Co-ops Need Two Votes
All Living Areas Should Have
Equal Senate Representation
ASUO Senate made important headway
in formulating a new ASUO constitution
Thursday night. It voted to increase the
number of senators-at-large from nine to
fifteen to provide greater representation
from the total student body. It voted to re
move class presidents from voting positions
on the Senate. It voted to hold three elec
tions a year to elect five senators-at-large
for one-year terms so that students would
have greater opportunity throughout the
year to hold Senate positions. It voted
to provide two seats for off-campus stu
dents’ representatives, one for men and one
for women, in keeping with housing rep
resentation of dormitories and Greek
houses. But the Senate voted down a pro
posal to provide this same representation
for co-operative housing students. This de
cision is indefensible.
The Senate could have made representa
tion consistent according to housing group.
In this way, it also could have had similarity
to separate state representation in the U.S.
Senate. If students vote to follow the Sen
ate decision when the constitutional amend
ments are put to vote May 21, one housing
group will be given one-half the voice of
fered others.
Some students and senators have argued
that there are not enough people involved
in the co-operative housing program to jus
tify two representatives from that group.
It should be pointed out that representa
tion from the other living areas was not
decided upon the basis of numbers. If this
were the case, upper-class women living in
dormitories would have more representa
tives than upper-class men in dormitories.
Similarly, off-campus and fraternity men
would have more representation than off
campus and sorority women.
The reason given for electing two sen
ators from each of the other living areas
is that the separate rules under which wom
en live makes their living situations dif
ferent from that of men. This same condi
tion could be applied to students living in
co-ops and would further justify two sen
ators from that area.
The Senate's action indicates that some
of those voting were not projecting the
results of a new constitution into the fu
ture. With greater numbers of students
coming to the University and with educa
tional costs rising every year, the co-oper
ative housing program is a likely spot for
expansion. In fact, Co-Ed Housing Incorpor
ated is already making plans to increase
co-operative housing areas. The added num
bers of students who will eventually be
come a part of co-op living may be unfairly
represented in future years if the Senate’s
Thursday night decision is allowed to stand.
ASUO members who will be voting in
the May 21 election should seriously con
sider the implications of the disproportion
ate housing representation that would be
come a part of the new constitution if the
Senate action is allowed to stand. We rec
ommend that the co-operative housing stu
dents have two senators, like every other
living area.
Combined Weekends
Bringing Mom and Dad Together
Despite uncooperative weather that
forced re-scheduling of the luncheon to
Mac Court, a successful Mother’s Weekend
is behind us and the end of the year is
drawing close. It is always appropriate at
this time to evaluate our extra-curricular
activities—budgets are being made, the
calendar of events is being set up and there
fore it is now that transitions from the
traditional are easiest.
Frequently, students have suggested that
Dads’ and Mothers’ Weekends be joined
into a single parent or family weekend. We
strongly support this proposal.
There are a wide assortment of argu
ments in favor of continuing the present
system. It is felt that the community would
not be able to accommodate both mothers
and dads and that the University does not
have adequate facilities for holding both
Mothers and Dads club meetings. Others
point out that it is good public relations for
the University to have parents visit the
campus, but it is just as enjoyable to spend
time with mom and dad.
None of these arguments meet the real
objection—that students and the activity
calendar are heavily pressed for free time.
For instance, last winter term Dads’ Week
end was scheduled at the same time as the
Winter Carnival. Also, for the nine posi
tions on the Dads’ Weekend committee,
only six students filed petitions. Students
simply do not have the time and interest
to devote. This term we have already had
two campus fund drives, an all-campus con
cert-dance, plus the normal quota of house
dances, athletic events, and “extra-aca
demic” lectures.
We think the two weekends should be
combined. As it is, in a large portion of
families, both parents come together any
way. It is true that there may be sched
uling problems that must be worked out.
These problems are well worth the trouble
if we can cut down on the number of “big
weekends.”
With Homecoming to satisfy the Univer
sity’s public relations obligation in the fall,
it seems reasonable that Dads’ Weekend
be eliminated from the crowded winter
term calendar and be combined with Moth
ers’ Weekend.
