SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12,196' THE MICHIGAN DAILY PACE fir EN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1967 THE MICIHGAN DAILY PAGE SEVEN Student Government Council (Continued from Page 6) MICHIGAN FORENSICS GUILD 1965-1968 Secretary 1966-1967 President 1967-1968 VARSITY DEBATE SQUAD 1965- 1967 MICHIGN INTER COLLEGIATE SPEECH LEAGUE DISCUSSION TOURNAMENT First place, 1967 DELTA SIGMA RHO-TAU KAP- PA ALPHA (National Honorary) The basic problem with SGC is the communication gap between council and the constituents. The Speakers Bureau was created to help alleviate this problem, but few councilmen have been parti- cipating. If elected, ,I would talk with interested groups regularly. I would like to see instituted a twenty-four hour a day answer- ing service for students to register compblaints and suggestions. I be- 0 lieve a councilman must be con- cerned with and responsive to the desires of his constituents, actively soliciting their opinions. I sup- port the constitutional convention because a restructured SGC can better meet this goal. Student decision-making is an issue I have been actively involved in through Markley, IHA, and the Board of Governors. I belive that the democratic ideals of our so- ciety should be applied in this area rather than any outmoded notions pf in loco-parentis. There- fore, I introduced a motion to the Board of Governors for restructur- ing to allow a student majority. The proposal would retain those benefits of teamwork, i.e., contin- uity, outside perspectives, an ade- quate appraisal of the consequen- ces of actions. Proposals I intro- duced for closed door visitation in the dorms and the abolition of women's hours have had favor- able response, even though stu- dents were in the minority on the Board. I support continuing legal aid, the Student Housing Association, and the course-evaluation booklet, for these serve the students. SGC should now work for a commuter bus service and a student voice in academics, i.e., proposing new classes, setting distribution and concentration requirements, in- creasing pass-fails. The basic orientation should be as a lobby for, student interests. developed when SGC began lash- ing out at any and every issue without making its strategy and goals, if they existed, obvious to the student body which is pur- ports to represent. There are administrative funct- ions over which SGC will never exercise controlrbecause the time and expertise are beyond the cap- abilities of students. If the ad- ministration, however, violates a university policy, e.g. classified war research, SGC has the right - even the duty - to ensure that administrative behavior conforms to university policy and goals. Ad- ministrative inefficiency should also be a catalyst to SGC action. SGC should then act upon what- ever pressure points are avail- able to correct the condition. If no such points exist, SGC should, institute alternatives to the de- fective university policies. Exist- ing channels should be the first recourse in any SGC action. When existing channels break down, SGC must resort to independent action. Programs such as Student Rental Union, Course Evaluation Booklet, and Legal Aid Service will flourish only if the question of SGC-ad- ministration relationships is re- solved. Until then, resources which could be devoted to these areas will be siphoned-off. SGC should also make itself more representa- tive and responsible by support- ing a constitutional convention as recommended by the "Tucker Re- port." ,ANDREW QUINN, The dominant and most mis- understood issue in the current SGC election is the relationship which SGC is to assume with the administration. Traditionally, SGC has served the dual roles of ad- visory board and safety valve with the administration enjoying a monopoly over the decision-mak- ing process. Lately SGC has been moving into the realm of de- cision-making while retaining its. traditional functions. Problems i 4~ VERON ICE HOLT While attending council meet- ings as a representative of my sorority, it became evident to me that council is not a representa- tive or responsive body. It is not representative because the elected members are indirectly respon- sible to the entire student body and held directly accountable to no one. The fact that it is not responsive is demonstrated in council's attitude toward its con- stituency at council meetings. It irritates me to hear council members speak of their constitu- ency as wisdomless individuals for whom council must provide lea- dership regardless of their will. The opinions of constituents should be listened to with respect. As a member of council, these would be my two major concerns: restructuring council and seeing council become a more responsive body. I believe that there are many valuable services thatcoun- cil is performing for the student such as course evaluation, student legal services, council's plan for the eight month lease, etc. There are three more roles which council has the right to fill: regulation of student con- duct, representing the students to the administration, and making political decisions only when it is obvious that they speak for a., ........... _ ... _ .. . great majority of the student bo- dy. In the past I have always striv- en, both in high school and at Eastern Michigan University, to be an active working part of the school community. Last year at Eastern, I was vice-president and then president of Young Demo- A F ' V1 crats. I hope that you will now give me an opportunity to serve the University as a member of ! Student Government Council RESOLU1IN Y T- VOTE 1. The "Bases for Recognition" of Student Organizations enumerated in on 4 Candidates the "University Regulations Concerning Student Organizations" are hereby amended (a) by deletion of section (2) of the Bases, and (b) by inserting in the place of that section the following: 2. More than half of the total membership of any group, eligible for the TWO rights and obligations of a student organization as specified in these REE RE NDUMSRegulations must be students currently enrolled, or .else students who were enrolled the immediately preceding semester and are eligible to enroll the immdiately subsequent one; AND at least two-thirds the total membership of any such organization must be students, as de- fined above, or alumni of the University, or people who while not cur- rently enrolled have either been enrolled at the University within one calendar year previous to the start of the current semester; AND every such organization must have two student officers entitled to attend every meeting of the organization or any part thereof, including all meetings and caucuses restricted to officers or any other sub-group of the total membership. These two officers shall be those whose signatures must be submitted to SGC under the Procedures for Recog- NITE nition and Registration of these Regulations. W RKERS Groups having only students as voting members and officers shall be recognized as "student organizations." All other groups meeting the requirements of these Bases shall be recognized as "student-commun- STIL Lity organizations" subject to all the rights and obligations of student NE organizations under these Regulations. Nothing in this regulation shall be construed as preventing any student (FREE PI ZZA for organization from including in its constitution, bylaws, or standing Our Dedicated rules, a clause prohibiting non-students from membership, franchize, or holding office, in that organization. Workers) PAID POLITICAL ADVERT ISEMENT m..... rasam agass:t'"Ei+ :"Y em5J+nf:}. .......... { i' rr I,J I .I 1- _ _ I1 PLAN NO to in I Tuesdcay November, 14, Ior III