62 THE MICHIGAN DAILY
SNSA, Membership Selection,
Speaker
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Bruce
HoPkins
'64; Member, Flint Junior Col-
lege SGC, 1959; Member, South
Quad'rangle Council; Member,
Young Republicans; Member,
Alpha Tau Omega, representa-
tive to JIFC.
After considering the import-
ance and role of the Council here
at the University, I have a def-
inite conception regarding the re-
sponsibilities involved, both of the
Council and of the individual
members. While feeling that some
of the Council's work is commend-
able, I believe that it is also ser-
iously deficient in some areas. It,
is with these principles that I
chose to campaign for a position.
It is my belief that the Council
inadequately reflects student opin-
ion simply because the individuals
with the vested responsibilities,
for the most part, have failed to
communicate the needs and de-
sires of their constitutents and
to impart necessary information
back to them. I pledge myself to
do my part to alleviate this sit-
uation.
I wholeheartedly support the
proposed referendum concerning
whether the University should re-
main a member of the United
States National Student Associa-
tion. This decision' should .rest
with the student body, for it is
the students that the organization
is designed to benefit. However,
rs the association exists today, the
student receives no direct bene-
fits.
The notion of a national stu-
dent association as a confedera-
tion of student governments, de-
signe# . to discuss student prob-
lems, is a valid one. But instead
there exists an organization which
attempts to depict the student as
a separate segment of society and
thus concerns itself with national
and international issues, which
actually are out of the realm of
student influence. It is my hope
that, if the major universities
withdraw from the organization,
the governing nucleus of that
body will realize that they are
not serving what I believe is the
majority's view and will attempt
to become more representative.
I believe that the Student Gov-
ernment Council has the authority
to investigate and eliminate selec-
tive membership on the basis of
race, color, or creed in the fra-
ternities and sororities. It is also
my contention that the jurisdic-
tion of the Committee on Mem-
bership should be limited to writ-
ten complaints, with the cases
heard in public.
I am glad to see that the Coun-
cil took an active role in the re-
organization of the Office of Stu-
dent Affairs. The ,normal follow-
up to this would be competent
service on the Advisory Commit-
tee by those Councildmembers so
selected. Failure to do so would
be failure to properly represent
the students to the administration.;
I find no objection to the re-
cent speaker ban, which prevents
those speakers who would advo-
cate the violent overthrow of our
government, from using university
facilities. I see no reason why the
University, as a state institution,
should assist and support views
which are contrary to the basic.
principals of our nation. This is
not a case of prior censorship
nor does it prevent students from
hearing such people, for off-cam-
pus facilities are available. The
Council has the responsibility of
enforcing this regulation.
The Student Government Coun-
cil is a body where many diver-
gent ideas are expressed. Keep-
ing the recent events in mind, an
uncompromising statement of pol-
icies is seen as hindering the ef-
fects of the organization. If
elected, I promise to meet each
new issue with an open mind-the
quality of compromise should
never be taken as surrendering
one's ideals.
Michael
Kass
165; Member, College Honors
steering Committee; Member,
Voice Political Party; Volunteer,
Ann Arbor Community Center;
Member, Student Governors.
It is a time when education
must be more than books and
seminars. The educational process
must be creative. Education must
mean freedom of thought and
freedom of participation of the
student. Learning is more than
seeing; it is doing.
In this time of change, students
must awaken to the ideas of uni-
versity, nation and world. One
does not have to leave Ann Arbor
to find discrimination of all types:
in housing, employment, and even
social organizations. As a member
of a state university, the student
here must know that even curricu-
lum and out-of-state enrollments
can be affected by rulings of the
State Legislature.
Neither can the student isolate
himself from his campus or his
student government. It is his op-
portunity to learn and come to
know the workings of Student Gov-
ernment Council: what it is, what
it can be, and what it can do.
