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THE UNIVERSITY OP
Office of the Executive Secretary
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SOCIATION
GREENSBORO / 27412
April 2, 1973
MEMORANDUM
To: Mr. Steve Underwood, President of SGA
Ms. Jackie Coleman, Vice-President of SGA
From: Dena Squires
Re: Resignations
I hereby resign the following positions in student government:
Executive Secretary of SGA; Chairman of the Executive Committee on the Dining Hall; member of the Executive Committee on
the Student Bill of Rights; Senate Parliamentarian; member of
the Senate Committee on the Constitution, By-Laws, Social Regulations, and Judicial Policy: and member of the Executive Advisory Board. Having worked in student government at UNC-G
for almost three years, I now recognize that I have been the
victim of a terrible misconception. This recognition necessitates my resignations.
I have during my three years at UNC-G come to cherish the principles expounded in the Preamble of the SGA Constitution. I
have believed that "there is honor and dignity in self government." I have also accepted the precept that student government derives its authority from the Board of Trustees. I have
assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that the Administrative Grant of
Power, by reserving certain matters to the Administration, has
granted any other student concerns to the Student Government
Association. In accordance with the Preamble of the SGA Constitution, I have also trusted that individual responsibility is
the right of every student. I have further believed that collective responsibility is the right of every student group. I
thus feel that if the student senate errs, it is the collective
responsiblity of senators to rectify the mistake. I feel that
by denying the senate this right, Chancellor Ferguson has' suspended the Grant of Power and has defeated the purpose of student government. A mockery has been made of the principle of
student government. I feel that any further effort on my part
[Resignation letter from Dena Squires, Executive Secretary of UNCG Student Government]
Date
1973-04-02
Creator
Squires, Dena
Subject headings
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Topics
UNCG Neo-Black Society
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
This two-page letter from Dena Squires, Executive Secretary of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) UNCG Student Government Association (SGA), dated April 2, 1973, details the reasons for Squires' resignation from all SGA activities. In light of UNCG administration's decision to overturn an SGA vote to to reclassify (removed funding and recognition from) the Neo-Black Society, Squires felt she could no longer be a part of the organization. After the SGA decision was overturned, an eventual legal case led to the Neo-Black Society's reinstatement as a recognized and funded organization.
Type
text
Original format
correspondence
Original dimensions
8.5" x 11"
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language
en
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
UA2.8 Chancellor James Sharbrough Ferguson Records
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Object ID
UA002.008.0418
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
^L^o
WHgH^
Si
TUDENT
THE UNIVERSITY OP
Office of the Executive Secretary
A
SOCIATION
GREENSBORO / 27412
April 2, 1973
MEMORANDUM
To: Mr. Steve Underwood, President of SGA
Ms. Jackie Coleman, Vice-President of SGA
From: Dena Squires
Re: Resignations
I hereby resign the following positions in student government:
Executive Secretary of SGA; Chairman of the Executive Committee on the Dining Hall; member of the Executive Committee on
the Student Bill of Rights; Senate Parliamentarian; member of
the Senate Committee on the Constitution, By-Laws, Social Regulations, and Judicial Policy: and member of the Executive Advisory Board. Having worked in student government at UNC-G
for almost three years, I now recognize that I have been the
victim of a terrible misconception. This recognition necessitates my resignations.
I have during my three years at UNC-G come to cherish the principles expounded in the Preamble of the SGA Constitution. I
have believed that "there is honor and dignity in self government." I have also accepted the precept that student government derives its authority from the Board of Trustees. I have
assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that the Administrative Grant of
Power, by reserving certain matters to the Administration, has
granted any other student concerns to the Student Government
Association. In accordance with the Preamble of the SGA Constitution, I have also trusted that individual responsibility is
the right of every student. I have further believed that collective responsibility is the right of every student group. I
thus feel that if the student senate errs, it is the collective
responsiblity of senators to rectify the mistake. I feel that
by denying the senate this right, Chancellor Ferguson has' suspended the Grant of Power and has defeated the purpose of student government. A mockery has been made of the principle of
student government. I feel that any further effort on my part
