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The LSGA faculty has demonstrated con-
vincingly that, as a collective body,
it is not responsive to progressive
educational change and the increasing
demands of students to be involved in
decisions concerning their own educa-
tions. At faculty meetings, it is
rare that the quorum number of 100 is
reached, yet students are denied an
effective voice and are told that only
facilty members possess the concern
and experience necessary to merit
authority.°
The time has come for students to
actively work for a more responsive
faculty, and LS&A Student Government
can be an effective instrument for
that appeal. At the same time, stu-
dent government must work, itself, to
raise issues that will divert faculty
and administration concern from power
structures and cold financial nonsense
to the warm and human problem of find-
ing ways to improve the education of
the members of Lit. School on all
levels.
Introductory courses are failing.
It is time that U. educators be
forced to ask themselves why. Distri-
bution requirements are restrictive,
ineffective, and often punishing. By
now, people should have been compelled
to re-evaluate their usefulness. The
same is true of the archaic system of
grading to which we are subjected.
The first thing that I'm supposed to
tell you is about all the extensive
reforms I support and will carry out
once in office. I should pledge that
I will attain the abolishing of
grades, initiating wide curriculum re-
form, guaranteeing the protection of
student rights, and,_ of course, ter-
minating all classified military re-
search. Like all the other candi-
dates, I should claim that by elect-
ing me, your wishes will be repre-
sented by an individual who is con-
cerned with your welfare. A vote for
Hymie, as they would say, is a vote
for true student representation.
We are all fully aware that this
sort of nonsense is bullshit in its
most blatant form. Once in office,
Hymie may attempt to enact reforms,
but more -than likely he will be an
utter failure.
The present LS&A student government
may or may not be carrying out in
terms of its contract with the stu-
dent mass (Constitution of LS&A) but
I've yet to see any great gains in
student rights initiated by the gov-
ernment. The biggest problem with
the current government is its lack of
communication with those that it is
supposed to represent. Ways to reme-
dy this situation are already written
in the constitution.
-IVC "To originate student projects
and activities"
-IVK2 All meetings shall be open to
the students of the college.
-IVK3 "Notice of time, place, and
agenda...shall be conspicuous-
ly announced..."
Communications alone are not LS&A's
problem. The college has the great-
est number of students in any one
school, yet the student government
has little real power as far as the
Administration and faculty are con-
cerned. What is needed is a strong
LS&A student union as proposed again
in the Constitution.
- This union shall work with the
existing faculty assembly as an
equal partner.
- This LS&A union should set up a
number of departmental unions to
examine courses and offerings,
making evaluations on such.
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bil jCObs
Shirley nickovich
jack Whyte
marC steinberg
steve weissman
The Course Mart is an important and
exciting opportunity for experimenta-
tion and many kinds of growth. It is
still in its embryonic stages, but its
existence is threatened by those who
are afraid of the freedoms it offers.
The program must be supported and
publicized by student government so
that the potential of creative educa-
tion will not be stifled.,
In its first year, LSuA Student
Government has been basically useless,
mostly because it has been dominated
by the same bureaucratic tradition
which has made SGC a waste of time and
energy for so many years. The student
government can be useful as soon as
its members decide that their responsi-
Lility is not to perform a political
role and write off ineffectiveness as
the plague of democracy. They must,
instead, realize that the responsibil-
ities are theirs, and the outcome is
only as fruitful as they are willing
to make it.
The reasoning to all this rhetoric
is simply, as you all know, that we
are all victims of systematic insti-
tutionalized repression. In order to
overcome this repression, we need
progress - progress toward enabling
each individual to live iis own life
according to his own desires. This
sort of progress is, however, pain-
fully slow - so slow that I cannot
in good conscience contend that, once
in office, I will do this or that.
All I can promise is that I will
pledge myself to work for relevant
reforms for our community.
What reforms? Support for the
governance proposal, pervasive cur-
riculum adjustments as abolishing
language and distribution require-
ments, and emphasis on teaching qual-
ity over research. In other words,
I want the same type of changes that
you do. These changes I can only
work for, I cannot promise them.
To implement meaning and relevance
in our lives here at the university
is not an easy task. Contrary to
some revolutionaries, we must real-
ize that we cannot usurp the usurpers
overnight. By electing me, I shall
work toward these necessary changes
that must be innovated. Indeed, in-
novation and creativity are essential
for the ultimate achievement of these
goals. In me, I hope that you find a
candidate who is worthy of your vote.
