Bwog just received an email from CCSC VP of Policy Adil Ahmed that announced there are two ROTC forums in the works -- one at Barnard, one at Columbia -- designed to serve as platforms for different groups to present their views on the issue to the campus. These forums will be open to the public.

On Friday, there will be a planning meeting -- "not a political debate" -- to determine who will be presenting during these forums.

As for the the University-wide referendum, it seems this thing will be written by to-be-determined members of the four undergraduate councils. The authors of the referendum will be identified once it is written, and "no groups will write the questions."

Full email after the jump.

In response to widespread concerns over access to the ROTC survey planning meetings that have been going on amongst student groups, the next meeting will most likely be moved to Friday, and be declared open to all groups, pending a vote from the current coalition of group and council representatives.

The move was pushed for by CCSC VP for Policy Adil Ahmed, who, in an email to student council and group leaders, said that the councils want to be "completely transparent." At last Wednesday's meeting, representatives from Everyone Allied Against Homophobia tried to enter the closed meeting. They were asked to leave by representatives there, and EAAH handed out a statement at the end of the meeting.

Earlier today, we spoke to SGA President Sarah Besnoff, who explained that despite reports of Swipe Access' imminence, in fact, a CCSC/SEAS survey on the issue is the next step in actually moving forward on this thing.

According to CCSC VP of Policy Adil Ahmed, this survey will be sent out "shortly." CCSC is currently working with Housing and Dining, and then must present their efforts to Security.

As for the GS question, according to Ahmed: "[CCSC has] only talked about BC and will be incorporating GS into the discussions shortly. We're going to work on this in stages with BC getting first priority."

DJ Tanner, the Pike-based hip-hop group comprised of Peter Capraro SEAS '09 and Michael Kosdan SEAS '09, has just released "The Experience," in which DJ T thoroughly reps Krebs and company, citing, among other things, their fresh tattoos and an ability to rock gold hearts like ice cubes. While you can hear the tune here, Bwog recommends watching the video, where you can see a series of goofy photographs of Capraro and the Experience crew, none of which is more amusing than the black and white mugshot of VP Policy candidate Adil Ahmed, pictured above. Bwog wonders, should the Kitchen Cabinet be expecting a phone call from Alidad?

Full message and video after the jump.

Experience Columbia will experience a 10% decline in the number of available posters because of the now infamous letter of Adil Ahmed. The Elections Board ruled in their favor. Full letter after the jump.

The Official Bwog Poster Count:

Alidad Damooei: 1000
George Krebs: 900

-JJV

A tipster forwarded Bwog editors an email sent at 2:48 AM last night by George Krebs' prospective VP of Policy Adil Ahmed. Apparently, Ahmed had sent an email to various student leaders describing his plan for CCSC: "When a bold vision is combined with concrete plans, I know that we can put aside any doubts and believe in and work together towards a more united, connected, opportunity-filled, and comfortable Columbia." Titillating!

This isn't technically campaigning, because that would be breaking the rules of the CCSC elections' timeline, and Ahmed addresses this issue, explaining: "I am not stumping, and I truly mean what I say." Then again, if saying that "We all have common struggles, but it's beautiful when we fight through them together" isn't stumping, Bwog really isn't sure what is-- though we have heard the email circulated around a limited number of readers.

The email is posted in full after the jump.