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CAS Student Council Votes to Block Nearly All of CAS From Running For Office

The CAS Student Council radically changed its constitution last week and set a baffling restriction on who is able to run for its highest office. In a nearly unanimous decision, CAS has made three semesters of government involvement a requirement to run for Student Council President (two for Treasurer). Should these changes be ratified, the Council, which defines itself as the “only official assembly of students that has the right to represent students in this college,” will block the overwhelming majority of CAS students from ever leading the Council. Juniors, sophomores, and second year transfer students new to student government will never even have the opportunity to run for President.

Why? Megan Cruz, the current CAS Student Council President, defended the constitution’s changes by saying, “Students best suited have already proved their dedication to this Council and its efforts by showing up to weekly meetings and helping to plan our various programs and initiatives…To be honest, this is about ensuring the preservation and continuing success of the Council for the foreseeable future. It’s important that the newly elected President and Treasurer come in with knowledge of the ins and outs of the Council.” Continue…