TUESDAY, AUGUST 24a 9G5 TILE MICHIGAN DAILY TUE~1~4Y, AUGUST 24, 1905 TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY IQC- Quads' Voice AHC Faces Dual Roles Inter - Quadrangle C o u n c i l stands at the top of the student government structure of the men's residence halls. It attempts to coordinate and give general direction to the quad- rangle and house government or- ganizations, while simultaneously representing the interests of resi- dence hall men to the rest of the campus and the administration. Although its efforts have often been hampered by organizational problems, IQC has delved into a number of different issues of im- portance to quad residents. During the past year, for ex- ample, it spoke out on such var- ied topics as wage rate increases for the University's student em- ployes, plans for construction of anew residence hall on North Campus, overcrowding in the quadrangles and residence hall fee hikes. Service In addition to representing its constitutients in matters of Uni- versity policy, IQC performs a service function on the all-cam- pus level. It sponsors a sing and a concert annually with Assem- bly Association, tries to help for- eign and American students be- come better acquainted and ar- ranges for storage space for stu- dents who wish to leave bulky possessions in Ann Arbor over the summer. Moreover, service is an impor- tant part of IQC's relationship with its subordinate governing bodies. Here, however, IQC's par- ticipation is more indirect, and the lower governments, with very general guidance from above, take the initiative in organizing activi- ties and proviidng services for quad residents. This function begins at the bot- tom of the government structure with the house officers and.house councils. These sponsor social pro- grams with women's dormitorities, organize participation in intra- mural athletics and work toward developing other phases of the student's life, including his aca- demic-performance. Elected House officers and council mem- By LAURENCE KIRSHBAUM Managing Editor Like women drivers, an organi- zation composed of all dormitory women seems to be headed in two directions at once. Assembly Association, as it's officially called, likes to work from the bottom up. But it also serves a function working from the top down. Actually, the duality of direc- tions comes from a duality of roles. As a student organization, Assembly digs into the grass roots of the dormitory system, coordi- nating house governments. At the same time, it moves up the ad- ministrative scale to represent dormitory residents on the Resi- dence Halls Board of Governors. Responsibilities That board is in charge of plan- ning, building, furnishing and op- erating the dormitory systems- male and female. Assembly thus has to learn what the girls' house governments want-and then de- liver these sentiments to the resi- dence-halls administration. The conveyor belt of this opera- tion is Assembly's legislative body, called Assembly House Council. Composed of representatives from each independent women's house, AHC sets policy or makes recom- mendations concerning inter- house relations and problems. Assembly's channels from stu- dents to administrators have given The Quads Can Be Peaceful, Too bers, all democratically elected, usually work closely with the housemother, the resident advisor and other staff supervisors ap- pointed by the University. The next level of residence hall government, the quad council, has functions which, for the most part, are similar to the house government. Focusing on service, the quad council and its executive officers organize social activities on a broader scale than the indi- vidual houses can and, on the academic side, helps to operate a library stocked with basic refer- ences and general reading mate- rial for the exclusive use of the building's residents. It also is re- sponsible for making dress regu- lations. The quad council, too, has a democratic basis, being composed of the house presidents, a repre- sentative elected by each house and four executive officers elected at large. Overlap Moreover, its membership over- laps that of IQC itself, thus pro- viding a direct link between these two organizations. Specifically, the presidents of both of the all- male residence halls and the highest male officer of each of the two coed buildings sit on IQC. Supplementing the work of the officers and council members is a special judicial branch which functions both at the IQC and quad government levels. Cooper- ating with the staffs of the indi- vidual houses, the judiciary gives the students a voice in the dis- ciplinary process in the quads. A Girl's Best Critic-Her Roommate it important functions in deci- sions on co-educational housing, women's hours and dress regula- tions. In line with its two-direction policy Assembly is run by two branches, the legislative AHC and the executive committee. The ex- ecutive committee is composed of the top officers of Assembly plus Dorm Units Plan Merger CO-OP COUNIL:- Co-ops Offer Chance For Fun, Frugality Co-ops are more than just a lot of people trying to live together economically. Although the co-op gives the student a chance to save money, it. also presents him with oppor- tunities of living and getting along