“We don’t know everything about it,” noted Neidhardt, adding that the circumstances make it unsurprising that students are “adverse to change.”

Those who have had the opportunity to hear a more thorough description of the administration’s vision have been more receptive to the idea, however. Grand Marshal Kara Chesal ’09 said that she was comfortable with most of the basic tenets of the proposal after she had had an opportunity to get the details.

Another typical concern has been that massive changes were being made without sufficient input from the student body, although this has partially been a result of misunderstanding regarding how much of the vision had already been translated to concrete plans.

In an attempt to ensure that student input is garnered for the rest of the development of implementation details, the Senate passed a resolution on November 3 that called for the creation of a multilateral committee to review the feasibility and logistics of the CLASS initiative. Both Knowles and Trahan said they welcomed and were excited about the resolution, and at Monday’s Performance Plan Review meeting, Knowles called it an “endorsement” of the plan.

Although they noted that this characterization may not be entirely correct, both Neidhardt and Chesal expressed that the resolution accomplished what it was designed to, and that the administration “understands that we really want to be involved in the process.”