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Douglas Brook, '65; treasurer,
state secretary and chairman of
Young Republicans; member
Hayden House Council; mem-
ber International Students As-
sociation; cast member of Soph
Show; charter member of Stu-
dents for Romney.

student interest; and secondly
that SGC will be able to functior
with maximum efficiency.
In the area of policy develop-
ment regarding membership selec-
tion, SGC has come very near ex-
ceeding its physical limitations.
In the final development of this
policy it is imperative that SGC 1)
refrain from becoming so legalistic
that it overestimates and over-
states its powers and goals; 2) re-
main cognizant of the fact that
once a student organization has
removed any established policy o
discrimination, it is nevertheless
nearly impossible to prove that its
individual members have acted in
a discriminatory manner in mem-
bership selection; 3) realize that
its functions should be to main-
tam a balance wherein the laws
of Michigan and the regulations of
the University may be enforced
while still retaining respect for the
value and importance of student
activities and organizations.
SGC should also begin to con-
cern itself with the topic of stu-
dent conduct. A Bill of Studeni
Rights and Responsibilities should
be developed.
One of 'the major failings 01
SGC has been its too often inef-
fective and inactive committee
system.
The committees must be as-
signed specific topics to investi-
gate. They must be made more
accountable to SGC.
The Hare system of election
should be replaced.
The main reason that SGC lacks
substantial student support is that
it has not considered topics of
wide concern to the student body.
Areas of particular student con-
cern that should be considered are:
student driving and parking, over-
crowding in dorms, women's hours,
chaperone policy and the proposed
Union-League merger.

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Barry F. Kramer, '65E; former
Inter-Quadrangle Council vice-
president; former president of
Hinsdale House, East Quad-
rangle; co-chairman of Co-Ed
Housing Committee; member,
Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity-
house manager; member, Varsity
Cheerleading and Gymnastic
Teams.

Election Facts
Ballot
Twelve candidates are running for eight Student Govern-
ment Council seats. Three are incumbents. Two are write-in
candidates. The candidates are Douglas Baird, Douglas Brook,
Scott Crooks, Gary Cunningham, Jefferson Davis, Russell Epker,
Barry Kramer, Elaine Resmer, Fred Rhines, Howard Schecter,
Robert Shenkin and Thomas Smithson.
Incumbents are Epker, Rhines and Smithson. Smithson is"
currently administrative vice-president of the Council; Rhines
serves as treasurer.
. Write-in candidates are Elaine Resmer and Fred Rhines.
Six of the newly-elected Council members will serve full year
terms; two will serve half terms.
Referendum
Students will have the opportunity to vote in an all-campus
referendum to decide the method of selecting the Council presi-
dent and executive vice-president. These officers are currently
elected by Council from among members of the Council, A'"yes"
vote on the referendum will change the current procedure so that
election of-the president and executive vice-president will be by
campus-wide election.
In order for the referendum to be valid, 3000 students or 75
per cent of those voting in the election, whichever is greater, must
participate in it.
Polling Places
Fourteen places have been selected for polls. They are:
The South, East and West Quads; Mary Markley Hall; Busi-
-ness Administration Bldg.; Law Quad; Engineering Arch; Under-
graduate Library Terrace; Diag; Fishbowl; Michigan Union
stairs; Frieze Bldg.; Women's Athletic Bldg.; and East Medical
Bldg.
Timie
The polls will be open from 7:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. The elec-
tion will be held Wednesday, Oct. 9.
Election System
The candidates will be selected under the Hare system of vot-
ing. To be elected on the first ballot a candidate must receive
one-eighth of the total votes cast.
For a write-in candidate's name to be considered valid, the
name must be written in full in ink and must be followed by a
number, according to the conventions of the Hare system.

Scott
Crooks

Douglas Baird, '66, member
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity,
member Interfraternity Council
fraternity relations committee..

