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Students chosen for committee
by Miranda Neubauer
Senior Writer
News | 11/20/07
Posted online at 9:46 PM EST on 11/19/07
/ Last updated at 2:33 PM EST on 11/19/07
The Union Senate confirmed two students who will serve as representatives on the new Firearms Advisory Committee last Sunday.
Student Union President Shreeya Sinha '09 chose Matt Rogers '08 and Fanny Familia '09 to join her. Professors Robert Moody (THA) and Paul Jankowski (HIST), Chief Operating Officer Peter French and Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan will also serve on the committee. French will chair the committee.
University President Jehuda Reinharz formed the committee at the end of last month to advise the University as it implements its policy of arming officers, a decision he reached in September after the recommendations of a committee of students, faculty and staff that convened over the summer. Reinharz originally ordered that the new committee be comprised of two faculty members, two graduate students, two undergraduate students and two staff members.
Sinha e-mailed an application for the committee to the entire student body Nov. 5. The committee will convene after Thanksgiving, she said, adding that the student representatives' goal will be to gather student opinions on the issue through forums and visits to club meetings.
Sinha said Reinharz charged her with organizing the selection of the students. Together with three senators and Vice President Alex Braver '09, she selected the students from a group of 25 applicants, she said. Senator for Ziv Quad Justin Sulsky '09, who helped Sinha with her decisions, said the additional panel members each viewed some of the applications before they came together to interview five finalists.
Rogers said he wanted to be on the committee "to ensure that all students' interests, regardless of what those interests are, were represented." He added that he didn't think the fact "that there's just three of us means that other student input will be ignored."
Rogers said he was still undecided about his opinion on the decision to arm. "I feel like there were issues with the process itself but that the decision …was made by people who have the best interests of the university in mind, and therefore I would tend to say that I don't have a particular problem with the decision."
Student Union President Shreeya Sinha '09 chose Matt Rogers '08 and Fanny Familia '09 to join her. Professors Robert Moody (THA) and Paul Jankowski (HIST), Chief Operating Officer Peter French and Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan will also serve on the committee. French will chair the committee.
University President Jehuda Reinharz formed the committee at the end of last month to advise the University as it implements its policy of arming officers, a decision he reached in September after the recommendations of a committee of students, faculty and staff that convened over the summer. Reinharz originally ordered that the new committee be comprised of two faculty members, two graduate students, two undergraduate students and two staff members.
Sinha e-mailed an application for the committee to the entire student body Nov. 5. The committee will convene after Thanksgiving, she said, adding that the student representatives' goal will be to gather student opinions on the issue through forums and visits to club meetings.
Sinha said Reinharz charged her with organizing the selection of the students. Together with three senators and Vice President Alex Braver '09, she selected the students from a group of 25 applicants, she said. Senator for Ziv Quad Justin Sulsky '09, who helped Sinha with her decisions, said the additional panel members each viewed some of the applications before they came together to interview five finalists.
Rogers said he wanted to be on the committee "to ensure that all students' interests, regardless of what those interests are, were represented." He added that he didn't think the fact "that there's just three of us means that other student input will be ignored."
Rogers said he was still undecided about his opinion on the decision to arm. "I feel like there were issues with the process itself but that the decision …was made by people who have the best interests of the university in mind, and therefore I would tend to say that I don't have a particular problem with the decision."
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