t Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY 00 Fridav March 76 1 C 7 t ,. PageEigh THEMICHGAN AIL I I IUU Y, I Ylu I F-f 1 14.U, 1 7 1 1 i Broadening SGC's constituency (Continued from Page 4) dent, done somewhat more, though ago the administration worried worth much.) For the last few to ignore SGC with impugnity in mostly by negotiation rather than about what SGC did and sometimes , years, The Daily has, for aMl prac- almost every dispute. by confrontation, and with SGC's even sent spokesmen to argue tical purposes, decided the SGC SGC's last major act was the power coming not from Council against this or that motion. presidential race and a majority bookstore sit-in of fall, 1969. (And itself but from the SGC president's of the member-at-large races. SGS's power then depended on ability to win support from the WHAT HAPPENS to SGC now? What was once the -,enter of SGC what SGC had been before.) For various school and college govern- The radicals took over SGC be- has become the peripheral right, the rest of that year and for four ments. cause the traditional constituen- imbecilizing debate, taking the months of the next, SGC, with a SGC's weakness today is strik- cies - with the major exception of drama out of voting, and leaving! radical president and a radical ing, especially if contrasted with The Daily - disappeared as politi- SGC motions nothing but paper. majority, did little more than pass the SGC of previous years. We cal forces. (IFC, PanHel, IHA, and This election differs mportantly paper motions. Since April, 1970, have forgotten, or now find it hard VOICE either no longer exist or no from other recent elections in three SGC has, under a center-left presi- to believe, that only a few years longer give endorsements that are wa s.First the rihtist pin11 Daily Official Bulletin FRIDAY. MARCH 26 Day Calendar' 10:30 am., Friday, March 26, at Hillt Auditorium. Dr. William R. Keast, Pre- sident of Wayne State University, will address the Convocation. All undergrad- uate classes, with the exception of clinics and graduate seminars, will be dismissed from 9:45 to 12:00' noon for I -- .-'-.------. _____________________________ ~ A Religious Affairs and Ecumenical may be excused from clinics and rem- Campus Sir.: Rev. Piyadassi, Buddist inars. The honor students will not wear Monk, discussion w, T. Tice on "Cur- caps and gowns. Main floor seats will rent Issues in Buddhist and Christian be reserved for them and for members Thought," Ecumenical Ctr., 921 Church of their families, and will be held un- St., roon. til 10:15. Doors of the Auditorium will Astronomy Colloq.: F. Miller, "The open at 10:00. The public is invited. February Meeting. Div. of the Plane- -a:.h _ sn tary Science of the A.A.S. - Selected Topics," P&A Colloq. Rm., 4 p.m. Placement Religious Affairs and Ecumenical Ctr: Rev. Piyadassi, "Buddism in the Wes- SUMMER PLACEMENT tern World." Multipurpose Rm., UGLI, 212 S.A.B. 4:30 p.m. Announcements: for details, call 764- Creative Arts Festival: "Sid Shry- 7460. rock Goes to Africa," E. Quad Aud., 7, 10 Santa Fe Railway, Chicago. following p.m. openings in various parts of the coun- Relig. Affairs and Ecumenical C t r try, res. asst. in cost analysis, clerical, Rev. Piyadassi, Missionary from Cey- switchmen/brakemen. waiters, c o o k s lon. "Buddhism and the Future," Ecu- repair and locomotive maintenance. menical Campus Ctr, 921 Church St., technician type positions. C 3' 1 r 1 I SONY MODEL 70 AC DC PORTABLE CASSrETTE-COER PERFECT FOR TAPING 4' 0 ; ; Keeping a radical perspective (Continued from Page 4) TO UNDERSTAND SGC it is necessary to generally understand areas that Couniel has been in-! volved in. 1. Protecting student rights and advocating student power. In 1966 the SGC slogan was "let the stu- dents decide." Since that t i me Council has been involved inI fighting the whole range of the University's loco-in-parentis regu- lations. SGC worked for years to estab- lish policy boards in the Office of Student Services, which h a s jurisdiction over a broad range of major student services, including University housing. Though this was accomplished last fall, the minimal institutional power gain- ed has clearly not been embraced by the Regents, and efforts to strengthen, maintain and broaden the concept of policy boards in other areas of the University must be made. SGC has fought continually for the concept that students should be disciplined for non-academic offenses only by other students, This began with the Joint Judic- iary Council (the forerunner of Central Student Judiciary) state- ment that it would only enforce rules approved by students. Since that time, SGC has opposed facul- ty-dominated judiciaries and more recently the Interim Rules and Disciplinary Procedures adopted by the Regents last April. Coun- cil has been working with t h a Committee on a Permanent Jud- ciary to establish all-student juries to hear cases in which students are the defendents. 2. Political role. Over the past five years, SGC has taken an in- creasingly active role in University politics. The language require- ment, ROTC, the bookstore, the Black Action Movement strike and the classified and military re- search issues are all cases where SGC has been active. There are four ways that Council has acted politically. First, SGC has tried to inform and politically educate stu- dents through speaking, leaflet- ting, setting up educational for-t ums and printing a newsletter. 