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The '''Student Affairs Committee''' of the [[University Senate]] is the committee that represents student interests. It comprises the 24 voting Senators from the schools of Columbia University (including [[Barnard]] and [[Teachers College]]) and one non-voting observer from the [[Union Theological Seminary]].
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The '''Student Affairs Committee''' of the [[University Senate]] is the committee that represents student interests. It comprises the 24 voting Senators from the schools of Columbia University (including [[Barnard College|Barnard]] and [[Teachers College]]) and one non-voting observer from the [[Union Theological Seminary]].  
  
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It is also coterminous with and functions as the student caucus or student voting bloc of the University Senate, as all student Senators are automatically members of the Student Affairs Committee. The Student Affairs Committee does not ''not'' function as a "super-student council". However, it is [[w:primus inter pares|primus inter pares]] and first in the order of precedence of student governance, as it is both the senior body, and the only body at Columbia University representing students across all the schools.
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It is also coterminous with and functions as the student caucus or student voting bloc of the University Senate, as all student Senators are automatically members of the Student Affairs Committee. The Student Affairs Committee does ''not'' function as a "super-student council". However, it is [[w:primus inter pares|primus inter pares]] and first in the order of precedence of student governance, as it is both the senior body, and the only body at Columbia University representing students across all the schools. Student members, therefore, are subject to very high standards and expectations.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/committeepages/standards&expectations_sac.pdf Standards and Expectations for Student Senators]</ref>
  
 
== Name ==
 
== Name ==
  
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According to the Senate's founding documents, the "Student Affairs Committee" once comprised sixteen students, while the "student caucus" comprised all twenty-four. In the mid-1990s, a merger was effected, and the entire twenty-four member body was (somewhat nonsensically) known as the "Student Affairs Caucus" until 2010. In 2010, it was definitively rebranded as the "Student Affairs Committee" to emphasize its open, deliberative nature, as opposed to identifying it strictly as a voting bloc.
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According to the Senate's founding documents, the "Student Affairs Committee" once comprised a limited number of students along with faculty and administrators, while the "student caucus" comprised all twenty-four. However, the pre-1995 Student Affairs Committee's mandate was limited strictly to student issues, while the all-encompassing student caucus was able to weigh in on all Senate issues.
  
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== Relationship with the Student Councils ==
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In 1995, a merger was effected, faculty and administrators left the Student Affairs Committee, and the entire twenty-four member body was (incorrectly, and somewhat nonsensically) known as the "Student Affairs Caucus" until 2010. In 2010, it was definitively rebranded as the "Student Affairs Committee" to emphasize its open, deliberative nature, as opposed to identifying it strictly as a voting bloc.
  
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The relationship between the Student Affairs Committee and other entities of the University Senate has often been misunderstood. From a strictly hierarchical reporting line perspective, a student council is created and empowered by a dean of student affairs, who reports to a dean of the school or faculty, and then on to the Provost, the President, and the Trustees. The University Senate, on the other hand, is led by the President and its actions are final upon the concurrence of the Trustees. Statutorily, student councils have no jurisdiction whatsoever over affairs of the University Senate.
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As a vehicle and organ for representing the students of all schools at the University, it is in a sense the successor to the [[Columbia University Student Council]]. Unlike the Council, however, which was a toothless advisory organ, SAC members are full voting members of the University Senate, with equal voting power to faculty and administrator members.
  
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=== Clashes over Jurisdiction ===
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== Leadership ==
  
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==== Attempted Impeachment ====
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Due to the requirement and responsibility of the SAC leadership to work across different schools, departments, and campuses, many of SAC's leaders tend to have [[w:nerd|multiple Columbia degrees]]. [[Columbia College]] and [[Columbia Business School]] appear to be the most common, although [[General Studies]] and the [[Graduate School of Arts and Sciences]] are also in there.
  
