Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, March 28, 1971 Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAiLY II r ORGANIZED CAMPAIGNS t4 SGC election: Challenge from the right (Continued from Page 1) research and People's Peace Treaty, referenda passed. "The referenda will draw people to the polls who' would not normally vote in an SGC election," Teich comments. "And once these people, who will generally be left politically, come to the polls, they will think they might just as well vote in the elec- tion. Therefore we expect 2,000 to 3,000 leftists voting and this will really demoralize the right cam- paign," he adds. SGC Executive Vice President Jerry De Grieck, while acknowl- edging that the right has been waging an organized campaign, contends that the campaigning done by the left will be just as effective. Regardless of their politics, most of the candidates share one feel- ing - that they should act on Council less as individuals than as delegates of the student body who elected them. Most of the candidates have in- dicated that they will not act on any major matters that come be- fore SGC without seeking-out a strong mandate among the ma- jority of students urging a par- ticular course of action. Such caution seems to indicate that the candidates are hesitant to initiate any action or programs on their own which may prove to be ineffective; they view any ac- tion which does not have the back- ing of the majority of students as useless in the long run, and un- justifiable. "It would be unfair to work wholly on my own political be- liefs," says one candidate. "And although I can't entirely throw them out the window either, for the most part I must listen to what the student body says and act accordingly." Instead of political issues, the candidates are stressing student rights and services, which many of them say students are more con- cerned about in the first place. These rights and services in- clude such areas as legal aid, low- cost housing, consumer protection, I and curriculum reform. Most can-, didates feel these issues cut across ideological lines. But despite the presence of can- didates from both sides of the political spectrum, some students think it will probably not matter significantly over the year who is elected. Former SGC President Marty McLaughlin, for a long time ac- tively involved in radical politics at the University, says that there are certain differences among the candidates. They will not manifest themselves, however, "except on the question of how much money members will be willing to allocate to left wing groups to keep them alive on campus." Obviously, McLaughlin says, one of the more liberal candidates will more readily designate funds to a leftist group than will one with conservative tendencies. "The political value of SGC is now totally in terms of material and not direction," he says. But whatever the future direc- tion of SGC turns out to be, it will depend on a large part on the number of students who turn out to vote on Tuesday and Wednes- fied and military research resulted day. in defeat of the proposal. The rightists have traditionally The presence of similar referen- been unsuccessful in their bids to da on the upcoming election's bal- gain seats, since more conserva- lot will probably add to votes for give students on campus have as a conservatives as well as candi- rule exhibited little interest in the dates on the left. elections. And therein lies possibly the most As a result, the percentage of critical determining factor in this leftists voting in SGC elections is year's elections-the turnout at usually greater than the percentage the polls. of leftists comprising the student If the number of voters on Tues- body as a whole. day and Wednesday remains tra- The only time the elections ap- ditionally small, the left will prob- pear to have interested conserva- ably maintain its control of SGC. tives in recent years was in March, However, if the first deliberate 1967, when the ballot contained a attempt by the right wing to gain referendum seeking to abolish seats on SGC, does indeed succeed classified and military research at in bringing out the vote, then it is the University. likely the conservative element At that time, an intensive effort will finally gain a strong foothold by conservative groups to mobilize in student government at the Uni- all students not opposed to classi- versity. ERROR! 