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SGC Elections Director Predicts
5,000 Voters in All-Campus Election
By JEAN SPENCER
A field of 12 candidates including three incumbents will compete
r the siz seats available on Student Government Council in the elec-
ons Tuesday and Wednesday.
Fall elections set a record low with just over 3500 votes cast; the
revious record was set a year ago in the spring '59 elections at
B29. Only once before had the vote dropped below 5500. Some can-
idates have said at open houses that they will not take their seats
' f less than 5000 students vote
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Hare Rules er ''td
11Prectse uderElections director Dotty Dedo,
'61Ed, predicted a vote of around
T B 5000. "With publicity from candi-
rose dates' campaigning, open houses'
and- composite posters, the vote
I7'1 should be higher than last falls,"
In Election she continued.
Polling places include the Diag,
Undergraduate Library, Business
By the Hare system to be used Administration School, Union,
Tuesday's and Wednesday's Stu- Engine Arch, and the University
ent Government Council ballot- museum. In case of rain, the booth
g, students will rank the candi- on the diag will be moved into
ates in order of their choice. the fishbowl, and the other booths
During the counting Wednes- will be inside.
ay night in the Union ballroom, Incumbents running for re-elee-
ae ballots will be distributed to tion are SGC president John Feld-
e candidate ranked first. Then kamp, '61, Roger Seasonwein, '61,
ny candidates with more than and M.A. Hyder Shah, Grad. Also
ne seventh (seven being one more running for the Council are Per
aan the number of seats open) Hanson, '62, Arthur Rosenbaum,
the valid votes will be declared '62, James Hadley, '61 Brereton
ected. Bissell, '61, Paul Hell, '61, Eleanor
If all the open positions have Cook, '61, Bob Molay, '62, Fred
ot been filled, the lowest candi- Riecker, '63, and Donald Corriere,
ate is dropped, his ballots are '61.
ven to those ranked second, and lls Open d
1 ballots over the qubta of one- -Polls will be open from 8 a.m.
wenth for elected candidates are- to 5 p.m. Tuesday, and from 8 a.m.
stributed to the second-ranked to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The
mmees. booth at the UGLI will be open
distributed from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Tues-
recose ballots to be dtheday'
e chosen at random from the In this election the Election
mplete set of ballots of the Committee decided to re-establish
ected candidates. , the booth at the Natural Science
A new quota is determined by museum. In last fall's election it
king one over the number of was closed because of a low num-
ats still open times the number her of students using it, Miss Dedo
I ballots still circulating and add- said. The committee felt that the
g one. Those with the quota or number of women coming down
ore are declared elected, and the from the hill to classes will justi-
ocess is repeated until all the fy using the polling place again.
tsitions are filled. Count Night
The system has been praised by Count night will be held Wed-
aC members as providing for nesday, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in
e fair representation of minori- the Union ballroom. The ballroom
es by "weighting" the count in is usually reserved for SGC, but
vor of losers' ballots after the last fall it was previously en-
st round. gaged for a rehearsal. Therefore,'
By counting only a portion of count night was held in Club 600
winner's ballots for the second- of South Quadrangle.
inked candidate on them while The regular SGC meeting for
1 of the ballots distributed after the week will be held at 5 p.m.
meone has lost are counted, Friday, when the new six mem-
veighting" is accomplished, bers will be seated.
A recent proposal for changes Members retiring from the
the count rules was defeated Council are Babs Miller, '60, and
the Council because it might Phil Zook, '60. Hanson, appointed
ive allowed slates to be elected to fill the position left open by
ad not given minorities fair rep- the resignation of Jeff Jenks, '61,
sentation, must run for re-election.
Fred (Ted)j
Riecker
Musket; Michigras; InterFraterni-
ty Council.
1) The regulations booklet
should be revised to include only
regulations which remain the same
from year to year. A supplement
could then be published yearly in-
cluding those regulations con-
stantly being revised. The drink-
ing regulation should be revised
and a compromise reached be-
tween the present regulation and
what actually exists.
