The choice of Faculty delegates to the committee is not so random, however. Every year, the dean of the Faculty and the Faculty Council propose a slate of CRR nominees to the full Faculty which must approve the list before committee members are seated.
There remains some discrepancy over whether the two GSAS representatives were properly nominated, Marquand added, GSAS Dean Peter S. McKinney, who has been out of town, is reportedly looking into the matter.
Optimism
Although some students have begun expressing their desire for a campuswide student boycott of the CRR, administrators contacted yesterday seemed optimistic about a "new beginning" for the committee."
Fox said that while he did not know whether students would boycott the CRR, he expressed hope that the committee could make a fresh start.
Epps added, "It's entirely possible that we can start again with the CRR and that the community might be able to give it the benefit of the doubt.