Columbia College Student Council

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The Columbia College Student Council (CCSC) organizes events and promotes issues that are important to Columbia College students. The CCSC meets on Sundays at 8pm in the Satow Room on the 5th floor of Lerner Hall. All meetings are open to the public unless otherwise noted.

Beginning in fall 2011, CCSC begin its new branding campaign: yourCCSC. All updates and information about the council are now available at yourCCSC.com. You can email the Columbia College Student Council Executive Board at ccsc@columbia.edu.

History

CCSC was founded in 1979. Its first president was Jack O'Laughlin. They collected fees of $20 per student, and had a budget of $90,000 a semester at the time. When CCSC was first formed, the Spectator presciently urged it to "show very quickly that it is something other than a gathering place for the blowhards who used to be high school student body presidents. The idea behind the creation of the council was to coordinate the activities at Ferris Booth Hall. Ferris Booth itself was run by a Board of Managers, and organizations that held events at Ferris Booth were represented by an organization known as the Student Polity.

Their first committees were Joint Budgeting and Calendaring, Academic Affairs and College Policy, and Concert.

Members

The CCSC consists of three parts: the executive board, the class councils, and the representatives-at-large.

Executive board

• Student Body President: Organizes and runs meetings; chief advocate for CC student body
• VP Policy: Pursues policy changes; heads policy subcommittee; assumes CCSC presidency upon vacancy of position by Student Body President
• VP Finance: Treasurer of the council; heads co-sponsorship subcommittee
• VP Campus Life: Plans campus-wide events for CC; heads campus life subcommittee
• VP Communications: Organizes internal and external communications; heads communications committee

Class Councils

• Senior Class Council: Consists of a president, vice-president, and 3 representatives from the senior class.
• Junior Class Council: Consists of a president, vice-president, and 3 representatives from the junior class.
• Sophomore Class Council: Consists of a president, vice-president, and 3 representatives from the sophomore class.
• First-Year Class Council: Consists of a president, vice-president, and 3 representatives from the freshman class.

Representatives at large

• University Senators (3): Fully elected members of the University Senate, although the three CC senators sit ex officio on the CCSC, they do not report to the CCSC, nor does the CCSC exercise any statutory or governance authority over any element whatsoever of the University Senate or its elected members .
• Academic Affairs Rep: Works with VP for Policy to pursue policy changes to academic life.
• Student Services Reps (2): Works with VP for Policy to pursue policy changes to student services such as housing and dining.
• Pre-professional Rep: Works with CCE to plan events geared towards career/internships.
• Alumni Affairs Rep: Works with CCYA, CCAA, and CCA to connect students and alumni.

Co-sponsorships

Any student group that includes Columbia College students can apply for CCSC co-sponsorship of their event. If a co-sponsorship is approved, CCSC will provide additional funding for the event based on the judgment of the council. In 2012 the council voted to approve the creation of two new student group co-sponsorship funds: one specifically for group travel to competitions and another for capital purchases.

External links

• CCSC website
• CCSC's Twitter feed
• Old CCSC Websites (via archive.org):
  • CCSC Website December 1996 - September 2009 Snapshots