PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1954 PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5,1954 SL n'didates ive Student Government iews Ron Boorstein SL Comptroller; Student Book Exchange Treasurer; SL Cine- ma Guild Treasurer; Junior IFC; Phi Eta Sigma; Alp'a Phi Ome- ga. ('57). * * * 1. No. When political districts are determined, an important factor is the cohesiveness of interest that will exist in that district in order to make it a single unit. I can see no such cohesion of interest nor logical reasoning behind political units within a single college cam- pus. 2. No. By and large I oppose the making of mere resolutions by a body which is intended to be of a legislative nature. 3. Yes. These parties can and will help mobilize student support of many crucial issues, which is ne- cessary to effective go--ernment. In the long run a mobilization of any student opinion will aid SL even if it is only to the extent of arous- ing interest in our student gov- ernment. 4. No. 5. Yes, service functions are one of the most important parts of stu- dent government, especially on our campus while SL still lacks its proper power. 6. Yes, without SGC the SL will remain too weak on this campus. This should be the aim of every student on this campus as well as the aim of every member of SL .. . THE STUDENT LEGISLATURE Is and will remain too weak an or- ganization to be effective on this campus . . . unless the Student Government Council plan or some comparable arrangement can be made by which this student govern- ment will become a smaller more cohesive body invested with the power necessary for the enforce- ment of the demands and decisions of our student body. This is my primary ambition with respect to our Student Legislature. Joan Bryan SL Culture and Education Com- mittee, Chairman; Literary Col- lege Conference Steering Com- mittee, Chairman. (CSP, '56, In- cumbent.) 1. The members of the S.G.C. should have the power to enlarge the organization if they deem it necessary, as I belie--- they may, since it is only an eighteen member body; eleven of whom are elected by the campus at large. 2. The S.G.C. should be given a firm financial basis to insure its stability and also be given ulti- mate financial control of the other campus organizations whose ac- tivities fall within the scope of student government. 3. I believe that campus politi- cal parties are worth trying be- cause they would encourage the election of candidates on the basis of issues rather than personality- and this would, in turn, make for a responsible and purposive student government, 4. If there is a great deal of stu- dent opinion on such issues as sev- erance pay or faculty suspensions then any student legislature -worthy of the name has the right to take a stand on such issues. 6. I think that the basic ideas of the plan, that is 1) to incorporate the powers of the Student Affairs Committee with those of the Stu- dent Legislature and 2) the inclu- sion of the heads of the major campus organizations on the stu- Listed here are statements of opinion and policy made by the 34 candidates in the Student Legislature elections Dec. 8 and 9. The candidates were. asked the following six questions: 1) Are you in favor of a district system for electing SL representatives? 2) Do you believe the Student Legislature should take stands on discrimination in private housing and organiza- tions? 3) Are you in favor of campus political parties? 4) Do you believe SL should take stands on issues affect- ing the student body only indirectly? (i.e. severance pay, faculty suspensions, etc.) 5) Should SL carry on service projects? (i.e. Home- coming Dance, Cinema Guild Board, Student Book Exchange, etc.) 6) Do you favor the proposed Student Government Council plan for student government? Listed according to the numbers of the questions are the candidates' answers. Following the answers are general state- ments. Joe Collins Representative, Scott House Council; IHC Council. ('58). * * * 1. Yes. 2. No opinion. 3. No. 4. No. 5. Yes, 6. Yes. IF ELECTED THERE are three issues which I shall promote. The most important of these is the proposed S t u d e n t Government Council. It is my opinion that with the combined influence of the ma- jor student organizations on cam- pus, the Student Government Coun- cil will be better equipped to han- dle the problems of government than the present Student Legisla- ture. Secondly I believe that the Dis- trict System of electing represen- tatives would greatly add to the dent government are both very good. However, I sincerely believe that in order to make this a truly effective student government-two changes should be made in the plan once it is in effect: * * * I AGREE SUBSTANTIALLY with the platform of the Common Sense Party. I believe students should be al- lowed to hear any speaker of their choice, that the housing situation in Ann Arbor must and can be im- proved, that the Michigan House Plan is a sound plan and should be the basis for future housing, that faculty members should not be dismissed on the basis of politi- cal belief, that a Student Activi- ties center is essential and that Student Government, in order to be meaningful, must be strong, ac- tive, representative and respected. prestige of the Student Legislature, for it would give representation to every interest group on campus.. And finally I believe that the Stu- dent Legislature should be sup- ported solely through money re- ceived from tuition. This would al- low the Student Legislature to act independent of time consuming fund raising activities. Chariiie Butt tn SL Public Relations Commit- tee; NSA Coordinator; SL Inter- national Committee; Sigma Al- - pha Eta; League Community Service Committee. (CSP, '56, In- cumbent). * * * Shirlee Clark House President; Cinema Guild Board; I-Hop, Programs Chair- man. ('56, Incumbent). S * * 1. Yes. If a system of districting this campus could be found, I feel that this would promote more re- sponsible representation of stu- dent opinion. 2. Since this would come under SL's power of expressing student opinion, it should only take action on such issues if student opinion is strong. 3. Yes, if they serve to create campus interest and provide quali- fied candidates and if there is more than one party givinJ students def- inite programs from which to choose. 4. I believe that SL should work to alleviate such conditions when they exist but that such action should be taken carefully so that the positions of all people involved are taken into consideration and the solution is in the best interest of all concerned. 5. Yes, because such things are a service to the campus. However,j I do not believe that this should be SL's primary function; nor do I believe SL should have to de- pend upon these projects for sub- sistence. 6. I favor SGC in the theory that it would be a stronger, more ef- fective student government due to 1. Yes. I am in favor of a dis- trict system if one can be devised to work by proportional represen- tation and yet not eliminate the possibility of expression of minor- ity opinion. Perhaps a solution would be proportional representa- tion coupled with periods at SL meetings when any student would have the right to speak. 2. Yes, SL should take stands and endeavor to help existing groups work on these problems. It should not take stands and initi- ate action without joining with groups affected by these stands. 3. Yes. As a member of the CSP I feel the party system is the only effective way at present to have candidates responsible to carry out a specific platform. 4. Yes, if there is adequate stu- dent interest and opinion in these areas, SL must take stands as a representative body. 5. Yes. 6. Yes. I am in favor of SGC only if it guarantees more student backing than the present SL, and if regental approval betters stu- dent, faculty and administration re- lationships. If SGC is what the students desire (after considera- tion of all its aspects) I shall en- deavor to work for it upon its incip- ience. However, I fully realize the inadequacy of its size and the ne- cessary chance in student govern- ment duties as result of this. If SGC is adopted, it will not be able to function effectively until a pe- riod of time has elapsed; and I regental approval. However, I feel that SL is a structurally superior and more representative form of student government. Perhaps, as many people claim, SL has been weak; however, no student govern- ment can be strong without the support of the stucents. OSTENSIBLY THE MAIN issue in this election is that of SL versus SGC. However, an even greater is- sue in this or any other election is that of campus support of their student government. Believing that apathy results from lack of knowledge, my plat- form, then, is education. For knowledge creates interest, and only through interest will student government gain strength. Cal Covell Boy's State Representative; Eagle Scout (CSP, '58E). * s * 1. No. The district system would not give minority groups a repre- sentative on S.L. 2. Yes. The shortage of housing is no excuse for allowing discrim- ination in campus housing units. The SL, as a student representa- tive group, should express stu- dent opinion on this matter. 3. Yes. Campus political parties serve to arouse student interest in campus politics and to give the voters a greater knowledge of the candidates for office. 4. Yes. The SL represents student opinion and the students have opin- ions which should be heard and considered on matters which affect the student body only indirectly. 5. Yes. The SL is the students' servant, as well as representative, and should carry out the projects the student body desires to have done. 6. No. This plan provides for an eleven man council. The present SL gets most of its work done through committees. On an eleven man council there wouldn't be enough people to make up the com- mittees. The SGC plan also calls for the presidents of the different student organizations (Union, IFC, League, etc.) to hold positions on the council. These leaders would be too busy to do a good job on the SGC. The SGC plan, because Bob Kaplan Class of '57. 1. Yes, if the special committee deems fit a form of representative campus division. 2. Yes. The rights of the minori-. ty, as well as the majority deserve student-government protection and assertion. 3. Yes. I feel that the student body should recognize sincere ef- forts to unify and strengthen stu- dent opinion. 4. Yes. Any issue indirectly af- fecting the student body directly affects that unit of expression of student opinion. 5. Yes. The student government is responsible for providing serv- ices to those campus groups prov- ing themselves worthy of assist- ance. Such financially successful projects as CGB, Homecoming Dance, etc. are the most useful means available for a student gov- erning body. 6. Regental approval of SGC would, in theory, make it a much stronger and more effective mech- anism for expressing student opin- ion and carrying out projects to meet student needs. A more effec- tive organization would logically draw more student support. If the passage of SGC will realize these goals, then I will support it to the fullest. If however, SGC does not go into effect, I shall work to reor- ganize and strengthen SL to achieve the aims of strong and ef- fective student government, and to make it worthy of student sup- port. THERE IS AN end in mind-the beginning of which is an