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A Philosophy of Student Government N i1 fioldsohmidl, current AS' President, has seemed to some as only an upstart caniwu politician with Homo wien* am! now id-as about student gmeinment, its pur poses a nr! i h»* way it should operate, To tho: o o* us who have boon c’o o onouoh to soo (■n’dw hinidt s p ii'o ophy iu actio' on a dc> to day basis, hi arid bis Idea . bavo b -raid od \\b*t wo fiink tot'd bo (out •> i»oMo. and ino-o ad vanood sludont j'ove- nment, nioro in tttno \. iih tho in creased stud- nt activism of th<, iit ir»-, both on the camp .s and off. Itooauso of this, wo i.sko-’ (■o!(|so,'i :idt to s-di'uit to on i l'!ht <|!i‘stion in'orvlcw coin ornlnt his philosophies. With Vsl'tt election in tho \er> n future, es’-.l iti!< ,lu d«nt lordors might tak: u sec ond loot at vlist In* *avs. Mor- f• • • ii thi.-, anyone int*-r (•• t d in t' o changing Ideas of lodav’’ stud nl ' o-.ild do well to look ovon ciosor. (l In a few word-, what is >our ha ic philosophy of stu don' yo i . inn nt'’ A i'ot j. irfso: o* of plvlo ophy alone, 1 could probably tie my basic philosopl y ('own to one word o po'tiro Hy exposure, 1 moan tiiat wo can. and wo ought, to regard student go-, rium-nt as merely, at li-st. a flexible structure by which v.o can o.7cr - m; 11 inter < t gro ;os ,.n-l individuals ac cess to both funds, and certain 1> to student !-•! '» !:»ti < fforls > • <ch j" ( AMO Senate, to accomplish whatever they are interested n doing You can no longer roly on numbers of stu dent- iis your criterion of merit i>" far as f.orn* thin1' being \> Olf i> W: • i lc. I sec it th" slu deni body pre-id tit’s job to make sure there poop!" ha”f: ace to anything student gov cnmvnt can oTc- (horn I thi.ik t Jk Hirer committees {•stab fished llii year can credit whit ever they hav< att; ined to the fact that there were small yroops oi ■ tod'-n's interest* d enough in picking u > the ball and carrying it. i think its important for or to rcco n’ze that iu'h 'dual; who may b" interested In voik rny on the canoe f'U mav not ti interest'-d in working on a committee on civil ri"hts It is the re-pon-ulrlily, then, of slu d it* c r imeitt to ev >(J ,<• our •Iudenls, and to otb r them al ternative. as to th • type of ac tivity they v.e;h to participate in an'1 I don't think v.c have don- ti nt in hi" past < Ho.’, do's an o •'inUatinn such a , XSA fit into your philo sophy* A Ai!’-n Jiarlh makes a state n.- nt t.iat I will paraphrase that I tuiuk retire e., the approach that I wo .Id take to XSA and I thin!: this r< la*cs back to our st'dt p government. lie corn in nts, in a bo )k on cHol liber ties. th; t wh^n neonlc c-a.se to b' concerned about their civil right, the* are well on their way to losing them NS A, to me, rep r -sent: an opportunity to en couiagc and dc\ -lop the kind in leaders who care about the basic issues confronting Ameri cans, and narticularh the l ru versity student in American o ci -t>. Tim vita! toing to m - is that HU AC Opposition Listed fCouhnurff /mm pHnr ?/ of the ft wi ' ih * “Commu nist Party. IS\”, "InPunation al Con minirm”, an i some vaguely defined trend of sinister rotiipt a i>* on university ram l»ui< Ju.-t how this" tenuous association 'i- to hr . tipportsd is fai fit clear; apparently, the fn;* Right ContmiH'-u is a vi?tim of <;.ull by association Mr. Pearson denies that there is. in fact, considerable op*>oxi turn to Hl’AC as the petition states in its preface. He submits that the opposition to HI’AC "might seem to be considerable, but that :t is instigated by a very small minority.” He should take note o! the following peo ple who have advocated the abo lition oj Hl'A< Mrs. Eleanor Hoosevdt. lUinhold Niebuhr, Bishop James A Pike, Bishop <i Bromley Oxnam, Prof. Henry •Steele Commager, Prof Arthur Schlesinger. Jr Franklin I) Roosevelt aid of H'CAC: "It is sordid . and un-American.” In 19.'; , Hairy S Truman stat ed: "The Committee on Un American Activities is the most ru Ain ncan tiling in America.” Many prominent organizations have publicly proclaimed their opposition to IlUAC. American Association of University Pro fessors, Young Women s Chris uan A octal ion, American isap list Convention, American Jew ish Con.toss, United Auto Work ers, Young Democratic Clubs of America, A.vocianon ot Motion Picture Producers, Am rican Veterans Committee, National Federation ol Catholic College Students, National Council of Churches of Christ, U S.A., to mention only a few. In 19oo. trie New York Times editorialized about HL'AC: "For tified by ample appropriations almost automatically renewed earn year by the House, the Commit ee pursues its hert»sy hunt, endang. ring constitution al guarantees in the process, weakening at heme and abroad America’s reputation as the land of the tree—and all to what avail? 11 the security of this na tion were dependent on the kind of exposure for exposure’s sake the Committee has repeat edly indulged in, whether inves tigating actors in New York or school teachers in Washington, then our country would really be in a dangerous condition.” In the same year, the Wash ington Post editorialized in ref or. nr to HI'AC: “House of Kep r- • c-r.' ativt-s ought soberly to ask its lf :f it wants to go on indiscriminately nnnishiir' Am erica ns for resisting a Commit tec- which has long sine-- e.-ax.