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Fall Council Chair Malcolm A. Heinicke '93, one of the principal authors of the amended constitution and bylaws, says the idea for the council's reevaluation committee, an internal board devised to examine the council, stemmed from the "unfortunate" election scandal involving former Vice Chair Maya G. Prabhu '94. "That was really a cue to move forward," Heinicke says...
...Prabhu resigned from her position as vice chair after the council released a report confirming that election fraud had occurred in a fall social committee election. Prabhu privately admitted she had rigged the vote, according to council officials...
...Prabhu's action, which she has told colleagues were an attempt to increase the number of women represented on the council's Executive Board, was the first and most extreme protest by female members, who charge they are unfairly treated on the council. It also brought into focus a long-running charge that an "old boy network" rules the council...
With the appointment of veteran member Steven N. Kalkanis '93 as Prabhu's replacement, the council, under the direction of Heinicke, could only improve its image...
Currently there are 21 women on the 88 member council, and there has never been a female chair in the history of the council. Former Vice Chair Maya Prabhu '94, who resigned from her position in the fall, was the first female vice chair in seven years, Garza said...