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...reasons the [leadership] council was created was to have a wider representation of people. That seems particularly relevant now considering the current make-up of the steering committee," says recently-elected Associate Chair Leah J. Solomon...
According to Solomon, 15 of the 24 members on the council are Conservative, seven are Orthodox, one is reform and one is not part of any minyan...
...Many of the Orthodox are people who have grown up in the Jewish community and see Hillel as a place to be, a group to fit into," Solomon says. "For the Conservatives it is more similar to an extracurricular activity, someplace that you go, something that you can improve or expand...
...noticed after the election that the three of us who were elected were all Conservative," Solomon says. "We were definitely conscious of appointing someone who could bring something we couldn't bring on our own, no matter how hard we tried...
Joshua L. Solomon '96, who lived with Piedrahita during their sophomore year, praised his former roommate for being idealistic and naive, saying that millions of people who never knew him nonetheless have lost a valuable compatriot because of the good Piedrahita had dreamed of doing in his home country of Colombia...