The USG made its preliminary vote to amend the USG Constitution and elected a new U-Council chair and executive committee member last night at its weekly meeting.
In addition, members of the USG announced there will not be a third concert this year and that the Student Computer Initiative will switch computer suppliers from IBM to Dell next year.
At the recommendation of junior class president Eli Goldsmith '04, the USG took the first step in amending the constitution to correct inaccuracies, end confusion about the role of class officers and make class governments more accountable to their constituents. Though the USG voted unanimously to pass the amendment last night, it must reaffirm the decision with another vote at its next meeting.
Goldsmith said clarifying the role of class officers is important because each class has a unique identity that extends beyond graduation. In addition, he said class officers often in the past focused on policy issues such as late meals rather than class-specific programs.
"As class president . . . your job is to unite your class, to build an identity for you class, but it isn't really to work on policy issues," Goldsmith said.
Goldsmith emphasized the part of the amendment, which states that the purpose of class government includes "creating substantive, class-specific programs that contribute broadly to the University, local, and national communities on behalf and to the direct benefit of the class."
Last night, the USG also elected Allison Arensman '04 to be the chair and Weili Shaw '04, Daily Princetonian News Editor, to be the executive committee chair of the U-Council. Arensman served in this role last year, and Shaw assumes the former position of Josh Andersen '04.
Brad Flora '04, class senator, announced that because of many student problems associated with the IBM computers purchased through the University's SCI program, next year's discounted computer provider will be Dell. Flora, who conducted a survey of students who had purchased SCI computers, said he had recommended the University remain with IBM but his proposal was overruled.
Though Friday's Third Eye Blind concert earned enough money in ticket revenue to break even, social chair Tim Skerpon '03 said, ticket sales did not make a third small concert — which had been discussed in the case of a surplus — possible.
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