7:02 p.m. | Attendance
7:03 | The Council Meeting begins with a report from Chair of the Judicial Board Dan Salton ’10. “I was sent here on behalf odf the jud board and the daen of students office to inform you about a change in how student conduct is being done here. Traditionally, until last week, disciplinary conduct is divided into two parts: you’re either dealt with by a house advisor or by a more serious college regulations trial overseen by administrators and students. Over the last few months, we’ve been developing a new format to act as a new option—there will be student conduct panels, which are basically miniature squads formed out by the judicial board instead of the house advisors. In cases that are slightly contentious, students will be sent to a panel of three judicial board members who will act in the house advisor’s stead. They will listen to the person, take a vote and then decide on the penalty if it is decided that one is deserved.” This will “increase our student governance significantly,” says Salton.
7:10 | 2011 asks if decisions made by the student conduct panels will be final ones. Salton explains that the Dean of Students felt confident enough with the students on the judicial board to give them the final call on such minor disciplinary matters. Salton says that the student conduct panels will not address anything that would normally be handled by a college regulations panel. He points to drinking fire safety issues as an example of the kind of infraction handled by the student conduct panels.
7:12 | Salton: “We’re not positive yet whether students will be able to chose whether they’d like to have a student conduct panel versus a house advisor try them. I’d like to make that an option that students could have.”
7:17 | Committee Report from ViCE from Peter Denny ’10: “Jazz Night has been doing really well, and After Hours has been working on some really interesting projects with making music videos” and a pre Founder’s Day show, says Denny. “Special Events has a big party coming up right after break. The theme is Miami Vice. We’re working with the senior class and it will be in conjunction with 50 Nights. The main event will be in UpCDC and will be DJed by student DJs. Amanda Blank will be the headliner for this show, which will be a really big draw for some students.” Her music is hip-hop based, according to Denny.
7:20 | Denny adds that after selling tickets today for the Flaming Lips concert in April, ViCE has already sold 600 Vassar tickets. “After the student tickets have been taken care of, we’ll be doing more outreach to other colleges in the area,” says Denny.
7:31 | Executive Report from Operations: “Mind the Gap was incredibly successful this year,” says Operations. “We’re suprisingly up on giving—last year’s participation average for young graduates was 17 percent. We’re already up to 19 percent and the fiscal year is barely getting started.”
7:40 | Council begins discussion of capital budgeting for the spring 2010 semester. The budget is passed.
8:00 | Council adjourned.
