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SGA President to Step Down
by Phyland Robertson
Collegian Contributing Writer
Dann Johns, president of the
Student Government Association,
will leave office this month after
having served as president for one
semester. Johns, a seventh
semester Political Science major,
said “It became imperative to
pick up some classes at University
Park Campus, in order to
graduate in August.” Johns also
noted that his fiancee, who lives in
State College, played a role in his
decision..
“I really do wish I could have
stayed the entire year to see some
projects through, especially the
Honor Code,” said Johns. “But I
have a lot of faith in Doug Gerow,
and in the senate. There are many
good people working with SGA
this year.”
Gerow, current SGA vice
president, will succeed Johns as
president next semester. “Doug is
extremely experienced and quite
capable. He puts in long, hard
hours, and will be an excellent
president,” noted Johns.
Assessing his own tenure, Johns
cited several SGA ac
complishments. “We’ve helped to
put the book co-op in full swing,
and we’ve been actively involved
with lEF week,” he said, “and we
had a tremendous voter registra
Get The Best Prices For Your Books
The Management Informations
Systems (M. 1.5.) Club in coopera
tion with the Student Government
Association is sponsoring a Book
Co-op. Students wishing to sell
textbooks at the end of a semester
can sell those books directly to
other students. Likewise, students
needing to purchase books for
classes the following semester
have the opportunity to buy
books directly from other
students.
The process of buying and sell
ing books is conducted by the
Behrend Book Store. You may
ask why the M.I.S. and SGA
clubs decided to sponsor this ac
tivity. The goal of this project is
to provide information to the
students so they have a chance to
negotiate the prices for the books
they buy and sell.
Students using the Book Co-op
who are interested in selling books
will fill out a ‘bookform’ (provid
ed below) and deposit it at the
RUB desk along with their money
(25 cents per book). This small
cost is necessary to cover the ex
penses of paper, posters, advertis
ing, computer materials, and
more. The information will be
typed into a computer and a com
plete list of books that are
available, their sellers, and the
tion drive, in hopes of changing
the state funding situation.”
“We’ve also followed up on the
parking situation, which will soon
Dann Johns: Wants to be
remembered for government
management.
be improving,” Johns said. He
feels one of the most important
facets of his administration was
the proposal of an honor code for
seller’s telephone number will be
posted in the display case on the
first floor of the Reed Building.
The list will be updated daily.
Any student wishing to pur
chase books has to check the list
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and call those students whose
books they would be interested in
buying.
Major advantages of selling
your books directly to other
students are:
By setting your own prices you
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Behrend College. “We did the in
itial work and I believe the issue
will be pursued, and eventually a
code will be established,” stated
Johns.
Johns also noted other items he
believes will affect Behrend’s
future, including student activities
fees, stipends for SGA officers,
and the “fine tuning” of the SGA
constitution.
‘ ‘One of my campaign promises
was expansion of the Greek Life
system at Behrend,” said Johns.
“I was pleased to see a new sorori
ty granted a charter by the student
senate.”
Analyzing his performance as
SGA president, Johns feels he
“made a concerted effort to run
SGA meetings in a more par
ticular manner,” giving everyone
present a chance to voice opi
nions. “I see my administration as
a sort of ‘advisory’ government,”
he said. “Everyone tosses ideas
out for discussion. Our decision is
then based upon the best idea.”
“If there’s anything I want to
be remembered for, it’s the way I
managed the government,” he
said. “The issues are important,
but I directed my energies toward
working with people.” Johns also
feels he was able to instill more
“confidence in government. I
hope I brought some fresh ideas,”
don’t have to settle for the non
negotiable prices paid to you by
the Book Store.
You can get more money for
your books by eliminating the
“middleman.”
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Expenses such as overhead and
salary won’t require an inflated
price for books, therefore making
the price more desirable to the
buyer.
No standing in line for one to
two hours to sell your books.
he said. “I just wish I could have
devoted more time to the job.”
“I’ve tried to open up access to
student government by expanding
Doug Gerow will serve as SGA
President.
SGA into new areas. I think it’s
been successful,” Johns said.
Examining the personal aspect
of his job, Johns commented,
No need to sell books at the
convenience of someone else, par
ticularly if it happens to be before
your final exam.
Simply fill out the form below
and a phone call will be sure to
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come providing the easy sale.of
your books.
Major advantages of buying
your books directly from, other
students are:
You have the chance to shop
DECEMBER 14, 1984
“The most important thing I’ve
learned as president is the value of
working with people and
organizations. “It’s been half my
education this semester.” Johns
said he is excited about going to
University Park, but admitted he
would miss Behrend. “I’ll miss
being here - the people especial
ly,” said Johns. “That’s part of
the reason I’ll be Behrend’s liason
to the Council of Commonwealth
Student Governments next
semester.”
“It’s been fantastic working
with everyone here,” noted
Johns, “especially Provost Lilley.
He was very easy to talk to and
provided a lot of advice.”
Commenting on John’s perfor
mance as SGA president, Inter-:
Club Council President, Greg
Goldsmith said, “Dann was
responsible and open-minded -
very fair. He took into considera
tion everybody’s opinion, always
willing to hear suggestions and
comments. All topics were open
for discussion. Dann wanted and
got a general consensus. He was a
terrific president.”
Alex Primas, Commuter Coun
cil vice-president said, “Dann did '
a really good job. He ran a nice
meeting. He allowed people to
voice their opinion whether he
agreed with them or not.”
around to compare quality and
price. '
This provides a chance for price
negotiations.
By eliminating the “mid
dleman” the prices you will pay
for your books will be more
reasonable.
You can purchase books at
your convenience - before break,
during break or after break.
Simply check the list in the
Reed Building and make a phone
call.
“This activity benefits the
students and since this is a major
goal of the Student Government
Association the activity was an
opportune event with which to
become involved,” stated Doug
Gerow, SGA vice-president.
The Management Informations
Systems Club became involved
with this activity for the same
reason that SGA became involved
with it - because-it is a service to
the students which provides them
with an opportunity to get the best
possible prices for their tex
tbooks. The M.I.S. Club’s goal is
to have the Behrend community
become more aware of the impor
tance of computers and the infor
mation they can provide. This ac
tivity allowed this to. be ex
emplified.