“Activist” Columbia GS President Startlingly Inactive
Traditionally ignored by everyone else at Columbia, students from the School of General Studies did something slightly newsworthy two days ago when they attempted to impeach their comically incompetent Student Council President, Niko Cunningham.
[Ed: There's a picture of him here, but I happen to prefer lazy cats to upstanding young whippersnappers]
Accused of "constantly circumventing constitutional rules," Cunningham has allegedly spent a lot of his time in office not going to important meetings and then lying about it, with a dose of not getting GS a good financial aid package thrown in. Cunnigham counterargues that he "was voted in as an activist," which evidently exempts him from most activities. He did manage to attend the impeachment hearings, where the vote was 9 for, 8 against, and 3 abstentions, statistical proof that most people don't like him but not enough to impeach him. Those against the impeachment took the confusing stance that you can't really blame Cunningham because, actually, they were also incompetent. As GS senior class president Chikodi Chima put it, "Let those without sin cast the first stone."
In a Spectator op-ed, the sum total of the press leading up to the event, two GS students spread the blame even further, arguing, "Every one of us is culpable in this disastrous year." This policy of admitting to failures that aren't even their fault is a strange move for GS, which has been trying to raise its status in Columbian minds from "vague resentment" to at least "feigned politeness" for some time now. Fortunately for GS, most at Columbia probably aren't even aware of the event; even the GS student who sent IvyGate a tip about the meeting noted that he missed it. --J.D. Porter
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April 4th, 2008 at 1:00 am
is this the same chima that has the huge dick?
April 4th, 2008 at 1:34 am
Yep. President of the GS senior class; owner of a Major Schlong; erstwhile blogger. Is he (or his penis) part of GS’s plan to improve how they are perceived? Next they’ll send the parents brochures of that guy making the batwing and other puppetry of the penis.
April 4th, 2008 at 7:18 am
Haha yes, blogging about the size of your cock is a great way to improve the reputation of GS.
April 5th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
The GS is a waste of resources on the unworthy. Just to ramp up its earnings, the university is recruiting college dropouts at a record numbers, and suddenly we have the undergraduate lounges, weekly undergrad society gatherings in the department, and intermediate level classes full of late 20’s and early 30’s instead of late teens. WTF … why can’t they go to NYU?
April 5th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Why can’t you jump off your goddamn ivory tower? You won’t be missed. If you wanted to remain cloistered amongst “people in their late teens,” you should’ve stayed in high school, where you belong.
April 6th, 2008 at 3:06 am
Pick on someone your own age, asshole! (HINT: try theold folks home)
April 8th, 2008 at 9:42 am
As a woman, I’m embarrassed that people are talking about penis size. Are you in seventh grade? Honestly, I think people need to grow up. Chikodi is an imbicile and for CC kids who think GSers are “unworthy,” according to whom and on what grounds? GSers have a lot of real world experience, job experience, and (some) bring some much needed maturity to the campus. If you don’t want adults going to Columbia you don’t belong in the real world.
April 9th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Niko was impeached yesterday at the GSSC meeting. I think the vote was 12 for and 3 against. I’m not sure if the impeachment will stand as Niko refused to chair the meeting when the motion was seconded.
April 9th, 2008 at 9:53 am
The Bwog has much to say about this today:
http://www.bwog.net/articles/the_gssc_impeachment_it_might_have_counted
April 9th, 2008 at 10:52 am
The Bwog has much to say about this today:
http://www.bwog.net/articles/the_gssc_impeachment_it_might_have_counted