Taking the Reigns
The new USG administration has officially taken over, and while president Nina Langsam '03 has a list of issues she plans to address in the coming year, she will likely face both obvious and unforeseen challenges in the achievement of those goals.Langsam, who won a runoff election against David Gail '03, plans to address issues ranging from the peer advising system and precept reform to the USG reports on minorities and women.She has entered office with a lengthy list of what she hopes to accomplish, as have the past three administrations of Joe Kochan '02, PJ Kim '01 and Spencer Merriweather '00.All three entered office with very specific visions for the future of the University, but their administrations ended up being taken in unforeseen directions.Indeed, the realization of Langsam's agenda depends heavily on her ability to overcome unforeseen challenges, said David Tukey '02, who has held several USG positions since his freshman year."[Langsam] will inevitably face unexpected challenges, the things we cannot anticipate and define," Tukey said.Challenges like those faced by Kim, Kochan and Merriweather will likely confront Langsam, Tukey said, and her task will be to create the appropriate committees to deal with them.Kim cited the sixth residential college as the biggest issue she will face in the coming year.Still, it will be the unexpected problems that will prevent Langsam from achieving her agenda, he said.Merriweather said the job of the USG president often deviates during a term from specific agendas."You can come in with a lot of promises.