PAGE SIX THE MICIGAN DAILY TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1995 asrIi ~ a [ 1 L > L A IV L17"CWX 111~/TXillA J-1 L'AV 1V, Lava u- I SGC Elections Committee presents: THE CAND DATES and THEIR Paid Political Advertisment by Student Government Council PLATFORMS i DARRYL DON ALEXANDER RESNICK ED RUTH paign for a bookstore. Student petitions can be obtained showing widely-based support. Parents can be contacted to write both Regents and legislators. Other organiza- tions-unions, clergy, high school administrators-can be mobilized into action through contacts made at Know Your University Day, run by UMSEU with the help of many GROUP members. These forces can be used to compel the state legislature to appropriate and the Regents to use new money for new projects to better student economic welfare. In conclusion, since actions rather than words are the crux of: GROUP's philosophy, it should be pointed out that three of the six economic measures recommended by GROUP only last semester have either enacted or commenc- ed already-the $1.25 minimum wage, the invalidation of the Re- gents 1929 ruling as a criterion for judging economic measures, and the establishment of a stu- dent bookstore. And it wa s GROUP people who either alone or in conjunction with others brought about these changes. ACADEMIC REFORMS As members of the Student Gov- ernment Council GROUP mem- bers will continue their concern for the academic quality of their University. In a dynamic institu- tion revisions a r e constantly needed, and it is one of SGC's functions to be attuned to student opinions and needs in this area. A few things which we think need immediate attention are: 1. An improvement in the coun- seling system, to make counseling meaningful rather than perfunc- tory. 2. Constant revision of distribu- tioh requirements toward provid- ing the student with a truly liber- al arts education. 3. Reevaluation of the credit hour system to make it more equitable. 4. The re-examination of the entire grading system, with new orientation toward pass-fail standards. 5. The provision of increased study space. 6. The granting of academic credit hours to those involved in major campus activities so that their number of courses may be reduced, therefore enabling them to devote sufficient time to those courses which they are taking. UNIVERSITY POLICY REFORM The implicit doctrine of "in loco parentis" has recently shown signs of a quiet, gradual demise: women's hours, for example, have been liberalized, and junior wo- men have been granted apartment permission. Yet if the doctrine is no longer applicable, why do many remnants remain? GROUP advocates apartment permission for sophomore women, with concurrent curfew privileges given to sophomore women in housing units. The question of hours for freshmen women should be submitted to the freshmen in a referendum. OUTSIDE POLITICAL GROUP supports a re-evalua- tion of the University's role in dis- ciplining students who have vio- lated local, state, or federal civil or criminal statutes: the question of jurisdiction is a salient one. GROUP advocates continued and determined support and de- termined support and defense of the principle of free speech and academic freedom at the Univer- sity of Michigan. We wholeheartedly endorse the University's present liberal speak- er policy, and reaffirm the right of any student, faculty member, or student and faculty organiza- tions to comment on matters of concern, and reiterate SGC's right and obligation to express opinions on matters which directly or in- directly affect the student body and the University. ELECTIONS DATA SGC BALLOT Twelve candidates are running for six Student Government Council seats. Two are incumbents. The candidates are Daryl Alexander, Ruth Baumann, Robert Dodkin, Al Goodwin, Neill Hollenshead, Joan Irwin, Edward Mauer, Patricia McCarty, Donald Resnick, Edward Robinson, Robert Smith, Jim Wall. Incumbents are Resnick and Bodkin. All six of the newly-elected Council members will serve full year terms. ELECTION SYSTEM The candidates will be selected under the limited vote sys- tem of voting. All students enrolled in the University may vote on presentation of ID and Fall 1965 insert card. Each voter has 11 (the number of seats open) plus 1 votes. (Consult in- structions below.) Each vote has equal weight. A voter may 'use less than the number of votes allotted but not more. The winners are tabulated by adding the vote totals for each candi- date and declaring those with the highest totals elected. WRIITE-INS Write-in candidates are permitted and are subject to all elections rules as enumerated in the Code of Election's Rules: All required materials for write-ins must be submitted to the Election's Director no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day. Rules & Penalties ;from SGC Code of Election's Rules) adopted November 4, 1965 Section 8 (a) No person serving at a poll while it is open shall give any advice or instructions to a voter as to the candidates or questions to be selected or resolved respectively. (b) No person shall in any way or form cast or cause or encourage to be cast more than one ballot for each office or question for each voter, or cast or cause or encourage to be cast any ballot not printed under, the authority of the Committee. Nor shall any person interfere in any way with the orderly and lawful campaigning and voting of students. (c) Violators of part (a) and/or (b) of Section 8 shall be subject to one or more of the folowing-imposed by Cre- dentials and Rules Committee. (a) disqualification from holding any office on the Council or any related agency thereof; (b) a fine not to exceed $100.00 POLLING PLACES Sixteen places have been selected for polls. They are: South, East and West Quads; Arch & Design Bldg.; Law Quad (1-5 p.m. only); Diag (2); Fishbowl; Frieze Bldg.; Undergrad Library; Engin. Arch; Markley MIall; Phys. & Astro. Bldg.; Union; Angell Hall (NW corner); Palmer Field. Compaigning within fifty (50) feet of any polling place when said place is open on election day is forbidden. TIME The polls will be open from 8:50 a.m. to 5:10 p.m. The elec- tion will be held Wednesday, November 17. In case of inclement weather all station, with the exception of the Diag, Angell Hall (NW corner), and Palmer Field, will remain open but will move indoors. The stations on the Diag, and Angell Hall (NW corner), and Palmer's Field will close. IMPORTANT IBM VOTING INSTRUCTIONS 1. Only the special pencil issued at the polls will register your vote. 2. Blacken completely the oval(s) corresponding to the coded list of choices. (See code below) 3. Work from left to right on IBM card. All voter information except the actual voting is optional. AL GOODWIN Neill Hollenshead PATRICIA BOB ROBINSON BAUMANN GROUP CANDIDATES DARRYL ALEXANDER, '69 EDWARD N. ROBINSON, '67 Member Union Special Projects Committee Chairman, UAC Contemporary Discussion Group Member UAC Executive Council SGC Bookstore Committee DONALD RESNICK, '68 President, U of M Student Eco- nomic Union Incumbent member, SGC Cho-chairman, Bookstore Com- mittee RUTH A. BAUMANN Executive Board UMSEU Executive Board, Joint Commit- tee for Low Rent Housing SGC Student Concerns Commit- tee GROUP PLATFORM GROUP stands for Governmen- tal Revision of University Policy. We are an organization that has dedicated itself to benefiting the student within the context of his' stay at the University of Mich- igan, as mutual beneficiaries of, and contributors to the University education, should stare in the de- cisions which affect this educa- tion, Toward this end, we have chosen to work within Student Government Council, the existing political structure of student opin- ion. Our aim is not only to al- leviate undesirable conditions at the University of Michigan and to create better conditions, but to modify and improve the entire decision-making process of the University so that students will be able to affect the policies and ac- tions on which their education de- pends. GROUP's concrete goals are motivated by indignation at exist- ing conditions and a realistic ap- praisal of the prospects for change. The economic situation of students in Ann Arbor ranges, in various market areas, from adequate to deplorable. Academic policies and standards are by no means ideal. The University's re- lationships to the local, state, and national communities and gov- ernments are nebulous, and com- munication between students, fac- ulty, Administration, and espe- cally Regents is, when it exists, often formal or too desultory, and consequently unproductive. The University is becoming an educa- tional behemoth in the sense that it can affect individuals concern- ed with it while at the same time it can remain unaffected by these same individuals. available, most students cannot go outside the immediate Ann Arbor area to make necessary purchases of books, supplies, food, and cloth- ing. Their immobility also pre- vents them from living at any dis- tance from campus. The mer- chants, gathered in their rather tight associations, can therefore charge overly high prices for the merchandise they carry (which is frequently of the most expensive kind) without , fearing outside competition. The University in ef- fect sanctions these practices by not providing alternative centers of supply. The resultant high cost of living not only exacts an undue amount of pressure on students from middle class famliies who are attending the University, but also helps prevent capable students from lower income families from coming here. At a state school supported by a regressive tax-the sales tax-there is no reason why all qualified students shouldn't be able to attend, not just the wealthy ones. In order to better the economic situation of present and potential students at the University, GROUP members have been and will continue working in the following areas:- 1. Bookstore-the SGC Book- store Co-chairmen, all GROUP members - Mickey Eisenberg, Steve Daniels, Don Resnick, Paula Cameron, and Steve Schwartz- devised the SGC campaign, and the present candidates all contrib- uted to its implementation and execution. 