Harvard Undergraduate Council
"[4] The Harvard Crimson's editorial board characterized the UC as "a dysfunctional, detached government...unpopular enough to spark massive support for its abolition.
[17] This committee's deliberations eventually led to the passage of legislation from the faculty, a bill which was created the Harvard-Radcliffe Undergraduate Council in 1982.
Lee's victory as Harvard student body president sparked international media attention, as 20 of South Korea's top broadcasting companies and newspapers covered her win.
[26][27][28][29] In March 2020, after the coronavirus pandemic forced Harvard undergraduates to leave campus, the UC advocated for Harvard to adopt a "Double A" model ensuring a grade of A or A− for all students (with no failing grade) and then pivoted to calling for a "Universal pass system that preferably treats a Pass as a '4.0' for GPA purposes," sparking widespread ridicule.
[36][37][38] The Harvard Crimson's editorial board criticized the UC for "debating parliamentary issues" instead of improving student life.
[40][9] In 2019, the Undergraduate Council passed a package of reforms that modified the structure of standing committees and created a new communications team.
[50] A transition meeting was held on April 4 of council members and club leaders to establish interim funding procedures and program continuations.
[54] This new body included fewer elected representatives and solicited undergraduate volunteers to join one of the organization's issue-focused teams.
[58][59] Campus administrators, such as Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana, frequently commented on the fall of the UC.
[62] The Undergraduate Council was indirectly satirized in an original play, written by Chinyere Obasi, called Under Control/Utter Chaos which ran at the end of November and beginning of December 2023.