Council should not only be the
voice of the student; it should be
an active spark in the flames of
education. It is, for these reasons
that:
1) The University should remain
a member of the National Stu-
dent Association, in order to con-
tinue active participation on tne
part of SGC in the only organa-
tion which provides a national stu-
dent perspective toward higher ed-
ucation. Invaluable contributions
to NSA have been made by Mich-'
igan students, while NSA can
provide a great source of infor-
mation concerning government or-
ganization, the campus, oand the
student of today.
2) The judiciary processes, when
reorganized, should include a
student-defender system; publish-
ed regulations, penalties, and pro-
cedures; a single judic system"
which would combine both the
Men's and Women's Judiciaries;
and a statement on the rights and
responsibilities of the student.
3) A revision is necessary in the
recent Regents' bylaw concerning
the speaker ban, which, as it now
stands, infringes on the freedom
of speech, denies students the op-
portunity to acquire full knowl-
edge of a controversy, and insults
the judgment of the intelligent
student.
4) SGC should seek to further
the integration of the ideas and
cultures of international students
into the campus community, a
strategic aspect of the University
which seems to have been ignored.
5) SGC should continue its
policy on membership in student
organizations, without limiting its
own powers. It should consider its
own structure in regard to the'
retention of ex-officio members,
and seek to gain a greater role
in the policy-making of the Uni-
versity. SGC should, for instance,
be granted such jurisdiction as
determining women's hours, liv-
ing regulations, the establishment
of student discount programs, and
campus bookstores.
Education must exist in an at-
mosphere of academic freedom and
respect of and for the student.
This is the atmosphere the ideal
university should provide. To
create this atmosphere the stu-
dent must start acting, and so'
must SGC. As an institution in an
intellectual community, SGC must
play an active role accompanied1
by student involvement.
We want a University commun-
ity. Let us start to build it.-
Robert
Ross
'63; Member, Student Govern-
ment Council, former adminis-
trative vice-president; Chair-
man, Voice Political Party;
Member, Executive Committee,
National Student Association,
International Advisory Board;
Member, National Executive
Committee, Students for a Dem-
ocratic Society, former vice-
president; Observer, 14th Na-
tional Student Congress, USNSA
(1961), Delegate, 15th Congress;
Former Member, Committee on
Membership in Student Organ.
izations; Young Democrats.
The times are overripe for revo-
lutionary change in our Univer-
sity and in student government.
We must act with vigor and clar-
ity if we are to transform and re-
vitalize our present role within the
University and the total commun-
ity.
As a Voice member of Student
Government Council I have
worked, and will continue to work
for the following policies and pro-
grams:
1) Democratic educational poli-
cies which will recognize students'
as full partners in the formation
of policy for the University com-
munity. This means students must
share authority, and not merely.
hold advisory roles. Together with
faculty members we should re-
store to higher education at the.
University its focus on the free
and critical intellect, and delegate
to administrators their proper jobs
-administration, not value deci-
sions. We should live up to SGC's
comments on the Reed Report by
demanding continued and far-
reaching change in student affairs
administration. We should reject
paternalism as undemocratic, ma-
nipulative, and anti-educational.
2) Full civil liberties for students
should be .declared the policy of
the Regents; substantive and pro-
cedural due process should be the
only conditions under which the
student judiciary is patronized by
students. Freedom to listen should
be guaranteed by reconsideration
and liberalization of the latest
speaker policy of the Regents. Wo-
men should not be discriminated
against in the policies of the Office
of Student Affairs, Council should
implement vigorously its regula-
tion prohibiting racial discrimina-
tion in student organizations, in-
cluding fraternities and sororities.
3) Council must be relevant to
the social sisues which affect
higher education. It should be-
come competent to deal with such
problems as the effect of the cold]
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.David
Nelson
'64; West Quadrangle Represen-
tative; Member Fraternity, sec-
retary and scholarship chair-
man; Co-editor of the "Found-
er"; Triad correspondent; Wild
Weekend Committee, Member of
Kingsley's Volunteers, chapter
'Ensian s a le s representative,
Rush sign-up man & general
rushing counselor; IFC Commit-
tees; Homecoming subcommittee.
on Publicity for Special Events;
Young Republican Club; Daily
Trainee, 'Ensian.
