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Grimeland/Hadfield: Every year there is an unspoken though persistent debate on campus about the importance of (or continued need for) cultural and racial student organizations on campus. Some students would like to deny the fact that institutional racism and de facto segregation still exist in society, let alone at this purportedly liberal and enlightened institution. In light of Grimeland's membership in the comical though possibly insensitive Facebook group, "Harvard White Men's Association" how do you plan to bridge the expansive gap between the White men (and women) of Harvard and the more 40 cultural and racial student groups for non-White students at Harvard in a way different from the other tickets when Harvard is now and has always been, in many ways, a White men's association?

Haddock/Riley: Planning social events has not been the UC's strong point recently and the Campus Life Committee has received a significant amount of criticism for its failures in the past year or so. Nevertheless, one of the largest social event failures of the UC was the debacle at Lamont Library in October where the Finale and Felipes food that was so widely advertised was scarce. In light of the fact that, according to the Facebook group "I Survived The Great Lamont Dessert riot of 2005" of which Haddock is a member, you were the "event organizer and culprit-in-chief" of this event, what do you see your ticket doing to uniquely reform (or revolutionize) social event planning at Harvard College through the UC to avoid your mistakes of the past?

Voith/Gadgil: Your ticket's platform has an ambitious plan for giving Harvard College students a direct voice to the UC President and Vice President. Your ticket supposedly supports the voice of the entire student body though Voith's membership in the Facebook group "Bird Watching/Calling
Society"--essentially a Phoenix S.K. Club Facebook group--shows that you actively participate in an organization that excludes over half of the student body: women. Gadgil's membership in The Seneca does the same. How do you reconcile what appears to be a dilemma for your ticket in this sense, especially in light of your stated interest in bringing a women's center to Harvard--how do you foresee women's relationships with final clubs if this women's center is erected?

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