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While the dean of students and his select committee have been planning the College's celebration of its 350th anniversary, the Undergraduate Council--the only legitimate student government--has had no role in the festivities' preparations...
Instead of engaging the full council's aid in the 350th preparations, Epps presented the idea for the College 350th to the Committee on College Life (CCL)--made up of five members of the Undergraduate Council and five faculty members--and consulted house committee chairmen. After the CCL approved the birthday party for undergraduates, Epps recruited a student committee to plan the events...
...Zegart '89, a member of CCL and chairman of the council's student services committee, also served on the 350th steering committee. She says she appealed to the council on more than one occasion, asking for individual help in planning the birthday party, but no member showed interest or came to her with ideas...
Some council members pointed to the summer vacation as an explanation for the student government's absence from the agenda-setting committee. The council does not meet during the long summer break, and it does not convene again until October 15--the week after the College 350th...
Warren and others say things would have been different had the council had a role in the 350th and more events would have been open to the undergraduate population at large. Several suggested lotteried events or academic symposia similar to those held during the University 350th held earlier this month...