The committee formed by Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore to investigate the possibility of bringing cable to campus is now in “the homework phase” of the initiative and “does not see any philosophical impediment” to the issue, he said in an interview Wednesday.

The 14-member group, composed of students and administrators including Office of Housing Director Marc Robillard and representatives from the Office of Information Technology and the Office of Residence Life among others, met for the first time last week. At the meeting, the committee was given the cable report created by the Student Union’s Residence Life Committee and is now looking over that report, Elmore said.

“We’re putting together a road map as to what it would take to get cable on campus,” he said.

Elmore said the group will use the research from the report and others to determine what resources will be required for the installation of cable.

At this point, Elmore said the committee is talking about “what exactly it will take to get cable on campus.” He added that once the group is finished with its research, the information collected “will make a difference on [the group’s] approach.”

The decision to allow the installation on campus will ultimately be made by President ad interim Aram Chobanian, Elmore said.

“It is our job to make a recommendation and then pass this recommendation on to President Chobanian,” he said.

Sen. Jon Marker (Warren Towers), a member of the Residence Life Committee, said he was not entirely satisfied with the report his group submitted and that “the committee members [he has] spoken to share the same sentiments.”

“The committee expected a lot more in the conclusion about what the students’ opinion here is and at other universities,” he said. He added that the document’s current form “basically stresses the shortcomings in the past, which doesn’t help anyone.”

But Marker said he is still supportive of the initiative and will work with the rest of the committee to continue pushing for cable on campus.

“We’re going to continue for student channels – that needs to be there,” he said. “That will really tie the campus together.”

College of Communication freshman Jason Marcus, one of the students on the committee, said after submitting a résumé and letter of interest to the Union, he was selected for the group.

Marcus said he believes the “homework phase” is the major role of committee members.

“I think the ‘homework phase’ is not just a ‘phase,'” he said. “I think it will be going on throughout the investigation.”

Though Marcus declined to comment on the specific issues discussed at the meeting, he said he is “excited by the prospect of getting cable on campus” and honored to be a committee member.