"We represented the interests of the students and Phillips Brooks House ASSOCIATION, INC. on a committee whose very nature was altered midway through the process to disempower the students," Chen added in the e-mail.

Mussman said that he and Chen were they told that the coordinating committee was only an advisory committee just two or three weeks ago. He said he had not talked to administrators before the committee began its work.

"We had understood it was going to be the decision-making body," Mussman said.

Mussman added that students were underrepresented on the Space Committee.

Kidd, however, said that the committee's purpose has never varied, and that the students had sufficient input.

"As far as I know, we met all the students' needs," Kidd said. "I don't understand where her [Chen's] concerns are."

"We had a Committee working with the architects to make sure we had input from all relevant parties," Kidd wrote.