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...hearing behind closed doors—without even a hint to the student body—and we have deep hesitations regarding many of the ill-conceived details present or absent in the proposal itself. But we are not willing to dismiss it out of hand. We support this referendum in principle because a vote of all students should determine the council’s position on decisions of such significance, and we hope the full council does as well when it takes up the measure on Sunday...
...council expects the referendum to pass, it has substantial work ahead making its case, defining its goals and setting the exact dollar amount of the increase...
...discussions would help proponents develop a more specific proposal for how the council might allocate funds in a larger budget. The council asks student groups to present an itemized budget when requesting grants; students deserve no less from their elected representatives. The actual dollar figure on the referendum should also be decided at a later date, closer to the vote, once the council determines precisely how much money it will need...
Lurie said that a referendum vote will ensure that students are behind the bill, and should it pass—as he believes it will—give more legitimacy to the actions of the council...
Should the council as a whole approve the resolution, it would then go to a referendum before being sent on to the Committee on College Life, a student-Faculty committee that also includes top College administrators. Finally, the Faculty Council and then the Faculty as a whole must approve or reject the change...