The beginning of the end — for me, anyway — began with an appearance on behalf of the co-ops. Members of the General Store, the Che Cafe, the Food Co-op and Groundwork Books came to petition support for a resolution that would allocate money to the co-ops for accountant reports and financial reviews.

Melissa Ewart, the A.S. Graphic Studio manager, introduced her student team and held an impromptu photo shoot for use in future marketing campaigns.

Former AVP of Concerts and Events Alex Bramwell suggested that some A.S. positions should be paid, bitterly informing the council that he worked 79 unpaid hours during Week Seven in his quest for the perfect Sun God Festival. He added that the council was losing people to places like the Loft, which pays its staff.

Students from the Native American Student Alliance complained that students dressed in stereotypical Native American clothing on the day of Sun God Festival, and that they found it both “disrespectful and offensive.”

Former campuswide senator Tobias Haglund came to tie up loose ends about the A.S. store, which had been his pet project while he was still in office. Listeners were allowed to put in their two cents about the name of the future store — Triton Outfitters ultimately beat The Lighthouse as the top choice.

Even with the dreaded and inescapable Week Nine budget discussion for Fall Quarter 2010 looming in the near future, councilmembers still spent over two hours arguing over the minutia of the Student Sustainability Collective charter language.

The debate began when workers from the Sustainability Resource Center presented their objectives for the newly opened environmentally-geared space, and then asked to change four lines of their charter. However, AVP of Enterprise Operations Rishi Ghosh sent out the e-mail with the amendments to the council listserv a mere hour before he wanted the ten-page document to be passed.

Most councilmembers were confused by what, exactly, the proposed changes were. After a motion to table failed, Ghosh begged the council to debate the issue tonight.

“A.S.’s culture that I’ve seen in the last few weeks is to table things, but it’s not efficient and is disrespectful for those that work on it,” Ghosh said.

Most of the amendments revolved around the TGIF (The Green Initiative Fund), and what will happen to the initiative’s money if it is not spent during the year.

After councilmembers unraveled their confusion for two hours, the amendments passed.

AVP of Athletic Relations Donald Zelaya reminded council how athletic our sports teams really are, despite UCSD’s bookish reputation and apparent lack of school spirit. He wished congratulations on the baseball and track teams for reaching national competition.

In the campus affairs committee meeting prior to the council meeting, voting on the associate vice president positions was tabled until next week.