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Committee Vets Sex Magazine

College administrators express concerns about potential content

But Gross said H Bomb will be “much more examined” than other Harvard publications.

“That picture’s going to be reprinted in every magazine from Hustler on,” he said.

With no consensus reached at the meeting, H Bomb remains an officially recognized student publication with no guidelines from the College as of yet.

Undergraduate Council President Matthew W. Mahan ’05 reiterated his support for the magazine at yesterday’s meeting, saying it would be “more important for the College to step in” to ensure safe interaction between students and photographers.

“Do we really care what the readers of Hustler are reading and seeing anyway?” he asked.

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Meanwhile, Kidd announced steps yesterday that the CCL will now take to prevent more surprises like H Bomb from surfacing.

From now on, committee members will receive information about proposed student groups a week prior to consideration instead of receiving it the day of their meeting.

In other business, the committee delayed a decision on whether to approve another potentially controversial student group seeking official recognition.

The Harvard Oenological Society, a campus wine-tasting group, raised concerns from CCL members who were reluctant to give students the official responsibility to monitor underage drinking.

The group’s proposal said it would limit alcohol consumption to members 21 and older.

CCL members cited the existence of stein clubs in several Houses as support for the wine-tasting group, but several members said they wanted to ensure that mechanisms would be implemented to guard against underage drinking.

A final decision on the group was postponed until the next CCL meeting, scheduled for April.

Undergraduate Council member Jason L. Lurie ’05, who was present at the meeting, said that most of the officers of the wine-tasting group are seniors, which makes for “time issues.”

“I think it’s almost killing their club to postpone [a decision],” he said.

—Staff writer William B. Higgins can be reached at whiggins@fas.harvard.edu.

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