Objection should be made to
student organizations which are
"exclusive" to anyone solely be-
cause of race, color, or religion.
Almost everyone agrees that such
organizations not only help per-
petuate a rather unenlightened
and barbaric type of thought that
intelligent people have been try-
ing to get rid of for years, but also
Horereton
B~issell
Political Issues Club Chairman;
Inter-Cooperative Council Board
of Directors; Congregational Dis-'
ciples Guild Council; SGC Re-
gents' Bylaws Study- Committee.
If Student Government Council
is to be of significance to the
student body, it must consider sig-
nificant problems and issues.
1) "Fools rush in where angels
fear to ,tread." Sweeping revision
of the regulations may be pro-
posed, but actual changes will re-
quire careful negotiation. I want
the lines of authority for policy-
making and administration sim-
plified and the functions of coun-
selor and disciplinarian separated.
I believe the trend of completely
structuring and controlling our
Injure themselves as they arbi-
trarily close the door to someone
who might be a great asset. The
question though istudhat cann b
zations which have bias clauses in
their national constitutions, SGC
should have a committee which I
will call in a representative of the
national organization and explain1
to him the policy of the Uaiver-:
sity Regents Jhylaw against dis-
crimination. The national organi-
zatinh ould then be gien a
} lengthofr2im, a'fe yeri
which torstart activityu to remove
should not be taken on local or-
ganizations which have discrimi-
nation clauses as long as they are
taking steps to remove them.
SGC should reflect student
opinon not in an abstact man-
ner, but in relation to concrete
issues.
2) I believe that the resolution
of May 3, 1949, by the Council
which states: "Recognition (or
permission to reactivate) will not
be granted a group which pro.-
hibits membership in the organi-
zation because of race, religion, or
color,"' be discarded. I support the
following ideas that are now be-
fore the Council, which in essence
are: "No recognized organization
may prohibit or otherwise restrict
membership or membership ac-
tivities on the basis of race, color,
religion, creed, national origin or
ancestory." The formation of a
student government committee to
organize and discuss plans with
groups affected by this new regu-
lation, to formulate a basic policy
and to insure the complete local
autonomy In the selection of mem-
bers of these affected groups,.
Presently the Council is open to
suggestions from all interested
people on this matter, and after
they have garnered sufficient rem-
edies for the problem, the Council
will work out a definite solution.
I feel that this is the best possible
way to finally arrive at a decision
to this problem.ft u
3) Student government should
definitely have the right to influ-
ence University policy formation.
The University should always con-
sult the student government for
their opinion on all policy forma-
tion. This idea goes both ways.
Te University also should defi-
nitely have the right to influence
student government policy forma-
tion. The student government
should never act on or criticize
University policy before they have
thoroughly discussed the situa-
tioi with University officials, for
usually a few answered questions
will clear the whole matter up.
The whole purpose of SGC is to
air the student's views concern-
ing University policy. In essence
an effective communication setup
should be established between
SoC, the faculty, students, and
administrative officials where
opinion from all segments of the
University can easily be obtained.
Roger
Seasonwein
SGC executive vice president;
SGC Reading & Discussion Com-
mittee chairman; University Coun-
selling Study Committee; delegate,
12th National Student Congress;
SGC Interviewing and Nominat-
ing Committee; SGC Elections Di-
rector; SGC Restrictive Practices
Committee; Honors Steering Com-
mittee; Phi Eta Sigma Honorary;
Religious Advisory Board.
After two years as a member of
Student Government Council and
one semester as Executive Vice-
President, I see SGC as having
three major functions: (1) Coordi-
nation of student activities (e.g.,
calendering of events and recog-
nition of 'student organizations),
(2) initiation of student projects
(e.g., Reading and Discussion Pro-
gram), and (3) representation.
It is the last mentioned func-
tion - representation - which is
most important; properly exer-
cised it should be the guiding
factor in the organization. How-
ever, there is a question as regards
the fulfillment of this function:
representation, certainly -- but
representation of what?
