This week’s A.S. Council meeting began with giggles and a light-hearted air, perhaps because councilmembers anticipated a short meeting after the past two weeks’ marathon sessions.
During public input, Transportation Committee student representative and self-declared “”official random guy of the A.S.,”” Alex Miller, quelled Facebook.com rumors that popular City Shuttle routes would be terminated. He assured the council that the Nobel and Arriba shuttles would definitely not be shut down.
Associate Vice President of Enterprise Operations Sydney Goldberg followed up on the Grove Caffe’s financially precarious situation. She told the council that turning over the restaurant to the Rady School of Management seemed to be the best option.
In a special presentation, Triton Tide spokesman and John Muir College junior Dave Payne reported on the organization’s accomplishments this year. Payne said Triton Tide had “”big plans”” for next year, revealing a strategy for increasing spirit on the UCSD campus.
The organization, Payne said, plans to spearhead a massive redecoration of the campus, including chalking Library Walk and decking dining halls in sports paraphernalia.
Payne also proposed writing a new fight song, and encouraged musically inclined students to write and submit songs. Other plans for next year include ordering Triton foam fingers, which will be making the three-fingered trident gesture for free throws during basketball games.
The council’s question segment yielded another futile attempt to pry information regarding Sun God performers from Associate Vice President of Programming Di Lam.
“”I can’t tell you [who will be performing] until the contracts are executed,”” she said.
The meeting flowed smoothly through committee reports until it reached a resolution commending Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Joseph W. Watson’s service to UCSD. Thurgood Marshall College Junior Senator Kyle Samia was the first to object to passing the resolution.
“”I personally have not had a good relationship with Dr. Watson,”” he said, adding that he had not received positive feedback from the student body either. He compared the resolution to a “”very nice thank you card.””
“”I know there are a lot of students on campus who would not sign it,”” Samia said. He then moved to amend the resolution to make it the commendation council-specific and not campuswide. The debate then turned to the problem of representing student opinion. Khanna pointed out that the council’s resolutions could not appease everyone.
“”I’m sure there’s one student who hates the fair trade resolution,”” he said. “”[We] can’t represent every single student on campus.””
Another faction believed that Watson’s 40 years of serving UCSD deserved the utmost respect.
When the matter was called to question, Samia’s amendment failed, and the resolution passed with a considerable majority.
