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Rajat Roy

12 wishes for Christmas

Could you please bring me one of the following presents for each day of Christmas?

Could you please bring me one of the following presents for each day of Christmas?

Senate Confidentiality

If the Senate wants to really be an effective body, it has to accept that not all real change will occur with “consensus.”

If the Senate wants to really be an effective body, it has to accept that not all real change will occur with “consensus.”

Constituency, shmostituency

The doomed Columbia College Student Council 311 program failed to grasp the idea of constituency. The councils don’t exist to passively accept feedback or to spam inboxes with “What problems do you see on campus?” Representatives need to MAKE actual face time with their constituents and talk about singular issues.

The doomed Columbia College Student Council 311 program failed to grasp the idea of constituency. The councils don’t exist to passively accept feedback or to spam inboxes with “What problems do you see on campus?” Representatives need to MAKE actual face time with their constituents and talk about singular issues.

Endowing financial freedom

In the long run, by using endowments, clubs can get free rein to do any and all kinds of activities that they want to do without funding limitations. Using those funds these groups can truly make a difference on campus and can even co-sponsor other groups.

In the long run, by using endowments, clubs can get free rein to do any and all kinds of activities that they want to do without funding limitations. Using those funds these groups can truly make a difference on campus and can even co-sponsor other groups.

Spreading the culture around

If a group does not contribute to the Columbia community, why should they excessively take from it?

If a group does not contribute to the Columbia community, why should they excessively take from it?

A transparent proposal

The three new leaders have the power to fundamentally change this University and usher in this new Era of Transparency.

The three new leaders have the power to fundamentally change this University and usher in this new Era of Transparency.

From the Inside

In 2004, the majority of Americans voted for President George W. Bush. Good job, America.

In 2004, the majority of Americans voted for President George W. Bush. Good job, America.