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Lorie Tyson
Nance and Tyson Address Controversy
BY MARK A. (OKI M
Editor
"I'm not trying to make the
school look bad," says David Nance,
who was disqualified last week from
the upcoming SG presidential race
and is fighting to have that ruling
overturned. "I just want people to
realize there is something wrong
with the way things went down
here."
Nance claims that the student*
will support someone who they
know and know will represent them
• and who is a communicator of
ideas. Since his quest for the
presidency began two weeks ago, he
says that he "found incredible sup-port
from friends and people 1
didn't even know who were looking
for someone who would represent
them and not just work to maintain
the status quo."
This year's SG president, Lorie
Tyson, was the person who appeal-ed
the elections board's decison to
let Nance run for the position on
constitutional grounds • and who
eventually was able to have him
thrown out of the race for not
meeting the requirement that a
president must have served two
semesters in SG to be qualified. Ac-cording
to Nance "It's no secret
that Tyson and (Mike) Stewart are
friends - they party together - the
go all over the state to conferences
together. I think they realized there
was a chance for someone to be
elected who would serve students
instead of special interests - and
that was why Tyson had me thrown
out. Right now a few people run stu-dent
government and the rest of the
students are left out. And if they
are allowed to exercise this kind of
power that will continue."
According to Nance, the "proof
that they were trying to get rid of
me rather than strengthen their
constitution" is the fact that the try-ing
of his case "showed so many ir-regularities."
He thinks that Tyson
should not have been allowed to ap-peal
his case because she had a part
in appointing the justices who would
try the case. He stated that "Lorie
(Tyson) and Kent (Matthews, SG
Attorney General) appointed the
ten justices who would have the
chance to try my case at last Tues-day's
senate meeting - with my case
being heard the next day. Kent call-ed
me on Friday to tell me that
Lorie had filed the appeal • and its
ridiculous for them to be able to ap-point
justices after the appeal had
been filed. The justices went right
through approval by Senate because
no one knew who they were and no
one had run for those positions." He
maintains that "for anyone to have
the power to appoint the people who
will try a case they are putting
before the court is bias at its
worst."
"Something has to be done about
the status quo in SG because its
really the pits. Everyone knows
what is going wrong. Students
don't care because they don't know
anything about SG or what it does.
They also don't have any idea of
what is in the new constitution • and
that's wrong because people want
to know what's going on and have
a right to know as well," is Nance's
stand on the matter. "I think what
we need is a house-cleaning of
Senate to get rid of the people who
aren't representing anyone but
themselves and replace them with
leaders. They always say that the
student government leaders of to-day
are the leaders of tommorrow
• but the leaders of SG now aren't.
David Nance
If I had my way I'd Bee that
change."
"I'll be running for election as a
'write-in' like Lorie did last year
and 1 hope to win and show
everyone that at least the students
are behind me in this. For a week
I was a candidate -1 had the chance
to campaign; spend a lot of money;
meet a lot of people • and it was on-ly
when they saw I had a chance of
winning that they decided to
eliminate my candidacy. That's
wrong • and I'm going to prove it.
I firmly believe that a few people
shouldn't run student government
- students should run student
government."
General Elections
Polling Times and Places
Dorm students—
Front lobby of the cafeteria
Wednesday & Thursday
9 am until 7 pm
Commuting Students—
EUC Lobby (across from the
Sweet Shop)
Wednesday & Thursday
9 am until 7 pm
Bring your UNC-G I.D.!
BY MARK A. CORUM
Editor
In the wake of SG's Superior
Court decision to disqualify David
Nance as a candidate for student
government president, current SG
president Lorie Tyson (who appeal-ed
Nance's eligibility to the court)
said that she fully supports the deci-sion
of the court and is "happy they
saw the intent of the consitution
and ruled accordingly."
