After an hour of justifications by University of Saskatchewan administrators, followed by another hour of passionate pleas to accept or reject the proposal to restructure the College of Medicine, the institution's university council passed the proposal last Thursday, with 38 votes in favour, 26 opposed, and 2 abstentions. uSask's provost says the result is an important step to ensure the medical college succeeds at teaching, research, and serving patients. The next step, the provost says, is to strike a dean's advisory committee within the medical college to develop a plan on how to implement the changes, which take effect in January 2013. The chair of the College of Medicine's faculty council says medical faculty are disappointed by the university council's decision, but will attempt to move on. Saskatoon Star-Phoenix | uSask College of Medicine Concept