In my opinion SGC must repre-
sent that which is best for the
University as an educational com-
munity. Thias does not mean in
my mind that SGC should con-
cern itself only with "academic"
matters. It does mean that SGC,
in every action it takes, must re-
member its position at a Univer-
sity whose primary purpose is the
stimulation of intellectual activity.
With this in mind, I present the
suggestion for action by SGC
which appear on the following
page.
I suggest that SGC promote. or
continue action in the following
areas.
1) Reading and Discussion:
A. Continuation and expansion
of present programs.
B. Extension of the program so
as to include the setting up of
special seminars for incoming
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(2) Joint Judiciary Council: I
urge a thorough re-examination
of the position and functioning of
the Joint Judiciary Council. This
re-examination should cover at
least the following points:
A. The problem of "double jeo-
pardy" - Should a student be
prosecuted by both the City and
the University for the same of-
fense?
B. There must be a better pro-
vision for students to defend
themselves.
C. It should be possible, at the
request of a student being tried,
to have open hearings.
(3) Lecture Committee: Through
its representatives on Lecture
Committee SGC must encourage
this committee once more to ful-
fill its responsibility of setting up
a properly coordinated series of
speakers.
(4) Discrimination:
A. SGC must revamp its 1949
Regulation on discriminatory prac-
tices so it comes in line with the
new Regent's By-Law concerning
discriminatory practices.
B. SGC must continue to sup-
port the activities of the Human
Relations Board.
C. SGC must act as cooperating
organization in the coming Con-
ference on Discrimination in the
North.
(5) Counseling: The Council
must Press for the application of
the report of the University Coun-
seling Study Committee. This com-
mittee was initiated at the request,
of SGC.
(6) Junior Year Abroad: SGC
must press for the adoption of a
Junior Year Abroad Program.
(7) United Nations Week: The
Council should establish a week
whtich would include such events
as Campus United Nations and
seminars concerning international
relations.
(8) Orientation: The Council
must continue its examinatior of
the orientation process. Orienta-
tion Week especially must be
changed from a lengthy and wear-
ing week to a constructive series
of events.
.Corriere"
M Club; Big Ten Wrestling
Champ; Sphinx Honorary; Beta
Theta P1 fraternity.
"Student government Is built
on the premise that students are
responsible for their own affairs."
I stand for cooperative interac-
tion between the student and the
Council.
1) The University Regulations
concerning -student affairs, con-
duct, and discipline has been re-
cently revised to November 1, 1959.
I feel that there still is room for
improvement. I stand for the fol-
lowing:
Driving Regulations: a) Study
and investigation of specific prob-
lem of too many cars. b) Lower
the permit fee. c) All driving viola-
tions other than non-registration
of a car be left up to the city to
enforce and discipline.
Possible abolition of women's
hours. This is something that has
worked very effectively at other
colleges, and is a very worthwhile
regulation to look into. Coeds are
mature responsible individuals and
should be treated as such.
Have all student organizations
fall under the same governing
rules. There are some organiza-
tions, such as the Union. which
Per Kays
Hanson
Gomberg House, dance chairman;
Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity,
assistant rushing chairman, pledge
trainer, master of initiation, re-
cording secretary; Junior Inter-
fraternity Council, Community
service committee; SGC member.
1) During the summer of 1959,
SGC undertook the revision of the
old University Regulations hand-
book. In the fall of 1959, Student
Government Council passed a res-
olution adopting portions of the
revised handbook under its juris-
diction.
Having read the 1954 booklet
and the reVised booklet, I have
come to the conclusion that the
majority of necessary changes
have been made. The book now
answers present*practice. In ad-
dition, there now clearly exists a
procedure for the recognition and
a basis by which the Student Gov-
ernment Council may judge ,stu-
dent organizations applying for
recognition. The one area needing
attention is now under considera-
tion by SGC-that of restrictive
practices in student organizations.
