Although the new SAC maintains few of the characteristics of the old, self-selecting institution, Pryor and the task force decided to keep the name because of the institutional memory associated with the title.

In a proud presentation, the task force announced the unanimity of the draft proposal; all 12 members had agreed on each of the detailed points before finalizing the document. When Pryor accepted the structure, this signified, for the task force, a victory of consensus.

On May 8, the IOP held another round of elections where McCarthy was re-elected as president for his second term, and Eugene Krupitsky `02 was elected as vice-president. Francisco J. Flores was elected as treasurer; all three juniors ran as a ticket for uncontested positions.

Pryor says he feels very comfortable with the current state of the IOP is in right now. He acknowledges the riskiness and the contention surrounding his decision to dissolve SAC in the beginning of the year, but he says he feels confident that it worked out in the end.

"It was a venture, and it was the fear of the unknown that troubled us," Pryor says. "And now we have had our elections, we have a wonderful slate of new leaders, and I think there is general agreement that there we're on very sound footing."