First, SGC must be an effective
and responsible legislative organ
commanding the respect and inter-
est of our student body. If the
Council ever hopes to become an
efficient, democratic student gov-
ernment, it needs new dynamic
leadership. It must improve public
relations and urge more student
participation in its study commit-
tees. It also must improve contact
with University alumni and should
consider an alumni newspaper
When off-campus issues are dis-
cussed, both sides need be consid-
ered. Our Council must continue
to voice its opinion of national
issues such as integration in thel
South. However, the priority of
academic and housing problems
should be stressed.
I dislike the underlying and un-
due interference of the Universi-
ty administration in student af-
fairs.,Students need to play a more
active role in such areas as resi-
dence hall regulations, curriculum
formation, and outside-lectures
policy which may concern them.
I favor Council action toward
improving the ,judiciary system
and encourage the establishment
of a committee on students' rights
and a bill of student rights. This
program would include revising the
judiciary to allow hearings to be
conducted more like civil trials
whereby the students might bring
witnesses and counsel. I also advp-
cate the institution of a Univer-
sity grievance committee to air
complaints when the individual
students believe their rights are
abridged. If elected, I will pro-
mote another investigation into
the possibility of a student-run
bookstore as well as a. student
train or plane over holidays to pro-
vide group transportation home
for students at economical rates.
I stress the vital importance of
experience of potential Council
members with SGC organization,
policy, procedure, ; and the com-
pelling need for adequate research
and reading as a conceptual frame-
work for all discussions and votes
of our Council.
The United States National Stu-
dent Association is a worthwhile
organization; SGC must work ac-
tively to achieve reform in this or-
ganization, and inform the stu-
dents of what USNSA stands for
more thoroughly. We must, as stu-
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dents, communicate with various
student governments around our
country, and the most effective
way' to do this is through NSA.
Representing 1.3 million students,
I favor an all-campus referendum
to give the students their right to
decide on this crucial issue direct-
ly involving themselves.
I adamantly favor an intensive
re-evaluation of regulations con-
cerning women, their present role'
on campus, and housing problems.
I am a proponent of coeducational
housing at every level in the Uni-
versity.
Campus bias must be eliminated
but not by alienating and angering
thoses who condone it. I don't feel
any outside group has the right
to tell a fraternity or sorority what
criteria it may or may not use in
selecting its members. I loathe, de-
test, and abhor bigotry, but the
bigots cannot be forced. Only
through education in the sense of
an evolving tolerance and a tradi-
tion of fair play can this prob-
lem be overcome.
I emphatically stress the need
for the Council members to be
more informed on issues which
they discuss and decide. I feel ex-
treme concern over its failure to
express student concern, its re-
fusal to debate issues where it is
obvious that certain factions have
a decisive majority before voting,
and the abusive overuse of execu-
tive sessions. Thus, I am running
on a pro-Greek platform.
Our greatest need is an aroused
and informed student body dedi-
cated to the acceptance of individ-
ual responsibility, energetically
aware of what our University and
our America can be, and convinved
that we are capable of building a
new order for the ages, based on
the Declaration of Independence,
the Constitution, and belief in our
Creator.
If YOU want SGC to do any-
thing, YOU have to vote. By vot-
ing the students can completely
obliterate the argument that the
Council is not representative of the
student body. Thank You very
much. for YOUR consideration of
my candidacy for election to SGC,
and I hope to meet YOU person-
ally to discuss my views more spe-
cifically.
Steven
Stock meyer
'63; President of SGC, past
treasurer; Vice-President, Sigma
Phi Epsilon fraternity; past
news director, WCBN; past
chairman, 'tYoung Republican
Club; Founder, Students for
Romney; member, Union Board
of Directors.
