The Carolinian [January 24, 1985]

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Senate Discusses Elections
BY MARK A. CORUM
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The upcoming senatorial and
general body student elections were
the main subjects taken up at Tues-day
evening's meeting of Senate,
beginning with reports that some
student organizations might have
their budgets scrutinized for not
volunteering to work the polls dur-ing
elections and ending with
allegations that a senator had
already been campaigning illegally
for SG president and might be in
line for reprimand or removal from
office.
New
Senators
Elected
In student elections held yesterday.
172 voting students elected candidates
to vacant Senate and Consul seals.
Both commuter students'and residents
voted In the election, and although the
turnout was low, Elections Board Chair-person
Bemheita Chlst noted that
"this h pretty much In alignment
with what happened last Fall."
In the only surprising aspect ol the
elections, a run off was declared
between two candidates lor the Colleges
of Arts and Sciences seal Both
Mary Roldan and Steven Reeves
accepted Invitations for a run off.
The matter will be brought before
the Senate Tuesday noght and a run
off dale will be selected. In order
to win a seat, a candidate must win
by a simple majority.
Chlst also noted that there were 56
voided ballots, most of them due to
Incorrect voting procedures. "Some
that would have been voided we
caught while the voter was at the
polls," she said, "and we allowed
them to vote again."
There were several write-in votes,
but Chlst said, "None of the write-ins
had enough votes to make any
significance."
The complete list of elected candi-dates
as provided by the Elections Board
Is listed below.
SENIOR SENATOR
Delzora Hodges
GRADUATE SENATOR
Malte D'as
RESIDENCE HALL SENATORS
Rebecca Bradford
Shahrookh Sabrdaran
COMMUTING STUDENTS
SENATORS
Karen Banks
James Wallace
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND
SCIENCES SENATOR
(run off declared)
Mary Roldan
Steven Reeves
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
SENATOR
Stephanie Houston
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND
ECONOMICS SENATORS
Darnell Boyles
Brad Haves
SCHOOL OF HOME
ECONOMICS SENATOR
Tina Laws
SENIOR CONSUL
Joe Johnson
Volunteers from the fallowing organi-zations
worked yesterday's polls:
Student Government, Alpha Phi Alpha,
NCSL. English Club, HWory Club.
AWS. AHSA, Outing Club. PSSA,
ISA, SFFF, Sociology Club, Masque-rade*,
ASP. and NBS.
Elections chairperson Bernetta
Ghist read a list of those nominated
for Wednesday's senate elections
(See box on this page) and then read
a bating of organizations who had
not responded to student govern-ment's
request that members of
each Type II student organization
work at least 3 hours at the polls
during elections. The organizations
named were Prime Movers, the
Media Production Club, the Inter-national
Students Association, and
the Gay and Lesbian Students
Association. According to Judicial
chairperson Ricardo Rodriguiz,
organizations not volunteering to
help with elections might find that
their lack of cooperation will hurt
them next year when Senate ap-propriates
budgets - adding that
Senate could tell any organization
to take a "bloody flying leap" when
it they came asking for money.
Ghist also read a letter approved
by the elections board disqualifying
senator Tim Casstevens from cam-paigning
for any office in the up-coming
general student body elec-tions
or serving in any way in the
elections effort. Casstevens asked
"Does that mean I can't work the
polls?" to which Ghist cheerfully
replied "yes." Ghist stated that the
reason for CaastevefiV (inguahnVa-tion
was that he has given out cards
which said "Vote Tim Casstevens
for President of Student Council"
before the dates set for campaign-ing
for that office and that cam-paigning
outside those set dates
was a violation of elections rules in
the ainstJujaon. Ghist also read the
the oath of a senator, emphasizing
the pledge to "uphold the constitu-tion"
of SG, hinting that this infrac-tion
deserved more than simply dis-qualifying
Casstevens. She stated
that the disqualification notice had
gone through committee, but was
told by SG President Lorie Tyson
that it had gone through the elec-tion!
board not through committee.
In his Judicial report, Rodriguiz
stated that "Violations of elections
rules do violate a senator's oath" in
reference to the Casstevens matter.
In reference to the violations, he
added "We're going to get you and
you're not going to like what we're
going to do to you." At this point
Senator Buck Buchanan made a
motion that the Judicial committee
investigate Casstevens' actions - to
which Casstevens objected. It was
made known at this point that
several questions were still
unanswered to the elections board
regarding the action - including
whether or not it had been intend-ed
as a joke. Senator Kenneth
en stated, though, that if
something was not done "People
may not take student government
seriously." Senator Buchanan add-ed
to this that Casstevens had voted
for the bylaws and then violated
them - disregarding his oath of
office.
