Introduction — Medha and Bert started off the meeting by stating that they thought the discussion with security at the last CC meeting went great. They mentioned that two issues that may be coming up are 1) what is going to happen to Lassell once the new Performing Arts Center is ready to go and 2)that faculty are looking into grade inflation in different departments. They then reminded council members that they should continue to stay active in their particular project committees. They also mentioned that the two students appointed to the Athletic Director Selection Committee were John Moorhead ‘00 and Nick Martinelli ‘00. They stated that CC needs to start working on getting a 24-hour study space. Abid Shah ‘02 will be leading this effort. Bert also spoke about how the Goodrich Committee is related to College Council -like all other student groups CC has the right to veto to any decisions made by the Goodrich committee. And hence, he said that it is necessary that we increase communication between CC and Goodrich.

CEAC — Matt Wessler ’01 stated that the big issues they are working on this year are: 1- An institutionalization of composting 2- A re-evaluation of paper use and 3 — A re-evaluation of energy use. Smaller projects include the use of reusable bags for the underground express. Any comments email 01mww.

Registrar’s Committee — Joe Urwitz ’02 said they are working on how to designate courses as writing intensive in the Course Catalog. In light of all the phone calls students have been getting from private companies, they have also been discussing the upper-class facebook and the validity of having phone #s in it. They hypothesized that the company that was making the upperclassmen facebook was selling the information to private companies. They decided that they were going to leave phone #s in the facebook. Many council members did not agree with that decision. There was a lot of discussion as to how much information should be in the facebook and whether the college should provide an all campus facebook instead of having a private company providing it. Todd Rogers ’01 said that council should work on getting the facebook published by the college. A committee was formed and will be working on this. Bert stated that although the online facebook was good it was not possible to easily browse through it when you have a spare 10 minutes, hence a lot of students would really like an all campus facebook. Joe will be taking all off these comments to the Registrar’s Committee. Comments? Email 02jku

SAC — Brian Kelly ‘02 said that 1) Currier club tickets for this weekend are still available (email 02ees). 2) Tuesday night is OPEN MIC night at the log. Alcohol will be served there. 3) Dec 3 — Rahzael — Goodrich–FREE — be thereJ . 4) The barrier between the bar and the dancing room at the Log on Thursdays no longer exists. Medha asked if there was any way in which students could be informed as to which DJ was going to be at the Log. Brian said they would work on that. Any comments? Email 02bak.

Orienteering Group — Heidi McGowan ‘01 requested recognition for a club to introduce students to the sport of orienteering to Williams’s students. They hope to make this a competitive club. They have been going to meets already . It was asked whether students could get PE credit for this. They are looking into it. Medha asked whether they could also work with Outing Club, and they said that they would definitely look into that. It was asked whether they would be looking for funding in the future. They stated that at present they are fine. If they requested funding it would probably be for transport to nationals in the future. Shenil Saya ’02 stated that he doesn’t think that council should ask whether a group would be looking for funding when they come for recognition. The council voted to recognize 26-0-0.

Tenure Committee Update — Ami Parekh ’01 stated that the Tenure Committee has met a couple of times and that their first hope was to get information to students about the present tenure process. They will be meeting with DL Smith, who is the head of the Committee on Academic Promotions about what information they would like to see distributed to students. They hope to get an information sheet distributed to students including everything from the meaning of faculty rank and the procedure by which tenure is obtained to a list of all Profs up for tenure. Nancy Walworth ‘00 mentioned that perhaps these criteria could be put in the student handbook. Hall O’Donnell ‘03 asked how much student opinion really matters in tenure decisions. Hopefully this is what we will be finding out soon. The committee also hopes to interview faculty as to what they think of the current process. The eventual goal of the committee is to increase student opinion in the tenure making process.

WCFM and CC Update — Todd Rogers ’01 stated that we can definitely have a CC talk show., and have a synopsis of the minutes that WCFM can read with the news. We can also archive meetings. This all will be getting started soon.

Status on Mission Printer — Joe Masters ’02 stated that the printer should be there in about a week. The problem right now is finding a jack in the Mission Study Room. The other question is who would be paying for any damages and stolen paper. All these issues should be settled soon and a printer should be arriving in Mission shortlyJ .

Follow Up on the discussion with Security — Bert said that we should figure out what the next CC step on this issue should be — do we want Jean Thorndike and Boyer to come back to CC or do we want to issue a statement. The freshmen reps spoke with Jean Thorndike and Dave Boyer and they felt as though Jean would be willing to change the current policy, because she is really concerned with the image of security. Heather Matthews ’02 stated that if we invite security back to the CC, it is vital that we have clear suggestions. Hall O’Donnell ’03 stated that he does not think that substance free housing should be thought of as an option. Nancy Walworth ’00 stated that she feels as though increased interaction with security would be a good idea. Ed Rossier ’01 stated that he feels as though constant security presence in the dorms didn’t solve the problem of who should be in charge of community management. It seems to be marginalizing the role of the self-governance. The freshmen reps had also spoken to Jean about improving the relationship with J.As. Garry Sanders ’02 stated that the only way to improve the situation would be by improving relationship between security and the Williamstown Police. He stated that one idea would be to have a drinking code that would be signed by students at the beginning of the year whereby the student would take responsibility for any incident that occurred when the under 21 student was drinking. This would relinquish the College of liability and might improve the relationship between security and students

Opinions — Students wrote in about the following:

-Shenil Saya ’02 stated that there Student of mixed heritage conference tomorrow night , which is open to all students. There is also a MinCo sponsored Concert tomorrow from 10-12

-Kristen Sullivan ‘01 stated that there is a CD that other campuses use that is a game that educates about drinking. She will be looking into getting this to campus.

-Shenil Saya ‘02 stated that the housing committee should look into implementing different drinking and not drinking dues. Bert suggested that housing committee set up a subcommittee whose purpose would be to establish events without traditional beverages.

-Hall O’Donnell ‘03 stated that the lights on Lawrence Hall lights were keeping his constituents up at night. There were also complaints about the bells going off at all hours of the day. He will be taking care of these along with Mayo Shattuck ’03.

- Ed Rossier ’01 stated that he was a little disturbed by the article in the record comparing Goodrich to the future Baxter. The idea that the two are meant to be different types of spaces may lead to further segregation among the student body. Any ideas about what Goodrich should cater to — email 01rfm. There will be a thorough discussion about this at CC in the future.

- Laura Almstead ’01 got an opinion from her constituents about the need to improve vegetarian options in the dining hall. She will be emailing the dining services committee and Jim Hodgkins.

Heather Matthews '02 stated that they will be soliciting opinions tomorrow in Mission about Sophomore Advising

The Recommendations from the appointments committee were:

Council approved them : 26-0-0.

SEE YOU ALL AT THE LOGJ

Correction from the last minutes:

Jessica Leibler ’01 spoke last week with council and security -- not Jessica Liebler ’00. Sorry!