There are several campus con-
cerns which I think are of prime
importance and I will attempt to
outline briefly my stand in each
area.
1) United States National Stu-
dent Association-As president of
SGC and ka delegate to the last
USNSA Congress, I am in a good
position to evaluate its worth to
this campus. NSA does nothing for
the University. Its present sphere
of operation is objectionable and
reform will only come from a
better bargaining position outside
the association. I strongly urge a
"no" vote on the NSA referendum.
2) Membership selection prac-
tices-It should be noted that the
current delay in this area is not
because SGC is questioning its
authority over student organiza-
tions, but rather because an opin-
ion on the legality of council's pro-
cedures is necessary before further
action is taken. Once such has
been rendered SGC must proceed
with all due speed lest the. evolv-
ing concept of student self-
government be permanetly lost.
It should also be noted that
the five groups who have failed
to submit membership statements
are not being brought to task be-
cause of discriminatory practices.
Often the wrong impression is
conveyed. The requirement of sub-
mitting this information is main-
ly a method of insuring continued
i'ecognition and is only indirectly
related with the bias question.
SGC has already clarified the
charge of the Committee on
Membership Selection in Student
Organizations, but more safe-
guards are necessary. The present
charge of the committee is as
nebulous and as undesirable as
is the phrase "conduct unbeconting
a student" used in student judi-
ciaries. The functions of the com-
mittee must be evaluated and,
then, clearly delineated.
The problem of fraternity and
sorority discrimination is -.ossly
over-emphasized. Bias in these
groups is well on its way out, if
not already completely eliminated.
While we waste time here, more
important problems of this nature
continue to exist in scholarships
and housing.
3) SGC must take the iniative to
inform eagh student about year
round operation of the University
as well as assisting student organ-
Student Government Council
candidates will be elected to fill
seven seats under the newly modi-
fled Hare system.
Students will vote on the ballots
by marking choices from one to
13. Initially, the ballots will be
sorted into piles of first places
votes for each candidate.
A candidate will be elected when
he receives one-eighth of the total
number of votes cast. This quota is
established under the Hare system
by adding one to the number of
seats open and dividing it into the
total vote.
If no candidate receives the
neecessary one-eighth of the votes,
the person with the lowest number
of first place votes is dropped. His
votes are redistributed to the sec-
ond place choice. If these redis-
tributed votes do not put a candi-
date over the quota, the second
lowest candidate is dropped and
his votes are also redistributed.
Surplus Votes
When a candidate is elected,
there is usually a surplus number
of votes above the needed quota.
This surplus number is divided by
the total number of second place
votes received by the other candi-
dates and a percentage is deter-
mined for each candidate. Each
remaining candidate receives the
number of second place votes from
the, surplus dependent upon his
established percentage.
Each time a candidate is elected
a new percentage for distribution
is determined.
The percentage systemn was de-
veloped by SGC treasurer Thomas
Brown to limit the randomness
the Hare system.
of
Random Selection'
In past years the surplus ballots
were selected at random and then
given to the second place choice.
If a voter does not indicate all
13 choices, eventually his ballot
will not be able to be redistributed.
When ballots are invalidated in
this manner the quota drops.
A new quota is also set each
time the number of available seats
drop. The quota is determined by
the still circulating ballots by one
more thanbthe number of seats
still available.
The Hare system of balloting
began in local elections and has
been used in municipal elections in
several large cities including New
York and Cincinnati.
The Hare system has been criti-
cized by both candidates and con-
stituents who claim that it is un-
fair because candidates receiving
a large percentage of the votes
can fail to be elected while those
with less popular support can win.
The Hare system has been fa-
vored because it maximizes the
chances that a voter will get at
least one of the candidates for
which he voted elected to a Coun-
cil position.
Since a ballot is not invalidated
as long as the voter has indicated
as many choices as seats, the voter
has several chances for his vote to
count towards electing a candi-
date. A' voter need not preference
all thirteen candidates.
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shall be taken?
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