A few gems from the Columbia College Student Council meeting Sunday night.

"The theme for Safer Sex Week... well, it has to do with hot dogs and tacos." -Sophomore President George Krebs, announcing a planned Safer Sex Week study break.

"We're making Valentines for old lonely people." -Junior President Neda Navab, showing compassion for the elderly in planning a charity event.

And finally, a tidbit that may actually have bearing on the election: Marcus Johnson, a graduating University Senator, publicly encouraged Academic Affairs Rep Alidad Damooei '09 or Krebs to run for his seat, to much laughter and applause from their colleagues.

Damooei's LSAT proposal passed (after losing a clause that would have compelled the CCSC officers to serve as unpaid LSAT proctors), so he may have political capital within CCSC at the moment. He and Krebs - like all prospective candidates - must register for whatever position they choose by February 19.

-DPD

Seems like everyone and their mother is issuing statements these days about the Minuteman Protest: distancing, endorsing, calling for blood...and sometimes saying not much at all. While frolicking in the Student Government Office, Bwog ran across one such statement, passed this evening by the Student Affairs Caucus of the University Senate:

Resolution on Free Speech at Columbia University

WHEREAS, Columbia University and its community has the responsibility to do everything possible to ensure that we all have the ability to express our intellectual freedom within our institution, and

WHEREAS, the Student Body of Columbia University has a right to invite speakers with varied points of view to campus, and it is unaccepatble within our community, to take away someone else's right to express their opinions and viewpoints, and

WHEREAS, the Student Affairs Caucus represents the entire student body of Columbia University,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Student Affairs Caucus stands behind the principles of free speech on campus, and demands that the Columbia University Community stand firm in our commitment to allow all views to be heard.

Seem toothless? Not as bad as the Dems, who aren't planning on issuing a statement at all. Chicano Caucus is already on their second, reprinted after the jump.