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Harry Power, a graduate GA has offered no such assistance. student in zoology and candidate The ad-hoc group-the Gradu- for the new government, says ate Assistants' Coordinating Com- GACC will present their, new pro- mittee(GACC)-organized against posal to Smith nextweek. a proposal by Vice President for 'If the proposed constitution is Academic Affairs Allan Smith to approved by Rackham students, standardize the definition of a the new government will auto- graduate assistant. , matically begin operation, render- Members of GACC contend that ing GA defunct. The Rackham Smith's proposal seriously impairs government would also take over, the economic status of graduate GA's funding, which amounts to students by cutting needed insur- about $3,000 annually. If the stu- nside prison walls: talking with a unkie dent government funding referen- dum, also on the SGC ballot, is approved, the new government would receive an estimated $20,000 per year. Differing considerably from GA's constitution, the Rackham consti- tution would provide for the direct participation of the student body through the procedures of initia- tive, referral, referendum and re- call. Under the GA constitution, only members can initiate legislation or constitutional amendments, while the officials of the govern- ment are only elected from within the body. The Rackham constitution calls for annual election of its members and officers. If the constitution is approved, the Executive Council will subsequently organize the Rackham Assembly, the govern- ment's legislative branch with di- rect representation from all Rack- ham departments, and the Rack- ham Judiciary. The remaining eight members of the proposed 15-member Executive C o u n c i 1 would be elected next fall. Law Prof. Alan N. Polasky will oe among the lecturers this spring in two seminars on estate plan- ning and administration. The seminars, sponsored by the Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) in conjunction with the Probate and Trust Sec- tion of the State Bar of Michigan, will be held May 13-15 at Boyne Mountain, Mich., and June 4-5 in room 103 of the Wayne State University Law School in Detroit. .; :3 HORNING: Auditorium. DR. KARL GREEGo Mrs. Levant 0 AFIERNOON: Workshops, CITE F CONOMICS A, Angell Hall, 10:00 )RY; Film: "This Is the Home of raham" 2400 Wing Mason Hall, 1:45 HAM, A ud. A, 4:00 P IL 3, 10:00 -5:"00 he Center for African and Afro-American Studies -. .. -. . . . .. . . . DR. ARCHIE SING SATURDAY, X1 cosponsored by Economics 476 and th - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - ---- - - - - - - - (Continued from Page 1) "I'm clean, so they sure ain't gonna keep me here on a first of- fense," he said. "It's just too ex- pensive for them to keep a guy like me in jail." He grinned. The prisoner next to me was be- ginning to weep, and Roy pointed to him and said that he was "in a bad way." "There's a junkie, man," he said. "Not me." Roy and the other prisoner be- gan talking about the confiscated drugs that were kept in the base- ment of the precinct station. "That's some of the best dope in the city," Roy said. "Yeah," said the sick prisoner, "I sure would like to get my hands on some of the 'P' they got down there. I sure would like some of that." I looked around the cell that I was locked in. The floor was lit- tered with cigarette butts and matchbooks. The .open toilet in the corner was dirty and smelled very bad. Roy called over to me. "You been in here before?" "No," I said. "It's the first time I've been busted." "Well, you better get ready for about a three year rest," he said. "If they caught you with that much DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 7) 29, last interviews for this term will take place Apr. 15; after that time in- terviews take place at the school. APRIL '5: Pontiac, Mi. (Waterford Twp. Schs.), Detroit, (Catholic Paro- chial Schs.), Yale, Mi..; APRIL 6: Flint, Mi. (Bentley P.S.), Atlanta, Ga., Min- neapolis, Minn., Grosse Ile, Mi.; Pitts- burgh, Pa., Los Angeles, Cal,, Midland,; Mi., Dearborn Heights, Mi. (Westwood Schs.). APRIL 7: Lansing, ML., Wyan- dotte, Mi.; Warren, Mi., Walled Lake, Mi., Flint, Mi. (Beecher P.S.). APRIL 8: Grosse Pointe, Mi., Warren, Mi. (van- Dyke P.S.) M-Pin Bowling SUNDAY-1 p.m.-Mid. Michigan Union weed, you're sure to spend more than a day in here." "This isn't much of a place to call home," I said. "Well, it sure ain't nothing like freedom," Roy replied. "When I'm out I can go down, cop some junk, drop or shoot, and just feel fine and high all the time.' In here all you can do is sweat." "I thought you said you weren't a junkie," I said. "Oh, man, I'm not,'' Roy said. "My man next to you there, he's a junkie. Me, I just do it for fun." It was very apparent that the prisoner next to me was not having very much fun. JENSEN-World Pioneer of HI Fl Speakers and one of the world's largest is starting their "NEW FACTORY" celebration HI Fl SPEAKER SALE. All cabinet models included. These reductions make these speakers unbeatable values 20% OFF on all Jensens. Five Year Warranty. H I FI STUDIO-121 W. Washington (Downtown across from Old German Restaurant) TONIGHT 7:15 ""SEX AND MARRIAGE"' DISCUSSION LED BY DR. ROBERT ANDERSON Director of U. of M. Health Service CAMPEUS CHAPEL CORNER OF FOREST AND WASHTENAW The International Students' Association invites you to: A pro and con discussion on with "The Sexes Liberation Movements-U.S.A." focus on: sexism, feminism, chauvinism, machismo etc. with re- source persons from the Nebish, Gay, Woman's Lib., and Radical lesbian groups. 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