Columbia College Student Council

In a small victory for presidential contender Alidad Damooei’s camp, the Columbia College Student Council elections board ruled around 4:30 p.m. Saturday that Adil Ahmed, CC ’09 and candidate for vice president for policy on a competing ticket, violated elections rules against premature campaigning when he sent an email out to student leaders early Tuesday. The board will deduct 10 percent of the 1,000 posters allotted to Ahmed’s Experience Columbia party.

After months of deliberation by student council members, Columbia students now have tentative locations for the new Off Campus Flex program and a date for its launch—March 24.

One of the first things I noticed about Columbia was how bureaucracy permeates many aspects of life. Even when it has to do with something as simple as calling HAPPY to get a refill on that toilet paper that has been missing for a week, one often gets the classic bureaucratic runaround.

I owe you all an apology. While the Columbia College Student Council has been working on several projects this year, I have not communicated well what they are. While this semester has been incredibly hectic and the recent campus events have involved—and merited—much attention, that is an explanation, not an excuse.