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...first-year member on the Undergraduate Council, John A. Burton '01 often took attendance at the council's meetings, using the chance to check off members at the door as a way to learn their names and make connections...
...when Burton takes the roll at council meetings this semester--two months into his term as vice president--his calls for silence are often met by rolled eyes and snickers, and his every misstep is carefully documented by council opponents...
...council's April 9 meeting, for example, a group of members challenged Burton for sloppy record-keeping...
...council postponed its business for more than 30 minutes to debate allowing C. Jonathan Gattman '03--a member who Burton had expelled that night for missed meetings--to vote at that meeting...
...group claimed Burton had given Gattman inadequate notice that he was in jeopardy of expulsion. And by a narrow margin in a formal roll-call vote, the council rebuffed Burton and decided to let the ex-member vote...