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My 4program is designed to in-
sure that Student Government
Council will deal with matters of
genuine student .interest in the
most efficient and effective man-
ner.
The objectives of this program
are twofold.
First, it is designed to ensure
that Student Government Council,
as a representative body,, will con-
cern itself with \ issues and pro-
grams that are genuinely in the


How ard
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Student Government Council
should be exactly what its name
implies: a legislative body whose
purpose is to govern student af-
fairs, not a Wednesday night dis-
cussion-group. The fulfillment of
this purpose lies not, as past can-
didates have tproclaimed, in the
jacking up of student interest.
Rather, the Council must turn on
and fight against its controllers-
the administration and Office of
Student Affairs-who have so long!
kept Council the farsical discus-
sion group which the campus ig-
nores.
What is the nature of these con-
trollers?,
It is the administration which
plunges unheedingly ahead in fu-
ture central campus v planning
without st dent consideration. It
is the administration which has
abandoned its responsibility to civ-
il rights.
It is the administration who
would like to take almost full con-
trol of the proposed University
Center.
More outrageous, although in a
clandestine and subtle manner,
is the complete lack of faith in
students which the OSA has
shown.
It is the OSA which has recent-
ly usurped power from the newly
reorganized and once almost sov-
ereign student Joint Judiciary
Council. It is the OSA which has'
sat on $100,000 in student driving'
fees and done nothing to alleviate
the "student parking problem." It'
is the OSA which has clung to
such antiquated procedures as re-
quiring formal chaperones.
For these reasons I propose:
1) Vigorous support of the stu-l
dent-faculty parallel committeeI
system.t
2) The initiation of specific by-1
laws governing the OSA.
3) Immediate implementation of1
anti-discrimination procedures for j
all student groups. The Council
must, owever, retain the privilege1
of blackball, so as not to jeopardize;
the Greek system.
4) Complete control of rules
concerning student conduct by
SGC.t
5) The initiation of an SGC cur-
riculum committee.
Only- through a Council deter-
mined to right its "controllers"
and work for such proposals as Ir
have stated, can SGC become thes
student legislative body it so right-
fully should be.
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Robert J. Shenkin, '65 BAd,
treasurer and business manager
of the Michiganensian, member
and treasurer of Zeta Beta Tau
Fraternity, former associate copy
editor of the Ensian, former co-
chairman of S oph Show, former
treasurer of Junior Interfrater-
nity Council.

It is the future and present o1
the Student Government Council,
rather than the past, which are of
f primary concern to me.
Every issue to be considered is
directly related to student welfare.
At present, SGC is attempting tc
ease the economic burden on stu-
dents by studying labor conditions
and scholarship grants-but this
is not enough !
I believe that it is the Council's
duty to publicize or in some other
way help the United States Na-
tional Student Association book
store recover from its worsening
financial crisis, and to secure
proper allocation of funds for ade-
quate student parking facilities.
A second basic issue is the extent
of SGC's jurisdiction in the area
of discrimination. I am. in full
agreement with the Harris Re-
port and avidly support all current
SGC stands. I feel that this is a
realm in which the Council should
maintain unquestioned authority.
The student and faculty are the
two components which contribute
to the growth of a successful aca-
demic community, and presently,
there is an apparent communica-
tion barrier between them. The
only feasible solution to this prob-
lem is the establishment of a long-
deliberated student-faculty gov-
ernment.
As a "first step" toward this
ideal, I would recommend that
SGC not treat this issue lightly,
but encourage students to take an
interest and participate in the ac-
tivities of the University Senate
and the Conference on the Univer-
sity.
The main problem gripping SGC
today is non-academic in nature.
Here we find another communica-
tion barrier-this time between
the Office of Student Affairs and
SGC. I condemn the fact that OSA
is now conducting a study of all
student activities without student
participation.
Is it not obvious that students
ought to have some say in whatj
their campus activities should be
like? Due to the somewhat chaotic
organizational state of student or-
ganizations at present, I agree
that such a study is necessary. '
But I do not believe that it
should be dictated by OSA. I sug-
gest that SGC commence a study
of its own if OSA does not extend
an invitation for a Joint effort.
A second point of OSA-SGC
conflict is that of authority over
rules governing student conduct.
Although in accordance with
Women's Judic on the matter of
liberalizing women's hours, I do
not believe that they are making
rapid enough progress.
If elected, I will work for in-
creased authority for SGC and
Judic in this area.
I grant that SGC could not
exist without OSA, but I am of
the opinion that if OSA would ren-
der due respect to SGC, SGC would
put forth more effort to recognize
the problems with which OSA is
confronted.
With a definite apportionment
of authority, the "SPARRING" at-
titude' between GSA and'SGC
would be brought to a firm halt!

