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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1966)
ASUO Candidates Announce Platforms Ressler and Aronstam We fcol lliul it in time that n new type of ad ministration ascends to power—an administration whose major focal point is not on national and international policies but rather one which uses its position to voice and promote the needs, wishes, and aspirations of its student electorate to both the faculty and the University. Student government should support and solidify programs which promote the student position within the community. We propose certain changes in order for the University to better itself as a center of academic excellence. first of all. a complete revamping of the regis tration process is necessary. A system whereby there is pro registration for students during the previous term should be implemented A second major step of reform is the elimination of required and graded physical education courses a truly outdated system often resulting in an impasse to graduation. A third part of our platform is to involve the off campus students in the activities of the University student body. We propose a council of representatives elected by the off cam pus students to study their particular problems and be a line of communications between the Senate and these students. Another part of our platform involves a slight revision in the Student Conduct Code. As the code now stands, no student, no matter what his age, is permitted to drink in any University approved housing which includes apartments, fraternities, co-ops, and dorms. We feel this anachronism should be changed, except in dorms where it is prevented by state law, to permit those over 21 to drink. Finally, we feel that the Emerald should direct its attentions toward the internal prob lems and achievements of the University com munity. The Emerald should be "University based" rather than oriented toward outside is sues, and should not become the personal toy of its editor and staff through which they can exer cise their every whim. As such, these basic cogent ideas are a necessity; and let everyone realize that we are running on a pertinent and serious platform of issues whereas our opponents prefer to expound on their past successes and utilize their inane egotism. Scnator-at-Large I)avc McCloskey Working on th<* ASUO Curric ulum Committee and the Student Faculty Council, I’ve come to three basic conclusions about edu cation, and student government's role in improving it. 1 Students and faculty are ex tremely dissatisfied with educa tion at the University 2. Students have important contributions to make that can't be made now. :t The faculty misunderstands the students as much as students misunderstand the faculty. How can student government deal with these three interlaced problems? One way to start is to establish departmental student curriculum committees. These committees should eventually be tied into a central ASUO Curric ulum Committee to get student government on the road toward improving education Krrol Hammond Presently on many college and university campuses of the United States, students are attempting to institute democratic reforms in their educational process. Many administrators see these efforts as a case of rebellion, but is it? The University must realize that it cannot make itself immune to democratic government and education If we as students seek to remedy some of the underim cratic methods used in shaping our educational process, the Uni versity should not view this as the development of a Jekyll and Hyde melodrama. These efforts by students are only legitimate attempts to exercise some of the knowledge gained from the same University that lauds the demo cratic process. Paul Tuttle The ASUO Senate, as it now exists, is like a modern govern ment in an u n d e r-developed country. The government may serve the people, but the majority of the people have no interest in that government. We can sec this on every ASUO election day when less than 25 per cent of the student body votes. We can not, therefore, call the ASUO Senate a body which is representative of the students. If elected, 1 will work to reform the current system of Senate rep resentation. More direct repre sentation will bring the ASUO Senate closer to the student body and will make a stronger and more effective student govern ment. llal Kingslien Student government must en compass student decisions. These decisions are the rights a stu dent must have in determining the education that the student de sires. Students need a voice in the curriculum that is offered at the University. It is their own educa tion they are receiving and they should be able to determine what kind of an education they desire. We the students are a part of the world around us and it is time ttiat the* many responsible stu dent* have a means of deter mining the education we want. This is the basis for student government and this is the phiios ophy that a candidate should fol low if interested in his Univer sity. Boh Caufield The most important issue in this campaign has been communi cation We need a senate news letter. more visitations, weekly office hours held on the first floor SU terrace, more polling of student opinion. We must lobby with the many bodies which affect the students to get what the students want. I want curriculum reform, revi sion of the student activities com rnittee rules, and a relaxation of the freshman housing rules to allow freshmen to live in those fraternities who want to have freshmen live in. (Freshmen pre sently live in fraternities at OSU) l.et’s work together for better education and more student free dom. Tom Mesher We, as students attend the University for one primary rea son, to gain the best education we can. In order to do this, we must have changes in some of the curriculum policies of this Uni versify. The idea of pass or fail cours es outside of your major Univer sity requirements will prompt a broader education. Other ideas which I would like to sec include an academic appeal board, credil by examination, pre-registration and open faculty meetings. I would also work to revise the draft of the Student Activities Committee which restricts the freedom of groups on this cam pus. Emily Knupp The main themes of my plat form have been student involve ment in education reform, and student responsibility for main taining a concern with national and international issues. Through out my campaign 1 have endorsed: 1. The formation of departmen tal student-faculty curriculum committees. 