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The [[Engineering Student Council]] attempted to "impeach" the undergraduate Senator from the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science in April 2009. However, they couldn't actually "impeach" a Senator. Merely describing the proceedings as "impeachment" and coming up with the rules and processes for such proceedings is meaningless. The most a council could do is remove the Senator from that council. In the end, the only way a Senator can leave office is by serving until the conclusion of his or her term, no longer being registered in the faculty in which he or she is elected, or by a duly constituted recall process in accordance with the by-laws of the University Senate. In the end, the University Senate did not recognize the validity of the Engineering Student Council's proceedings, and categorically ignored their findings.
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{|
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|- style="background:#DDDDDD;"
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| '''Year'''
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| '''Chair/Co-Chairs'''
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| '''Annual Report'''
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|- valign="top"
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|[[2014]]-[[2015]]
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|[[Will Zvara]], [[CBS|Business]] '15 <br> [[Zila Acosta]], [[CLS|Law School]] '15
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[2013]]-[[2014]]
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|[[Matthew Chou]], [[Columbia College|CC]] '14 <br> [[Akshay Shah]], [[SEAS|SEAS]] '14
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[2012]]-[[2013]]
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|[[Eduardo Santana]], [[Columbia College|CC]] '13 (until January 2013) <br> [[Richard Sun]], [[Columbia College|CC]] '13 <br> [[Anjelica Kelly]], [[Columbia Business School|Business]] '13
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[2011]]-[[2012]]
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|[[Alex Frouman]], [[Columbia College|CC]] '12 <br> [[Adil Ahamed]], [[Columbia Business School|Business]] '12
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[2010]]-[[2011]]
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|[[Tao Tan]], [[Columbia College|CC]] '07, [[Columbia Business School|Business]] '11
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|[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/archives/reports_archive/10-11/sac_annual_report%202010-2011.pdf Link to Report]
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|- valign="top"
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|[[2009]]-[[2010]]
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|[[Andreas Svedin]], [[PhD]] (Astronomy) '12
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|[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/archives/reports_archive/09-10/sac_annual_report_2009-2010.pdf Link to Report]
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|- valign="top"
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|[[2008]]-[[2009]]
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|[[Genevieve Thornton]], [[Columbia College|CC]] '02, [[Columbia Business School|Business]] '09 <br> [[Amena Cheema]], [[Arts]] '09
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|[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/archives/reports_archive/08-09/sac_annual_report_09.html Link to Report]
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|- valign="top"
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|[[2007]]-[[2008]]
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|Andrea Hauge, [[Columbia College|CC]] '02, [[Columbia Business School|Business]] '08 <br> [[John Johnson]], [[Law]] '08
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|[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/archives/reports_archive/07-08/studentcaucus_annualreport2007-2008.html Link to Report]
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|- valign="top"
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|[[2006]]-[[2007]]
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|[[Chris Riano]], [[GS]] '07 <br> [[Marcus Johnson]], [[Columbia College|CC]] '07
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|[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/archives/reports_archive/06-07/student07.htm Link to Report]
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|- valign="top"
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|[[2005]]-[[2006]]
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|Adam Michaels, [[Columbia Business School|Business]] '06 <br> Holly Snow, [[Barnard College|Barnard]] '06
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|[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/archives/reports_archive/05-06/sac06.htm Link to Report]
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|- valign="top"
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|[[2004]]-[[2005]]
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|[[Matan Ariel]], [[GS]] '06, [[Columbia Business School|Business]] '11 <br> Nathan Walker, [[MA]] ([[TC]]) '02, [[MDiv]] ([[UTS]]) '05, [[EdM]] ([[TC]]) '08, [[EdD]] ([[TC]]) '13
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|[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/archives/reports_archive/04-05/studentar0505.htm Link to Report]
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|- valign="top"
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|[[2003]]-[[2004]]
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|[[Matan Ariel]], [[GS]] '06, [[Columbia Business School|Business]] '11 <br> Brian Tobin, [[MPH]] '05 <br> Nathan Walker, [[MA]] ([[TC]]) '02, [[MDiv]] ([[UTS]]) '05, [[EdM]] ([[TC]]) '08, [[EdD]] ([[TC]]) '13
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|[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/archives/reports_archive/03-04/stu-ann.htm Link to Report]
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|- valign="top"
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|[[2002]]-[[2003]]
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|[[Roosevelt Montás]], [[Columbia College|CC]] '95, [[MA]] '96, [[MPhil]] '99, [[PhD]] (English) '04 <br> Jerald Boak, [[Columbia College|CC]] '95, [[Arts]] '04 <br> Marni Hall, [[MA]] '01, [[MPH]] '05, [[PhD]] ([[Public Health]]) '07
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|[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/archives/reports_archive/02-03/SACAnnRep03.htm Link to Report]
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|- valign="top"
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|[[2001]]-[[2002]]
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|Rohit Aggarwala, [[Columbia College|CC]] '93, [[MPhil]] '98, [[Columbia Business School|Business]] '00, [[PhD]] (History) '02 <br> [[Roosevelt Montás]], [[Columbia College|CC]] '95, [[MA]] '96, [[MPhil]] '99, [[PhD]] (English) '04
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|[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/archives/reports_archive/01-02/StuAffComm.htm Link to Report]
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|- valign="top"
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|[[2000]]-[[2001]]
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|Rohit Aggarwala, [[Columbia College|CC]] '93, [[MPhil]] '98, [[Columbia Business School|Business]] '00, [[PhD]] (History) '02
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|[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/archives/reports_archive/00-01/stucauc01.htm Link to Report]
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|- valign="top"
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|[[1999]]-[[2000]]
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||Rohit Aggarwala, [[Columbia College|CC]] '93, [[MPhil]] '98, [[Columbia Business School|Business]] '00, [[PhD]] (History) '02
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|[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/archives/reports_archive/99-00/stu001apr.htm Link to Report]
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|- valign="top"
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|[[1998]]-[[1999]]
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|Records missing
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[1997]]-[[1998]]
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|Corby Dale, [[MPH]] '95, [[MA]] '98, [[MPhil]] '00, [[PhD]] (Psychology) '00
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[1996]]-[[1997]]
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|Montimer "Monty" Mason, [[GS]] '97 <br> Joshua Ratner, [[Columbia College|CC]] '98, [[Law]] '02
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[1995]]-[[1996]]
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|Frank David, [[MA]] '96, [[MPhil]] '96, [[PhD]] (Pathobiology) '00, [[MD]] '01
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[1994]]-[[1995]]
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|Records missing.
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[1993]]-[[1994]]
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|R. Shary Crossfield-Peguero, [[Columbia College|CC]] '91, [[Law]] '94 (Student Affairs Committee) <br> Mitchell Wong, [[Columbia College|CC]] '94 (Student Caucus)
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[1992]]-[[1993]]
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|Eric Finseth, [[Law]] '94 <br> Sean Gaffney, [[Arts]] '93
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[1991]]-[[1992]]
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|Records missing.
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[1990]]-[[1991]]
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|Records missing.
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[1989]]-[[1990]]
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|Matthew Kohl, [[GS]] '90
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[1988]]-[[1989]]
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|Tom Kamber, [[Columbia College|CC]] '89
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[1987]]-[[1988]]
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|Ellen Ostrick Knight, [[Columbia College|CC]] '88, [[Law]] '91
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[1986]]-[[1987]]
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|Records missing.
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|
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|- valign="top"
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|[[1985]]-[[1986]]
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|Steve Cancian, [[Columbia College|CC]] '86
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|
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|}
  
