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The Red and Black
Spring Explains
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Campus Politics
PACK 3
By CAROL SPRING
Student Body Secretary
Editor’s note: How effec
tive is the student govern
ment? How well does it repre
sent the students? How can I
get involved?
These and other questions
have been raised by students
and Student Government As
sociation leaders. Particular
ly sharp criticism was leveled
at the SGA in responses to a
survey conducted in Novem
ber by Campaign Give A
Damn, and student body pres
ident Robby Williams criti
cized the Student Senate in
October for inactivity.
• In a scries of weekly arti
cles in The Red and Black,
student body secretary Carol
Spring will attempt to answer
some of the questions and to
describe student government
in capsule form. This, her in
troductory article, describes
the working structure of the
SGA.
Student government at the
University of Georgia was be
gun five years ago under the
direction of George Parthe-
mos, vice president for in
struction. As a need was seen
for more than just class offi
cers. the Student Senate and
the student body cabinet were
Created
The cabinet is the executive
branch of the system. On the
cabinet are the three student
body officers (president, vice
president and secretary), nine
ministers, three advisers, the
chief justice of the Judicial
Council, the three class presi
dents. and the Senate president
TTie Senate is the legislative
branch. Each of its 77 members
represents approximately 200
students from his respective
academic school or college
Because everyone is registered
in a school, each student is as
sured a representative in the
Senate
(Lately people have talked of
changing this so that senators
would be elected according to
residence areas - dormitories,
fraternity and sorority houses,
and off-campus housing.)
Both the cabinet and the
Senate may introduce bills.
To pass the Senate, a bill
must receive a majority vote.
If it passes and is not vetoed by
the student body president or
his cabinet within two weeks, it
becomes effective.
Then it goes to the faculty
committee on student affairs or
another appropriate committee
for faculty and administrative
approval or rejection and. if it
is approved, implementation.
The Student Judiciary is the
third branch of the government,
newly enacted this quarter.
Twenty-four students on the
eight residence courts. 10 on the
two main courts, and seven on
the Judicial Council hear all
student cases, without any
court decisions being made by
administration or faculty.
All three of these areas are
described in more detail in the
student body constitution
(found in the Student Hand
book, available in the Student
Activities office, 229 Memorial
Hall).
Narcotics Film
Shows Misuses
By LARRY FENLEY
Flashbacks of bad trips and warnings of possible serious
effects of dangerous drug misuse were the main points of
"Trip to Where", the latest Focus Program movie design
ed to inform the public on the ill effects of drugs.
The 45 minute color film
used case histories of fiction
al characters to show the
various kinds of drug misuse.
An LSD trip was simulated by
Chmera tricks of various
scene distortions and by seri
ous illusions witnessed by the
subjects taking the drug
Changes in judgement and
actual gene and brain damage
may be the result of using
LSD One of the "acid heads"
believed that he was God and
could fly up to heaven.
The movie, which was pre
pared by the Navy Depart
ment. was first shown Tues
day in the Fine Arts Audito
rium by Dr W Ben Human
and Dr. Edward D. Sumner,
two pharmacy professors.
There was a repeat showing
last night at the Athens High
School Auditorium for the
general public
Another danger of LSD
brought out in the film is the
possible recurrence of a bad
trip, or flashback. This may
happen because LSD takes a
very long time to disappear
from the system and may
actually collect in the fatty
tissue Flashbacks of bad
trips, which may lead to a
.STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION^
Dilemma Looms i
The University Union-The campus center
This fishoye view of the entrance foyer of the Un- mittees worked to bring events and activities to
iversity Union shows the threshold of a building the campus to interest everyone from the art ma-
which acts as a center of attention for the students jor (the "Kinetic Art' series to the political aetiv-
on the University campus. In a program revamped ist-last year's "Four O'clock Forum" I
last year, the Union has. through its various com-
Health Service Initiates Fushcart
With the beginning of the new quarter, the
Gilbert Memorial infirmary has been renovat
ing and innovating Along with the complete rede-
coration ol the building, a new little gadget has
made its way into the every-day schedule of the
busy nurses, according to Mrs. Peggy Moyer,
coordinator of the nursing service.
A pushcart attractively decorated, is the
piece of equpment. but what it carries interests
patients The nurses have set up a four meal a
day plan which caters to the more special needs
of students whose eating habits are somewhat
irregular.
When the patient awakens, a nurse brings the
cart to him/her with a choice of pre-packaged
drink, oatmeal, ora sweetroll At Hama brunch
is served by the dietary staff, and at 4 p.m. they
serve a big meal. The nurses come around again
later in the evening with the cart with snacks for
those who want them.
Three Universities
Offer Fellowships
Students interested in a career in public administra
tion in the national, state or local government are of
fered an opportunity to apply for a fellowship to study at
three different universities. Candidates must be Ameri
can citizens who have completed or will complete a bach
elor's degree with any recognized major by June of 1969.
psychotic reaction, have oc
curred up to three years later
Marijuana pushers are in
troduced as sinister looking
characters in the surround
ings of a pool room. There
they sell their joints of grass
to sailors and lure the down
trodden into the selling of
contraband
Revision of the drug laws is
expected by Dr. Sumner, but
as he says, drugs are usually
experimented upon for at
least ten or fifteen years be
fore they are released to the
public. With such calamities
such as the thalidomide case
on the record, it is doubtful
that the Food and Drug Ad
ministration will make any
hasty decisions in the future,
on the legalizing of drugs
Dr. Sumner, explained the
historical background for our
present drug laws by saying.
"The government made all
narcotics contraband after
the Civil War when so many
soldiers were found to be ad
dicted to opium." He further
explained that the narcotics
tax law of 1937 was an attempt
to curb the flow of drugs into
this country
Each fellowship for single
fellows has a total value of
$4,455. The stipend is $3,300
and the remainder of the
grant consists of the remis
sion of fees and tuition at the
three cooperating universi
ties.
