The Michigan Daily- Tuesday, November 19, 1991 - Page 3 There are 38 candidates running for the 25 seats open on the Michi- gan Student Assembly. Both parties - Conservative Coalition and Pro- gressive Party - have 15 students running on their tickets. Eight can- didates are running as indepen- dents. The following responses re- garding student concerns were 0given by candidates interviewed last Saturday. What is the issue you would fo- cus your efforts on if you are elected? Roger De Roo Rackham - Progressive Party "I worked hard with Parking Operations and got a new commuter parking lot on North Campus. Other things I'm going to be work- ing on is the Union policy. Another one, which is not quite talked about, is the fact that the U-Club was a good place for students to gather and unwind and have a good time and come up with good and bad ideas on napkins and all sorts of fun things and it isn't anymore. North Campus doesn't really have a bar and it needs one. So I'm going to work on the U- "I'm already working on getting more money to student groups but while on the assembly I'd also like to help on the Student Rights' Commission. One of the issues of particular interest to me is the in- terim speech code. I would like to work to see what changes we can ef- fect because I don't believe in a re- straint of free speech." Christopher Thiry School of Information and Li- brary Studies - Independent "One of my main goals is to be seen and heard as a representative of the School of Information and Li- brary Studies and to be really in touch with the people I represent and try to get their concerns ex- pressed on MSA and deal with the issues they would like to see dealt with." Felicia Tripp LSA - Progressive Party "I would like to concentrate on the environment and the academic issues - just the challenging and questioning. There's more money given to research. Education very much interests me because I want to be a teacher and there are problems at the University level. I think edu- cation is crucial. You shouldn't have to wait four years until you're a graduate student to get an educa- tion." Robert Van Houweling LSA - Independent "What's most important to me is that the assembly start to pay at- tention to the students and what they want and give them more choice, for example, referenda that will allow people to choose whether they want to keep each commission separately. Students showed their dissatisfaction with a number of commissions in the last election and they don't have the chance to reassess them this election because they're not on the referenda. More than just referenda need to be on the ballot, but a complete pro- posal to make the committees - more particularly the commissions - more accountable to MSA on a daily basis and the students on a more overall basis so that students can continually check them." What do you think MSA's re- sponse should be after incidents like the teargassing on South University? Ken Bartlette LSA-CC "The problem with MSA is that a lot of times it's a reactionary pro- cess and we get blamed for not fol- lowing through fast enough on these issues. MSA should represent all students and be an organization that can facilitate all students' in- put. For example, with South U., I think we should advise the students on their rights and if they need or- ganization, help them organize to correct the situation." Sejal Mistry LSA-CC Ochoa Club and extending it to North Campus." David Hoard LSA -Independent "MS A should have three very important goals for their top prior- ity this term. First of all, the stu- dent assembly needs to build credi- bility. They need to build a positive image which is receptive for effec- tive change and they must concen- trate on a more efficient use of re- sources. As a group, the MSA needs to define its limits and establish some reasonable goals to accom- plish the next term." Michael Oduro Business - Progressive Party "In terms of the B-School, I would like to see more flexibility in terms of students' first year, such as selecting our professors, having more recent alumni visit the school ©n an informal basis so we can learn about companies, and having more parking spaces for students. Also, ,we should have the opportunity to offer more electives and have more professors teaching them." Steve Stark LSA - Conservative Coalition "I was very impressed with; what the Student Rights' Commis- sion (SRC) did. The responsibility was delegated to the SRC, it was publicized everywhere, they had student forums. The committee was comprised of only three people. They did as much as three people can do. I'm disappointed in the student reaction and upset that they're not more interested in getting involved. Instead of criticizing, students should find avenues to do something about it." Dave Sisson Eng. - Progressive Party "What the SRC has done so far hasn't been enough. We should be doing more - dialogue with people involved, protests, and pressure from outside groups." What role do you feel MSA should play regarding the Union Access Policy? Jennifer Collins Social Work - Independent I "MSA should be fighting the; Union Access Policy every step of1 the way. I think students and the, public have a right to be in the Union, anytime." Tobias Zimmerman LSA - Progressive Party 1 "There needs to be a Union pol- icy of some sorts. The way that the current one was implemented was grossly negligent by the adminis- tration. MSA's job is to ensure the administration doesn't take advan- tage of the student body and impose their wishes on them arbitrarily." There have been efforts re-i cently to reform MSA by stream-I lining five commissions into