organiza- tion of centralized student opinion, working for the students; run by the students. The end in mind (but not yet in view) is a self-asserting unit representing to the University student views. We must deal realistically with student problems. Therefore, we must become closer to the vast student body, we must retain its opinion. I of the small number of represen- tatives, would not have a place for the representatives from mi- nority groups. * * * THE PRESENT Student Legisla- ture is not very effective. If I am elected, I will do my best to remedy this condition. I believe this can be done by having the SL take a more definite position on the reforms it wishes to have made. The SL should then assume the leadership in organizing the stu- dent body into expressing itself, thus exerting pressure on the indi- viduals who are in a position to ef- fect reforms. The present ban on student driv- ing is an infringement on the stu- dents' rights. The legislature should not let this matter drop but should continually press for the bans' re- moval, 4 fear the effect of the absence of'j student government for this time. We must have a thinking vote onj the SGC poll. * s * AS ONE of those people who only believe in student govern- ment but also is willing to work for its perpetuation, I have three sug- gestions. 1. Better student-faculty admin- istration relations. A group need not be antagonistic if its beliefs don't agree with existing policy. 2. Less hasty, immature action. Students must recognize the exist- ence of a responsible student gov- ernment. 3. Concrete suggestions for ad- ministrating student government policy. After dealing in abstracts,1 there must be presented substan- tial, workable ways of effecting the change or improvement. As a Com- mon Sense Party candidate my per-, sonal feelings on specific areas and issues are well defined by the CSP platform. I stand responsible to you to work for the CSP platform, imple-i menting it with the three above suggestions. Margie Conn Alice Lloyd Inter-Dorm Coun- cil; SL Public Relations Commit- tee; SL Inter-Collegiate Relations Committee. ('57, Incrmbent). * * * 1. Yes. Closer SL student rela- tionship through the establishment of a partial district system with representatives elected from hous- ing units and the campus at large. 2. Yes. They can take stands to discourage discrimination, but they cannot force theissue. Private housing groups and organizations have the freedom to choose who- ever they want. 3. Yes. Provided there is more than one party in order to have the opposition needed for the party system to be effective. 4. Yes. They can take general stands on such issues but should not go into the details of individ- ual cases. 5. Yes. 6. Yes. It will be a more effect- ive student government through its increased power to co-ordinate stu- dent activities. Its small number of elected members can be com- pensated for by committees con- sisting of elected and non-elected members. ' I I WOULD WORK with Inter- House Council and Assembly on plans for the improvement and ex- pansion of the Residence Halls. I would favor a survey of student opinion on this matter. I would work with the Literary College fac- ulty in setting up a system of Fac- ulty Evaluation, satisfactory to both students and faculty. I favor closer SL - student relationship through the establishment of a par- tial district system with represen- tatives elected from housing units and the campus at large. Edward Boseker Freshman wrestling, Ullr Ski Club. ('58) * * * 1. Yes. This proposed system of candidates being elected from dis- tricts is one way to increase stu- dent interest in Student Legisla- ture. The student body will be bet- ter represented, since the repre- sentatives will be responsible to their individual districts instead of to the entire campus. 2. Yes. 3. No. I believe that campus po- litical parties are apt to be run by a small machine. Since candidates who subscribe to a party and re- ceive backing from it are forced to conform to the machine's plat- form, the party candidates will no longer represent the students, but instead, a small minority. This tendency of machine politics will be hard to detect, but yet it is inevitable if parties get a firm footing in campus politics. It may be true that a party would repre- sent the majority opinion, but I believe that the Student Legisla- ture is to be the voice of all the students, including even the mi- nority opinions. 4. Yes. 5. Yes. 6. Yes. I believe it is imperative that the opinions of the students be heard and considered. But un- der the present system of student government this is hardly being done. If the present plans for Stu- dent Government Council can be Bob Chigrinsky Harlan Givelber U n i o n University Relations Committee; Union Opera Pub- licity; SL Campus Action Com- mittee, Executive Wing. ('57) * * * 1. The power of recall and the competitive situations inherent in the district system of representa- tion are not the panaceas that cer- tain persons claim. SL is ineffec- tive because the student body al- lows it to be so. There is no rea- son to believe that a district sys- tem in itself will correct this situ- ation. 2. In its constitution, SL insures the student body that "the Student Legislature shall act on behalf of the student body to express student opinion." It is therefore a function of your SL to express student opin- ion on. discrimination. 3. The ulterior purpose of organ- ization is strength through unity. As all members of the student body seek essentially the same ends, student government is not the place for party politics. We need a unit- ed front rather than the broken one political parties promise. 