With their first meeting of the semester behind them, members of the Columbia College Student Council have started discussing business and structure for this year. Rakhi Agrawal reports from last night’s meeting:

• Funding proposals: CCSC Vice President of Finance Daphne Chen, CC ’14, unveiled two new proposed funding programs for students: the Travel Fund and the Capital Investment Fund. The Travel Fund is intended to support student groups traveling to compete at the national level (sports teams, mock trial teams, etc.). The Capital Investment Fund, on the other hand, will be for student groups that have trouble securing funding for large-scale overhauls of their equipment or supplies (for instance, new televisions for Columbia TV, or new kayaks to replace unsafe ones for Columbia Kayaking). Council members suggested amendments to the caps and applications processes in Chen’s proposal, and she will unveil the final resolutions next week for a vote.

• Apply to liaise: According to CCSC President Karishma Habbu, CC ’13, the council has received very few applications for its liaison positions (Vice President of Policy Will Hughes, CC ’13, said there were four applications in total.)

• No spots left: The council’s election board, on the other hand, is now full. Eric Wei, CC ’16, stopped by to run for the final open spot on the elections board, becoming the board’s fifth and final member.

• First-years: On a related note, CCSC announced the class of 2016 council candidates today. See a full list of candidates after the jump.

Charles Sanky, Representative

The Puppy Party
Daniel Liss, Representative

Lux Party
Ivan Leniski, President
Ming Zhao, Vice President
Kyle Lewin, Representative
Aubrey Myjer, Representative
Shuchi Chaturvedi, Representative

The Movement
Daniel Omachonu, President
Rafael Ramirez, Vice President
Ike Kitman, Representative
Burhan Sandhu, Representative
Andrea Avila, Representative

YOVO (You Only Vote Once)
Ethan Rosenbaum, President
Ivan Romero, Vice President
Gabrielle Andrade, Representative
Jonathan Reamer, Representative

Columbia Tuition is Too Damn High
Michael Ouimette, President
Lauren Greene, Vice President
Abel Araya, Representative
Catherine Jenkins, Representative
Chris Sabaitis, Representative

Ball So Hard Party
Ankeet Ball, President
Michael Berkowitz, Vice President
Lorenzo Gibson, Representative
Rebecca Chhay, Representative
Kelly Echavarria, Representative

The Corps
Ramis Wadood, President
Ana Vargas, Vice President
Peter Bailinson, Representative
Grayson Warrick, Representative
Claudia Khoury, Representative

The Pride
Jared Greene, President
Sonya Li, Vice President
Roberta Barnett, Representative
Michael Purcell, Representative
Yeabsira Tigistu, Representative

The Classless
Zach Hendrickson, President
Sameer Mishra, Vice President
Josh Kim, Representative
Akua Bonsu, Representative
Spencer Brown, Representative