Robert
S henk in

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Cunningham
Student Government Council is
once again engaged in its peren-
nial tug-of-war.
Dissension was apparent last
year in the two referenda decided
by the student body. The referen-
dum making SGC posts elective-
In effect abolishing ex-officio
members-was little more than an
attempt b3 a well-defined group
of highly idealistic Council mem-
bers to eliminate their frequent
opposition.
Similarly, there was an SGC
faction which felt that the United
States National Student Associa-
tion was not fulfilling its original
purposes. They advocated with-
drawal, not reform.
But factional bickering is still
present. Members come to Coun-
cil meetings with their opinions
fixed and immovable; the result-
ing conflicts accomplish little. The
issues listed below are those likely
to come before SGC in the months
ahead.
Action effecting proposals of the
Harris Report will be taken -
most likely even before the new
Council members are elected. I
strongly feel that the proposed
amendment creating an Interfra-
ternity Council-Panhellenic Asso-
ciation committee to work with
the SGC membership committee
should be a part of final legisla-
tion.
In the past IFC has effectively
enforced rules concerning Greek
conduct; I am confident that it
can deal similarly with possible
discrimination in its system.
Let us examine other issues:
1) Popular election of SGC of-
ficers-I support the referendum
whicl will be submitted to the
voters at the next election. SGC
needs more student interest in its
affairs; officer candidates forced
to sell themselves and their pro-
=grams will arouse this needed in-
terest.
2) Student-Faculty Government
-Subcommittees have already
been formed to investigate this
possibility. They need to be prod-
ded. I see this as a solution to at
least a part of the problems of
student faculty relationships. SGC
must do all it can in this area.
3) Student Parking-I strongly
support a study of latent funds
which may be made available for
student parking facilities.
4) Union - League Merger=
Though not of direct concern to
SGC, the Union-League must be


Student Government Council to-
day is a very powerful and effec-
tive legislative organization which
provides a political m e d i u m
through which students and stu-
dent organizations can express
their desires and needs and ini-
tiate legislation toward the accom-
plishment of these ends.
It should be stressed that SGCI
is striving to perpetrate, by modi-I
fication if and when necessary,
the existing student organizations,
not, in any sense of the word, to
destroy them.d1f
In the coming campus election
I foresee a number of issues.
First is student-faculty govern-
ment. The program is in its infan-
cy at present and SGC represen-
tatives are sitting in on certain
designated faculty committees in
a non-voting capacity. It is neces-
sary that SOC provide the fac-
ulty committees with qualified stu-
dents so that in the near future
they may be granted a voting
status.
The program in itself is good
in that with the interchange of
ideas and feelings these two bod-
ies can coordinate and unite their
efforts in areas of mutual con-
cern. I would like to see this pro-
gram carried out and extended in
areas that would benefit both stu-
dents and faculty.
Second is the proposed residen-
tial college. A pilot program on
this project has been initiated to
study the value of this type of
program. The committee for the
study was supposed to have had
a student member but to date none
has been soy appointed.
I feel that this omission should
be rectified and that SGC should
make its own study of this aca-
demically-oriented communityz
Next is student parking. The
students will in the near future
loose two of the existing student
parking lots because of buildings
to be constructed. There is also
an ever-present and increasing
need for more parking space.
The ' Commijtee on Student
Parking and Driving has at its
disposal $7000 earmarked for stu-
dent parking from the sale of E-
stickers. This four-man committee
might in studying this problem
conhider proposals and suggestions
handed down by the United States
National Student Association.
The last order of consideration
is women's hours. Here I might
comment that my views are con-
sistent with those recently rec-
,omnended by SGC and I will con-
tinue to support-this movement.
In general I feel that the SGC
must act as a rational and rea-
sonable organization acting in be-
half of the students while at the
same time taking into considera-
tion the position of the adminis-
tration. This concept of student
government's role will promote the
aims of the student by encourag-
ing the respect and cooperation of
the administration.

