the emphasis on self-sufficiency, because some Harvard students aren’t streetsmart. What can we do about stationing an officer on the Quad-Yard route?
i. Bud: We have one now.
c. Student spectator: Increase blue lights along the Quad-Yard route?
i. Bud: there are blue lights, but they have to be on Harvard buildings. They can’t be on private property.
ii. Some of the students who come on camps have absolutely no concern for their safety (women: 2/3 are concerned), and that needs to change.
iii. The Quad has three officers on patrol.
d. George: more streetlights on the Cambridge Commons? and along Garden St?
i. Bud: we can’t do that, that’s the city’s responsibility
ii. Ellison: historical commission makes it difficult make any changes, though there have been marginal success (a blue light in the Cambridge Commons). HUPD can’t patrol Cambridge Commons or Garden St. because they have no legal jurisdiction there.
e. Jack: are there any plans to have HUPD officers patrol areas in transit even though they lack technical jurisdiction for deterrence purposes? we appreciate HUPD! yay!
i. We have bike officers who do precisely that, and we have done that to increase visibility.
f. UC Rep whose name I don’t remember: I’m concerned about profiling. What steps are we taking to make the process more “well-rounded”?
i. Bud: Who looks like a Harvard student? That’s not the basis of how we interview people. We try to get as much information from the call as possible, and talk to everyone. A part of the reason HUPD is broken up into teams, so that the officers can recognize people in the community better. We try to recognize suspicious behavior, not suspicious-looking people. Most of the calls that HUPD has received have not been based on race, but about actions. Most of the perps have not been minorities but have been white males, so profiling would not be effective. We had victims who would give bad descriptions, but would identify characteristics of someone’s race that could be applied to anyone of that raceàwe don’t use those kinds of descriptions, because they would turn into Wanted posters that make innocent people feel fearful that they could be accused of perpetrating a crime. This has been a change in policy since the 70s, a “change in culture”
g. Student spectator: How do we avoid being unwelcoming?
i. Bud: We don’t want to send out an unwelcoming message to people.
ii. Steve: the default position is to call us, even if we have no jurisdiction.
h. Christian Starling: The campus looks very different, and is composed very differently from past campuses. There are a lot of people who aren’t from urban areas, and who don’t understand individual safety as much. Is there anyway to introduce students to our neighborhood in Cambridge, so they can be more aware?
i. Bud: good idea
ii. Ellison: It’s hard to do. It’s difficult to familiarize students with these because it could be leaked to the press and there could be public consequences to such a policy. This is a job of the proctors and tutors: educate students about their community and prepare them for being safe.
iii. Ellison: Be on the Safety Committee!!!
iv. Bud: Two free safety programs on campusà one for women, shorter for men. These programs are helped by older mentors who can help without stigmatizing.
v. Bud: attention span is a problem. We don’t want to spam students with lots of safety information. We get responses from some students accusing us of spamming even when we send out community advisories.
vi. Steve: a one page email for students pending.
i. Matt: thanks for coming dudes!
VI. Rules Elections
a. Matt: we’re going to take volunteers for rules, we need 7 people, meets on an ad hoc basis
b. unless everyone objects, we can pass the people by acclamation
i. Mohindra, Eric M., Seth Peter, Alyssa, Matt Garcia, Kia, Christian, Abby, Doug, Tamar, Daniel, Bill, Eric H., Papa, Amanda, Sonia, Zags
ii. no objections
iii. passed by acclamation
VII. Committee Annoucements
a. Andrea: 272 grant requests for this week
i. up front grants which makes it only 171 requests
ii. she’ll be having office hours and grant interviews in lamont café if people feel nervous
b. Tamar
i. SAC did a great job interviewing people for the student-faculty committees
VIII. Email system trial from a webmail server that doesn’t allow mail forwarding. Does anyone want to do a trial?
a. resounding boos from the Council
b. trial exclusively for UC
c. a few people (with questionable judgment) volunteered
IX. Parliamentarian appointments
a. massive distraction from the crowd
X. Tony and the budget
a. Info passed out
b. Tony: please take a look at budget, make questions—or we can just pass it this week? which would you prefer?
c. Matt: these are projected figures, so they’re not final.
d. Tony: in that case, take a look at the flyer, send me questions.
