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VOLUME 80, NUMBEK 111
THE RED AND BLACK
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THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ATHENS. GEORGIA 30602
FRIDAY. MAY 3. 1974
SGA ministerial posts
are important-Walsh
By MIKE BEALL
The ministerial positions of the Student
Government Association were described
as an important and much needed part of
the SGA by .1 Rivers Walsh. SGA
President, in an interview Thursday.
“The ministers will have a tremendous
impact on the way I will deal with the
administration." Walsh said.
“They must know the people that they
will work with so if a problem comes up.
it can bo effectively acted on.” he added.
Walsh also emphasized that he was
trying to take the politics out of the min
isterial positions
"There is no place for politics within
the cabinet," Walsh said.
WALSH STRESSED that all of the
ministers will need to become knowledge
able of all areas of their posts and then
work within that position.
Steve Patrick, former SGA president,
said yesterday the cabinet this past year
was the “backbone of the SGA."
Shockley
decision
appealed
The Black Student Union appealed the
decision by Main Court A of the Student
Judiciary to the Judicial Council Wednes
day^. The decision involved the Demosthe-
nian Society's suit against BSU for
allegedly interrupting the Shockley-Scho-
enfeldt debate on March 5.
According to Cindy Fryer, former chief
justice of the council, the appeal was
discussed at the regular Wednesday night
meeting of that body. However, the
appeal is still pending as no decision was
reached then, she said
The BSU appeal will receive further
consideration at next Wednesday’s mee
ting, she added. A decision is possible
then, though the council does not have a
deadline for deciding the appeal, she
said.
Fryer also pointed out that the Student
Judicial Council is not the ultimate court
of appeal for the case. The BSU could
possibly appeal the case to the Dean of
Student Affairs Louise McBee to Univer
sity President Fred C. Davison oi even
the Board of Regents, she said.
"A large amount of the work accom
plished this year was through the
ministers and coordinators," Patrick
said.
Several new ministerial positions have
been added to the SGA Walsh reported.
These include ministers to veteran af
fairs, information organizations and pub
lic safety.
The minister of organizations came
from the area of student affairs. Accord
ing to Walsh, student affairs covered a
wide range of activities and could be
more effective and expedient if it was
divided into two divisions.
"I talked this over with Paula Cheat
ham (former minister to student affairs)
and she thought that this was a good
idea," Walsh said.
"Sometimes," Walsh continued, "its
more efficient to spread out responsibil
ity instead of having a lot of different
coordinators "
Patrick slated that Walsh will have to
be "careful not to have so many positions
that it becomes unmanageable
THE MINISTER to public safety came
out of the former division of health
services and public safety. Walsh cited
that these were two different areas which
could be more effectively covered by two
ministers.
The information about what is going on
within the SGA is to be handled by the
minister of information. According to
Walsh, this minister will also help
students who have a complaint, reach the
proper section of the SGA where they can
be helped the most.
The minister of veterans affairs post
will hopefully be filled by a member of
the Veterans Club, Walsh said.
"The veterans need to have a full
minister position and we hope to have a
top notch person in the post,” Walsh said.
THE RESPONSE by students applying
for ministerial positions has been "really
good" Walsh said. He has received over
70 applications so far.
"Forty of these applicants have no
party affiliation, but have past experi
ence and a desire to work in the S n » "
Photo by DAVID BRESLAUER
1974-75 STUDENT SENATORS TAKE OATH OF OFFICE
Swearing-in ceremony held Thursday in Memorial Activities Center
Student Senate president
By BETSY NEAL
Assistant news editor
The new Student Senate elected Patty
Lowe president in a 32-23 vote over Buck
Pennington, and Bobby Tankersly trea
surer over Charles Morris in a 37-19 vote
in their first meeting Thursday in the
Activities Center of Memorial.
Lowe and Tankersly were the only
ONWARD members qualified for the two
posts, since a one-year tenure in the
Student Senate is a pre-requisite for the
offices.
Jay Blackburn was elected vice-presi
dent of the senate by a vote of 33-24 over
Preston Lewis. Julie Piggotte was elected
recorder by a vote of 28-26 over last
year’s recorder Nancy Cline. These two
posts do not require a one-year term in
the senate.
THE NEWLY-ELECTED members of
the Student Senate Allocations Committee
include Marty Wilson of dairy science (0)
Carolyn Wildes (0) of journalism; Mike
McKee (O) of business administration;
and Lynn Anderson (C) of Arts and
Sciences.
Other nominees to the allocations
committee included Charles Morris (C),
Fig Newton (C) and Don Bolen (O).
ONWARD, which has a two-thirds
majority in the senate, decided their
slate of officers in their party caucus
Wednesday night.
Lowe was the only ONWARD member
who was qualified and expressed an
interest in the presidential position
Several ONWARD members, however,
indicated disapproval of the choice befor
the election, alleging that Lowe’s past
performance in the senate had been
unimpressive.
Tankersly is past president of the Ag
Hill Council and unsuccessful Progressive
Student Alliance candidate for the execu
tive vice-president of SGA last year.
As treasurer of the senate. Tankersly
will automatically be chairperson of the
allocations committee.
JAY BLACKBURN was elected by a
vote of 21-20 over Preston Lewis for the
vice-presidency of the senate in the
ONWARD caucus meeting.
Blackburn, as vice-president of the
senate, will automatically be chairperson
of the elections committee.
ONWARD members decided to leave
one position open on the allocations
committee for a Coalition senator because
of the experience that party could
provide.
The decision was between Charles
Morris and Lynn Anderson wno both
served on the allocations committee last
year.
ONWARD MEMBERS debated the
qualifications of each Coalition prospect
and decided on Anderson after extensive
discussion of her future political ambi
tions within the senate.
