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VOTE!
As we announced earlier, after an interesting turn of events, there will be a direct election for the University Senate. There will be a debate in the Lerner Satow Room on Sunday from 4:30-5:30 pm and polls will open next Wednesday. The candidate list has just been announced and is as follows:
- Conor Skelding
- Alexander Andresian
- Yassamin Issapour
- David Kang
- David Froomkin
- Marc Heinrich
- Samer Ozeir
- Manik Uppal
- Jacob Johnson
- Cameron Demsey
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@Conor Skelding is a human being and really cool
@B@B A man Conur Skeldunk is not. His piercing blue eyes and rich black hair mean he can only be angel.
@Uche YEAH MARC HEINRICH
@Anonymous ConCon!!!! <3
@Anonymous Munna is the best!
@Anonymous WOOOO ALEXANDER ANDRESIAN FOR SENATE!!!! YEAH!!!
@lololol Is D-Froom really trying again?
@Shah Vote for Yassamin Issapour
@Anonymous Also the only girl running in this race!
@Shah Froomkin should not be elected under any circumstances.
@david kang transferred from a subpar state school and walks around thinking he’s the shiiiiit. please no
@Anonymous How was this list ordered?
@Anonymous it was directly copy and pasted from the link at the top
http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/student-elections/files/2013/10/OfficialFall2013SpecialElectionUniversitySenateCandidateList.pdf
@Here's an idea How about everyone show up to the debate on Sunday at 4:30 and judge the candidates based on the merits of what they say? This kind of popularity-contest mentality is exactly why CCSC wanted to avoid holding a direct election in the first place.
@seriously Dave Kang might be a chill dude, but seriously one of the most power hungry, overinvolved people I know.
Marc and Alex seem like the top dogs here.
@Anonymous Don’t blame me! I’m voting for Dave Kodos!
@Anonymous According to the faculty handbook,
“The University Senate was established by the Trustees after a University-wide referendum in 1969. It succeeded to the powers of the University Council, which was created in 1890 as a body of faculty, deans, and other administrators to regulate inter-Faculty affairs and consider issues of university-wide concern”
(http://www.columbia.edu/cu/vpaa/handbook/organization.html)
This is a conscious departure from not only administrative power, but also faculty, in an effort to include students in university governance (faculty currently occupy a majority of senate seats).The administration is rightly represented within the university senate with 2 seats for [regular] administrators and 9 seats for senior administrators. While their influence clearly extends beyond the jurisdiction of the senate, there is no reason for students to roll over in the one arena that has been sanctioned for us to to speak truth to a bloating administration.
(http://senate.columbia.edu)
@Senior Wisdom Alex Andresian knows what’s up. He’s been involved with both student council and Senate before. Let the man do his thing and represent CC!
@Anonymous dat insider
@Vote for Pedro Instead of voting for these fucks write in Pedro, he offers you his protection!
@Anonymous please favorite this ish
@Anonymous conor skelding is the only legit candidate
@Anonymous but he’s too critical…
@Anonymous Critical is definitely not a bad thing.
@Anonymous yes it is. critical people stand in the way of the agreement that we need for progress. If we elect someone who is critical, they won’t cooperate with administrators which will be bad for everyone
@Anonymous No. Agreeing with administrators does not further student’s interests. Columbia is supposedly a faculty and student run school and is very special to have a senate. However the senate has devolved into a total joke. Let’s elect someone who is not afraid to challenge the status quo.
@Anonymous but the status quo is good. what’s there to complain about?
@Anonymous tracked
@CC abroad …Conor Skelding is the kid that trolls private fraternity emails from other schools to leak them to gossip websites. That doesn’t sound like he cares for other students. That sounds like he’s a sensationalist who is more than willing to be the point of the spear for an administrative witch hunt into student life. This shouldn’t just be scary for greeks, but for anyone who thinks that the administration shouldn’t be judging you based on your emails.
http://gawker.com/dartmouth-s-most-wholesome-frat-bros-send-the-classiest-1442451512
@Anonymous Marc Heinrich is an ass don’t vote for him
@Ass You’re an ass.
@Actually On the contrary, seems to me like he’s the only respectable candidate on this list. Marc works his ass off. I’m voting for him.
@Fuck yeah Fuck yeah I’m voting for Marc Heinrich!
Not even a question
@samer ozeir what a fucking joke
@Anonymous how many of these are girls?
@Anonymous Yassamin is the only girl
@Anonymous How many of these are freshmen?