10010:Mklyiaimibizt At ))3f Last Tuesday's S.G.A. meeting featured Dick Fasenmeyer end his deadly ...charge that S.G.A. is not representative of the student body. Each member is theoretically responsible to fifty students, but Fasenmeyer feels that student government is not true to its constituents. Ron Bachelor missed . .e.n office hour because of a 45 minute telephone call concerning his automobile accident. When S.G.A. accepted his excuse, Fasen meyer objected: "We aren't here to represent nice guys, we're here to re present the rest of the students." (Who aren't nice guys?) .., Pasenmeyerwho is not a member of S.G.A. also com Plained that S.G.A. purchased fifty tickets for last Sun day's Bill Cosby Show at Penn State. True, but this was an independend move iby Bob Michaels. Custody of these tickets was given to the Behrend Play ers. But the players, he pursued, are not representative of the student body. Why should the tickets be turned over to a privileged few? Answer: (1) because Players requested the tickets in the first place. (2) Play ers are paying for the tickets. Any student organization may buy tickets to anything of they pay for them, no matter how small and unrepresentative a group they are: No S.G.A. money went into the Cosby tickets, so it's not a student concern. S.G.A. didn't complain last time Pasenmeyer elected to buy himself a ticket to a Republican banquet. Fasenmeyer has charged many times that S.G.A. members vote for things without thinking them through But each member of S.G.A. prides himself on being at least as intel ligent as Brother Dick. These are serious charges. It is good to have an interested stu dent like Fasenmeyer to serve as critic. But S.G.A. is not necessar ily guilty as charged. hiVlDart 4 1 ;31 t 10401 Every school newspaper feels obligated to poke its finger into the ribs of student apathy and lack of school spirit, but this time le'll approach the subject from-a more optimistic angle. S.G.A. will soon be sponsoring a "Student Concerns Week" to discuss problems pertinent to this campus. And Gary Baran is currently con structing an.S.G.A. Suggestion Box. With the recent Winter Carnival, student participation increased. The Clubs went along with the snow sculpture idea, the tobogganing' party was successful, the ice skating party want over. Circle K even proved that you don't HAVE to lose money every time you sponsor an activity. They ac tually made a profit from their dance. And the Program Committee is an encouraging sign. This organization has already sparked'same activity by spearheading the organization of the upcoming trip to Cleveland.
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