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The HRC Weekly
Harvard Republican Club Bulletin
Volume X, Issue VII -- Week of February 27th, 2005

This week’s contents:

I. HRC Boston Celtics Trip - Buy Tickets Now!

II. RSEP/Policy Study Break Wednesday

III. Feith Address Thursday

IV. HPU Life-Choice Debate Thursday

V. IOP Study Group to Stop Sex Trafficking - Monday!

VI. IOP Study Group with Tom Newcomb - Thursday!

VII. Rick Warren at the IOP - Lottery Now

VIII. Get Your New HRC T-Shirt!

IX. Pay Your Dues!

Quote of the week...

"Every year we wait to address this problem will make any eventual solution more painful and drastic, and we will saddle our children and grandchildren with an ever-greater burden. We need to act now to fix Social Security permanently."

- President Bush, in his weekly radio address on February 26th.

TOP PHOTO: President Bush walks past a chart titled the Demographics of Social Security at the Robinson Center Auditorium Friday, Feb. 4, 2005 in Little Rock, Ark. Bush is on a five-state tour to sell the American public the agenda he laid out before Congress in his State of the Union address. Bush focused on his proposal to change the Social Security system, which he says is heading for bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

BOTTOM PHOTO: Despite the Democratic Party's current insistance "that there is no crisis" in the Social Security system, they have not always denied it. In this photo dated February 9, 1998, then-President Clinton gestures during an address on the Social Security system at Georgetown. The president prodded Congress to make saving budget surplus funds for a future fix of Social Security, "the driving principal of this year's work." (AP Photo/J.Scott Applewhite)

I. HRC Boston Celtics Trip - Buy Tickets Now! - HRC is taking a group trip to see the Boston Celtics play the Detroit Pistons, and you're invited! The game is on Friday, March 11th at 7:30. Cost is $20, discounted from $30 thanks to UC and HRC funds. There are only a few tickets remaining, so RSVP right away to John (souther@fas)

II. RSEP/Policy Study Break Wednesday - Republicans for Sound Economic Policy and the Policy Committee will host a joint study break this Wednesday night, time and location TBA. Contact CR (sincock@fas) for details.

III. Feith Address Thursday - Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith will deliver a speech at the IOP this Thursday, March 3 at 8:00 PM entitled "The War on Terrorism." HRC is a co-sponsor of this event.

IV. HPU Life-Choice Debate Thursday - Rather than the regular HPU Dinner Discussion this Thursday night, HPU is putting on a debate between Harvard Right to Life and Students For Choice on the issue of abortion. Come and participate in this charged topic. The debate will be at 6:00, location TBA. Contact Vivek (ramasw@fas) with questions.

V. IOP Study Group to Stop Sex Trafficking - Monday! - This newest IOP study group starts Monday from 5 to 6 in IOP room 275. Help research sex trafficking, raise awareness of it and develop policy to stop it. For information contact HRC member Bryce Caswell at bcaswell@fas or study group leader Loui Itoh at itoh@fas.

VI. IOP Study Group with Tom Newcomb - Thursday! - On Thursdays from 4 to 5:30, this study group deals with terrorism and national security issues. Tom Newcomb served as a Special Assistant to the President and as an antiterrorism official in the NSC under President Bush's previous administration. Contact Keith (macleod@fas) for details.

VII. Rick Warren at the IOP - Lottery Now - HRC has been given a small number of tickets for a dinner with "The Purpose Driven Life" author Rick Warren at the Charles Hotel Wednesday, March 9th at 7:30 PM. Warren is the pastor of Saddleback Church in CA, the largest church in the Southern Baptist Convention, and is very influential in both Republican and evangelical circles. To lottery for this event, email Matthew Downer (mdowner@fas). Warren will also deliver an address in the IOP Forum at 6:00 that same day.

VIII. Get Your New HRC T-Shirt! - T-shirts are $10 and can be purchased from John Souther; email him at souther@fas.harvard.edu. To see the design for yourself, go to: http://hcs.harvard.edu/~gop/hrc_merchandise.html

IX. Become a Dues-Paid Member! - To pay dues, send a $5 check made out to Harvard Republican Club via University Mail to Meghan Grizzle, 195 Leverett Mail Center.

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