Word: decisiones
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sadly, all this talk is just that--talk. It is hype created by politicians for the benefit of next year's presidential election. While they may talk about increasing the funding for public education or devoting all of the budget surplus to social security, their actions, like the recent decision...
Council representatives say the decision to refer the matter to students was largely due to the efforts of Bradley L. Davis '01, who was a council representative last year but no longer holds the position.
While the decision before the council ostensibly concerned an increase in the fees that the council collects from students, Davis argued it was no less than a decision about the role of the council itself.
That decision--between a small council presence and the larger (though more expensive) one proposed by Seton--should properly be decided by students, according to Davis. Davis said he nevertheless personally supports the increase.
"Whether that's a smaller role, or an expanded role, that's the decision of the student body at large," Davis said.