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==== Academic Calendar ====
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== Board of Visitors ==
  
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The [[Engineering Student Council]] and [[Columbia College Student Council]] attempted to use the University Senate as a vehicle to present and approve their "limited early start" modification to the academic calendar in spring 2010. Representatives of the councils were given an opportunity to present to the Senate, and questioned by the faculty on the practicality of their proposals. The Senate elected to not pursue their proposal. The councils then passed "resolutions" demanding that the University implement the proposal.<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2010/03/30/councils-vote-favor-early-academic-year Councils vote in favor of early academic year], Columbia Spectator, 30 March 2010</ref> The Senate ignored this resolution, and then proceeded to implement its own compromise allowing students who have exams falling on December 23 to reschedule their exams.<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2010/04/16/usenate-writes-proposal-allow-dec-23-exams-be-rescheduled USenate writes proposal to allow Dec. 23 exams to be rescheduled], Columbia Spectator, 16 April 2010</ref>
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The Board of Visitors of the Student Affairs Committee was established in 2010 by SAC Chair [[Tao Tan]] and SAC Chair Emeritus [[Chris Riano]]. The Board of Visitors is charged with serving as an "advisory body to the Student Affairs Committee, and will be composed of those alumni who ... exemplified the highest ideals of leadership while at Columbia University, and who continue to achieve the highest levels of success within their chosen profession."
  
