Community Council 1974-75

On August 26, 1974, a governance review committee issured "A Report on the Remaking of Hampshire Governance" in which they recommended some changes to Community Council. "We recommend: (...) 5. That every person in this community be affiliated with one of the residence Houses or the sixth House for off-campus students, and that the Community Council be elected from the Houses. 8. That both the Community and Academic sectors be headed by Deans elected by the respective Councils for renewable two year terms, and that the Treasurer be the chief officer of the Business sector." On November 21st, fter numerous problems with enforcing the pet "phase-out", Community Council bans all pets from campus beginning in September, 1975; this ban will then be informally lifted over the years following.

1975
On February 12th, the three Hampshire members of the Five-College Student Coordinating Board resigned from their posts, citing dissatisfaction with Student Coordinating Board in elections and funding; other board members called the resignations "melodramatic". Debate continued between the Five-College Student Coordinating Board and Hampshire throughout the semester as representatives as Community Council and the resigned members begin an investigation into the board's alleged misuse of funds, freezing funding until further notice.

On March 1st, a ban on all types of smoking at "certain indoor group meetings" on campus went into effect, after being approved by Community Council; the new rule allowed for smoking at meetings when all present were smokers, and recommended "smoke breaks" when not.