SEAN C. GRIFFIN '90

Sean C. Griffin, a senior from Quincy House, says that he alone among the candidates has advocated the correct balance between political and student services issues.

"I hold the view that is being avoided by most people," Griffin says. "I see the council addressing both services and political issues," he adds.

Griffin says that his activity in a wide variety of council issues, ranging from campus security (he was vice-chair of the ad-hoc committee on security, under Battat) to minority and women faculty hiring makes him most qualified for the office of chair.

Griffin also says that because he is the only senior running for chair, he has a unique perspective on Harvard, particularly house life.

But while Griffin does not shy away from political issues, he points out the need to resolve the ROTC issue quickly. He says that, in keeping with a council resolution from last year, consideration of ROTC's status will be among the first items on his agenda.

"The council really needs to move beyond ROTC, like America needed to move beyond Watergate in the 1970s," Griffin says.

Griffin says he hopes to re-establish ad-hoc committees on minority and women faculty hiring as well as security early in the year. He said that addressing the proposed plan to randomize housing and beginning publication of a council newsletter would also be high on his agenda.

GUHAN SUBRAMANIAN '91

Subramanian, a sophomore-standing second year student, says that despite his age and relative inexperience on the council--only one year--his work as chair of the council's finance committee makes him qualified to run for chair.

Subramanian, originally from Delaware, says the reforms he devised for the council's distribution of student group grant money were his greatest accomplishments last year.

Like Battat and Outzs, he says that political issues should not be ignored, but urges greater emphasis on student service issues. Subramanian adds, however, that the council should not shy away from strong--if unconventional--action when warranted.

He says that because the student body last year voted down a referendum that would have allowed it to elect the council chair, the chair should not be "presidential." Unlike Lee, Subramanian issued a would not vote or take positions on council issues.

Early in the race for chair, Subramanian issued a 40-page laser-printed and bound position paper, thoroughly footnoted, outlining his philosophy of the council and proposing specific ideas.

Subramanian, like Griffin, advocates a council newspaper. In addition, Subramanian says he wants a Harvard internal mail service, a student center and efforts to provide cleaner water.