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==== Division of Engineering Seats ====
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The Board possesses a tripartite mandate:
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* To support and assist the current members of the Student Affairs Committee on a non-executive advisory basis.
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* To pass on institutional knowledge and, when necessary, facilitate introductions and relationships that have served student Senators well in the past.
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* To serve as a development vehicle to support the activities of the Student Affairs Committee.
  
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In late spring 2010, the Engineering Graduate Student Council petitioned the Senate's Elections Commission to "divide" the two seats allocated to SEAS into both a graduate and an undergraduate seat. Despite protests that "they have no authority", the Senate's Elections Commission actually ''did'' have the authority to subdivide its constituencies as it saw fit, since the seats do not "belong" to any student council. The ESC refused to include the question of whether the seats should be split in its elections process. The Senate then ran its own referendum. The seats were restructured by the beginning of the fall 2010 semester.<ref>[http://bwog.com/2010/03/30/esc-study-days-senate-takeovers-and-scary-dorm-storming/ ESC: Study Days, Senate Takeovers, and Scary Dorm Storming], Bwog, 30 March 2010</ref><ref>[http://bwog.com/2010/04/17/usenate-undergrads-vs-grads/ USenate: Undergrads vs. Grads?], Bwog, 17 April 2010</ref>
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=== Membership and Election ===
  
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=== 2+2 Principle ===
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The Board of Visitors consists of nine members, with one class of three elected every year. The Board is self-perpetuating and elects by its own processes two of the three seats. The third is elected from a list of nominees provided by the current Student Affairs Committee in consultation with the Alumni Affairs Committee of the [[University Senate]].<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/archives/reports_archive/10-11/sac_boardofvisitors_statutes_2011.pdf Statutes of the Board of Visitors of the Student Affairs Committee]</ref>
  
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The Student Affairs Committee has striven to clarify the boundaries between issues of jurisdiction between the student councils and the University Senate. A clear understanding of these and other issues is the only way to set the groundwork for a future of more productive and constructive relations. The Student Affairs Committee formulated the "2+2 Principle" in 2010. The principle states that Senate issues are "'''matters of policy''' which affect '''two or more schools''' in which decision is required by '''two or more administrative authorities'''."
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Each Visitor serves for a three-year term, renewable once. [[Emeritus]] status can be conferred upon the end of service by a majority vote of the seated board.
  
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A more detailed explanation of the principle follows:
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Honorary Visitors are appointed in extraordinary circumstances by unanimous consent for individual alumni "of particular merit and accomplishment, and who have a long and successful record of encouraging and fostering student involvement in University governance."
  
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* '''Matters of policy:''' The University Senate deals only with matters of policy. It does not concern itself with programming. In other words, it does not plan parties.
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Alumni of the Student Affairs Committee who have served for at least one year are eligible for membership one year following graduation from the Columbia University degree program wherein the University Senate service took place. Visitors may not concurrently serve as student or alumni Senators.
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* '''Two or more schools:''' Taken directly from the Senate's by-laws and enacting language.
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* '''Two or more administrative authorities:''' In deference to and understanding of the many shared administrative resources and student interests among the four undergraduate schools, which are technically separate schools despite having one student community.
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=== Current Board ===
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The seated Board of Visitors is as follows.
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{|
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|- style="background:#DDDDDD;"
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| '''Name'''
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| '''Senate Service'''
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| '''Board Term'''
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|- valign="top"
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|[[Chris Riano]], [[GS]] '07, ''Chair''
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|[[2005]]-[[2007]]
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|[[2010]]-[[2013]]
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|- valign="top"
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|Adam Michaels, [[Columbia Business School|Business]] '06, ''Vice Chair''
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|[[2004]]-[[2006]]
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|[[2010]]-[[2013]]
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|- valign="top"
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|[[Roosevelt Montás]], [[Columbia College|CC]] '95, [[MA]] '96, [[MPhil]] '99, [[PhD]] (English) '04
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|[[1999]]-[[2003]]
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|[[2010]]-[[2013]]
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|- valign="top"
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|[[Matan Ariel]], [[GS]] '06, [[Columbia Business School|Business]] '11
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|[[2003]]-[[2005]]
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|[[2011]]-[[2014]]
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|- valign="top"
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|Justin White, [[GS]] '05, [[Columbia Business School|Business]] '07
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|[[2001]]-[[2003]]
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|[[2011]]-[[2014]]
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|- valign="top"
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|Rebecca Baldwin Fuller, [[Nursing]] '04, [[Nursing]] '07
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|[[2004]]-[[2006]]
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|[[2011]]-[[2014]]
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|- valign="top"
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|TBD
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|
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|[[2012]]-[[2015]]
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|- valign="top"
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|TBD
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|
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|[[2012]]-[[2015]]
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|- valign="top"
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|TBD
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|[[2012]]-[[2015]]
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|}
  
