<p>Hey folks, I'm heading to Cornell in the fall (almost for certain, anyway, still waiting for financial aid to finish some things) and I had some questions on student government.</p>
<p>How exactly are things spread out with government? For instance, and I know it's probably a very different scenario, but at Siena College each of the five dorm halls gets their representatives and has a President/VP/Treasurer/Secretary in each, with everyone together forming their Student Senate.</p>
<p>Obviously at Cornell, there's a much larger student population. So let's say I'm a sophomore living in a double in Cook on West Campus; how would my chance at participating in student government go? Would I be able to be VP of Alice Cook or would I be more on something like a student committee?</p>
<p>Also, if anyone could provide me with links to any helpful pages on government (that I can't seem to locate amongst all my questions and excitement for Cornell) that would be excellent!</p>
<p>there are no residential government or councils…</p>
<p>everything goes through the student assembly which is similar to a student council you may have had in high school…</p>
<p>students run and are elected for positions in the student assembly…there are some positions you can apply for though (i think)</p>
<p>Cornell Student Assembly: [Cornell</a> Assemblies | SA / Student Assembly Home browse](<a href=“http://assembly.cornell.edu/SA/Home]Cornell”>Student Assembly | Office of the Assemblies)</p>
<p>The West Campus house system has a residential council: [WCHS</a> Council](<a href=“http://westcampushousesystem.cornell.edu/wchs-council.cfm]WCHS”>http://westcampushousesystem.cornell.edu/wchs-council.cfm)</p>
<p>I’m not sure how much it does in terms of governance…but there is definitely opportunity for student leadership. </p>
<p>You also have the chance to run for a seat as a transfer rep (or something like that) on the Student Assembly…so be sure to check that out.</p>
<p>dewdrop saves the day again! i was unaware of the WCHS Council…probably because it doesnt have the power that the SA does</p>
<p>haha…I just have a lot of time on my hands today. My fellow lab tech forgot to order something we need for an experiment (I was out of town last week)…so I can’t do much until tomorrow.</p>
<p>“there are no residential government or councils…”</p>
<p>Wrong. There’s a Residential Student Congress (RSC).</p>
<p>[Cornell</a> University Residential Student Congress](<a href=“http://rso.cornell.edu/rsc/]Cornell”>http://rso.cornell.edu/rsc/)</p>
<p>Wow, so much information! I’ll look into all of it, thanks, guys!! I’m so excited to be apart of really any organization there and from the looks of it I’ll have an awesome selection.</p>
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<p>i think the OP comes from a college where there were residential colleges set up…similar to what princeton and rice have…</p>
<p>where life revolves around the dorm you live in…which is clearly not the case at cornell…</p>
<p>Nah, I actually come from a community college. My friend goes to Siena and he’s President of Hines Hall. They each have a Pres, VP, Secretary, and Treasurer, then each President plus the overall Siena Pres/VP/etc. meet together to form the Student Senate. I mentioned it because that’s where I was transferring (until the fantastic red acceptance letter.)</p>
<p>So yes, they do have specific dorm councils and what not (not entirely sure what they discuss at the meetings or even do overall, but yeah).</p>