Democracy is spreading. On Monday and Tuesday students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) will vote on the same resolutions that the faculty just approved. Here’s the e-mail that’s sent around by the Graduate Student Council, a group of about 50, including representatives from each academic department. (The website URL has been changed to protect the innocent voters.)

<< The Faculty have spoken, now it’s your turn.

Last Tuesday the FAS faculty voted “lack of confidence” in President Summers. On Monday and Tuesday GSAS students will have the chance to vote on the same question. Harvard and the world want to know what thousands of graduate students think about their university president.

Polls will open from 7am Monday (March 21) and close at 5pm Tuesday (March 22). Log on to the weblink below between these hours to cast your anonymous vote.

It’s a quick and easy process.

http://www.xxxx.yyy.zzz

The two questions are those offered to faculty at their vote last week.

The results are vital to the ongoing debate, and graduate student opinion is of great interest to faculty and the press.

Yours,

The Graduate Student Council>>