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Seniors Carfagno, Representative Samantha Kanner, Secretary/Treasurer Camille Fesche and Price listen to debate at this week's meeting. (Liz Steinberg) [Click to enlarge]

The Class of 2002 appointed Meredith Price to the position of senior class vice president and Renato Carfagno class representative last Dec. following the resignations of two officers last semester. Seniors also gained three social chairs, Carrie Berman, Christian Forsythe and Kira Robinson-Kates.

Shanu Kohli resigned as vice president on Nov. 9 and Vivek Ayer resigned from the position of class representative last semester on Dec. 7 .

The four original senior class officers announced the open positions to the class and selected who would fill them in Dec., according to Stephen Goutman, Class of 2002 president.

"Every elected officer had their opportunity to pick who they felt was best and [we] came to a consensus," he said.

Although Price had not previously been involved in council, her experience planning large events for her sorority Phi Mu and Orientation 2000 made her a strong candidate, according to Goutman. Price was president of Phi Mu last year and coordinated programming for Orientation. She is currently programming chair for Phi Mu.

The vice president is in charge of social programming, said Goutman, and will need to help plan events such as the class formal and graduation party. "She, from her past experience, could easily step into this role," he said.

Price said she wants to attract a more diverse crowd to class events as well as advertise them better.

She does not think her lack of Student Council involvement will hinder her in any way.

"I'm fully confident that everything will go smoothly," said Price, adding that the current senior class officers work well together.

Carfagno has been involved in the senior class since this past fall, formerly serving as a social chair.

"He's been interested in the class for a long time," said Goutman. "He is aware of a lot of [the] issues on campus."

Said Carfagno: "I feel I'm very familiar with politics on campus - and I have a very good ear-to-the-ground."

According to Carfagno, his responsibilities will not change that much in his new capacity.

The main difference is "now I have a vote on council," he said.

The class appointed the three people as social chairs because the candidates had the desire to help the class, according to Goutman. Prior, one chair had resigned and one, Carfagno, had been appointed representative. There are now four social chairs.

"We were going to take anybody that was interested in helping out," said Goutman. "People realized that there were opportunities to get involved."

Students interested in applying for open positions contacted Goutman late last fall, following the class's announcement. While a lot of people initially responded, many were not seriously interested, he said.

"Everyone that was serious stayed on board" as new officers, said Goutman.

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