If Kim indeed missed the committee meeting andthe March 13 council meeting, the finance chairshould have been expelled as well.

In another case, Liston's failure to keep theattendance records properly may have led him todelay a member's expulsion. The vice presidentthrew Demetrice G. Spiliotis '96 off the councilafter Spiliotis missed Sudnay's opening roll calland recorded his fifth absence.

But student affairs committee records how thatSpilioti's absence was his eighth and that therepresentative should have been expelled weeksearlier.

Liston said yesterday that if there were anydiscrepancies, he would "deal with it when ithappens."

Asked if he would expel the six members ifthere was indeed evidence that they should havebeen expelled earlier, Liston responded: "If needbe."

Smith, the council parliamentarian, said thateven if Liston were to expel all six members attomorrow night's meeting, he would still be inviolation of section 22.5 and could face recall.

"Those members should not have been allowed tovote at previous council meetings," Smith said."it changes the number [required] for quorum atwo-thirds vote, [and] three-fourths vote."

Student affairs is the second largest of thethree council committees. The Crimson was not ableto review documents form the council's largestcommittee campus life, because copies of theoriginal records have not been retained, accordingto committee vice chair Rudd W. Coffey '97. Andthe finance committee records were alsounavailable, according to Riddle.

Suspension of the By-Laws?

In addition to his failure to expel members,Liston did not give the required public warningfor members with significant numbers of absencesduring five consecutive council meetings hisspring.

Section 22.3 of the by-laws mandates that thevice president publicly warn any members who hasbeen absent from "three council meetings, threecommittee meetings, or a combination of four ofboth per semester."

Liston says he announced on march 6 that hewould stop giving out public warnings in order tospare members humiliation.

But Liston's announcement should have requireda suspension of the by-laws, which can only comewith a two-thirds vote of the council.

Instead, Liston says he announced the newpractice, asked if there were any objections andsaw none. The matter was never put to the requiredvote.

"I said, "if there are no objections, I take itas such," Liston says. "And there were none."