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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 -• Cwn. on Page 2A ~ 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 The Pacesetter of the Seventies" Vol&me HI Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, Marh 8, 1971 No. -Hi 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. Inside Cluster Hamtet. . . . . p. 3a Dormitory. . p. 4a, 5a Editorials . ... p. 6a Sports . . . . . p. lb fashion - - . . ..p. 7 b 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 Cool, on Page *A 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*: — a Ms there any place oa thb campus to go for Draft coun selling? hi.Will (he aatbors of "Maslrrlng the Draft" five perasaal r pllrv- J.D.. D M. * A to aI others. A For the Slue trees of to* Draft numbers, :{«re is still hope 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. Bi The authors of '.Mastering the Draff will give personal replies Send questions and comments Ic, Mastering Ih* Draff, Suite 1202. 60 East 42ndStreet, New York, N Y. tool? The essay ol "Mastering the Draff in this issue, will be Ihe final one in ihe aeries carried-y the cluster.