The Carolinian [March 17, 1970]

              Special Campaign Issue
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VOLUME X1XXXX UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO Tuesday. March 17. I>>70 NUMBER JC
THREE VIE FOR SGA PRESIDENCY
Sallie Baute
I see the executive branch
of student government as a
coordinating unit and a
liason between the student
body and the administration.
Up to now the president of
student government has had
to devote a great deal of her
time to do r mitory
matters-an area that deserves
full-time attention. I see the
creation of a President of
Resident Students as Tilling
this need. This person would
work specifically with house
presidents, the Deans of Men
and Women, the judicial
system, the office of
Resident Halls, and the
president of student
government. She would
coordinate all information
pertaining specifically to
resident students by
conducting HPA and
gathering questions and
answers from students and
administrators alike.
I think that this position
should be classified as a
Gass A office, qualifications
being a rising senior, 2.0,
former house president, and
voted on only by resident
students. I feel that it is vital
that the President of
Resident Students would
have had first hand
experience in running a
dormitory, otherwise she will
not have an adequate
understanding of the
problems of the people she
will be working with. At the
same time that I think this
office should be won in a
campus-wide election, I
think that for the coming
year this position should be
jointly appointed by the
Dean of Women and the
president of student
government. This is to insure
these people that they will
have someone they can work
well with in setting up the
office and defining its
functions.
Along with the creation
of the office of President of
Resident Students. I would
like to see the office of
President of Town Students
strengthened. Town students
are too often a distinctly
separate group, and a real
effort is needed to more
effectively incorporate them
into the executive branch.
I see organization and
cooperation as ihe theme ol
student government in the
coming year and feel that a
major step in this direction
is a weekly meeting of the
president and vice-president
of student government, the
judicial coordinator, and the
president of resident and
town students. This would
be the time that everyone
would be briefed on the
activities of the other
branches and also see this
group as a decision making
body.
Not only does UNC-G
need to improve its image in
this state, but it needs to get
a larger share of the
university's budget than it
has in the past. I think the
way to attack both problems
is to begin involving students
in a public relations effort. I
think SPAR would be most
effective as a core group of
students; this would NOT
prevent any interested
students from applying to
participate. The students
that go out into the state
must be very well informed
on ALL aspects of the
university, and the
Development Office is very
interested in working with
such a group. UNC-G
students would meet with
alumni, trustees, legislators,
parents, guidance counselors,
and prospective students,
discussing academic, social,
and campus concerns. I
think it is particularly
important that members of
the state legislature be
contacted before they get to
Raleigh, so they go with an
insight into UNC-G's merits
and needs.
As for student
government finances, I
would like to see Finance
Board "tighten the
pursestrings." I hope that
next year the Board, along
with an active faculty
advisor, will take a long look
at what plans organizations
offer and how many
students participate in each
organization. I think that the
Board should pay particular
attention to funds requested
for conferences-and that
persons who do attend
should upon return be
required to submit a written
report about the conference,
whether or not it was
helpful to them, and what
applications the material
might have to this campus.
Elliott Hall is the center
of social life on this campus,
and I think that students
should have more to say
about what type of
entertainment is brought
here. Students would have
more voice if Elliott Hall
Council were to be
restructured: the President
cont'd on p.7
Nancy Burnette
The University of North
Carolina at Greensboro is
not a community college,
but a university, and in
order to have meaning to the
students, must encompass
the interests of a university.
As I see it, these interests
fall into three categories:
academic, community, and
campus. Since no one person
can be completely informed
or effectively active in all
three of these categories, I'm
proposing that an executive
cabinet he established. This
cabinet would include
executive secretaries for
campus affairs, community
affairs, and academic affairs.
These three people would
coordinate SGA linked
activities in their specific
realms, with the president
coordinating all three.
Through this method of
restructuring, student
government could be
expanded to more effectively
deal with activities and
better relate to the students
on this campus.
LINDSAY LAMSON
It is my purpose in this
platform to discuss my
concept of Student
Government organization
and examine each issue
before the campus today,
not just to describe il. but
to suggest specific-approaches
and procedures
for solving our problems so
we may pursue and achieve
new goals.
ACADEMIC CHANGE
Over the past two years,
the need for academic
change has shitted the major
c o II c e r n o f Stud e n I
Government from social
regulations to academic
reforms. As each semester
passes, it becomes
increasingly obvious that our
curriculum is quite outdated,
and that many university
policies were designed
during, and lor. past periods
of academic life. Therefore. I
am calling for a complete
and thorough review of all
university academic policies.
I am not suggesting that
SGA draw up a list of
non-negotiable demands to
be implemented
immediately, or else. Events
on other campuses have
proven thai such tactics are
not successful. Rather. I
propose lo use the approach
which has proven successful
lor me over the past year
and a half. In this approach.
concrete goals musi be
defined. Simplx being in
fax or of change i\ nol
could on pp.''. 10.11 and I.
In the past, student
government limited itself to
campus affairs. Through this
concern, we achieved greater
freedom from overly
restricting rules. This year
progress was made in
academic reform, such as
progressions toward the
elimination of Saturday
classes, the obtention of
Pass-Fail, and progressions
toward a new academic
calendar. But there is one
area that cannot be ignored,
and this area lies outside of
the university. This year
we've started to become
more community minded.
Examples of this are the
projects of the Service
League. Project Arts, SPAR's
volunteer day, and other
service oriented groups and
projects. I feel that activity
in the community is good.
We can only be
self-contained for so long.
We are residents ol
Greensboro for four years,
and there are now 3,400
alumni of UNC-G living in
Greensboro. We know that
education doesn't exist only
in the classroom. What we
learn there is meant to be1
carried over into the "real
world." and no time is too
soon to begin. Through the
help of organizations
interested in this area, such
as the Jaycee's. we can
accomplish this expansion.
In light of this, the
possibility of credit hours
for volunteer work is of
great importance, since it is
in actual working
experiences that practical
knowledge is acquired. I am
not saying we should limit
ourselves to this university
and city only. It is also time
thai we let residents and
office of this state know
that we are not a girl's
school, but a co-ed
university of women and
men with certain needs.
ideas and opinions.
During (his progression to
the "outside" world, we
cannot forget the existing
problems here on campus.
For no specific reasons, no
closing hours was not carried
cont'd on p. .*