"Tonight's UC vote was very close and I believe the council made a mistake," Gusmorino said. "The UC is still on record endorsing the living wage despite tonight's vote about the current protest."
The move prevented at least three more students from leaving the meeting in the middle of the vote. Had four students left, they would have brought the council beneath its quorum.
"I think people should be more considerate than to leave in the middle of the vote just because they think they're going to lose," said council representative Sterling P. A. Darling `01.
After the meeting, a handful of PSLM supporters charged the council had violated its charge to support students.
"The UC has become more conservative than the administration," said David B. Orr `01.