 
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The Student Affairs Committee of the University Senate is the committee that represents student interests. It comprises the 24 voting Senators from the schools of Columbia University (including Barnard and Teachers College) and one non-voting observer from the Union Theological Seminary.

It is also coterminous with and functions as the student caucus or student voting bloc of the University Senate, as all student Senators are automatically members of the Student Affairs Committee. The Student Affairs Committee does not function as a "super-student council". However, it is primus inter pares and first in the order of precedence of student governance, as it is both the senior body, and the only body at Columbia University representing students across all the schools. Student members, therefore, are subject to very high standards and expectations.[1]

Name

According to the Senate's founding documents, the "Student Affairs Committee" once comprised a limited number of students along with faculty and administrators, while the "student caucus" comprised all twenty-four. However, the pre-1995 Student Affairs Committee's mandate was limited strictly to student issues, while the all-encompassing student caucus was able to weigh in on all Senate issues.

In 1995, a merger was effected, faculty and administrators left the Student Affairs Committee, and the entire twenty-four member body was (incorrectly, and somewhat nonsensically) known as the "Student Affairs Caucus" until 2010. In 2010, it was definitively rebranded as the "Student Affairs Committee" to emphasize its open, deliberative nature, as opposed to identifying it strictly as a voting bloc.

As a vehicle and organ for representing the students of all schools at the University, it is in a sense the successor to the Columbia University Student Council. Unlike the Council, however, which was a toothless advisory organ, SAC members are full voting members of the University Senate, with equal voting power to faculty and administrator members.

Leadership

Due to the requirement and responsibility of the SAC leadership to work across different schools, departments, and campuses, many of SAC's leaders tend to have multiple Columbia degrees. Columbia College and Columbia Business School appear to be the most common, although General Studies and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are also in there.

