Independent Council: Difference between revisions

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Among its own membership, the Council selected officers; a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Senator, and a [[Rules and Elections Committee]] Representative.

As an advocacy body, the Independent Council dealt with issues effecting independent students, especially relating to non-Greek residential life and services.

As an advocacy body, the Independent Council dealt with issues effecting independent students, especially relating to non-Greek residential life and services. This included advocacy for the introduction of laundry facilities in the Union, cost analysis for on- and off-campus living, and advocacy for the [[Folsom Library]] to include copies of class textbooks. It also planned social events.

== Pre-Union History ==

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== History in the Union ==

The original 1970 Union Constitution defined the Independent Council as a branch of the Union's student government subsidiary to the [[Undergraduate Council]]. It was responsible for defining its own constitution, although this constitution needed to be approved by the UC, which could review any action taken by it. It shared this subordinate status with the Interfraternity Council and the four undergraduate [[Class Councils]].

The original 1970 Union Constitution defined the Independent Council as a branch of the Union's student government subsidiary to the [[Undergraduate Council]] (UC). It was responsible for defining its own constitution, although this constitution needed to be approved by the UC, which could review any action taken by it. It shared this subordinate status with the Interfraternity Council and the four undergraduate [[Class Councils]]. Some opposed the 1970 Constitution on the grounds that the IC's autonomy was being removed by its folding underneath UC.

Under the 1987 Union Constitution, the Independent Council retained its subordinate status although it was shifted to now be under the [[Student Senate]]; the IFC and the newly-formed Panhellenic Council were placed under the Senate.

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 Among its own membership, the Council selected officers; a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Senator, and a [[Rules and Elections Committee]] Representative.
-As an advocacy body, the Independent Council dealt with issues effecting independent students, especially relating to non-Greek residential life and services.
+As an advocacy body, the Independent Council dealt with issues effecting independent students, especially relating to non-Greek residential life and services. This included advocacy for the introduction of laundry facilities in the Union, cost analysis for on- and off-campus living, and advocacy for the [[Folsom Library]] to include copies of class textbooks. It also planned social events.
 == Pre-Union History ==
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 == History in the Union ==
-The original 1970 Union Constitution defined the Independent Council as a branch of the Union's student government subsidiary to the [[Undergraduate Council]]. It was responsible for defining its own constitution, although this constitution needed to be approved by the UC, which could review any action taken by it. It shared this subordinate status with the Interfraternity Council and the four undergraduate [[Class Councils]].
+The original 1970 Union Constitution defined the Independent Council as a branch of the Union's student government subsidiary to the [[Undergraduate Council]] (UC). It was responsible for defining its own constitution, although this constitution needed to be approved by the UC, which could review any action taken by it. It shared this subordinate status with the Interfraternity Council and the four undergraduate [[Class Councils]]. Some opposed the 1970 Constitution on the grounds that the IC's autonomy was being removed by its folding underneath UC.
 Under the 1987 Union Constitution, the Independent Council retained its subordinate status although it was shifted to now be under the [[Student Senate]]; the IFC and the newly-formed Panhellenic Council were placed under the Senate.