XI. End meeting
Student Affairs Committee Meeting 10/7/08
Twenty-Sixth Council October 7, 2008
Student Affairs Committee 7:00 PM
Memorial Hall 203
Meeting Minutes
Meeting called to order at 7:07PM by Tamar Holoshitz
I. Business
a. Elections
i. Secretary
1. Ben nominates Senan, Senan accepts
2. Mallika nominates Eric, Eric accepts
3. Senan voted Secretary of SAC
ii. Vice Chair of Committee on College Life
1. Elissa nominates Jack, Jack accepts
2. Bill nominates Eric Hysen, Eric accepts
3. Jack nominates Maia, Maia accepts
4. Jack voted Vice Chair of Committee on College Life
iii. Vice Chair of Committee on House Life
1. Dan nominates Eric Hysen, Eric accepts
2. Elissa nominates Matt Garcia, Matt declines
3. George nominates Ben, Ben accepts
4. Dan nominates George, George declines
5. Mallika nominates Nadia, Nadia declines
6. Matt nominates Charles, Charles accepts
7. Ben voted Vice Chair of Committee on House Life
iv. Vice Chair of Committee on Undergraduate Education
1. Elissa nominates Papa, Papa accepts
2. Ben nominates Sarah, Sarah accepts
3. Eric Hysen nominates Mallika, Mallika accepts
4. Sarah voted Vice Chair of Committee on Undergraduate Education
b. Discussions of committee appointments process and application publicity
i. 20 Student-faculty committees
ii. Applications due Friday at noon
iii. Friday – deciding who interviews and when
iv. Saturday-Monday – interviews for student-faculty committees
1. Everyone welcome to attend all 18 hours of interviews, required to go to 6 hours
v. Publicity: everyone emails ten friends personal emails, Papa will poster the yard on Thursday
II. Closing Business
a. Logistic announcements made
b. Attendance: all members except Doug present, George departed at 8:30PM
c. Meeting adjourned by Tamar Holoshitz at 8:54PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Senan Ebrahim
Secretary, Student Affairs Committee, Fall 2008
Student Affairs Committee 7:00 PM
Memorial Hall 203
Meeting Minutes
Meeting called to order at 7:07PM by Tamar Holoshitz
I. Business
a. Elections
i. Secretary
1. Ben nominates Senan, Senan accepts
2. Mallika nominates Eric, Eric accepts
3. Senan voted Secretary of SAC
ii. Vice Chair of Committee on College Life
1. Elissa nominates Jack, Jack accepts
2. Bill nominates Eric Hysen, Eric accepts
3. Jack nominates Maia, Maia accepts
4. Jack voted Vice Chair of Committee on College Life
iii. Vice Chair of Committee on House Life
1. Dan nominates Eric Hysen, Eric accepts
2. Elissa nominates Matt Garcia, Matt declines
3. George nominates Ben, Ben accepts
4. Dan nominates George, George declines
5. Mallika nominates Nadia, Nadia declines
6. Matt nominates Charles, Charles accepts
7. Ben voted Vice Chair of Committee on House Life
iv. Vice Chair of Committee on Undergraduate Education
1. Elissa nominates Papa, Papa accepts
2. Ben nominates Sarah, Sarah accepts
3. Eric Hysen nominates Mallika, Mallika accepts
4. Sarah voted Vice Chair of Committee on Undergraduate Education
b. Discussions of committee appointments process and application publicity
i. 20 Student-faculty committees
ii. Applications due Friday at noon
iii. Friday – deciding who interviews and when
iv. Saturday-Monday – interviews for student-faculty committees
1. Everyone welcome to attend all 18 hours of interviews, required to go to 6 hours
v. Publicity: everyone emails ten friends personal emails, Papa will poster the yard on Thursday
II. Closing Business
a. Logistic announcements made
b. Attendance: all members except Doug present, George departed at 8:30PM
c. Meeting adjourned by Tamar Holoshitz at 8:54PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Senan Ebrahim
Secretary, Student Affairs Committee, Fall 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
UC~ UnderCover_101508
UC~ Under Cover
Hello Leverett,
Just in case you weren't able to make the long hike to the quad on Monday for the open UC General Meeting on Campus Safety, I have compiled some important notes from this event!!!