one all-encompassing committee.I What is your reaction to that proposal?] Corey Hill LSA-CC "Consolidating all the commis- sions into one commission would be horrible because all the commis- be sacrificd by consolidation."may fr a vofe of thhe studdent boy. Al MSAexit to look out for student dents shoud e e to hole, INTEREST Continued from page 1 Students' opinions were mixed about the effectiveness of MSA, al- though many tended to be pes- simistic about the assembly's power.i "They're pretty ineffectual. There's nothing concrete that they've done," said Marc Minikes, an LSA senior. "I'm going to make an effort to vote because the admin- istration is usurping too much power and students don't seem to have a voice in anything." Some students are upset with MSA due to personal experiences they have had with the assembly. "I just think it's just something people do to put on their resumes. Every year it's a battleground and it just seems a little childish," said LSA junior Laura Bodell. "I'm a little biased. I was on the crew team and we didn't get any money from them. I've seen a lot of other groups not get money too.". Other students involved in orga- nizations are upset with the actions of MSA as well. "Personally, I think MSA isn't doing anything for the minorities on nn r. io" . ; - vn un ....:., Kight dum question. The Peace and Justice Commission is at best redundant and at worst it focuses on foreign policy and issues and that's a waste of representatives' time and the as- sembly's resources. There are a lot of student organizations that exist already that deal with very sensitive foreign policy issues and students can decide for themselves whether they want to join them. MSA funds organizations of that sort already, regardless of their political out- looks." Leilani Nishime Rackham - Progressive Party "I think that would be a big mis- take. The commissions need to be there. It's a way for students to have some sort of power in the govern- ment and the way the school's run." What is your reaction to MSA's budget allocation pro- cess? Brent House Eng.-CC "Perhaps the students should have a say when so much of their fee set the priorities for MSA and de- termine themselves which issues they feel are relevant. Personally, I would vote against the Peace and Justice Commission if I got to vote on it as a student in a ballot referen- longer. I was one of the people pri- marily responsible for that. I thought it was unbelievably fair given the track record of the Ann Arbor Tenants Union with their misuse and abuse of MSA money. I think a 50 percent cut was justified. They got their board operating now. If they're deemed to be more re- sponsible then maybe they'll be given more money." Lyda Ness LSA - Progressive Party "It seems that there isn't much communication between MSA and what students want. There was an Alcohol Awareness Week that was allocated $3000 and had a meager at- tendance. In terms of the AATU, we don't go to this little U-M nation. We are members of the Ann Arbor community, as well as students, and I think we have a responsibility to that community." John Vandenburg Eng. - Independent "I agree with suggestions that room allocation could be improved by making the application form ask primarily objective questions: How many students? What activities are you planning? When the NEED Ser- vice came to MSA, it was a lot of personal animosity between both sides. I would like to see MSA op- erate without regard to personal- ity." Allen Wu Rackham - Progressive Party "That issue, in particular the Student Legal Services, should be an individual part of student organiza- tion, and should not have to go through yearly changes in the bud- get of MSA. That should be a stu- dent service provided by the Univer- sity. The tenants union is a liitle different. The tenants union has done a lot for student rights on housing issues and I think their bud- get should be kept full and intact." What is your reaction to the current election? Curtis Laitinen Architecture - Independent "We're still getting the same partisan squabbling and arguing. It's petty. It's the same of what we've seen in the past. That hinders the 'ef- fectiveness of MSA and compro- mises are going to have to' be reached. It might be an advantage if more independents were to be elected. Then you wouldn't have a majority and there would have to-be comprimises with people whose views were more in the middle." Jeffery Traurig LSA-CC "I don't feel that many students, especially first-year students, know what MSA is, and do not realize the important function that MSA plays in everyday campus life. I would have liked to have seen more issaes brought forth such as 24-hour i- ..y / Mistry braries, better student and adminis- tration relations, and the necessity for all groups to have a rightto their own agenda." All photos by Doug Kanter is given to groups like AATU (Ann Arbor Tennants' Union) and Student Legal Services. Stu- dents are becoming more concernedwith what the MSA does. I think most stu- dents were im- pressed with the changes the current assembly has tried to make." f Andrew Kan- fer Business - CC "MSA has been mismanaged for so long. I think that we've done a 180 de- gree so far. We've made tremendous progress and we're going to make progress. It's al- ready better. Stu- dents shouldn't be concerned as to their money going to strange places any SITE Tuesday..:11119.......::::Wednesday,.:.1'1 0 DOW......::....OW..8:30 am to 3:25 PM.....n Union 8:30 am to 10:10 Pm.....9:00: am to.8 55 pm MLB ................:::.:.9:00..am to 12:55.pm.... : ...:3Qam to 12:40 pm :. 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