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Envisioning a self-selecting SAC obsessed solely with politicking is in some way reasonable, although we would contest the view. But whatever one thinks of SAC's past, with what politicking would future elected leaders occupy their time? Planning for re-election? For that, they must convince other students that they are deserving -- hardly a perverse incentive...
...Senator David Pryor (D-Ark.), Director of the Institute of Politics (IOP), unilaterally dissolved the Student Advisory Committee (SAC). Members were shocked and taken aback by a decision made without prior consultation of the group being evicted. Now, five months later, on the recommendation of the Institute Task Force, there will be a new structure for student involvement...
...Hannah Choi '01, Christopher M. Kirchhoff '01, Dana M. Kupersmith '01, Adam Lauridsen '01, Jacqueline A. Newmyer '01, Aneesh V. Raman '01, S. Albert Wang '01 and Christian J. Westra '01--as graduating seniors and former SAC members, have withheld public comment during the restructuring process with the hope that the Institute could find an improved student role. At this critical point in the transition, our continued desire for the Institute to reach its full potential demands a refocusing on the important issue that inspired the original debate: the purpose of student involvement...
...structure. Their establishment of a Steering Committee, comprised of students and staff, through which all major programmatic and financial decisions are made, is a long overdue addition to the Institute. It is worth mentioning that many of their other recommendations were addressed by past members of the former SAC. In fact, democratically electing committee chairs was an idea that was debated endlessly over the years. The caveat remains that by instituting constant elections, the Institute could become an increasingly hyper-political and politicized organization, with constant internal campaigning and strategic planning. Such an atmosphere would be corrosive to the Institute...
...structure is implemented, we hope that all involved remember that the fundamental issue is not the structure of student involvement, but the substance of the students' role. The presentation made to the Senior Advisory Committee last spring by the former SAC was meant to address that divide...