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...council has improved its accountability and planning in recent times, but it is far from perfect. Last semester, the council had to pass an emergency bill to borrow money from the council??€™s Grants Fund (money set aside for student groups) to pay for some of its Spring Fest projects...
Members of the Faculty Council??€”which is chaired by Kirby—said they discussed the issue extensively at their first meeting of the year yesterday...
With the termbill hike successfully completed and a fresh set of faces soon to be on the council, it won’t be long before the council once again turns its gaze toward cable. During the council??€™s last serious push for cable, in the spring of 2003, some representatives vigorously countered the College’s claims that installing cable is logistically impossible. The administration’s line is that the cost of wiring undergraduate room for cable TV would run into the millions, and there’s no time of year when construction...
Indeed, it is the council??€™s job to advocate for students and their interests, but the role of a legislative body is also sometimes to push an unpopular agenda that will ultimately benefit its constituents. Here’s hoping they have the guts...
Only 25 council members were present for the meeting—just exceeding the necessary 22 or 50 percent of current members to reach quorum according to the council??€™s constitution. The meeting was most likely the final one for last year’s council as the new council will be elected over the next two weeks...