1 Secondly, Council has acted in a supportive capacity for many campus political movements. This. includes finances, facilities, en- dorsements and at times, personal power. Thirdly, Council has initiated political actions when possible and has often done the groundwork on issues before they become prominent. Fourthly, Council members and officers have used their positions as a political base 'to become in- volved in political efforts, con- frontations and negotiations. 3. Governmental role. SGC is in- volved in many day-to-day activi- ties that most students never hear about. SGC appoints students to many different committees andj councils throughout the Univer- sity, such as the OSS Policy Board, University's Commission on Women, University Council and the Bookstore Board of Direc- tors. 4. Service role. SGC has long been active in consumer and legal services for students.3 And if the funding proposal on the SGC ballot next week passes, SGC is likely to become more in- volved in services, and could start projects concerning housing, childcare and University-wide course and faculty evaluation. IT IS ESSENTIAL that those involved in SGC realize the im- portant political role the Council has. SGC must always be ready to oppose the arbitrary actions of a University run in the political in- terests of business, government and the military. Without thisI perspective, SGC becomes little more than a co-opted service or- ganization. wayo. ,1 W i 1-' ganized. For the first time in my memory, the right has fielded a strong presidential canlidate and' a hard-campaigning slate of candi- dates for member-at-large. Second, the radicals have run a feeble campaign and seem almost to ex- pect defeat, as if They realized they have dominated SGC too long. And third, there seems to be emerging a new system of organ- ized constituencies. Campus poli-t tics used to be organized by 1esi- dence unit. It seem that hereafter it will be organized by academic! unit. The last few years have seen the emergence of a student govern- ment in almost every school and college of the University. IT'S A STRANGE positirn these reflections leave me in, welcomirg DICTATION (dike 7:30 p.m. School of Music: Univ. Arts Chorale and Mich. Singers, M. Klein. conduc- tor. Mozart's "Requiem," Brahms' "Lie- beslieder," Hill Aud., 8 p.m. School of Music and Art Dept.: "The Threepenny Opera," Mendelssohn Thea- tre, 8 p.m. International Folk Dance: BarbourI Gym. 8 p.m. Michifish: Annual Watr Show, Mar- garet Bell Pool, 8:15 p.m. International Students Association: Folk singers S. Werein and D. Ruther- ford, Rive Gauche, 9 p.m.+ India Discussion Group: K. Ramaur- thy, visiting scholar at Ctr. for Popu- lation Planning, "Rural Reconstruc- tion: One Pattern of District Develop- ment in India," International Center, 603 E. Madison, Sat., Mar. 27, 2:30 p.m. Cedar Pt., Ohio, food dept. and oper- ations; join the courtesy corps. Waverly Schools. Lansing, s u m mi e r recreation prog., instructors needed in tennis, golf, archery and gymnastics, RCA Corp., N.J., summer intern posi- tions avail. in Camden, Highstown; and Vurlington, Mass. Equitable Life Assurance Co., N.Y., summer actuarial training prog. for undergrads, at least 2 yrs. of math, econ., or stat. Penn Dept. of Trans., Harrisburg, civ- il engr. trainee program open to stu- dents who have completed soph. yr. (Continued on Page 12) lectures). Even includes back-space review so you con hear it again. 1IMFlIUJY17S Annt Arhor--East Launsi 618 S. MAIN 769-4 47 00 "Qufalt 5ill Siud 'Throw hI Quality T' r. K f the defeat of those I supported and Undergrad Honors Convocation: The annual Convocation recognizing under- even now support! graduate honor students will be held at Ir SPECIAL OFFER STAN WERBIN & DOUG RUTHERFORD AMERICAN, BRITISH, OLD TIME FOLK MUSIC ond fiddle, guitar, and banjo SHRIMP or SCALLLOPS dinner includes cole slow, chips, roll, 9 scallops or 8 shrimp ONLY r1.49 (regular 1.79) OFFER GOOD FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY RIVE GAUCHE Corner E. Univ. & Hill FRI. & SAT. 9 p.m. 50c OFFER ANN ARBOR GOOD 1315 S. University BOTH LOCATIONS: Sun.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m -12 p.m. YPSILANTI 4910 Woshtenaw Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Sun.-Thurs. 1 1 a.m.-1 0 p.m. (H bk west of K-mart) I I I 11 _u-hus 1 .10pm 1 M-Pin Bowling SUNDAY-1 p.m.-Mid. Michigan Union U. -.---- .-________ I i THE LONE RANGER RIDES AGAIN at W IL Daily Classifieds Bring Results ! 11 See the masked man, Tonto and Silver Friday at 8,10, or 12 50c ALH 763-0795 ALICE'S (plus an X-rated short) Buck Rogers serials are still being shown FREE-Wed, of 9 University Activities Center presents Creative Arts Festival 1971 VIETNAM PHOTO DISPLAY Ugli Mar. 15-Mar. 31- UNDERGRADUATE ART SHOW R-ckham Gallery, 3rd floor Mar. 22-Mar. 24-- SILKSCREENING in the Fishbowl Mar. 25 Entirely student-produced musical "SID SHRYCOCK GOES TO AFRICA" East Quad Auditorium, 8:00 tickets at the door Mar. 26, 27- STUDENT PLAY 7:00 and 10:00 tickets at the door Mar. 27- STUDENT CRAFTS FAIR Union Ballroom, 10:00-10:00 Mar.,__- "TO BE YOUNG, GIFTED, AND BLACK' Hill Auditorium, 3:00 Tickets at PTP Box Office 4 l Let's hear it for the drunks. It's not the drink that kills, it's the drunk, the problem drinker, the abusive drinker, the drunk driver. This year he'll be involved in the killing of at least 25,000 people. He'll be involved in at least 800,000 highway crashes. After all the drunk driver has done for us, what can we do for a