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REGENTS
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cussing changes to public comments,
although there are not yet specific
plans.
Under the present system, 12 people
sign up to speak at the public comments
session of the regents meeting. Each
speaker can address the board for a maxi-
mum of five minutes.
The regents and executiveofficers are
ropedofffromthepublic and normally do
not respond to the speakers.
"I think it's dreadful the way it's
done," McGowan said. "Ihatetheroom,
I hate the set up, I hate the atmosphere,
T hate the tension. I hate the fact that it
appears to be at the moment the only
way the studentleadership can commu-
nicate with the regents."
Steneck said the current system
for public comments also started in
the 1920s.
"That's when you had to actually
get on the agenda, and they took pub-
lic comments at those sessions,"
Steneck said. "The meetings were less
formalized in the 19th century. You
begin to go to a more formalized
structure when there's so much busi-
ness you've got to get through."
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of ignoring a request to appeal her
decision.
"The chair has to at least recog-
nize the appeal, which she refused to
do. This is not only basic parliamen-
tary procedure, but also a minimum
requirement of a leader. It was just
plain disrespectful," Freeman said.
"We kept screaming, 'There's an ap-
peal here,' and she kept fancy-danc-
ing around it."
An hour later, Freeman and Stu-
dent General Counsel Paul Scublinsky,
who represents Neenan, had reached
an agreement to drop the lawsuit.
"I will maintain that the resolu-
tions proposed were illegal and he
maintains the way Julie handled them
was illegal," Scublinsky said. "What
we're going to do is put aside our
differences and come up with a reso-
lution that each side will find parlia-
mentary correct."
LSA junior Flint Wainess, the
Michigan Party candidate for presi-
dent, said he does not agree with
Neenan's actions.
"It's clear that Julie didn't handle
the situation well, but it is also clear
that the introduction of the Leader-
ship 2017 resolution would become
political grandstanding," Wainess
said.
Neenan agreed that the situation
could have been handled differently.
"I could have definitely handled
things better, but those items needed to
be taken care of in a much more thor-
oughly researched manner," she said.
Business Rep. Bob Westrate said,
"I feel the parliamentary procedure
was totally disregarded."
Freeman's resolution recalling
Greenberg was based on section 20.20
of the compiled MSA code, which
states that if a chair fails to call a
meeting in any given four-week pe-
riod, the assembly can recall the chair.
"For the past two years no one has
worked harder to advance the cause of
a student regent than Julie or me and we
are finally close to achieving that goal,"
Greenberg said. "By inflicting petty
MSA politics into our efforts, it is de-
stroying the course we all support."
Neenan overruled this resolution
as well, calling it "dilatory" and did
not follow Robert's Rules of Order in
giving Greenberg a one-week notice.
Neenan closed the meeting hastily
despite continuing discussion on the
resolutions.
Both issues will be revisited at
next Tuesday's meeting.
AONAL REPORT
Gingrich criticizes gay programs
WASHINGTON - A day after his lesbian sister lobbied Capitol Hill on
gay rights, House Speaker Newt Gingrich criticized school programs that
portray homosexuality favorably, particularly any using "active homosexu-
als" to counsel teen-agers.
Speaking yesterday at his daily news conference,
Gingrich said some school programs offered give homo-
sexuals a forum for promoting their way of life.
"I don't think we want people out with 'Heather Has
Two Mommies,' in first grade explaining that homosexu-
ality is a reasonable alternative in lifestyle," Gingrich
Gingrich's concern was notlimited to the primary grades.
"You have had, clearly, examples of what is in effect
recruitment in so-called counseling programs," Gingrich g
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the commoners," said Rep. Neil
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MEXICO CITY-Former deputy
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more than $6.9 million in a Houston
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