What is the GSAC? That stands for the Graduate Student Advisory Council, which is made up of student representatives from each department and the GSO, and acts as a liaison body between the graduate students and the University Administration, mainly through monthly meetings with Dean Phil Feigelson or Assistant Dean Richard Abott. Comments should be directed to the e-mail form. This section was reported by Mike Livstone.

GSAC Meeting Update

(or, "We have representation?")

The Graduate Student Advisory Committee (GSAC) met again on Novemeber 28, 1995. Those of you who know what the GSAC is and why you should care when they meet can skip this paragraph, but the rest of you should read on. The GSAC is comprised of a group of Health Sciences graduate students, one from each of the Ph. D. programs plus the chair of the GSO, who meet with Deans Abbott and Feigelson once every month or two to vent our frustrations of being overworked, underpaid, and malnourished. Sometimes we have a preplanned agenda, and sometimes we just complain extemporaneously. Sometimes we actually get somethings accomplished, and the sushi always tastes good.

Two topics were discussed during this meeting: security and the shuttle bus. Apparently, there are some people in New York who like to acquire material goods such as cameras and jewelry without having to pay for them. If you find that some of your possessions have fallen prey to this phenomenon, you should not only inform your landlord, the security office, and your mother, but also Dean Fiegelson, who promises to talk softly and carry a big stick.

Some members of the committee pointed out that the shuttle schedule is really stinko during some hours of the day. There are no shuttle runs between 5:45 and 7:35 PM and the last run is about 11:30. Yeesh! Also, the security office claims that there is a 15-seat shuttle bus that makes supplementary runs during "peak" hours, but it is apparantly painted with colors that lie outside the range of human vision, since this reporter has never seen it. Our spies tell me that the mini-shuttle does indeed exist, but that, for example, the 6:10 mini-shuttle actually arrives at approximately 5:40, fills up with the overflow from the main shuttle, and leaves at 5:45 without telling the rest of us who are trying to collect just one more time point before we go home. The deans agreed that these were valid complaints and promised to discuss the matter with the security office. Specifically, they will make three suggestions that were decided on during the meeting:

1. Put the minibus on a strict schedule, no more arriving or leaving early.

2. Use the minibus to do the Harlem Hospital runs and use the big bus to do the intercampus run.

3. Schedule one more run after midnight.

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