REPRESENTATIVES OR PUPPETB??(cont.)
and work throught their student gavernment.
It will involve taking responsibility, taking
an interest which up to now has not been
shown.
YOU DO NOT WANT A PUPPET GOVERNMENT. Vote
for independent, responsible people. But, a
bove all, VOTELt
Just as the nation is in the midst of e
lection activities, SGA is busy planning and
supervising the election of next year's student
government. Following the campaigns which are
in progress, a student body president, treasure
of SGA, and 1/3 of the SGA will be elected.
The remaining SGA members end officers will
be elected dnring the comlnp , Fall term.
oualifiCations to ruflifor an offide are
few in order - to.encourage more participation
from the student body. lach candidate must
have a cumulative average of 2.0 and a current
term average of 2.0. Also, the candidate can
not have any published disciplinary action in
the perspective candidate's file.
; The new SGA constitution, however, has
changed several procedures from previous ones
during past elections. The officer body is
one area where a different set-up has been
introduced. During the election this Spring,
a student body president will be elected. As
president, he he will represent the student
body at public- and/or formal occasions. He
will be a non voting member of the SGA and
a voting member of the student Affairs
Committee. Also included in his duties,
will be the power to veto any action of
SGA which in turn can be overridden by a 3/4
vote of the total membership of the SGA.
The chairman , to be elected from with
in the completed SGA next Psll,will have the
duties now held by the president. Presiding
over the meeings, conducting meetings accord
ing to parliamentary procedure, appointing •
and removing committees, and call special
meetings when the need arises will be in
cluded among the chairman's duties. He
will be a regular vcting member of SG.! also.
Certain apportionments regulating the
number of representatives have also been
set up. Representatives will be elected
for_ the first fifty students enrolled and
one representative for each following fifty
students. Student voters will be able to
vote for the candidates in their particular
categories.
All of the campaign and election pro
cedures will be overseen by an election
commission. This committee will supervise
and set the standards for all election
activities. Members of the election commission
include: Bill Benko, Mike Kosares, Bill
Mcleod, and Diane Reagan.
What we don't have here is a failure to
communicate due, to the efforts of the ele
ven faculty committees on campus. These
GA ELECTIONS
FACULTY COTIMIT'APZ
faculty- initiated committees work in close
rapport with the administi , ation, advising
them of the teachers' viewpoint and recommending
needed action. Often an administrator will sit
in on a committee meeting concerning his
particular area to listen to faculty opinions.
The prime concern of these groups is promoting
the exchange of ideas between students, faculty
and administration.
The teachers feel themselves integral parts
of the campus organization, not teaching machines
who appear for a few hours and then vanish to a
world removed from school life. Rather, their
purpose is to work and grow with the college and
to help the college grow. Since participation
on a committee is voluntary, in addition to
their normal teaching load, the level of involve
ment by the Behrend faculty is indication of great
concern and awareness of school problems. Almost
every teacher is a member of at least one
committee, many of two or three.
Under the guidance of an executive committee
formed of three elected faculty members, the
teachers are occupied with various aspects of
campus life. The Audio Visual Aids Committee
is concerned with the availability and maintainance
of overhead and movies projectors and the like.
The Library Committee recommends texts, equipment,
and other inprovements to insure a library
adequate to the needs of the campus. Cultural
andmedtoatiohallactftities are supervised by the
Cultural Committee. Publications gives support
and auidance to the various student publications
staffs. The Safety Committee offers suggestions
regarding the medical facilities and safety
measures on campus.
Five new committees were started this year.
The purpose of the Academic Planning Committee
is to advise needed courses and curriculum
changes, while the Campus Development Committee
is concerned with the future physical requirements
of Behrend. The Public Services Committee is
responsible for presenting a good image of Behrend
to the general public. Keeping the faculty up
to date and abreast of new developments in their
fields is the work of the Professional Development
Committee.
Probably the most important of the new
committees, in regard to the students, is Student
Services. This is involved with all-aspects of
student activities including student-faculty
relations and housing facilities, Representing
the faculty, this committee serves as an advisor
to the entire student body, supplementing but in
no way interfering with Dean Lane's activities.
Though not able to initiate action themselves,
these advisory committees form a vital link in
communications
The faculty invites the student body to
attend a punch hour at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
May 15. Similar to the coffee-clatches, it
will be held on the patio alongside the admini
stration building. It is hoped that all students
will take advantage of this opportunity to meet
informally with their teachers and will drop by.
FREE PUNCH:!: