Hooray, the 2012 Class Council election results for ESC and SGA are here. Meet your new teams:

ESC:
President: Derrick Fu (SuperFu)
Vice-President: Jessica Wu (SuperFu)
Representative: Eric Harms (SuperFu)
Representative: Judy Kim (FuReal)

SGA:
President: Charlie Dinkin
Vice President: Bo Yun Park
Treasurer: Astrika Wilhelm

You might recall that "Stephan" did endorse SuperFu. And probably would have endorsed Charlie, Bo, and Astrika had we asked for an SGA pick.

Tonight's NROTC Forum Planning meeting revolved around the logistics of the two community forums concerning NROTC on campus, to be held -- according to CCSC VP of Policy Adil Ahmed and SGA President Sarah Besnoff -- hopefully the last week of October. (Though Besnoff said again and again, with growing frustration, that the Councils were reluctant to confirm any dates.)

Here's what's been decided: As already mentioned, there will be two forums, one at Barnard, the other at Columbia. Both will be open to all students, and as of now, none will be open to non-CUID-holders. (Besnoff said that Fox News' presence is a legitimate possibility, but to "assume at the moment we're saying 'no.'")

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."

Yesterday evening we reported on the exciting news that Swipe Access to Barnard dorms is imminent. This, while sort of true, is not the full picture, according to SGA President Sarah Besnoff. Though CCSC announced that last spring BC students had "voted overwhelming to allow Swipe Access," according to Besnoff, nothing formal has been decided, so the imminence of Swipe Access is entirely debatable.

"Last year, SGA released a survey to the BC student body about Access and Security as relates to residential halls. The survey demonstrated that there was overwhelming BC student dissastifaction with the current sign-in procedures and how this procedure procludes community integration. As such, there is going to be an effort this year by SGA (in conjunction with CCSC and ESC) to move forward on examining what "universal access" would look like. Nothing has been decided, and this year's SGA has not formerly endorsed any resolution calling for CC students to have access to dorms," Besnoff told Bwog in an email.

The first step to Swipe Access would involve sending out a referendum to the Columbia Community, as Class Councils operate democratically, occasionally.

The activities fair may be over, but you've still got a while to find your niche in Columbia's extracurricular scene. To help you sift through the alphabet soup, our series of club crib sheets continues with groups that hand out money and groups that may eventually make lots of money.

Governing Boards and Councils (a.k.a. The Man)

Activities Board at Columbia (ABC) - This oversight organization funds publications, cultural groups, competition groups--basically everything SGB doesn't pay for. Every club competes to have its friends on the board of representatives in hopes of upping their allocations.

Engineering Student Council (ESC) - ESC may be elected undemocratically—the executive board, which composes a much larger percentage of the total student body than any of the other councils, selects the president--but they do come up with the most wonderful web applications.

Student Government Association - Barnard College's student council, this year headed by Sarah Besnoff. SGA mostly stays on the west side of Broadway, but frequently cosponsors events with the other undergraduate councils.

General Studies Student Council (GSSC) - Now with a cute owl logo and a website that's at least helpful and up to date, GSSC is one of the more constituency-conscious councils out there. Bwog can only hope current president Brody Berg will be as entertaining as ex-leader Nico Cunningham.

The activities fair may be over, but you've still got a while to find your niche in Columbia's extracurricular scene. To help you sift through the alphabet soup, our series of club crib sheets continues with groups that hand out money and groups that may eventually make lots of money.

Governing Boards and Councils (a.k.a. The Man)

Activities Board at Columbia (ABC) - This oversight organization funds publications, cultural groups, competition groups--basically everything SGB doesn't pay for. Every club competes to have its friends on the board of representatives in hopes of upping their allocations.

Engineering Student Council (ESC) - ESC may be elected undemocratically—the executive board, which composes a much larger percentage of the total student body than any of the other councils, selects the president--but they do come up with the most wonderful web applications.

Student Government Association - Barnard College's student council, this year headed by Sarah Besnoff. SGA mostly stays on the west side of Broadway, but frequently cosponsors events with the other undergraduate councils.

General Studies Student Council (GSSC) - Now with a cute owl logo and a website that's at least helpful and up to date, GSSC is one of the more constituency-conscious councils out there. Bwog can only hope current president Brody Berg will be as entertaining as ex-leader Nico Cunningham.

SGA election results have rolled in.

President SGA
Sarah Besnoff

VPSA
Maria Luiza Morad

Vice President For Communications
Kathryn Palillo

Vice President of Finance
Amy Chen

Jr.Rep to BOT
Daphne Larose

Community Affairs Rep.
Emily Kan

Academic Affairs Rep.
Muzna Ansari

Breaking CCSC/ESC/GSSC/SGA news in the form of new dark horse candidate Chas Carey, CC '08. Carey, running on the "Federalist Party" platform has decided to simultaneously run for presidency in all class councils. According to candidate Carey, his campaign is one of unification: "Class councils have long been powerless against the overwhelming might of Low Library, but if we yoke them together, we can scale the steps and crowthe people with Bollinger's wig," the statement read. You can read the full declaration of candidacy after the jump, including what will no doubt become a legendary campaign speech entitled "The Future Is Now; No, Now; No, Right Then; I Mean, Wait, Fuck"

Congratulations to Barnard '11 President Reni Calister! (Time to put the red cup down, Reni). She'll be joined by Becky Gimple and Abbey Warner as the first-year SGA VP and Secretary, respectively.

The wheels of democracy are also in motion over at SEAS. Kamal Yechoor of the Fu-Tang Clan was declared the first-year ESC president. His ticket took 58% of the vote, with over half the Fu first-years completing the online ballot.

And in CCSC news, does the official photo of the Class Action ticket look like a promotional shot for Gossip Girl or what?

XOXO,

Bwog