IFC board endorses UA reform

In a rare move, the InterFraternity Council's Executive Board last night endorsed a plan for student government reform drafted by College senior and Undergraduate Assembly member Dan Schorr and College junior and Daily Pennsylvanian columnist Mike Nadel. "We decided it is really important that we're involved more in student government," IFC Judicial Manager Josh Gottheimer, a College sophomore, said. The IFC board endorsed the plan because it would provide a "more influential body on campus," he added. In a similar move, Wharton and Engineering senior Pat Ede, chairperson of the Performing Arts Council, said he personally endorsed the Nadel-Schorr plan, although PAC has yet to vote on the matter. "I think the Schorr-Nadel plan is better than the other one," he said last night, adding that he particularly liked the Student Activities Council's standing in the Schorr-Nadel plan. Nadel and Schorr said they were pleased with the endorsements. "It's great that the Greek system is playing a role in changing student government," Nadel said last night. "I know that the IFC members are going to turn out to vote too." Schorr said he felt the IFC support could give his plan the votes it needs to beat out the rival referenda and replace the existing UA constitution. In other developments, College senior and former Undergraduate Assembly Chairperson Seth Hamalian admitted last night that he was involved, along with "multiple authors," in the second plan for constitutional reform. He added he was active in writing the SAC sections of the constitution. Both plans call the new governing body the "Undergraduate Senate."