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Student Election Ballots
Arrive In Mail This Week

Paul McBreen

The DSC strongly encourages all GC students to fill out and return the election ballots which are arriving in the mail this week. The names which appear on the ballot were submitted to us via a nomination process and these students were contacted to confirm their willingness to run for a DSC position. The programs which have no names listed require write-in submissions. DSC will do a second round of phone calls and emails to make certain that those who receive the most votes in a program are indeed willing to represent their programs. It is best to write in names of students who have expressed willingness to be involved, since the DSC is an active body. It is very important that all programs be represented at our plenary meetings. We are especially interested in representation from programs not located at the GC. We need your input!

The ballot consists of five sections on two pages. The first page contains: the Faculty/Student Disciplinary Panel; Media Board; the At-Large Representatives to the DSC; and the Student Academic Appeals Officer (on the reverse side). The Faculty/Student Disciplinary Panel and the Student Academic Appeals Officer require little if any time commitment during the school year. These students are only called upon as situations arise.

The Media Board, however, is important and becoming more so. This body has met recently and plans to take up its duties related to the DSC and Advocate website in the near future. The At-Large Representatives to the DSC section is also important. These people attend the DSC meetings one Friday a month, along with the regular program representatives. Technically, they represent the whole GC community, not just a specific program. The DSC steering committee is currently establishing specific duties for At-Large Reps since the duties currently laid out for these positions are rather vague in the Constitution. These Reps are important and in the future will contribute to the efficacy of the DSC even more than they do now.

The second page, entitled “2004 Doctoral Students’ Council (DSC) Program Representatives” is broken down by programs. Find your program only and follow the instructions. These are the students who will be responsible for attending meetings, bringing suggestions to the plenary meetings from their fellow students and forwarding information back to the students in their programs.

Again, we hope that all programs have sufficient representation for 2004-2005. Each program needs an elected rep and an alternate. The person with the second-most votes in a program will be contacted to be the alternate.