-d to serve anv us; ' 1 purpose an 1 which has probed rcl -.i’ 1*>• !y into the area of pri.ate con science and belief.” One can readily see from the tew examrdes given that the op position to HUAC is not incon siderable. Incidentally, Mr. Pearson's excessive concern over the “cor rect name" of the Committee strikes us as a bit trivial Where as it may be true that the "luna tic fringe of the left wing, in cluding the Comrm nist Party, I '-A. consistently refer to it a, the 'House Un American Activi ties Committee’," it is also true that such reputable publications rs Time magazine and the New York Times use the same name. It seems somewhat rash to stig matize such publications as rep resenting the “lunatic fringe of the left wing.” Gary H. Newton Junior in Mathematics Scott Carlin Junior in History Co-chairmen, ASUO President's Civil Itights Committee iOESIN EUROPE Crand Duchy of Lux. Mar. 29, 1963 The American Student inf matnut Service, celebrating its 6th \nuiver sjtrv. will award T K \ V K i. CiKAN IS t i first 1 IK) applicants. \slS i- tin- only authorized organi zation offering approved sum .tier jobs in Europe. on a large scale, to l . S. -tudents. 3,000 paying summer jobs (some offering $1(,0 monthly ) are available. Jobs include working in Swiss re sorts, on Norwegian farms, in Ger man factories, at construction sites in Spain, anti at summer camps in !■ ranee. Send $1 for a 20-page Prospectus, complete selection of European jobs. Job Application, handling and air mail reply. Write, naming your school, to: Dept. T., ASIS, 22 Ave. dc la l.ilierte, Luxembourg City, ti. I), of Luxembourg. The first XtKKV inquiries receive $1 coupon towards the purchase of the new student travel hook, Earn, Learn and Travel in Europe. In'S'V i: the only recogniz'd na tional student grouu. This i?: i i< only ulrce iri tne United State, where you can t> ■ as sured, a students, of b- in;; < x p i ,< d to tin- underviirr-. nt* and tir problems of American o c '■!> aa a whole. It i imno'tant. and it o edit to he understood, that the change in student government effected 'ii.' membership in S‘>\ would ord" tr- a secondary of f' ei b ' a i. f the first •• *<•>) is the broadening of the individual's s-eojU’. It; no* ;• specific fling, it a "-rural outlook we arc ; ;u-n';i ,e of (} What are f'ne r.,o-e irnoo font things vo.i f<- i your admin istration has accomplished tins yea: ? A Personal animosilir- u. ids, t am hopeful that our s'udotds in stud'-nt gov ■ -rnmenl, aril to-rt, ha'.-- been exposed v.u’h .- at. fe-t-ry reactions, t•> an ind'oeiid -nt and a-’c-rs- i‘:>• executive, to th« concept that no prr .id'-rit ought to b • cun dered a- another senator. 1 hop- that wo have con:mu -d t-i r.i'i < alnn« the lines t i2t \v r established before I was elect- d to see students reprer- n> thrm selves whenever and 'wherever t.ieir interests are concerned. I don't kno- ' whether ve h?n • (\: rnonstratcd it efficiently. but f bdievr it 1 the r po ssibility hi the r>r'.idrtil to recruit for student gb-'.-roment, members o, the bit. llocl.ual community. I . . there )•; no CMiir;: n*r-e It.at ihi 's that v/c might call '‘project, awareness programs” will conti.juc, I)'t on of the real obierti*: s I have b- < n most dnsf I’ ;:■■ () oiled with has b« an to estahii ■ toe n'*ed for student involvement in ci :i right and statewide r.robl nr such ?s mig rator;. 1; . ; . a.id even in inter national v/ork si>e’> >-• Id: at tempt to start a wo-k project in Me .ico I lliir.k it was our hop : that •••>■• would be able in con trover:;;., and in concrete re sults, to convince the student botl1, at ' that they ought to contin u to d nicr.d this type of activity of the rrre ldmt in l .:c y. „r ! think we frit that ii t!ii a- do wc might bring tb'- activities of student govern ment tnrch close - to the intent and purpose of the acad-mic process. <}. Wnat do you feel arc some o! the more mportsnt things left undone? ^ prcifically I think 1 can number some that ought to be <’■ i as soon as possible. A rc;ili:-'ie evaluation, by the new Sen,'.-, of the use of parking fee- and the decrease in park in;; space for students. An eval uation by the new Senate of the final judgments: of the slate leg islature, particularly with re "ard to tuition, in o-rler that ef fective discussion might be car ried out with regard to involun tary fees such as the athletic fe< and others. A careful .scru tiny of ioe dormitory reserve funds and encouragement to the dormitory officials to devcl o} specific plans for a non-self liquidaling recreational center in the dormitory complex A new constitution for the ASUO. I al o think our student govern ment should take a second look at the athletic stadium when it. comes up. Q. How do you foci about a student bill of rights and our present cli-eiDlinc code? A A student h 11 of right is mos* effective wie-n adjudicated by students. As far as we know, final power fo’- discipline lies with the University president. I: the A :UO were to write and fixate a bill of rights for stu dents. v.e would b"* duplicating the work that our present stu dent -faculty discipline eomr.iit (C niiihiurd nil f'U)r *>) Skip the sulphur and molasses— get a CHEVROLET SUPER SPORT Chevrolet Super Sports* have a charm that soothes your springtime yen for romantic adventure as fast as you can slip into a bucket seat. (Especially the Impala’s, with its adjustable new Comfortilt steering Sport zing applies to the Corvair Monza Spyder, very breezy with its air-cooled 150 horsepower rear-mounted engine, and 4 speed shift*. 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