For the purpose of future revi-
sions, I would suggest that a com-
mittee on revision of the regula-
tions handbook be created. The
old problem of working under a
set of obsolete regulations has
1teen solved for the present; con-
tfhued scrutiny of the regulations
is a necessity.
2) It would seem to me that the
proper stand which should be
taken by the Student Government
Council on Discrimination is that
of education over discipline. It is
fairly obvious that Student Gov-
ernment must show some intent
in implementing the 1959 Regental
By-Law 2.14 in the area of re-
strictive practices in student or-
ganizations. I
In the area of procedure,, I
would agree in part with a pro-
posal which is before the Council
as of February 17, 1960. The 1949
ruling should be rescinded. The
rationale here is that the '49' reso-
lution restricts the area of Student
Government Council power is that
of organizations which were and
will be recognized after 1949. In
its place the Council should adopt
a clear stand on discrimination
pertaining to all of the student
organizations on the campus now
and in the future.
To implement this stand, a com-
mittee should be set up which
would be composed of students,
faculty members, and Administra-
tion representatives working to-
ward the elimination of restrictive
clauses. It should work without
the imposition of a definite time
limit placed upon the organiza-
tions. The rationale here would
be that a time limit would ham-
per the educational value of the
committee, in that it would force
organizations to come to a quick
decision either to comply or leave.
It is doubtful that this would even
touch the real problem of dis-
crimination. Morality cannot be
forced, but must evolve for the
educated mind.
The committee would keep the
Council informed as to the prog-
ress of the student organizations.
In any case where extreme apathy
or disregard for the committee's
aid was shown, the- Council would
be forced to take action.
The Council would work for
unrestricted local organizations
which could be affiliated with a
national group, or local organi-
zations which had intelligently
disaffiliated with the national or-
ganization.
There is no value in eliminat-
ing desirable local groups because
of rulings imposed on them when
no effort has been made to free
these groups from the rulings.
3) Student Government Council
should become a mirror of pros-
pective University policy. Not to
do so would be to disregard an
Important function of Student
Government, that of a liaison be-
tween the student body and the
rest of University community.
Rather, I would propose that Stu-
dent Government act as sieve of
student opinion considering intel-
ligently what is best in the light
of student needs and wishes and
University aims and needs. It
would then, as its proper func-
tion, make recommendations and
suggestions to the University Ad-
ministration and even the Re-
gents.
Of course, this function does
not apply only to policy on the
part of the University. At any
time when the Council feels the
need for policy change in the Uni-
versity, it should be right and
duty make known to the Univer-
sity its recommendations and sug-
gestions.
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lives should be reversed. If students
are expected to be mature and
responsible, then it is inconsistent
to treat them as youth who con-
stantly need the supervision of a
parent.
"Shades of McCarthy." I believe
the Lecture Committee should be
abolished. Any person, regardless
of his political beliefs should be
allowed to speak before a Univer-
sity audience. Censorship by a
lecture committee is a blow to
academic freedom, i.e., the right
to freely seek truth. Such censor-
ship is inconsistent with the politi-
cal philosophy of democracy; it
violates our rights of speech and
thought. If information is needed
on speakers and the use of facili-
ties, then turn this administrative
function over to the SGC which
already is responsible for recog-
nizing student organizations and
calendaring their events.
2) "The University shall work
for the elimination of discrimina-
tion in private organizations rec-
ognized by the University"-Re-
gents Bylaw. I lobbied for the
adoption of the new Regents' by-
law on nondiscrimination out of a
belief that the University as a
public agency gives a "license to
operate" to the nrivate organiza-
tions it "recognizes," and that it
has a clear responsibility to estab-
lish regulations that are in the
best interest of the University and
student body such as requirements
of nondiscrimination.
