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Last year’s battle between Schwartz and Flores left lasting divisions in the Council, according to Adams House representative Harry T. Rimalower ’10.
In addition, members say the new constitutional changes enacted at the beginning of the fall, which increased the number of representatives and committees, played a large role in altering the tone of the Council. For example, some say that having five committees is less polarizing than the previous two-committee...
Overall, UC representatives say that this year’s Council—which Flores calls a “completely different organization” from that of her freshman year—has been far more cohesive, productive, and apolitical than in previous years.
By halfway through the fall semester, they had already surpassed the amount of legislation passed by the previous Council in one semester. They had fought for the ethnic studies secondary, established new lines of student outreach, and made progress on projects such as J-Term and social grants.
But the Election Commission’s turmoil and McLeod’s controversial e-mail elicited confusion and, in some cases, derision toward the Council from the student body.