After months of debate, the Student Assembly yesterday passed the “community clause” — the resolution that allows all undergraduates currently enrolled as students at Cornell to vote on certain matters at Student Assembly meetings. Resolution 11, or “Voting Rights for Members of the Undergraduate Student Community” as the Community Clause is formally titled, squeaked by on a 16-5 vote, barely garnering the two-thirds majority needed to pass.

For those of you who do not know what the Student Assembly is or does, here is what the S.A. is and does:

1. The S.A. is the overarching student governing organization on campus. There are two main things that the S.A. does:

2. Funds byline-funded organizations from the Student Activity Fee (currently set at $204 per student).

3. Drafts resolutions, makes referendums and holds forums regarding matters of student concern.

There: If you didn’t know before, now you know. But if you didn’t know about one of the organizations that most directly affects your life at Cornell, don’t feel bad because you are joined by about half the campus.