I believe that in all the issues
and problems that Student Gov-
ernment Council undertakes to act
upon, there should be the needs
and wants of the University stu-
dent in his relationship with his
fellow students, the University or
the immediate community.
I am opposed to any consistent
policy which might lead SGC away
from this area of immediate stu-
dent concerns.
Some of the areas in which I
do believe that SGC should act
are:
1) Extra-academic student edu-
cation. There is a pressing needto
close the gap between SOC and.
its constituents.
The Conference on the Univer-
sity is a good beginning.
I would be in favor of making
any start which would force more
intelligent interaction of ideas on
campus issues. Therefore, I support
the proposal that SOC officers be
elected directly.
I also support the use of the ref-
erendum, and the open forum.
2) Discrimination. I wholeheart-
edly support the efforts of SGC to
end discrimination on the Univer-
sity campus. I do noti however,
feel that in eliminating discrim-
ination we must also eliminate
selective membership policy or the
right of all members of an organ-
ization to have a voice in member-
ship selection.
I am a member of the Commit-
tee on Membership and a former
rush chairihan of my fraternity.
Research a n' d experience has
shown me that the basis of dis-
crimination lies in men's minds,
not in the technicalities of mem-
bership selection, and it will take
any means to express itself re-
gardless of the actual intent of
the given means.
The solution, therefore lies in
education within the existing
framework of procedures.
3) General. I support the lib-
eralizatiion of women's hours, the
elimination of chaperones at social
functions, the increasing of stu-
dent parking facilities. In short,I J
favor the greatest possible amount
of student benefit which is con-
sistent with past student behavior
and accomplishment.
My main interest as a member
of SOC would be to create and
utilize a meaningful rapport be-
tween students and Council so that
all might more fully realize the
potential of student life at the
University.

Th omas
Smithso'n

Thomas L. Smithson, '65, Stu-
dent Government Council mem-
ber and former SGC administra-
tive vice-president, delegate to
the United States National stu-
dent Association Congress, mem-
ber Sphinx Honorary, former
member of Inter-Quadrangle
Council, former president and
member of East Quadrangle
Council.

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As administrative vice-president
of Student Government Council
since March, 1963, and as a mem-
ber of the University's delegation
to the National Student Congress
this summer, I believe I have gain-
ed an overview of student govern-
ment, and particularly its present
status on the University campus.
More important, I think, is the
thought I have given to SGC's fu-
ture role in the University com-
munity.
It is true, of course, that student
government must have more rea-
son for existing than self-perpetu-
ation. Primary among reasons for
a student government is that of
service. to the students and the
University at large.
The "issues" you are hearing
discussed in this campaign may
not seem to have much relevance
to you as an individual. I ask you
to examine them as a member of
the "University community.'
Membership discrimination., it
appears, will not be a dead horse
by election time. I support SGC
action which will deal with the
problem fairly and efficiently,
If student government is to have
value, it must be accessible to the
student body. For this reason, and
because I believe that a more in-
dependent executive would be more
effective and respected, I urge
the approval of the at-large elec-
'tion of SGC's executive officers.
Further, I will re-introduce a
measure to a&d the presidents of
Graduate Student Council, Inter-
Cooperative Council, and the In-
ternational Students' Association
as ex-officio members of Council.
In the area of "student welfare,"
I urge students to support the
floundering United States Nation-
al Student Association bookstor.e
if they wish to see effective com-
petition with Ann Arbor merch-
ants.
Most important, I feel that stu-
dent-faculty government is the
best vehicle for student participa-
tion in University policy-making.
This may ultimately be the answer
to relative student autonomy in
the area of student conduct.
If you believe that students are
responsible enough to make mean-
ingful contributions to the.Univer-
sity community, I urge you to sup-
port me for re-election.

