Student Coalition

Harvard's representatives have decided not to participate in next week's Boston-area campus "Week of Resistance" to the Solomon Amendment, a congressional proposal which links federal financial aid to draft registration, because plans for the college's portion of the events have fallen through, organizers said last week.

Undergraduate Council delegates to the recently formed Boston Area Student Coalition (BASC) last week cancelled a debate on the bill when the amendment's sponsor, Rep. Gerald B.H. Solomon (R-N.Y.), said he would not be able to come to Harvard before May.

"If we can't get Solomon there's no point in having a debate." Undergraduate Council Chairman Sesha Pratap '84 said yesterday. "The whole idea was to bring the issue up on campus."

The debate was the only event scheduled to take place at Harvard.

Council organizers said they did not think there is great interest at Harvard in the Solomon amendment, which in past weeks has been delayed by a preliminary court injunction.

But at Boston University--where university President John R. Silber is a vocal supporter of the amendment--Tufts, and Brandeis universities, events will proceed as planned. B.U. sophomore Donald S. Maurice, a BASC member, said yesterday.

Tufts representatives held a rally yesterday and BASC organizers will stage rallies next Tuesday at Brandeis and next Wednesday at B.U., Maurice added.

The Undergraduate Council voted last week to give BASC $200 to help fund the "Week of Resistance." The B.U. and Tufts student governments have provided similar funding.

The student coalition currently consists of representatives from Harvard, Tufts and B.U., and Brandeis students have expressed interest in joining. BASC members decided recently that they would admit representatives from any college in the Boston area.

Though members have said that the organization probably will not be a major force in student issues in the near future, they said it would be useful if major student issues cropped up over the summer or next fall.

"BASC has accomplished at least its goal--to bring the schools together," Maurice said, "but as a major driving force, that's a different matter."