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SGA Approves
Student Union
constitution
A constitution for the Student
Union Board was approved by
the Student Government
Association in the regular
meeting held March 1. The
organization under the new
document will consist of sixteen
members, six of whom are to be
elected by the student body in
the spring elections.
Chairman of the present
Board, Carl Kronquist in
troduced the constitution to the
SGA and law student
representative Thomas Day
explained the proposal to the
senators. He said that under the
present selection process eight
students will be selected by the
chairman and vice chairman to
continue the work of the board.
He said that the six students
presently serving on the board
will probably be reappointed by
the chairman since they have a-
n understanding of the
procedure and duties of the
Union Board.
Several senators questioned
the election of a minority of the
board members and asked why
more elected representation
was not written in to the con
stitution. Day explained that the
purpose of the provision in
question was to prevent the
board from becoming unduly
influenced by popularity. The
Section of six members, ac-
; to Day would insure a
cross section of the campus
community and could be ex
panded if interest warranted by
ammendint the constitution.
The document organized the
board intr four standing com
mittees which are En
tertainment, Publicity,
Homecoming and Special
Events. The committee c-
hairmen are appointed by the
chairman and approved by the
Union Board, The Chairman
and Vice Chairman are also
selected by the board.
The purpose of the
organization according to the
constitution is “to administer
>programs which serve the
cultural, recreational, educ
ational and social interests of
the University Community.”
Also specified in the new
document is. the provision that
the board hold bi-weekly
meeting while school is in
session.
Eight committee members
are to he appointed at the last
regular meeting of the winter
quarter by the Executive Board
of the Student Union. The
Executive Board is composed of
the Chairman. Vice Chairman
and the four standing com
mittee chairmen. Two com
mittee members are to be
appointed from the freshman
class during fall quarter by the
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Teaching session between Mrs. Pamela Corn el Ison, student teacher, and Cheryl Brooks. 7U» grade
student at Maude Pye School, is taped on television for nplay.
Faculty votes to allow
students at meetings
The faculty passed by a
narrow margin in the Tuesday
March 2 meeting a recomen-
dation from an ad hoc commi
ttee appointed by President
Harris which will permit eight
students to attend the regular
faculty meetings. The question
of student voting in the faculty
.. meetings was not acted on by
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Extensive course changes
approved by faculty
The report of the Curriculum
Committee was adopted by the
faculty. Tuesday, March 2 The
recommendation of the com
mittee involved changes in the
departments of Economies and
Business. Modern Foreign
Languages. Mathematics.
Physics. Chemistry, History,
and Political Science.
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by Joe Parker
The name of Economics 50
was changed to Principles of
Microeconomics, and the name
of Economics 100 was changed
to Principles of
Macroeconomics Economics 50
was removed as a prerequisite
to Economics 100.
In the language department,
the faculty eliminated the
language 102 course and the re
quirement of 101 for a major
French and Spanish 103 were
each divided into two courses.
103/TW
French (or Spanish! 103
would become a course in
tended to acquaint the student
with everyday language
through discussions and
compositions Grammatical
difficulties will be studied as
they arise The elementary
principles of, phonetics will be
studied through systematic
pronunciation exercises
recorded in the language lab
under the presonal direction of
the instructor
French' (or Spanish > 104 will
become the natural com
plement to the 103 course The
continued development of oral
comprehension will be stressed
by means of practice in the
language lab. in addition, the
course will be designed to
prepare the student to enjoy
literature through the
development of a abstract
^vocabulary by use of short
'literary extracts
Language 125 is a seminar
course offered for the first time
which is a concentrated study of
selected authors or literary
movements
With these changes, the
language major will consist of
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the members of the faculty.
Four students elected at
from the Liberal Arts College, -
four appointed by the Student
Government Association, and
the president or vice president
of the SGA will attend the
meetings and wiil be able to
participate in discussions.
Other proposals were
discussed by faculty members -
in conjunction with the issue of
student participation in faculty
meeting One proposal would
have allowed the four class
presidents and the SGA
president and vice prudent to
attend the meeting and another
proposal would I'ave prohibited
student attendance. Neither
proposal ginned much support
with tb* ( acuity.
faculty agreed that any
action taken on student rep
resentation in faculty meeting
and or participation on faculty
committees should come from
the faculty and only after the
agreement of that body has
been procured. The faculty also
agreed that use of regular fa
culty channels and procedures
was important
Another recommendation
from the ad hoc committee
which was submitted to the
faculty proposed that the
Executive Committee of the
Liberal Arts faculty be
requested to submit a plan for
student representation of
faculty committees. The plan
vould have dealt with such
matters as which committees
should include students, the
number to be included, the
method of selection and voting
privileges. No action was taken
on the proposal and the faculty
is expected to consider the
recomendation next month.
A recommendation was in
troduced by the ad hoc com
mittee which asked that the
faculty empower the Dean of
the Liberal Arts College to
invite to faculty meetings
students for the purpose of
discussing .pics on which they
might be especially qualified to
contribute. No action was taken
on this proposal since the
faculty has been invi'ing
students for that'purpose for
some time. A recommendation
that the faculty hold hpen
meeting was referred to the
Executive Committee and will
probably come before the
faculty later in the year.
The faculty took no action on
the ad hoc proposal concerning
the University Council although
there were motions for and
r.gainst the proposal on the
floor.
The consensus of the
faculty was that the faculty
should not interfere in the af
fairs of the University Council.
Jthough the opinion, was ex
pressed that students had more
business in the council than in
the faculty meetings.
, J flr ir shorter Mali who were stack with
the low DralU Nos., have tw* question*: —
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selling?
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A) Joe Sparks snd Joe Hendricks will do their best to help the
men of tod floor Shorter Hall and other students, even though
they are.not professional draft' counsellors.
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