with others and learning house- hold management. The co-op system was establish- ed at the University during the 1930's and was the first in the nation. The Rochdale Principle, under which the Inter-Cooperative Coun- cil operates, stipulates: -Open membership: Each house is interracial, interfaith and neu- tral in all external political mat- ters. --Democracy: Each member shall have one vote in the deci- sions the organization makes. All decisions are made at open meet- ings by majority vote. -Cooperation: Equal duties and responsibilities as well as equal sharing of the benefits. The Inter-Cooperative Council at the University was incorporated in 1944 as a nonprofit cooperative corporation. The ICC is the co- ordination organization that owns the co-op houses. The ICC Board of Directors is its chief coordinating body. It meets every two weeks to consider recommendations made to it by the various ICC committees. Board members directly represent their houses, each house electing one board member for each ten resi- dents. In addition to the Board of Directors, a five-man Advisory Board, made up of interested fac- ulty and townspeople, serves to provide an additional bridge be- tween the co-ops, the University and the community. Since 1944, the ICC has added an additional house every two or three years. There are presently nine co-ops-three for men, five for women and one for married couples. Construction is now underway on a new co-op which will house a dining room to accommodate 100 people and six bedrooms for 12 men. Also in the planning stage is a new structure to be built 'on North Campus, housing 200 stu- dents and possibly 20 apartments for 20 married couples. By JOHN MEREDITH The trend toward co-educational housing is rapidly making the existence of separate student gov- ernment organizations for resi- dence hall men and women an anachronism. Recognizing this, last year the o f f i c e r s of Inter - Quadrangle Council a n d Assembly House Council began to plan for a mer- ger of their organizations. A study committee was set up, and on several occasions the pres- idents of the two groups outlined their ideas for the merger. Defini- tive action has not yet been taken, however, and a number of per- plexing problems must be worked out before the new, co-ed govern- ing body is transformed from in- triguing concept to reality. Brief Experiments Although the University has briefly experimented with co-ed housing in the past, the first ma- jor step in this direction came two years ago with the conversion of South Quadrangle and Mary Markley Hall to mixed living units. While this forced co-ed governments for each of these residence halls, separation of the sexes was maintained on the all- campus level with the men still represented by IQC and the women by AHC. Many student government lead- ers found this arrangement awk- ward, a problem compounded last fall when the administration an- nounced plans to construct a third co-ed living unit, to be located on North Campus. The realization that completion of this building, christened Bursley Hall, will place a majority of AHC-IQC constitu- ents in a co-ed living situation gave a sense of urgency to merger discussions. In January, Maxine Loomis, '65, then AHC president, officially proposed uniting the two exist- ing student government bodies. Calling the merger a necessary adaptation to the changing char- acter of residence hall living, Miss Loomis said that a unified organ- ization would increase student in- fluence with the administration, improve communication between the house governments and their superior authority, provide a "cen- ter of contact" between Bursley Hall and main campus, eliminate duplication of work and give the residence h a 11 government a broader base from which to re- cruit staff. Recommends Review She recommended a review of the present government system by a merger committee, and both IQC and AHC approved this idea in February. A major problem facing the committee is the determination of an equitable system of representa- Special Textbook Service for PRE-REGISTERED STUDENTS (No Cash Required) Every year-without fail - the Bookstores or the Publishers run short of certain titles at school opening-and many students are without a text for 2 or 3 weeks. 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She takes part in national residence hall conferences involving women and, sometimes, the National Student Association congress in the late summer. Her power--along with the en- tire structure of Assembly - has been explicitly defined in a Def- inition of Authority which the Office of Student Affairs approv- ed last year. It was written by a five-woman committee. The definition delegates author- ity down the administrative scale from the OSA to Assembly to the houses to individual house women. Juniors and seniors living in apartments may become associate members of Assembly and share its benefits. Veto Power Under the document, the vice- president for student affairs has the right to veto any legislation or decision of Assembly within two weeks. He doesn't like to. For admin- istrators recognize that you have to give women-drivers or Assem- bly members-the right of way. 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