Know your student council?4/27/09 12:27amMichelle YuanThe CCSC executive board elections were revealed last week. The ESC executive board elections were revealed a couple of weeks ago. So who exactly are the new members of the student council executive board? “Yes, it’s Sue Yang right?” “Said...no, I don’t know the President.” “Is it Heather?” “CCSC. I know Sue Yang. Dysey is Campus Life Committee.” “Sue Yang and that’s it. I don’t know any of them. Just the President.” “I don’t know but I should. I know Whitney Green is going to be President. Gunner is going to on there too I believe. Gunner uh. I just know Gunner because he’s a cool guy.” How informed are Columbia students about the winners and the new members of the executive board? How informed are they about the elections in general? “I mean I read the stuff on the internet before I voted but for a lot of people there was only one option so I was like, ‘Alright, I’ll just vote for them. Otherwise, I wasn’t very well informed.” The issue of publicity seemed to also impact students knowledge of student council elections “I think they could have publicized it more and I think there could have been more parties running.” “It’s well publicized. There are a lot of flyers all over, the elevators, the bulletin boards.” “I live in John Jay and I didn’t really see any posters.” “Spreading a message saying what you stand for, what your message is, what you are running on. That would have been better.” Although most students are not completely aware of the results from student council elections, they are aware of the hard work that is involved in making Columbia student life better. “I know they do a lot of things behind the scenes that people don’t necessarily know about, even if its changing dining. They impact it without us knowing about it.” While the student council strives to improve the quality of student life, very few Columbia students were aware of the student government election results. |