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Over the course of the semester, the council??€”rarely locked in debate or controversy—issued more reports on student issues than any previous council. In October, the group came close to a formal debate over the presence of the Reserve Officers Training Corps’ (ROTC) presence on campus, but Gusmorino quashed any possibility that a bill would be written for a floor debate, saying that the time spent on debate would likely be contentious and meaningless...
Throughout the past decade, the council??€”and especially its president—have struggled to define the body’s role on campus...
Robert M. Hyman ’98, the council??€™s first popularly elected president, used his campus prominence to push for such progressive issues as divesting the University’s investments in Nigeria, launching an ethnic studies program, anonymous HIV testing at University Health Services and the promotion of Rape Aggression Defense classes...
...despite the mandate Stewart saw in her victory, the change wasn’t permanent, and Fentrice D. Driskell ’01 took over after Seton and did not limit the council??€™s agenda to only student services...
While Chopra has orchestrated almost all the council??€™s recent victories—he played a key role in the battle for later party hours and started a fund to provide students on financial aid free tickets to University-sponsored events—he has chosen to remain on SAC rather than seek the council presidency...