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By voting down the amendment, the council has shown blatant disrespect for the will of the student body. If the referendum demonstrates that students are opposed to an increase in the termbill, the council should abide by the asserted voice of the students— whom, council members should remember...
An amendment that would have prevented the council from going ahead with the fee hike, should the referendum fail, was voted down, 28 to 6. Despite the outcome of the referendum, this decision allows the council the option to go ahead and petition the College administration to increase the fee...
Russell M. Anello ’04, who co-authored the referendum bill, called this failed amendment “draconian” because it would have blocked the council from asking the College to raise fees marginally to take inflation into account.
Before being passed, the resolution had to overcome a lengthy debate on an amendment that would have supported allowing Ad Boarded students to choose whether or not to have their peers sit in on their hearing.
Other council members disagreed, saying that such an amendment would weaken student position on the Ad Board and go against the intent of the bill.