Morris was apparently rejected be
cause a post on the allocations committee
would provide him a springboard for fu
ture political ambitions within the SGA.
according to various members.
ONWARD members voted in caucus to
nominate Don Bolen to the Coalition spot
on allocations, if Coalition decided not to
accept their choice of Anderson
The other allocations committee mem
bers were debated and chosen on charac
teristics such as schools they represent
and interests they support in an attempt
to have a representation of all campus
groups.
SGA PRESIDENT. J Rivers Walsh
commented that the student body officers
were very pleased with the selections of
the senate
"We welcome the responsible forthright
leadership promised by Patty Lowe and
Jay Blackburn We charge the senate
with living up to its responsibility and we
have every confidence in its ability to do
so." he said.
"We were happy to see the representa
tive nature of the allocations committee.
We wish them well in their endeavors
and offer any assistance that we can to
help them in their job," Walsh said.
Capsule news
Kennedy tickets gone
All available tickets to the speech by U S. Sen. Edward Kennedy on Law Day,
have been issued according to Barry Wood, director of Public Relations at the
University.
Over 200 law alumni. 600 students and other priority guests have been seated,
according to Wood, and the auditorium is filled to capacity
Those people who have had their names placed on a Waiting list will be unable to
gel seats, but the speech by Kennedy can be heard in the law school courtyard on
loudspeakers
Brock named business manager
The Board of Student Communications has elected Eddie Frock business
manager of The Red and Black for the coming year. Brock is a junior from Rome
and has been an ad salesman for the newspaper
R&B applications available
Applications are currently being taken for editor and executive editor of The Red
and Black for both summer and fall quarters Applications may be picked up at the
newspaper office in 130 Journalism. All applications must be turned in to the Office
of the Dean of Student Affairs 201 Academic, no later than 4:30 p m.. Friday. May
10.
Moran named chief justice
Mike Moran was elected chief justice of the Judicial Council by acclamation
Wednesday. The Judicial Council also elected Bill Smith clerk.
Moran is a second year law student.
ONWARD s Lowe elected
Photo by DAVID BRESLAUER
NEW JUSTICE SWEARS IN NEW SGA EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
(L-R): Tumi Elliott. Brent Patrick. J Rivers Walsh. Chief Justice Mike Moran
A&S committee proposes
interdisciplinary studies
By FELICIA BOWENS
Assistant news editor
A program of interdisciplinary studies
will be proposed by the Curriculum
Committee of the College of Arts and
Sciences Faculty Senate at the senate’s
next meeting, according to Dr Lowell
Bouma, chairperson of the committee
The interdisciplinary proposal calls for
a program that would allow a student to
major in a specific area that is not
presently offered as a departmental
major. A student would make use, for the
most part, of existing courses Under the
proposal, however, the authority "to
propose and offer some upper and lower
division non-departmental interdisciplin
ary courses," is given to the program's
staff.
In explaining how the program would
work, Bouma said that a student could
major in an area such as linguistics
Such a student would seek approval of
the desired major from the interdisciplin
ary program director If the major
request is approved, the program’s staff
would assist a student in pursuing that
major
In addition to a director (who is to be
appointed by the dean of Arts and
Sciences) and an administrative staff,
the interdisciplinary program is to have
an annual operating budget A small
faculty working committee is to be
appointed by the Arts and Sciences dean,
is to work out detailed plans of the
program’s implementation
AT PRESENT. Bouma says four areas
could be included in the interdisciplinary
program if it is established These areas
are the Afro-American Studies Program
(which already exists), a major in
undergraduate linguistics, a medieval
studies major and a language area
studies major.
When asked why the Afro-American
Studies Program which already exists
should be placed in the interdisciplinary
program. Bouma said. "I don’t see where
it could do any damage but could do a lot
of good This way a person could major
in it and there would be a lot of latitude
in it."
RECOGNIZING HIE fact that some
persons have asked for a separate
black studies department, Bouma said
the interdisciplinary program is being
recommended by persons with experience
in establishing black studies programs at
other universities as the best approach to
black studies
"A weak department is worse than an
interdisciplinary program. A black stu
dies department would be small and most
of its courses would be outside the
department The interdisciplinary pro
gram is the approach closest to a
department and can be implemented
faster,” Bouma said He added that a
new department sometimes takes several
years to get approval by the Board of
Regents.
The interdisciplinary program that is
being proposed by the faculty curriculum
committee would probably fall, according
to Bouma, under Article VII, Section II of
the University Statutes which permits a
college to determine its own curriculum
without approval of the regents Thus,
the program, if approved by the Arts and
Sciences Faculty Senate and the dean of
Arts and Sciences, will go to the
vice-president for instruction for further
approval Final approval of the plan would
have to come from the University provost
and president
Veterans must return
cards of certification
Veterans attending the University must
promptly return their cards of eertifica
tion to the Veterans Administration
Regional Office in Atlanta to insure
payment of their educational allowance
for the final month of school, according
to Bob O’Kelley, veterans’ affairs coordi
nator
The certification of attendance cards
that veterans will receive with their May
checks should be completed, signed and
returned to the Atlanta office, O’Kelley
said.
"If the card is not returned, the VA
cannot prepare a veteran’s final check
for the current school year," he said
"Prompt remittance of the certification
card is necessary," O’Kelley continued
“If the card is not returned at the end of
the quarter the veteran cannot be
automatically enrolled for up-coming
summer or fall sessions, if he plans to
continue,” O’Kelley added
He also pointed out that veterans
attending school under the G.I. Bill
should keep the VA informed of any
changes in the number of dependents or
education programs
Additional information regarding edu
cational benefits is available at the Office
of Veterans' Affairs in room 224, Acade
mic.