Year Chair/Co-Chairs Annual Report
2014-2015 Will Zvara, Business '15
Zila Acosta, Law School '15
2013-2014 Matthew Chou, CC '14
Akshay Shah, SEAS '14
2012-2013 Eduardo Santana, CC '13 (until January 2013)
Richard Sun, CC '13
Anjelica Kelly, Business '13
2011-2012 Alex Frouman, CC '12
Adil Ahamed, Business '12
2010-2011 Tao Tan, CC '07, Business '11 Link to Report
2009-2010 Andreas Svedin, PhD (Astronomy) '12 Link to Report
2008-2009 Genevieve Thornton, CC '02, Business '09
Amena Cheema, Arts '09 		Link to Report
2007-2008 Andrea Hauge, CC '02, Business '08
John Johnson, Law '08 		Link to Report
2006-2007 Chris Riano, GS '07
Marcus Johnson, CC '07 		Link to Report
2005-2006 Adam Michaels, Business '06
Holly Snow, Barnard '06 		Link to Report
2004-2005 Matan Ariel, GS '06, Business '11
Nathan Walker, MA (TC) '02, MDiv (UTS) '05, EdM (TC) '08, EdD (TC) '13 		Link to Report
2003-2004 Matan Ariel, GS '06, Business '11
Brian Tobin, MPH '05
Nathan Walker, MA (TC) '02, MDiv (UTS) '05, EdM (TC) '08, EdD (TC) '13 		Link to Report
2002-2003 Roosevelt Montás, CC '95, MA '96, MPhil '99, PhD (English) '04
Jerald Boak, CC '95, Arts '04
Marni Hall, MA '01, MPH '05, PhD (Public Health) '07 		Link to Report
2001-2002 Rohit Aggarwala, CC '93, MPhil '98, Business '00, PhD (History) '02
Roosevelt Montás, CC '95, MA '96, MPhil '99, PhD (English) '04 		Link to Report
2000-2001 Rohit Aggarwala, CC '93, MPhil '98, Business '00, PhD (History) '02 Link to Report
1999-2000 Rohit Aggarwala, CC '93, MPhil '98, Business '00, PhD (History) '02 Link to Report
1998-1999 Records missing
1997-1998 Corby Dale, MPH '95, MA '98, MPhil '00, PhD (Psychology) '00
1996-1997 Montimer "Monty" Mason, GS '97
Joshua Ratner, CC '98, Law '02
1995-1996 Frank David, MA '96, MPhil '96, PhD (Pathobiology) '00, MD '01
1994-1995 Records missing.
1993-1994 R. Shary Crossfield-Peguero, CC '91, Law '94 (Student Affairs Committee)
Mitchell Wong, CC '94 (Student Caucus)
1992-1993 Eric Finseth, Law '94
Sean Gaffney, Arts '93
1991-1992 Records missing.
1990-1991 Records missing.
1989-1990 Matthew Kohl, GS '90
1988-1989 Tom Kamber, CC '89
1987-1988 Ellen Ostrick Knight, CC '88, Law '91
1986-1987 Records missing.
1985-1986 Steve Cancian, CC '86

Board of Visitors

The Board of Visitors of the Student Affairs Committee was established in 2010 by SAC Chair Tao Tan and SAC Chair Emeritus Chris Riano. The Board of Visitors is charged with serving as an "advisory body to the Student Affairs Committee, and will be composed of those alumni who ... exemplified the highest ideals of leadership while at Columbia University, and who continue to achieve the highest levels of success within their chosen profession."

The Board possesses a tripartite mandate:

  • To support and assist the current members of the Student Affairs Committee on a non-executive advisory basis.
  • To pass on institutional knowledge and, when necessary, facilitate introductions and relationships that have served student Senators well in the past.
  • To serve as a development vehicle to support the activities of the Student Affairs Committee.

Membership and Election

The Board of Visitors consists of nine members, with one class of three elected every year. The Board is self-perpetuating and elects by its own processes two of the three seats. The third is elected from a list of nominees provided by the current Student Affairs Committee in consultation with the Alumni Affairs Committee of the University Senate.[2]

Each Visitor serves for a three-year term, renewable once. Emeritus status can be conferred upon the end of service by a majority vote of the seated board.

Honorary Visitors are appointed in extraordinary circumstances by unanimous consent for individual alumni "of particular merit and accomplishment, and who have a long and successful record of encouraging and fostering student involvement in University governance."

Alumni of the Student Affairs Committee who have served for at least one year are eligible for membership one year following graduation from the Columbia University degree program wherein the University Senate service took place. Visitors may not concurrently serve as student or alumni Senators.

Current Board

The seated Board of Visitors is as follows.

Name Senate Service Board Term
Chris Riano, GS '07, Chair 2005-2007 2010-2013
Adam Michaels, Business '06, Vice Chair 2004-2006 2010-2013
Roosevelt Montás, CC '95, MA '96, MPhil '99, PhD (English) '04 1999-2003 2010-2013
Matan Ariel, GS '06, Business '11 2003-2005 2011-2014
Justin White, GS '05, Business '07 2001-2003 2011-2014
Rebecca Baldwin Fuller, Nursing '04, Nursing '07 2004-2006 2011-2014
TBD 2012-2015
TBD 2012-2015
TBD 2012-2015

External links

References

  1. ↑ Standards and Expectations for Student Senators
  2. ↑ Statutes of the Board of Visitors of the Student Affairs Committee
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