Rajat Roy

Why your councils aren’t living up to your expectations

Student council leaders experience the same thing every year. I call it the “Blue Tape Trap.” Every branch of administration uses it.

By Rajat Roy | Mar 22 09:58 pm ET

12 wishes for Christmas

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

By Rajat Roy | Dec 9 06:30 pm ET

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.”

By Rajat Roy | Nov 11 06:36 pm ET

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.

By Rajat Roy | Oct 28 06:25 pm ET

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.

By Rajat Roy | Oct 14 06:53 pm ET

Spreading the culture around

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

By Rajat Roy | Sep 30 06:26 pm ET

A transparent proposal

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

By Rajat Roy | Sep 16 06:44 pm ET

From the Inside

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

By Jessica Aspis Amy Lin and Rajat Roy | Feb 28 10:41 pm ET

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