Letters to the Editor
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Trivial Evidence
Emerald Editor:
I feel that the basic argu
ment in Saturday’s editorial on
“Higher Education Revenue”
was sound: namely, that in
dealing with the Higher Educa
tion budget, the legislature has
placed “political considerations
above social responsibility.”
However, in attacking the leg
islature for being parochial, it
seems to me that the writer
overstepped the bounds of legi
timate argument, revealing a
parochialness no less blameless
than that of the legislature.
It seems to me quite egotis
tical to expect the legislature to
spend all its time on “our” prob
lems, and the height of conceit
to sit in judgment on how the
legislature spends its time, es
pecially when the examples cited
were of a rather trivial nature.
After all, the legislature rep
resents all the people of this
state.
A more cogent approach
would be to concentrate on how
the legislature handled the is
sue of the higher education
budget, and not to quibble about
other issues raised which to
some might seem insignificant.
Gregory F. Bachelis
Graduate Assistant
Mathematics
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SUW PICKINGS
American Nazi Chief Defines
Social Goals for World Order
Since 1958 when George Lin
coln Rockwell founded the
American Nazi Party, he has
attracted considerable interest
in the mass media. Rockwell’s
protest demonstrations and
other activities have been em
phasized, but rarely is his fright
ening “Program of the World
Union of Free Enterprise Na
tional Socialists" discussed. The
following column is Rockwell’s
message to college students
which outlines bis objectives.
Although we did not solicit the
column, we publish it as an in
formative service. It does not
reflect the view of Emerald’s
editors or staff.
• • •
“In less than 100 years, Marx
ism has grown from a Machia
vellian scheme in the twisted
minds of Marx, Engles and
others—until today it is a scien
tific, terroristic monster astride
the backs of half the earth's
population, with powerful slimy
tenacles reaching secretly into
the lives of all the rest of the
people.
dt iHfc use ot incredibly
clever lies diabolically calcu
lated to appeal to the noblest
emotions of humanity and by
the enshrinement of its devil
ish doctrines as a religion which
is supplanting by the failing of
the failing powers of the older
genuine religions, Marxism has
raced to the point where only a
major miracle can halt its rapid
and inevitable triumph over the
entire planet.”
Much of Rockwell’s program
is concerned with his anti Sem
etic attitudes. He sees his pri
mary purpose “to be nothing
less than a world wide effort to
free humanity from Jewish dom
ination and subversion of all
forms and the creation of the
idealistic, racially realistic, soc
ially progressive, international
world order which we must have
if we are to remain the masters
of our own planet. To this world
wide goal, we solemnly pledge
our lives.”
ROCKWELL OUTLINES sev
eral major national problems
and proposes solutions:
# On the Negro, he says,
“we shall appropriate ten bil
lion dollars a year for five years
from the money now being
wasted fighting over integration,
poured into foreign aid, and lost
on Negro crime to build a mod
ern industrial nation in Africa,
complete with shopping centers,
airlines, superhighways, cities
and handsome suburbs and
everything else to make (it)
finest in the world and then
grant $10,000 to every Negro
family of five or more migrating
to the new land to help them
build a home and establish a
business.
"WE BELIEVE that if this is
done with absolute sincerity
we can make up our sorely op
pressed second class citizens
some of the injury and degra
dation we have heaped upon
them, and help them to regain
their self respect and dignity as
first class citizens . . . however
Negroes remaining in America
will be rigidly segregated non
citizens.’’
• Rockwell proposes a Na
tional Eugenics Commission to
"discourage the unlimited
breeding of the least desirable
elements of our society." lie
would also institute marriage
subsidies and bonuses for child
ren.
• Citizenship would be an
“earned privilege . not just a
right carelessly awarded simply
by birth in a certain geographi
cal area To be a citizen an indi
vidual must have passed his
eighteenth birthday, passed cer
tain minimum tests or knowl
edge and ability to understand
(Continued on page 3)
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