Beginning this June, fel
lows will serve a three-
months' internship with ei
ther a department of the state
government, in Alabama,
Kentucky or Tennessee or
with a federal agency in the
South such as the TVA. Dur
ing the 1969-70 academic year,
they will take graduate cours
es in public administration at
the Universities of Alabama,
Kentucky and Tennessee
Completion of the twelve-
months' training period enti
tles fellows to a certificate in
public administration. They
can be awarded a Master's
Degree at one of the three
universities attended upon
completing a thesis and pass
ing appropriate examina
tions.
For information and appli-
Group Plans
Meeting
Theta Sigma Phi, an honor
ary journalistic fraternity for
women, will meet January 20,
5 p.m., in room 351, C-J build
ing. All members are re
quired to attend Pledge pro
jects and the induction of new
members will be discussed
cations, students should write
to Coleman B. Ransone. Edu
cational Director, Southern
Regional Training Program
in public administration,
Drawer I, University of Ala
bama 35486. The deadline for
submitting applications is
March 1,1969
Newman Center
Holding Talks
The Catholic Center initiat
ed a new series of informal
student-faculty discussions
last Monday, Jan 13.
Weekday evenings a faculty
member will be there to dis
cuss his particular interest, to
give personal counseling to
students, or discuss topics of
general interest.
"The Profile," the Catholic
Center publication, will list
the schedule of faculty mem
bers that will be present each-
week. Tonight Dr. David Fol
ey of the history department
will be at the Center from 8 to
10 p.m.
JoeHolohan
5 ?
I Designated |
I As Chaplain I
Father Joe Holohan has
been named chaplain of the
University's Catholic Center
He replaces Father Chris
Malone, who moved to Geor
gia Tech after seven years as
chaplain at the University.
Father Holohan has served
as an associate at the center
since September after spend
ing the summer studying the
ology at St. Bonaventure Un
iversity. Previously he has
worked in the Newman apos-
tolate at the University of
South Carolina and has had
experience in teaching and
administration at the high
school and university level
A native of Albany. N Y.
Father Holohan was ordained
in 1956.
By STEVE STEWART
Now that the Student Judici
ary is in working order, its or
ganizers are worried about a
potentially crippling loophole in
its procedural plans: nowhere
is it specified who will act as
prosecutor in cases of Universi
ty regulations violations.
In other words, who will file
complaints on behalf of the
University against students
who allegedly have broken its
rules?
Discussion so far involves
residence-hall violations, over
which University-salaried resi
dent assistants keep watch at
present in the men’s dormito
ries. They could continue to do
it there - but there arc no
H A s in the women's dorms,
and when the Women's Student
Government Association judici
ary disbanded after fall quart
er. many of the provisions for
enforcing University regula
tions vanished, too.
Though the governmental
structure varied in different
women's dorms, a typical
small one (Hill Halil operated
on a demerit system by which a
woman received so many de
merits for each violation, and
when she got a certain number
of demerits within a given peri
od of time, she was tried by the
WSGA judiciary.
OFFICERS ENFORCE
Hall dormitory officers,
along with house directors,
were responsible for enforcing
the demerit system and refer
ring over-violators to court.
The dorm had. and still has.
Police Buy
Flore scent
Equipment
Edward Kassinger, manag
er of public safety, announced
Saturday that the campus po
lice have ordered light re
flecting equipment for use
during the night. The order is
for florescent vests for the
officers and wand-type flash
lights. Kassinger said. Ma
rvin Van Vleck. chief of traff
ic, has also placed a written
proposal for lights for the
areas in front of the Veteri
nary School on Ag Drive and
Carlton street near the exit of
the Coliseum parking lot.
several University student resi
dent assistants (URSAs), but
their jobs involved mostly coun
seling and assistance - not law
enforcement
The dorm residents recently
have voted to do away with the
demerit system, and one resi
dent remarks that now there's
really no systematic way of
detecting violations.
Even in the women's dorms
that have retained demerit sys
terns, however, the demerits
would not apply in the new Judi
ciary, since use of them would
portend unequal treatment for
men and women - and unequal
treatment for women residents
of different dorms Presuma
bly, the systems they are using
now to detect demerit viola
tions could be used for all viola
tions, but apparently the proce
dures are not standardized
among all the dorms
Identical systems of detec
tion and enforcement, then,
must be developed (or both
men's and women's dorms
(Little discussion hash n
heard so far on prosecution of
violations occurring outside the
residence halls. Undoubtedly,
changes in this area also will be
considered.)
One suggestion (made at
Tuesday's cabinet meeting by
Mike Dover, minister to men's
affairs) is that volunteer, non-
salaried women residents do
the enforcement in the wom
en's dorms, corresponding to
the resident assistants in the
men’s.
Another (proposed by Melis
sa Houseal, senator from Arts
and Sciences) is that resident
assistants be employed for the
women (This obviously would
involve a lot of money).
Many persons - in and out of
student government -- feel,
however, that employees of the
Division of Student Affairs and
other University departments
should be kept out of the judi
cial process entirely. They see
such exclusion as a proper ex
tension of one of the theories
behind the Student Judiciary:
that college students should be
disciplined and judged by their
peers, and that their peers are
capable of making completely
fair and valid judgments, not
subject to reversal by the facul
ty and administration.
There is feeling that the Un
iversity would agree to such
exclusive student control if the
student courts lived up this ide
al.
Thus, the establishment of a
student attorney general's off
ice has been mentioned as one
possible solution. SGA Presi
dent Robby Williams pointed
out Tuesday that some other
universities already have attor
ney-general type officers,
though he didn't go into detail
about just how they operate
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