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'''Seth Flaxman''', CC '07, is the current president of the [[Columbia College Student Council]]. Formerly, he was president of the [[College Democrats]]. Outside of college, Flaxman is an auxiliary police officer.
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[[Image: Rally.jpg|thumb|Seth Flaxman]]
  
He is not to be confused with his namesake, [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=2046 Seth Flaxman], Harvard '08.
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'''Seth Flaxman''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[2007|07]] was president of the [[Columbia College Student Council]] during the 2006-07 academic year. Before that, he was president of the [[College Democrats]]. Outside of college, Flaxman served as an auxiliary police officer. After graduating he worked as a research assistant at the Council on Foreign Relations.
  
Students have varying responses to his performance as president of CCSC. Some say he writes cool [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=2403 emails].
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Flaxman is currently studying at [[Harvard]]'s Kennedy School of Government. He is not to be confused with his namesake, [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=2046 Seth Flaxman], Harvard '08.
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==CCSC Presidential Election 2006==
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Flaxman, an outsider, went up against veteran CCSC insider [[Nishant Dixit]] after Class of 2007 president [[David Chait]] announced he would continue to serve as class president and not seek higher office. Flaxman's party won on the promise of substantially bolstering financial aid.
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==CCSC Presidency==
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While President of CCSC, Columbia underwent several reforms that Flaxman helped bring about:
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* Undergraduate financial aid was reformed for students with families making under 50K, with all their loans being replaced with grants. This was the issue upon which Flaxman ran for President.
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* Undergraduate advising was reformed.
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* The 6th floor of Lerner may finally be developed as part of the plan to reform advising.
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* Revolutionized the student council president email. Students had varying responses to Flaxman's emails. Some say they are quite [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=2403 inspired].
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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*[http://www.linkedin.com/in/sethflaxman LinkedIn page]
 
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200520312 Flaxman Fan Club on Facebook]
 
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200520312 Flaxman Fan Club on Facebook]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/09/07/News/On.The.Record.Ccsc.President.Speaks.His.Mind-2260861.shtml?norewrite200611052152&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Interview with Spectator]
 
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/04/10/Opinion/Staff.Editorial.Vote.Open.Columbia-2027601.shtml Spectator Endorsement]
 
  
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{{succession|preceded=[[Michelle Oh]]|succeeded=[[Michelle Diamond]]|office=President of the [[CCSC]]|years=2006-2007}}
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[[Category:Columbia College alumni|Flaxman, Seth]]
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[[Category:Campus Characters|Flaxman, Seth]]

Latest revision as of 01:59, 28 November 2009

Seth Flaxman

Seth Flaxman CC '07 was president of the Columbia College Student Council during the 2006-07 academic year. Before that, he was president of the College Democrats. Outside of college, Flaxman served as an auxiliary police officer. After graduating he worked as a research assistant at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Flaxman is currently studying at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He is not to be confused with his namesake, Seth Flaxman, Harvard '08.

CCSC Presidential Election 2006

Flaxman, an outsider, went up against veteran CCSC insider Nishant Dixit after Class of 2007 president David Chait announced he would continue to serve as class president and not seek higher office. Flaxman's party won on the promise of substantially bolstering financial aid.

CCSC Presidency

While President of CCSC, Columbia underwent several reforms that Flaxman helped bring about:

  • Undergraduate financial aid was reformed for students with families making under 50K, with all their loans being replaced with grants. This was the issue upon which Flaxman ran for President.
  • Undergraduate advising was reformed.
  • The 6th floor of Lerner may finally be developed as part of the plan to reform advising.
  • Revolutionized the student council president email. Students had varying responses to Flaxman's emails. Some say they are quite inspired.

External links

Preceded by
Michelle Oh
President of the CCSC 
2006-2007
Succeeded by
Michelle Diamond