On Monday October 13th, HUPD Chief Francis "Bud" Riley, Jay Ellison, Associate College Dean and Chair of the Harvard College Safety Committee, and Steve Catalano, Harvard Police Dept. Public Information Officer, hosted an informal discussion in the SOCH to talk about recent concerns about safety on campus. At the end of the meeting students had a chance to voice some of their suggestions on how to improve safety on campus. Below are Chief Riley's 10 Simple Ways to "Play It Safe," 7 suggestions made by students at the meeting, and 3 of the most interesting things I learned!
10 Simple Ways to "Play It Safe"
1. Know the HUPD urgent number (617-495-1212) and "In Case of Emergency" (ICE) contacts in your cell phone on speed dial.
2. Actively participate in maintaining a safe and secure campus by adopting the "If You See Something, Say Something" philosophy
3. Call the HUPD immediately if you observe suspicious activity or if you are victimized
4. Familiarize yourself with the "Designated Pathways" on campus
5. Call the HUPD immediately if you observe suspicious activity or if you are victimized
6. Read and adhere to the crime prevention tips found on the HUPD website
7. Register your laptop and bicycle
8. Sign up for MessageMe (text message service in case of an emergency)
9. Attend or organize a safety talk with an HUPD officer
10. Watch the "Partnership for a Safe Community" video (www.hupd.harvard.edu/safe_com_video.php ).
**In order for the Harvard University Police Department to maintain a safe and secure campus it needs the help of the community. If you follow the advice above you will be doing your part to ensure your safety as well as the safety of the entire Harvard University community.
Suggestions Made by Students to the HUPD:
1. An effort to change the culture of calling 911 for all issues. (We have to be careful here to avoid telling people never to call 911. They should in life-threatening or serious medical issues.)
2. Need for routine safety talks in the Houses and the Yard.
3. Publicize the Safety Committee and encourage students to raise their safety and security concerns there
4. The need to publicize and encourage students to utilize resources offered such as HUCEP, escort van, RAD, etc.
5. An effort to increase visibility of HUPD officers around the Quad and other areas where students feel at risk.
6. The need to examine lighting and blue light phones around the Common and along Garden Street.
7. Have a discussion about "street smarts" and provide students with tangible action steps they can take to protect themselves including situations to avoid
Kia's Top Three:
1. 75% of violent crime in the community have occurred against males by masked assailants—because males tend to walk without regard to safety believing they can defend themselves
2. If it's after 3am and shuttles are no longer running, you can always call HUPD and they will find a security guard on-call to escort you home--even if you live off campus. I sometimes leave Lamont library at that awkward time between 3am and the next day, and am terrified to walk home so this was music to my ears!
3. Don't prop open your doors, not even for a minute= just don't do it! Most risk is in the dorms with your property. 95% of crime that happens is property crime and unattended property inevitably increases your risk of losing property. Propping open your room doors dramatically increases risk of theft.
Warm Regards,
Kia Jovanie McLeod
UC Public Relations Chair
The Undergraduate Council (UC) is Harvard's undergraduate student government, composed of 33 students elected from their house or yard and a popularly elected President and Vice President. The UC allocates a roughly $470,000 budget every year, appoints student members to over 20 student faculty committees, and advocates for students on a range of academic and student life issues. Last year the UC allocated approximately $120,000 to House Committees and over $330,000 to student groups. In the past the UC has successfully advocated for issues such as Calender reform and 24-hour lamont and this semester the UC is focusing on AdBoard reforms, a review of College governance, and increasing student group and project funding. You can learn more about the UC at www.uc.fas.harvard.edu
Hello Leverett,
Just in case you weren't able to make the long hike to the quad on Monday for the open UC General Meeting on Campus Safety, I have compiled some important notes from this event!!!
