SGA official resigns

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SrtfArojjicial resigns
Letter to the Editor r
I hereby resign the following
positions in student government;
Executive Secretary of- SGA;
Chairman of the Executive
Cpimiuiiee on tie Dining Hall;
member of the Executive.
Committee on the Student Bill
of" R i-gfrL; - Se^na-t e:
Parliamentarian;'member of-;tbe_
"e"velfy"stsdertt- _roup, I thus feet
that if the student senate errs, it-
is the collective responsibility of
senators to rectify the mistake.!
feel that by denying the senate
this right, ChaaceuefcJPe
has suspended the Grant of
Power and has defeated the
purpose of student government.
A mctckp.ry has hspn marie of the
-'nrenTb^'rsT3fctrie"-SenaSe--saw'some
validity to the charges leveled
against  the NBS, did it never
occur to any ofthem that putting
the.. NBS on probation  for a
certain conditions to be met
might be a more creative way of
dealing with the" issue?
Apparently not. Somehow -i-r had
Senate , Committee
Constitution,
on
the
By-Laws, Social
Regulations, and Judicial Policy:
and member of trie - Executive
Advisory Board. Having worked
student   government   at   UNC-O
principle of-student government.
iTeel that any further efforTon
f, my part in„ student government-
would be half-hearterj. Last
spring, I—promised the student
body my best. I feel it unfair to
Tor- almost three years, J,now
recognize"that I have -been the
victim of a terrible
misconception. This recognition
necessitates rriy~resignations.
I have, during-tay three years
at UNC-G come to cherish the
principles expounded in the
Preamble ,__.o_" the- SGA
Constitution.   1   have --believed ■
. give.them less.. My only recourse
is resignation.       *
Please   accept   my   sincerest
apologies for any inconvenience
these resignations have caused.
--"-.  . ,   Sincerely yours,.
, -   ,|   DenaF.'Squires
Editor of the Carolinian:
~   Much of what has gone on
around this campus during the
to be all or nothing-either
taking away their Type II status
(without sO much as. a warning)
or totally exonerating them
- altogether,
(2) In regard to the immediate
■ aftermath of. that particular
Senate-meeting:-It appeared to
me,- despite the two little
scuffles which broke out, that
cool heads prevailed and a real
disaster was. averted. So I
thought that would be the end
of that. But no. Another
extreme: criminal charges,
responded to with other criminal
that "there is honor and dignity
in self governmerrt.,*Tliave also
-accepted the., precept that
student government derives its
authority ..from the Board of.
Trustees. 1 have assumed,
perhaps^incorrectly,, that the
Administrative Grant of Power,
by reserving certain matters to
'lh„       j.ninlt,'  t'i,      J.    * :...l-
tne^amimsttationmas giarrteo
any other student concerns to
the      Student   ,   'Governirient
"Association. ln"liccoTdanc^"with
the^ Jreamble^?" Ihe "SGA
' Constitution,T have, also trusted
that mdmdual responsibility is
" the"tight^of^very^tndEnt;"Ihave~"
further believed tfiat collective
responsibility   is the  right of—
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last couple of weeks has made
me extremely sad. Tempers have
fl.areuV_ Reason has . been
<lislbted by anger, and
defensiveness. - Issues -have been
put forth in-such a way that
people were, forced to "take
sides" in an extreme way- .
In fact, if is this tendency
tcwaiTl~tlte^-e7rtreme~that has
saddened me the most.
Everything, it seemsyhas moved
quickly to some extreme and
drastic measure; reasonable
compromise! and mutual
understanding' never seemed to
"be" gwsrar chance,rFor^tainpler
fl): In regard to the initial
-Senate     decfeiuu:  : even  ~-if—
charges. To me~,~the^whole thing
looks -very juvenile.
(3) In regard to the actions of
"•the attorney general* When Ms.
"Arnn acted in a way that some
thought was un-attorney-general
like, the talk moved quickly to
the extreme: impeachment.
(Fortunately that charge was
dropped.! «
(4) Etc., etc". Federal suits.
Threats-of violence. Etc-
In   short;   the   whole   thing
seems to me to have been dealt •
with, in an extremely immature
way. A more mature approach, in
"my     opinion/ "■would     have
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