It’s a Friday morning. Five students are sitting around a small table on the fifth floor of Lerner Hall, holding an executive board meeting for the Columbia College Student Council. One of the members, Learned Foote, has a 70-page thesis due on Monday and is contemplating skipping the meeting next Sunday. The catch is that he is president and is in charge of running that meeting. A half-serious debate ensues on who should lead it in his place.