On Monday October 13th, HUPD Chief Francis "Bud" Riley, Jay Ellison, Associate College Dean and Chair of the Harvard College Safety Committee, and Steve Catalano, Harvard Police Dept. Public Information Officer, hosted an informal discussion in the SOCH to talk about recent concerns about safety on campus. At the end of the meeting students had a chance to voice some of their suggestions on how to improve safety on campus. Below are Chief Riley's 10 Simple Ways to "Play It Safe," 7 suggestions made by students at the meeting, and 3 of the most interesting things I learned!
10 Simple Ways to "Play It Safe"
1. Know the HUPD urgent number (617-495-1212) and "In Case of Emergency" (ICE) contacts in your cell phone on speed dial.
2. Actively participate in maintaining a safe and secure campus by adopting the "If You See Something, Say Something" philosophy
3. Call the HUPD immediately if you observe suspicious activity or if you are victimized
4. Familiarize yourself with the "Designated Pathways" on campus
5. Call the HUPD immediately if you observe suspicious activity or if you are victimized
6. Read and adhere to the crime prevention tips found on the HUPD website
7. Register your laptop and bicycle
8. Sign up for MessageMe (text message service in case of an emergency)
9. Attend or organize a safety talk with an HUPD officer
10. Watch the "Partnership for a Safe Community" video (www.hupd.harvard.edu/safe_
**In order for the Harvard University Police Department to maintain a safe and secure campus it needs the help of the community. If you follow the advice above you will be doing your part to ensure your safety as well as the safety of the entire Harvard University community.
Suggestions Made by Students to the HUPD:
1. An effort to change the culture of calling 911 for all issues. (We have to be careful here to avoid telling people never to call 911. They should in life-threatening or serious medical issues.)
2. Need for routine safety talks in the Houses and the Yard.
3. Publicize the Safety Committee and encourage students to raise their safety and security concerns there
4. The need to publicize and encourage students to utilize resources offered such as HUCEP, escort van, RAD, etc.
5. An effort to increase visibility of HUPD officers around the Quad and other areas where students feel at risk.
6. The need to examine lighting and blue light phones around the Common and along Garden Street.
7. Have a discussion about "street smarts" and provide students with tangible action steps they can take to protect themselves including situations to avoid
Kia's Top Three:
1. 75% of violent crime in the community have occurred against males by masked assailants—because males tend to walk without regard to safety believing they can defend themselves
2. If it's after 3am and shuttles are no longer running, you can always call HUPD and they will find a security guard on-call to escort you home--even if you live off campus. I sometimes leave Lamont library at that awkward time between 3am and the next day, and am terrified to walk home so this was music to my ears!
3. Don't prop open your doors, not even for a minute= just don't do it! Most risk is in the dorms with your property. 95% of crime that happens is property crime and unattended property inevitably increases your risk of losing property. Propping open your room doors dramatically increases risk of theft.
Warm Regards,
Kia Jovanie McLeod
UC Public Relations Chair
The Undergraduate Council (UC) is Harvard's undergraduate student government, composed of 33 students elected from their house or yard and a popularly elected President and Vice President. The UC allocates a roughly $470,000 budget every year, appoints student members to over 20 student faculty committees, and advocates for students on a range of academic and student life issues. Last year the UC allocated approximately $120,000 to House Committees and over $330,000 to student groups. In the past the UC has successfully advocated for issues such as Calender reform and 24-hour lamont and this semester the UC is focusing on AdBoard reforms, a review of College governance, and increasing student group and project funding. You can learn more about the UC at www.uc.fas.harvard.edu
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