Minutes 12/1/98

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Present:                                                                         

Demetre Daskalakis	Doug Gauld		Mike Wein		Lee Smith

Evelyn Ha		Margaret Chou		Manish Parikh		Ben Hamar

Nicole Hindman		Eric Silver		Deb Klugewicz		Ethan Cowan		

Tom Garvey		Dave Hu			Juan Rodriguez		Jess Heller

Dave Poppers		Jeremy Poppers			

                                                          

Not Present: (*Excused)

*Sarita Kaza		*Brian Keegan		Greg Evangalista

Class Announcements

Class of 1999
We are going to ask Dr. Grieco to see if students can have off from call on match day.
Reminder to sign up for Dean's breakfast's

Class of 2000
There was a class meeting yesterday (11/30). Dean Lesser attended and all went well

Class of 2001
Coles lockers are being redone because the wrong lockers were delivered so all students are being asked to remove their lockers and take home microscopes over the weekend.
There was a Clerkship Lottery Committee meeting and all is going well.
The Winter Semi-Formal is this Friday (12/4) from 8 PM-1 AM at Bombay Palace. Tickets are $10 and are available through Don and Carol.

Class of 2002

MD/PhD

Old Business:

Career Guidance Sub-Committee: The kickoff of the Career Guidance Sub-Committee for which students have been selected will be delayed. Dean Lesser will be attending a training conference for MEDcareers in February. Upon her return we will help her be involved in the implementation of the new advisement system.
The Sub-Committee as it stands now is composed of: 

4th years	Margaret Chou and Ben Hamar

3rd years	Dave Hu and Mike Wein

2nd years	Seth Uretsky

1st year		Lee Smith

MD/PhD		Bedabrata Sarkar

Fishbowl: Complaints have been received regarding the Fishbowl. Medical students have been told that it is a graduate student study space/lounge and that medical students are not welcome to study there. The multitude of signs proclaiming the space as being for Sackler students also makes it imposing to enter. Eric will speak with Dr. Oppenheim about the situation.

New Business:

Roberts Rules of Order: The student council by-laws call for the meetings to be run according to Roberts Rules of Order. The issue of educating all members of council as to proper procedure will be re-addressed when we can get the rules in an outline form.

Administrative Duties to Bring to Joe Oppedisano: The following are administrative duties that have been done by Student Council members that we will present to Joe in his capacity as assistant to Dean Lesser:

A complaint about the uniform room: The current hours are 7 AM - 4 PM and students have expressed that 7 AM is too late to open. A representative of the council will speak with them.

Skirball Pets Rule: There was a complaint by a student living in Skirball about pets running free in the hallways of Skirball. Council will offer support for a Tenant Advisory from the Housing Office condemning pets running free in the halls.

Lottery for Sub-Internship: The MD/PhD representatives expressed concern for the system of choose sites for Sub-I's. They claim that the system that has been set up in the past has denied them a real chance of obtaining Bellevue for their Sub-I's. The recent renovations to the Clerkship Lottery have called for a lottery prior to the Sub-I for sites as opposed to the old system where students were assigned based on how early in the clerkship lottery they selected a Sub-I. The new system should enable MD/PhD's a fair shot at obtaining different Sub-I sites. This discussion will be continued next week.

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Student Council President