In the presentation of this plat-
form, before enumerating, plank
by plank, each issue which I see as
the proper current concern of the
Student Government Council, I
should state that basic philosophy
which I now have towards the
Council which has been the basis
for formulating those stands.
I believe that Council, riding the
momentum gained from its recent
positive action concerning the reg-
ulation of membership in'student
organizations and the implemen-
tation of those rules, must now
dedicate itself to action, to assert
to the administration and to the
faculty the opinion of the stu-
dent community based not on the
belief that students alone should
determine the rules of the Univer-
sity, but rather that the student
community should have its fair
share of representation in the de-
termination of all rules concern-
ing the students..
In the light of this philosophy,
I should like to briefly deal with
what I believe should now be the
major concern of the council -
student control of student conduct
and activities.
In the first area, the Council,
working from the consensus of
the student community, should
draw up equitable regulations, a
code of conduct, with provision for
suitable student, faculty, adminis-
tration judgment of offenses, con-
cerning the basic areas of stu-
dent conduct.
In the second area, the Council
must resist any attempt either by
faculty or administration to usurp
any of the administrative or fi-
nancial responsibilities now in the
hands of students and the student
officers of the various campus ac-
tivities. It is fundamental to the
educational process that students
be allowed themselves to control
the reins of the organization.

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Gary Cunningham, '66, mem-
ber and rush committee of Phi
Gamma Delta Fraternity, mem-
ber Young Republicans, chair-
man of the constitutional re-
vision committee of Junior In-
terfraternity Council.
certain of maintaining its positioA
working with, not under, the Of-
fice of Student Affairs.
These are but a few of the im-
portant issues which will be con-
sfdered; their mere consideration,
however, will not bring about the
revitalization which SGC needs.
The entire SGC prograri 'should
be expanded to encompass more
student participation. My ideas in
this area include:
1) Speaker Programs -- Much
work could be done toward a well-
developed schedule of faculty and
outside speakers.
2) National Student Exchange
Program -- I've investigated the
possibilities for such a program.
We send students to Germany to
study-why not to Ole Miss or
Alabama as well?
3) Public Relations-SGC must
do a better job of informing the
student.
SGC has been much too slow-
moving; let's pick up the tempo. I
think it's about time we quit bick-
ering and begin acting.

Scott Crooks, '65, member of
Student Government Council's
Membership Committee ,former
social, academics, rush chairman
and pledge, trainer of Chi 'Phi
Fraternity.

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As a result of its lack of ob-
jectivity concerning problems most
important to the student body
which it represents, the Student
Government Council has failed
in the past to acquire the full sup-
port of the campus.
In the next several years, SGC
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operation. No organization is able.
to function properly in the midst
of the myriad of procedural and
irrelevant political differences
which have plagued SGC.
The major goal of SGC should
not be the creation of a political-
ly elite group, responsive only to
a greater application, of author-
ity over a long-since alienated.
student body; but an earnest'at-
tempt to efficiently perform a
practical and meaningful service
to the campus. '
It is instructive at this point to
review some of the recent issues
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I am definitely opposed to the
present referendum regarding the
election of president and executive
vice-president. The manner of se-
lection of these officers should de-
pend on full knowledge of candi-
date's ability and-achievement, not
on a political campaign. This ref-
erendum is not an improvement in
the present manner of selection; it
is a shirking of responsibility on
the part of SGC in an area where
it cannot afford to be irresponsible.
SGC is a growing organization
on this campus, in terms of au-
thoritative powers and its func-

The last year op Student Gov-
ernment Council has been a pro-
ductive one.
Many issues of considerable im-
portance have been debated and
acted upon. There have' been a
number of structural changes.
These changes are to make SGC
a more effective legislative body
and less of an administrative one:
The year has given me much ex-
perience.
I have worked on the area of
discrimination as a member of an
ad hoc committee. Along with the
Council I have devoted much time
and effort to creating closer ties
between the University and SGC.
With this experience _ and the
desire to furnish leadership to SGC
and the campus, I am a candidate
for re-election to SGC.,
A few of the areas of consider-
able concern to the Council and
the electorate are the Committee
on Membership, the election of
Council's officers from the campus
at large, the role of SGC to the
University, and student conduct.
The objective of the membership
committee and its rules is to elim-
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Russell L. Epker, '64BAd; pres-
ent member of Student Govern-
ment Council; former treasurer
of SGC; mpember of Sigma Chi '
Fraternity; member of Druids
Honorary; member of Young
Republicans- Executive Board;
former Interfraternity Council
Committee member.
a system are numerous, but fore-
most it willallow the student body
to elect this high student official.
What should the role of SGC be
to the University Senate? I feel

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