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...Gregory Lyss '85, outgoing chairman of the council, attributed the leap in interest in the council to better publicity, endorsements of the council by members of the administration, and the organization's "large number of achievements...
...Lyss says that he has tried to stress this year that simply passing resolutions is not effective in bringing about change. "The low point of the year was the Shavuot resolution," Lyss recalls, referring to the council's vote to call on the University to change the date of its Commencement exercise because of conflict with a Jewish holiday, Lyss says that the council, persuaded by emotional appeals from activists who were not undergraduates, passed a resolution that it knew could not be effective...
...that we stay away from so-called political issues," Lyss says, "It's just that if we deal with them, we should deal with them like any other issue--with research and discussion...
...Lyss takes a different line on the attendance problem. "Lots of people here try student government and find it's not for them. I'd rather make room for someone who is willing," he says...
...Lyss adds that it is unrealistic to expect full participation from the council. "No organization, with maybe the exception of the Phillips Brooks House, has 89 active members--it's enough to get 89 people to go to two meetings a week...