4. As it is its constitutional ob- ligation to express student opinion, SL must take stands on all campus issues. 5. SL must carry on projects to meet student needs as its constitu- tion specifies. 6. Due to the fact that the pro- posed SGC contains only eleven elected members, its projects must depend for success on persons re- cruited from without, a situation SL Culture and Education Com- mittee, Chairman, Study Abroad Sub-Committee; Dorm House Council; Gargoyle; Book Ex- change. ('55, Incumbent). * * * 1. Yes, definitely. My firm con- viction that such a system would prove more effective, and surely more meaningful than the pres- ently-utilized 'Hare system' com- pelled me to tender the suggestionj of a District systen as a major plank in my platfoi . when last I ran for S.L. Since that time, great strides have been made. A special Committee to Study the District System was formed (of which I am a member), this committee to re- port out with a working plan soon after Thanksgiving vacation. The institution of such a plan will pro- vide a definite constituency for each S.L. representative to report back to, thus, making for a more responsible student government. 2. Yes. As S.L. has condemned discriminatory prr ctice in univer- sity housing and in local business establishments so should it regis- ter its distaste 't occurrances of th-i, vnrfi. in nrthp.r hteverdirectlyv i 4. It is my firm belief that such issues affect the student body more than indirectly. They involve the concept of Academic Freedom (an oft ill-used term, but in this in- stance, I believe, an appropriate one.) Briefly, I was co-author of the following motions: a. protest- ing the suspension of faculty mem- bers, considering such suspensions to be ased on insufficient and in- appropriate grounds, and indica- tive of a presumption of guilt un- til innocence is proven; b. advocat- ing the tendering by the University of severance pay to dismissed fac- ulty. Paul Dormont SL Culture and Education Com- mittee; Student Book Exchange; Anti - Discriminatior B o a r d; NAACP; Students For Demo- cratic Action; Civil Liberties Committee. ('55, Incumbent). * * * 1. No. 2. Yes. Quite a few thousand students on campus suffer direct- ly from discrimination, and all of us suffer indirectly from it. Wher- ever and whenever students on campus are discriminated against on the basis of race, religion or national origin, whether by the University or by private citizens, SL should not only take stands, but should work for the removal of that discrimination. 3. Yes. The Common Sense Par- ty, and other campus political par- ties can perform two vital func- tions: a. Reactivate and channel stu- dent opinion in campus affairs; b. Make S.L. elections the type where people are elected primarily on the basis of their opinions on im- portant issues, and not on person- ality, good-looks, etc. 4. Yes. Today, when Congression- al investigations and witch-hunts which I cannot condone. As I view a change for the saki of a, change no change at all, I don't favor the proposed s t u d e n t government council. I would always, however, respect and support student opinion as its representative. * * * I BELIEVE THAT it is the re- sponsibility of every student gov- ernment legislator to accurately re- fle'ct student opinion. I sincerely acknowledge this as my obligation to the student body, if elected. Regardless of thekform student government will take, I shall al- ways stand for the good and bet- terment of all through student sup- port of the representative body and representative support of the student body. In the past, student apathy to- ward their gov't. has allowed it to be guided by expediency rather than student welfare. With stu- dent attitude, therefore, rests its future. John P. Kelly Transfer from Boston Univer- sity; President of Sophomore Class, BU; Student Council, BU. ('55). 1. Yes, because I feel that this system would promote a keener sense of responsibility among the elected representatives by virtue of the fact that each member could then be held directly responsible by his own constituency. 2. No. 3. Yes, for I believe it should be a basic principle of any form of government to allow the electorate a choice. 4. No. . . 5. Yes, I believe that SL should sponsor certain service projects but that these should be carefully chosen so as not to involve SL so much as to cause it to lose sight of its main objective--studentsgov- ernment. 6. Yes, because I feel that SGC is a step closer to the goal of strong student government. SGC can blend the experience of SL into its own newly-created powers -to form a co- hesive "oneness" whicb can not but help to further the general in- terests of every student on campus. * * * WHO IS THIS MAN Kelly? Is he a playtoy of the wealthy, the dar- ling of the moneyed interests on campus? Will he, if elected, for- sake his impoverished friends among the student poor? Can his N f' 6. Both SL and SGC have weak- nesses and strengths. SL's main weakness is its lack of power and authority, while its main strength comes from its representativeness. SGC's main weakness is its lack of representativeness, and its strength lies in the powers that are invested in it. Whichever form of student government wins out, I think that its primary task will be to over- come its main weakness. * * *- I WOULD LIKE to serve on the Student Legislature again because Bill Haney Class of '58. (CSP) * * * 1. Yes. The district system will give representation to all segments of the campus. This will, of course, give a true picture of student opin- ion which is the purpose of SL. 2. Yes. 3. Yes. Political parties stimulate interest in student government r "Y.Y:.::i::'iii::I-ii:x 1, :' . .." LN ti ::'{:y ,.::ri::::'-::::-:: ::::::: {::::::i:.ti: I I I