Shall we work together toward these
relevant ends? Hopefully, we- shall!
jim steel
I consider also the Council to be
a self-appointed advisor to the
University Administration in submit-
ting proposals in student matters.
I therefore, consider necessary for
the University to change to an edu-
cational experience, various propos-
als:
I. Classroom restructuring
-allow students greater free-
dom and initiative in class-
room matters
a) courses of studies
b) institute undergrad semi-
nars
c) in matter of testing
II. Distribution and language re-
quirements
-abolishment
III. Increase of pass-fail options
-allow students to take all
courses pass-fail
-eventually phase out archaic
grading system
IV. Institute work-study system
V. Institute as in Engineer College
privilege of fresiman students
who fail classes to repeat class
and receive credit only for sec-
ond time and not putting on fin-
al records the first grade. 16
Responsible Alternative
AS A MEMBER AT-LARGE on SGC, I hope to provide a respons-
ible alternative to the ways in which council has been
unrepresentative of and unresponsive to its growing con-
stituency. The main ways in which I hope to accomplish
this are the following:
COUNTERACT POLITICAL POLARIZATION SGC tends to polar-
ize along lines that are not representative of the main-
stream of campus opinion. By promoting SGC interaction
with other governmental bodies and its constituency, I
hope to curb this polarization that arises from individ-'
uals working to advance their own political views, rather
than serving the campus.
ENCOURAGE EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE It is my opinion that
when issues of campus-wide concern arise, SGC should in-
itiate and endorse open forums and other educational ac-
tivities. A more active interface between council and
its constituency is necessary.
PROMOTE CAMPUS-WIDE INVOLVEMENT Involvement with other
governments strengthen the council-constituency inter-
face. SGC needs this input., Channels for interaction
were set up at the Inter-Government Symposium. SGC
should use these and expand them.
END FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY Expenditures in the past
have been made on the basis of personal political inter-
ests. Often council's financial position fails to af-
fect allocations which result in a deficit. I hope to
encourage council spending in areas, consistent with stu-
dent (rather than personal) interests which would be in-
dicated by interaction with the constituency. I would
also work for an end to deficit spending.
Shirley Nickovich
AS it is now, SGC is highly unrepresentative of the en-
tire University community. I believe that, until some
responsibility in financial matters is shown, students
should not be forced to pay more money, as in the pro-
posed tuition increase. Valid need that would affect a
majority of the University students should be exhibited
before any allocations are made. The present council
has vastly misrepresented the student body on this mat-
ter.
I am opposed to all classified war research on campus.
I propose either having classified war research made com-
pletely accessible to the public, or if this is not ac-
ceptable, entirely removed from the University. However,
ending all military research here would only push it some-
where else and cost the government more billions for the
privileges they are given through the University. I
would work to see a more powerful and representative stu-
dent-faculty control board set up to review the military
research being conducted.
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brad taylor
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Student Ca!
For two cents could you explain who M
what he does? For $44,000.00 could )
mount of additional money which he pr
us and given to SGC. Passage of this
more than $62,000.00 into SGC fingers
does SGC intend to do with an additic
our money? In Fact, what does it do
which it has now? Are you aware
1. that $250.00 of our money was g
Radical Independent Party in th
city elections? (The motion wa
Vice President De Grieck--who i
candidate.)
2. that over $300.00 of our money
Student Mobilization is still n
3. that money was given to SDS for
war research pamphlets which ne
(neither the money or SDS were
Considering this kind of irrespons
ing by SGC (of which the above are on
the proposed referendum to increase c
fees by 300% is particularly unreason
endum should not even be considered w
plan of where the additional money is
incumbent SGC president, has assured
bound to be found to spend the money.
monetary allocations, this kind of ir
to be typical of most of the incumben
change is needed. Rather than trying
spending student money we intend to f
save student money. Two of our propo
are the establishment of a tuition ,po
similar to the Yale plan and the form
view committee to propose ways to cut
addition, we think that adequate funds
distributed to the governments of the
(based on their enrollment percentage)
handle their individual problems which
ware of and more capable of solving.
SGC more suitable to student needs coi
impersonal counseling procedures and t
changes of information among the stude
the various schools.
Not only is SGC willing to spend ou
it is also willing to make our moral a
cisions for us. (The irresponsibles on
don't want the University to act in 1o
It is an unfortunate fact that SGC~is
mary' schnelker
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