2. On a much larger scale, and in an economically more import- ant area, GROUP is working to provide students with better hous- ing at a lower cost. SGC's Off- Campus Housing Advisory Board is led by Russ Linden, a GROUP member. This committee, working as a part of the Joint Housing Committee, has been instrumental in doing the studies which have shown the tremendously high rate of return-from 20% to 35%- enjoyed by apartment owners in Ann Arbor, and in pointing out SGU will continue to work for viahbl alternatives. GROUP on low-cost housing. 3. Other projects which GROUP will work for are: a. Lower tuition charges, looking forward to day when the State will realize that education is probably the single most im- portant thing it can spend its money on, and that therefore there is nothing sacred with the number 12 as far as year of free education go. b. Establishment of pickup points for laundry trucks that go into Detroit, affording a savings often erntne nr shirt PART. "A" VOTER INFORMATION CODE NUMBERS S (SEX) 0=Male 1=Female C (CLASS) 0=Freshman 1=Sophomore 2=Junior 3=Senior 4=Graduate 5=Special T (TIME) 0=8:30-9:30 a.m. 1=9:30-10:30 a.m. 2=10:30-11:30 a.m. 3=11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. 4=12:30-1:30 p.m. 5=1:30-2:30 p.m. 6=2:30-3:30 p.m. 7=3:30-4:30 p.m. 8=4:30-5:30 p.m. V. (VOTED Before In SGC Election) 0=Yes 1=No R (RES) 0=Dormitory 1=Frat.-Sor. 2=Priv. Apt. 3=Other McCARTY REACH CANDIDATES ALAN GOODWIN, '66 Chairman, SGC Public Relations Committee Social Chairman, Zeta Psi I.F.C. Social Committee Union Special Projects Commit- tee Scott House Council Freshman Wrestling Team Debate Team NEILL HOLLENSHEAD, '67 Delagte to National Student Congress SGOC Special Assistant to Ad- ministrative Vice President SGC Personnel Director SGC Public Relations Board Literary Chairman, Alpha Delta Phi Scott House Council JOAN IRWIN, '66 Joint Judiciary Council Gamma Phi Beta Secretary PATRICIA McCARTY, '67 Central Committee, Winter Weekend Alpha Lambda Delta (Fresh- Women Honorary Society) Panhellenic Workshop Commit- tee Wyverns (Junior Women) Executive Committee, Kappa Kappa Gamma Literary College Steering Com- mittee SGC Personnel Committee BOB SMITH Co-chairman, Skit Night Central Committee, Winter Weekend Parade Committee, Michigras Homecoming Parade Committee Union Staff, Special Projects Committee SGC Public Relations Commit- tee Parade Master, Michigras REACH PLATFORM R E A C H is an organization which intends to bridge the broad gap between student government and the student body. We believe that Student Government Council can be a more effective and bene- ficial organization given the prop- er support and participation. We in REACH hope to transform SGC into a body that honest rep- resents the needs and interests of the students. We intend to do this in two ways: first, by providing students with the opportunity to take part in the decision-making process on this campus; and second, by af- fording them the opportunity to activate their talents in their par- ticipation and support by setting fl u nA. i n 7+g.Vm m with 0verov didates will make the most effec- tive SGC members because. AS MEMBERS OF REACH: 1.) They have access to one of the most complete and compre- hensive information files on cam- pus. 2.) They have access to what will be the most complete and di- versified survey of student opinion ever compiled by a student organ- ization, through the use of the REACH liaison system. 3.) They will be able to make intelligent and perceptive propos- als in regard to student problems through the use of REACH's ex- tensive research program. AS INDIVIDUALS: 1.) AL GOODWIN, '66, a con- centrate in pre-legal studies, has had experience with the workings of SGC and its committee structure. He is presently Public Relations Chairman. He has done ex- tensive research on housing and urban renewal for Sen- ator Robert F. Kennedy of New York. 2.) BOB SMITH, '67, a political science and journalism ma- jor, is also familiar with the inner workings of SGC as a member of the Public Re- lations Committee. Bob has shown his interest in student activities before by manag- ing the organization of Skit Night for Winter Weekend '65, and of the parade for Michigras, '64. Bob has also Night for Winter Weekend, worked on Homecoming, '65 and on the Union staff. 3.) NEILL HOLLENSHEAD, '67, a political science major, has served on the SGC Public Relations Board, the IFC Special Events Committee, and is currently SGC Per- sonnel Director. Neill is al- so Special Assistant to the Administrative Vice - Presi- dent of SGC and was a dele- gate to the 18th National Student Congress. 