Tyson feels that the rule that can-didates
must have 2 semesters ex-perience
in SG prior to being
nominated for the post of president
is important. She also feels that
when elections board determined
Nance as being eligible to run it was
interpreting the constitution,
"which is not the place of the elec-tions
board." She feels that the con-stitution,
being totally new, needs
to have positive precedents set for
it if SG is to garner any respect
from the student body. "If it had
not been challenged the constitution
would have been seen as loose and
flimsy."
Tyson and former SG president
Theriault filed the appeal with Kent
Matthews, attorney general, last
Thursday and the justices who serv-ed
on the hearing board were ap-pointed
by Senate the next Tuesday
at the meeting of Senate. Tyson
maintains that there was "nothing
personal" in her filing of the com-plaint
against Nance and that she
"took an oath of office to uphold the
constitution and I take that oath
very seriously. If I hadn't appealed
the decision I feel I would have been
failing my duties." She also stated
that "I had no part in the selection
of the judges - that was up Kent.
They were recommended to Senate
and no one objected to their ap-pointment
• including Mr. Nance,
who is a Senator. Any senator could
have objected - but they didn't."
About the new constitution,
Tyson feels that "nothing's perfect
- but the use of 'complete' or 'full'
might have made the rule clearer.
But its not that big of a problem."
She added that a review of the first
year of the constitution's use would
take place at the end of this year.
In regard to allegations that SG's
elections board had been showing
favoritism by not dealing with all
constitutional and elections viola-tions
as harshly as Nance's, she said
that "If a document is there it needs
to be enforced. Favoritism
shouldn't be allowed. It's not fair to
have a candidate not living up to the
rules of the game. The elections
board is there to enforce those rules
and take action. They owe that to
all involved and to the student
In response to David Nance's idea
that a period of time should take
place between the end of nomina
tions and the beginning of cam-paigning
to allow the candidates to
be qualified, Tyson says she agrees
with the idea. "I'm upset," she said,
"that someone like Mr. Nance had
to put time and energy and money
into a campaign and and then be
told he couldn't run. But if we don't
follow the constitution how can we
expect respect for the
organization."
Why YOU Should Vote
BY JEFF JOHNSON
Special to Uw CaratiBlaa
As a senator in my seventh
semester, I continue to see the
vitality of our student elections.
These offices will affect your cam-pus
in many different ways. More
voters will increase student input in
our government and allow for more
adequate representation of all
students at UNCG. This in itself
stresses the importance of elections
and how important even one vote
can be to the total governing of our
school.
COMMENTARY
The candidates you vote for
should have the students at heart -
as well as their best interests in
mind. They will be the people
representing your interests for the
next year. They should meet more
than just the minimum constitu-tional
requirements - and they
should go beyond their own petty
interests to put the students first in
all they do.
Students should look for honesty,
integrity, qualifications, knowledge,
and, above all, a willingness to give
their whole heart to the job in the
candidates they select. Students
should read what they have to say,
talk to people who have worked
with them, and, importantly, talk to
the candidates themselves. It is very
important to give each candidate
equal consideration and then make
the selection in a fair manner bas-ed
on those qualities.
Many elections in the past have
been decided by only a few votes,
and every vote is very important.
Not only should the candidates have
these qualities, students should
show positive qualities of their own
by taking the time to vote - even if
it means standing in line for a few
minutes. The time spent isn't that
long - and it is well worth what you
get in return.
It is very important for students
to be involved if student govern-ment
is to improve. Any elected of-ficer
should reflect, primarily, the
will of the people. And the people
should be willing to express that will
by voting. Voting is a right and
privilege in a free society. Exercise
that right on Wednesday and
Thursday.
Despite UNC-G Superior Court's ruling that David
Nance could not run for the office of Student Govern-ment
President, Nance's appeal is still under considera-tion,
so his campaign platform is being run in this issue.
The Carolinian contacted all candidates the Elections
Board informed us were running for office so each can-didate
could have a campaign platform published. If the
candidate wasn't able to turn in a platform, the space
under the candidate's name was left blank.