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...next meeting, a number of council members had decided that even a referendum was too radical for them and the resolution was rescinded. Much argument and several hours later, the referendum was reinstated, but only with working that severely reduced the chances of a dovish result. Moreover, only GSA members, who constitute only 1500 of the 4500 graduate students and are probably a relatively conservative group, would be allowed to vote. Finally, the number of polling places was restricted...
...council majority was also distressed that David Feintuch, editor of the GSA Bulletin, had transformed it from a monthly notice column into a bi-weekly newspaper, containing features and editorials. When the paper criticized President Pusey's annual report, the council balked. It denied a previously promised seat to the editorial's author, Michael Schwartz. At the same meeting conservative council members spread reports that Dean Elder had called for Feintuch's removal -- reports which Elder has since vigorously denied. Under pressure from the conservatives, the council voted to forbid the Bulletin editor from making statements to the press...
Feintuch went on TV that night, and though he is positive that he never mentioned the GSA, White says that "since many persons seeing the show received the impression that the Bulletin editor was speaking for the GSA, or, at least, for a large group of graduate students, and since he was not, it was felt that more care should be taken in making news releases...
...February 5 meeting Parker proposed that from then on "the Bulletin editor shall make no statement to the press clamiing to represent the GSA or the Bulletin." The motion passed, but Feintuch hasn't accepted his reprimand gracefully...
...referendum clash and the battle over the Bulletin are both crucial points of departure in the GSA issue. The referendum, if it fails to pass, may well be the last attempt for a long time to make over the Council into a partially political animal. And Feintuch's support is eroding on all sides...