Al Haber, Barbara Miller and I
spent several sessions together de-
veloping the provisions of the
Haber-Miller resolution on re-
strictive practices. I believe the
basic features are workable and
fair. There are no simple answers
to these problems. A standard that
must be established is that organi-
atine dn not have a right to
actually cannot be reprimanded
by the Student Government Coun-
cil if they violate rules concerning
student affairs such as illegal
calendaring. Specific ways of
handling violators should be set
up.
Joint Judiciary is being ham-
strung by doing slave labor on
hundreds of individual cases
which could be taken up elsewhere
--the Dean's office, etc. An ex-
ample of this being driving viola-
tors.
Find out exactly what the drink-
ing regulation philosophy is and
the rationalization behind it. Then
perhaps more lenient drinking
restrictions can be established.
2) Discrimination in fraternal
organizhtions: I believe that the
resolution of May 3, 1949, by the
Council which states: "Recogni-
tion (or permission to reactivate) -
will not be granted a group which
prohibits membership in the or-
ganization because of race, reli-
gion or color," should be discard-
ed. I support the following ideas
that are now before the Council,
which in essence are: "No recog-
nized organization may prohibit
or otherwise restrict membership
or membership activities on the
basis of race, color, religion,
creed, national origin or ances-
try.
The formation of a student
government committee to organ-
ize and discuss plans with groups
affected by this new regulation, to
formulate a basic policy and to
insure the complete local autono-
my in the selection of members
of these affected groups. Present-
ly the Council is open to sugges-
tions fromallinterested people
on this matter, and after,- they
have garnered sufficient remedies
for the problem the Council will
work out a definite solution. I feel
that this is the best possible way
to finally arrive at a decision to
this problem.
3) Student government should
definitely have the right to influ-
ence University policy formation.
The University should always ask
the student government for their
opinion on all policy formation.
This idea goes both ways. The Uni-
versity should definitely have the
right to influence student govern-
ment policy formation. SGC should
never act on or criticize Univer-
sity policy before they have
thoroughly discussed the situa-
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,Jim Hadley
Junior InterFraternity Council of-
ficer; Creative Arts Festival co-
chairman; Union, executive coun-
cil member in charge of person-
nel.
First, let me state the reason for
my candidacy for the Student
Government Council. I have been
a student at Michigan for three
years, in which time I have heard
much discussion as to the value
of SGC. I, too, have often ques-
tioned the utility of this organiza-
tion which was created to give the
student almost total self-governing
power. These powers are vast in
that we have a student body that
could, by right, be self -administra-
tive. But what has SGC done in
realizing its duties and power?
This is the ouestion that so often
lege, are we really given the choice
of how we conduct our affairs? Or
are we still restricted? I feel that
in revising the regulations, SGC
should strive for increased student
autonomy. We are supposed to as-
sume adult roles and yet we are
subjected in some respects to a
restricted mode of behavior. Do we
have the opportunity to evaluate
and make judgments in areas of
vital interest?
I do feel that the student should
be given a University atmosphere
in which he has the freedom to
judge and evaluate his conduct,,
but by the same token I would not
propose to abolish all rules of
student conduct immediately. In-
stead, I feel that as the Council
reviews these regulations, they
should constantly strive for a slow,
but progressive, changing of these
restrictions.
2) The second question, that ,of
discrimination, has plagued the
Council and campus since the be-
arises a difficulty between national
and local chapter practices. It is
my belief that any organization
that is constructively attempting
to initiate non -, discrimination
should not be placed on probation
for we will dissolve discrimination
by "crash programs." Discrimina-
tion is an attitude, and attitudes
are not quickly changed.
S) The last of these questions,
that of the relationship 'oe;weea
student government and Univer-
sity policy is one very important
to us as members of the University
community. We pay for an edu-
cation and the opportunities of-
fered us by the University and I
feel that we, as students, should
have a strong voice in the guiding
of our investment. Why should
tl is voice come from SGC? This
was in essence what tle Council
was created for; to give students a
voice in their administration.
The SGC is supposed to be rep-
resentative of the student body.
questions posed to the SOC candi-
dates by The Michigan Daily:
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