Minutes 10/27/98

Present:                                                                         

Sarita Kaza		Doug Gauld		Mike Wein		Lee Smith

Jess Heller		Dave Hu			Manish Parikh		Ben Hamar

Nicole Hindman		Eric Silver		Deb Klugewicz		Dave Poppers		

Jeremy Poppers		Tom Garvey		Brian Keegan		Juan Rodriguez

Demetre Daskalakis	Ethan Cowan		Margaret Chou



                                                          

Not Present: (*Excused)

*Greg Evangalista		Evelyn Ha

Class Announcements

Class of 2000
Class meeting Scheduled for Nov. 9th or 23rd depending upon Dean Glickman's availability.
Clinical clerkship committee is meeting Oct. 28th. The top issue will be off-campus rotations especially with the upcoming LCME.

After speaking to Stuart Spore and Carol Wu in the library they have several announcements:

1. The suggestion box is now active and they are responding to suggestions.
2. They want copy cards to be picked up by Nov. 30th.
3. They are unreserving computers in the library now that Coles is open.
4. They also want to be notified when there are problems with computers, printers etc.
5. They would like to know if we have any other issues to discuss with them.

Class of 2001
Class meeting has been scheduled for Mon. Nov. 2nd @ 5:30-7:30 and the Diagnostic equipment sale is Tuesday Nov. 10th at 3:00 in Schwartz F. Fourth years (and third years) are invited to attend both and offer advice.
Jan. 13th is the Intro Clerkship meeting.
Party on Monday Nov 2nd @ 8:00 Lemon Bar.

Class of 2002
Halloween Party Friday at Vivid at 9:00 PM.

MD/PhD

Old Business:

Security in Coles: No new news on Security.

New Business:

Telephone Service: Can we get a cheaper group rate. Juan Rodriguez will pursue what options are available.

Meeting with Dean Lesser: Eric Silver, Deb, and Ethan met with Dean Lesser about non-student access to Coles. He emphatically recommended that only students with student council approval could schedule space for anything other than studying.

Drums in the Lounge: Students will not be allowed to use their drum sets in the music area of Rubin Lobby because it may be to disruptive to the majority of the students. Juan Rodriguez will determine the feasibility of having housing sound proof the room. Students can use Schwartz E & F at night, and the rooms are usually empty.

New Club Proposal: The NYU Harm Reduction Alliance was approved as a Student Organization. They can now prepare a budget for student council approval.

The inviting of Administrators to Student Council Meetings: Student council would like to invite at least one administrator to meetings each month. Recommendations include: Dean Glickman every 3 months. Dean Lesser and Dean Cantonese together. Library staff. Dean Abramson. Dr. Felice Aull.

The Transition from Dean Lindner to Dean's Lesser and Dean Catanese: Transition from Dean Lindner to Dean Lesser brought up the issue about career counseling at NYU. Major points of discussion: It is unclear what will happen in the future with the current changes in Dean’s office:

1. Will Dean Catanese take over counseling (excluding Dean Lesser??)
2. What is the "Long term career planning" program currently in place?
3. Can we add the Glaxo-Welcome program, now that it has been absorbed by the AAMC?
4. Should the option to reapply for advisors be available to 2nd, 3rd and 4th years?

This committee will look at what we like and don’t like about the current system as well as possible solutions. Then they will present this to Student Council before we approach the administration. This is another issue that should be addressed with the upcoming LCME.