The staff is correct in criticizing Dean Lewis for refusing to endorse the change from "freshman" to "first-year." But it fails to point out a larger issue highlighted by the dean's veto: The council's new system of serving up proposals for Lewis' veto is totally humiliating, since it only underscores (and exacerbates) the council's place as a non-force on this campus. The system also destroys the arm's-length relationship that any legitimate college student government should have with the administration. The council should repeal the Grimmelmann-Nelson Act and end these farcical games.
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