Casstevens replied that "1 am not
presently a candidate for president
• and that card doesn't say UNC-G;
and the last time I looked this
organization was called tludenl
government. This is the result of the
whims and feelings of other peo-ple."
Following this, the motion to
send the matter to Judicial passed
with seven absentions.
Following the meeting,
Casstevens told the Carolinian that
"I think I'm a victim of the clique
that controls SG and has controlled
SG for a long time. If you're not in
that clique and you start trying to
do something good, they'll try to get
rid of you. Some people (students)
around here would still like to be
represented. I will still be represen-ting
the people if I'm in SG or not."
He also added that he would fight
against his disqualification and any
further actions Senate might take.
Dialing ForUNGG
BY GAY BARBOUR
Spatial To Tka CanUaiaa
An opportunity to show you care
is coming up beginning Monday,
January 28 and continuing through
February 28. What is this impor-tant
opportunity? The 1986 Na-tional
Alumni Phonothon.
During the Phonothon calls will
be made to alumni across the nation
seeking support for the Annual
Fund. Money raised through An-nual
Giving helps fond scholarships,
loan programs, professorships, and
many other campus projects and
programs. But for UNC-G's phon-ing
event to be a success, many
volunteers are needed.
Calling takes place in the
Horseshoe Room of the Alumni
House Monday through Thursday
evening from 7:00 to 9:16 pm. An
instructional briefing which makes
the calling process very easy begins
at 6:30 sharp. Individuals and
students groups who call will be
competing for valuable prizes.
This year the person who secures
BLOOM COUNTY
the highest dollar amount in pledges
will receive a deluxe gift package
which includes.
A $60 gift certificate from Belk
Department Store,
A $46 gift certificate from Colors
in Harmony by Debi,
A $26 gift certificate from The
Fresh Market,
A $26 gift certificate from
University Florist, and
A dinner' for two at Bennigans
Restaurant.
Student groups will be competing
for $300 in cash awards and week
Si prizes will also be awarded to stu-ent
callers.
The 1985 Phonothon is a great
way for students, faculty, staff,
alumni and friends to have fun while
providing an important service to
the University. To volunteer for an
evening of calling or for more infor-mation,
student groups and in-dividuals
can call the Annual Giving
Office at 5680. As a volunteer, you
can make a difference. Take this op-portunity
to show you care about
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over the weekend shattered temperature records throughout the southeast and
dusted the Triad with some snow. Even here, Ihree days after Ihe lad. some ol It
is still around to remind us of just how cold It really was.
Playing the Numbers
BY LORRIE CARY
Start Wrilar
What would a student do if he
decided that he didn't want to use
his social security number as his stu-dent
I.D. number? Dr. Robert Hites
of the UNC-G Admissions Office
says that the Admissions Office
doesn't require the students to use
their student I.D. numbers. "The
federal law won't allow us to make
that requirement," claims Dr. Hite.
If a student doesn't have a social
security number or doesn't want to
use his social security number as an
I.D. number, the UNC-G Computer
Center will assign that student a
temporary I.D. number for the time
he is in school.
According to Dr. Hites, every stu-dent
needs an I.D. nmber. This I.D.
number is used by the computer to
organize student information such
as grades. The reason why the
school uses the students social
security numbers is that it is usual-ly
easier for the student to
remember than another number
might be.
A student might fear that because
his Social Security number is on his
student I.D., it is accessable to
anyone who may want to look into
his personal files. Dr. Hites says, "It
is highly unlikely that anyone could
break into the system with just a
social security number. The
safeguards that we have against get-ting
into the files are such that no-one
from the outside could get in.
Our code numbers aren't stored in
the computer system."
Dr. Hites states, "If the student
doesn't want to use his social securi-ty
number as his I.D. number, he
can just say he doesn't." The Ad-missions
Office doesn't require the
student to disclose to them his social
security number. However, the
Financial Aid Office does require
the student to disclose his social
security number to them for finan-cial
purposes. According to Dr.
Hites, there are only about twenty
students per year who need to have
alternative I.D. numbers chosen for
them. Usually the reason students
need alternative I.D. numbers is
because they don't have social
security numbers.
If a continuing student decides
that he no longer wants to use his
social security number as an I.D.
number, he will have to go to the
Registrar's Office to have it chang-ed.
According to Mr. Price in the
Registrar's Office, "We have never
had a student change his I.D. to
something other than his social
security number." However, if the
student would like to change his
I.D. number, he would have to fill
out a form indicating the change.
Then the student would have to go
to Campus Security, pay a ten
dollar fee, and have a new I.D. card
made displaying the new I.D.
number.
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Friday night, Wynton Marsalis performed in Aycock Auditorium. See page 2.