UA passes move-out proposal

Last Sunday's weekly meeting of the Undergraduate Assembly continued a push to get an extra day of move-out for students, among other issues.

The UA debated the final version of a move-out proposal that was authored by College sophomore and UA member Alec Webley with assistance from College sophomore and UA member Grant Dubler and the Residential Advisory Board.

The proposal aims to extend the move-out deadline from 16 hours after final exams to 40 hours in order to give students more time between the last day of exams and the move-out deadline.

The issue was brought to light after a Facebook group was created in spring 2008 to express students' frustration with the deadline.

"Students were really, really angry," Webley said of the decision to pursue the change.

The proposal passed, but only after some debate over the section that included student responses to a survey about the issue that was conducted over the summer.

The UA also passed a budget request for $371 to fund travel expenses of representatives attending next week's Ivy Council colloquium at Columbia University. Ivy Council is a body that brings together students leaders from across the Ivy League.

Though the money was awarded, members debated whether the UA should fund a conference that is not officially aligned with student government.

The UA also amended its bylaws in a proposal that had been put off for several weeks.

"This proposal makes the UA more democratic, accountable and fair. It is one step on our journey to become a true Assembly for undergraduates," wrote Webley, who worked extensively on this proposal, in an e-mail.

Finally, the UA elected Wharton freshman Triston Francis as its representative to the Ivy Council and College junior Lucia Liu as its representative to the University's committee on Tangible Change.

*This article was edited at 10:18 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7, 2008.

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