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Herein lie two aspects of great concern. While the council has claimed the referendum??s results as a mandate from students, in reality only 18.62 percent of the student body expressed support for the measure (53.2 percent of the 35 percent of students who voted). While the spirit of majority rule deserves respect, the fact is that in general, students who participate in referenda and measures like these can ordinarily be expected to be significantly more involved in campus activities and campus politics than those who did not vote. Therefore, to say that a majority of students supports...
Following the vote, Lurie made a motion that would require the council to reconsider the issue of the position papers at its meeting next Sunday and thus, postpone the fee increase referendum??slated to start this Wednesday—for another week. P.K. Agarwalla ’04 initially seconded the motion, though he eventually changed his mind—a reversal that led to the failure of Lurie’s motion...
...council meeting last week, student representatives voted down an important amendment—which would bind the council to the outcome of the student referendum??by a startling margin of 28 to 6. We are disappointed that the council is so willing to flaunt its readiness to circumvent the will of the student body. Instead of yielding to the outcome of the referendum, it appears that because members of the council are so eager to pass the termbill increase, they are prepared to petition the administration directly—no matter the results of the referendum...
...inflation. However, it seems that the only thing draconian about the current legislation is its insistence on disregarding the wishes of the student body. The council has already tried to ram through the fee hike, which was initially an increase from $35 to $100, without ever holding a referendum??a measure that would have severely delegitimized the efforts of the council...
...don’t think anyone goes to the polls to vote on a referendum??they go to vote for their favorite City Council candidate,” Koocher said...