4.) PAT McCARTY, '67, a psy- chology major, is active on the Personnel Committee of SGC, the LSA Steering Committee, and Panhellenic Association. She is a mem- ber of Alpha Lambda Delta women's freshman honorary and Wyvern junior women's honorary societies. Pat is also general co-chairman for Winter Weekend, '66. ISSUES This statement will not attempt to expound the REACH candi- dates' positions on all issues, but rather will deal with what we con- sider to be some of the most perti- nent areas of student concern. I SMITH Campus, in the light of the increasing trend toward off- campus housing and the in- accessibility of the North Campus area. We would like to see improvements made In the existing dormitory sys- tem. B. Off-campus Housing We want to improve the Uni- versity's Off-campus Hous- ing Board, first, by increas- ing its personnel, which now consists of only four people, (two of whom are secretar- ies), to represent 11,000 stu- dents more adequately. Sec- ond, we propose the estab- lishment of a student-realtor mediating board to assist in the resolution of student- realtor problems. We support the proposed vol- untary eight month lease in- stead of the present full- year lease and an optional i n d i v i d u a l responsibility clause instead of the "Joint and several" clause. We are considering concrete solu- tions to the problems of those students currently bound by a 12-month lease. We question whether it should be the student's re- sponsibility to summer sub- let, which is now left up to the realtors' discretion. We also question whether it should be the responsibility of the remaining students to pay for the rent of an indi- vidual who has left the uni- versity.. We are also9 investi- gating the use of damage de- posits. We believe that stu- dents have a right to an itemized account of the use of their damage deposits when they are not refunded, and to a clarification of what constitutes "normal wear and tear." II. PRICES A. Prices in general We already have the legal personnel of REACH investi- gating price ranges with re- spect to clothing, cleaning, food, drug items, and books. We are in the midst of com- piling a list of the places now available in Ann Arbor that offer quality goods at the lowest prices. We are al- so negotiating with discount chain stores such as Hud- son's, Martinizing Cleaners, K-Mart, and Discount Drugs, to look into the possibility of their entering the campus area. B. We support the University Bookstore, but in view of the problems encountered b y S G C regarding available money and space, we are considering the possibility of other immediate solutions such as the present student book exchange and/or a na- tional discount book store. III. EDUCATION We would like to see the Edu- cational Affairs Committee of SGC continue and expand their fine initial efforts to establish a student-faculty rapport. A. Course Reforms 1. Availability of more in- terdepartmental courses in related fields. 2. The introduction of inter- college courses, e.g., credit courses in Bus. Ad. avail- able to LS & A students. 3. A leadership seminar, in- tended to provide for a continuity and integra- tion of leadership in cam- pus organizations, to be included in the present "open-number" c o u r s e program. 4. More freedom to drop- add, but we want to re- tain the required coun- selor's signature on regis- tration materials in order to maintain personal con- tact with the students. B. Counseling 1. We propose an expand- ed train program for fac- ulty counselors, in order to insure better academic guidance for the student body. 2. We want to encourage the LS & A Steering Committee in providing qualified people for the Student-Counseling Sem- inars held during the pre- classification period. We, the REACH candidates, urge you to reach for a more dy- namic, more effective, and more meaningful SGC. Help us reach you - call our Gripe Line, 663- 4247, for reasonable answers, bas- ed on researched facts, to your questions, complaints, and thoughts regarding your Student Government Council. ! IM AI PART "B" SGC ELECTION CODE for Candidate Selection -------------------------------- IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ BEFORE VOTING 1. All code numbers are double digit numbers. Voters must blacken both ovals corresponding to their choice. 2. All choices are weighted equally. Order of listing on ballot is irrelevant. PART "C" WRITE IN 00= (To desig- nate that you favor a write- in candidate, darken both ovals & write the candidate's name on the back of the card) 01-DARRYL ALEXANDER 02-RUTH BAUMANN 03-ROBERT BODKIN 04-AL GOODWIN 05-NEILL HOLLENSHEAD 06-JOAN IRWIN 07-EDUARD MAUER 08-PATRICIA McCARTY 09-DONALD RESNICK 10-EDWARD ROBINSON 11-ROBERT SMITH 12-JIM WALL LOCATION OF ITEMS ON BALLOT 4 1e P^11-4- 1