Posts Tagged ‘CCSC’
There’s always more housing news
Wondering what those new rooms in the 113th Street convent will look like? Curious about how Columbia’s administration works? Ben Gittelson reports from Columbia College Student Council’s penultimate meeting of the academic year:
- Assessing the advisers: A team of advisers from the Center for Student Advising presented the results of their two-and-a-half year review process. Check out the full story here.
- Valuable real estate: Dean of Community Development and Multicultural Affairs Terry Martinez presented the floor plans for the new brownstone housing on 113th Street. The brownstone will include a multipurpose room, a bike room, and a work room, among other common spaces. More »
CCSC wants you to recycle your (unused) alcohol
Wondering what’s up with the search for a new dean? Curious about how potential renovations to the Student Government Office are coming along? Ben Gittelson brings you the highlights from last night’s CCSC meeting:
- Dean decisions: The council presented a list of recommendations of what it would like to see in a new dean to CCSC president-elect Karishma Habbu, CC ’13, who was just appointed to the dean selection committee. Current CCSC President Aki Terasaki, CC ’12, said he wants to make sure the new dean meets with the council at least once a semester, which didn’t happen this year.
- SGO renovations: Terasaki, CC ’12, brought a mock-up of his ideas for renovations to the Student Government Office in Lerner Hall, including adding un-bookable meeting rooms and more seating. CCSC vice president-elect of Campus Life Yanyi Luo, CC ’13, said she’d like to see more student input before renovations start.
CCSC, ESC, and SGA results are in
Both parties campaigned hard, but in the end The 212 easily came out on top in the CCSC Executive Board race, winning more than twice as many votes as Block Party. The final tally was 1,211 votes for The 212 to 597 for Block Party.
Other winners after the jump, and check back later for updates from the news desk.
UPDATE: ESC’s and Barnard SGA’s results have also come in. Their winners are below the jump as well. More »
Reminder: Voting ends today at 5 p.m.
Don’t forget that CCSC, ESC, and USenate elections close today at 5 p.m. Click here to vote for CCSC and here for ESC—it really takes two minutes. And if you’re so inclined, check out Spectator’s roundup of election coverage:
-Five candidates running for two USenate seats
-The Editorial Board endorses 212
-Block Party’s Letter to the Editor
-CCSC’s student council and at-large representative debates
LIVEBLOG: CCSC Executive Board debate
It’s time for the final event of the evening, with Block Party and The 212 facing off in a Spectator-sponsored debate. Spec Editor-in-Chief Sarah Darville is moderating, and the News Desk’s Sammy Roth has live updates.
Update: The debate is now over. Read it all after the jump!
7:38: And that’s all there is–the debate is over! Check back tomorrow for full stories from the News Desk on this debate, the class council debates, and the CC USenate debate.
7:36: In the closing statements, bit of a back-and-forth about the importance of experience, since more of The 212′s candidates have council experience. Jasiulek says it’s not all about electing the people with the most years on council—”I need new, enthusiastic, fresh people with a wide grasp of our community, and I don’t think we can do that with 212,” he says. The 212′s Habbu says it’s not just about experience–her party’s candidates have actually accomplished things, she says.
LIVEBLOG: CCSC class council debates
It’s debate day at Columbia, with CC students fighting for spots on the Columbia College Student Council and in the University Senate. Spectrum will be bringing you live updates from the CCSC class council debates, with class of 2013 at 4:45, class of 2015 at 5:15, and class of 2014 at 6:00.
We’ll also have two more liveblogs coming up soon. The debate for two of CC’s USenate seats starts at 5:30, and the the Spectator-sponsored debate for CCSC Executive Board starts at 6:30, so be sure to stay tuned!
All the debates are done, relive them below the jump.
6:26: Event done!
6:24: “I’m from Vegas, I know how to have fun.” – Alexander Andresian.
Our CCSC E Board debate is in less than 2 hours
Voting for CCSC candidates starts tomorrow, and Spectator is helping you make a more informed decision. Drop by the Satow Room in Lerner at 6:30 p.m. for our Q&A session with the two groups running for executive board—The 212 and The Block Party. There’ll be pizza! And drinks!
Meanwhile, brush up on your CCSC knowledge here and check out the list of candidates here.
We’re hosting a CCSC debate next Sunday. What do you want to know?
Campaigning has begun, and Spectator is here to bring you everything you need to know about the candidates running to lead Columbia College Student Council. We’re happy to announce that we’ll again be taking part in the race by hosting a debate between the two parties running for executive board, Block Party and The 212.
What should we ask them? Take a moment and tell us here, and then join us for the debate and Q+A next Sunday, April 1, at 6:30 p.m. in Lerner Satow Room.
See you then! In the meantime, remind yourself who’s running, and check out what’s gone down in CCSC this year here.
CCSC and USenate: Here are your candidates
It’s that time of year again—Columbia College Student Council and University Senate elections are right around the corner, and CCSC Elections Chair Norita Mengu just sent Spec the list of candidates. Here they are:
Executive Board:
Party: The 212
Karishma Habbu (President)
Will Hughes (VP Policy)
Yanyi Luo (VP Campus Life)
Jared Odessky (VP Communications)
Daphne Chen (VP Finance) (Chen is an associate news editor at Spectator)
Party: Block Party
Alex Jasiulek (President)
Jean Pierre Salendres (VP Policy)
Janice Yoon (VP Campus Life)
Lauren Barriere (VP Communications)
Peyton Bell (VP Finance)
Just the two parties running for executive board–candidates for class councils, representative seats and USenate after the jump! More »