2. Extension of the Univer sity's 36-hour pass-fail grading op tion. 3. Pass-fail P.E. grades, as well as other creative acadeinic ex perimentation. My positions on the controver sial ballot measures are: 1. The University should con tinue to participate in the Na tional Student Association. 2. The ASUO Senate should be free to take stands on national and international issues, as a leadership, not a representative body. Gordon Empey I would like to see a letter sent to each undergraduate, graduate, and foreign student living oil campus, telling him of the op portunities open to him through ASUO. This letter would also appeal to the graduate students for suggestions that they may have picked up while doing their undergraduate study at another university. I would also like to see an ex tensive discussion program set up by the Senate which would be open to students to discuss campus and international issues. Student interest in the elec tions could be improved with a change in the campaign rules to allow for a more colorful campaign. I would also like to see some spirit organization reform as well as some educational improve ments. Randy Gragg There is a need for curriculum reform starting with pass or fail P E., pass or fail courses out of one’s major, and the changing of some three-hour courses to a five hour base. More and better student wel fare is also needed in the areas of satellite SU’s, more discounts, and one large retreat. The Stu dent Committee on Higher Edu cation should be reactivated. The Senate needs to be re apportioned. The Senate needs to be reformed internally also, for the purpose of more communica tion. If at the end of their term the Senate found that they had not carried out their visitations they would be fined. The Senate should hold hear ings on national and international issues, but it is a waste of time for them to pass resolutions when they could be enacting more im portant legislation. Finally, I am against NSA. Mike Donahue My two years in the Senate have seen an evolution of two attitudinal extremes toward stu-1 dent government. One is by those who could care less, the other by those who arc desirous of par-1 ticipation, but can’t find an out-; let. My platform aims at these j two extremes. If elected, I would attempt to: 1) Experiment with systems of political parties to provide this outlet for action. 2) Begin again the Student Committee on Higher Education with 100-150 students presenting the needs and values of higher education to the decision-makers of the state. 3) Institute Emerald reforms fhat students may be better able to respond to irresponsible prac tices of the Emerald. 4) Provide an outlet for stu dent opinion on off-campus issues through a stronger Student Poli tical Union with student political groups taking these stands, not the ASUO Senate. Senate Sup Bartron I beliovp the sorority represen tative is an important member of the Senate, and that her voice can play a vital role in the is sues considered and action taken by that legislative body. For good representation, there should be direct communication between the representative and each sorority—through a volun teer spokesman in each house, who would be the key person for Drummonds, Bollinger students are entitled to a large role of the decision-making process of this University than they now have. Supposedly, under the Conduct Code, the University is committed to the philosophy that students today are capable of mature and responsible be havior. Under the Code, supposedly, we are moving away from the old days of paternalistic guidance. Yet student activities on this campus are still regulated by a faculty committee (established in 1902). "Student activities fees” are. still not controlled by the Student Senate. Student living organi zations and social functions are still subject to defacto regulation by the Office of Student Affairs. And when student government proposed a new committee to bring controversial speakers like Martin Luther King, Oeorgc Wallace, Ayn Hand, etc., to this campus, the plan was attacked on the grounds that a faculty com mittee for speakers already exists and that a student committee should not move into this area. This flies in the face of the Conduct Code. But they can be changed, and we intend to try to do just that. Student government this year has begun to move in the direction of curricular reform. A student curriculum committee has been created. Potentially, this committee is the University’s most im portant; this generation is rushing toward direct and decisive student involvement in meeting the challenges of the multi-univer sity. Already this year the committee has proposed (directly or indirectly) to the faculty a number of educational reforms—among them (1) pass-orfail PE. for non-majors and (2) language re quirement revision for graduate students. The admission of students into faculty meetings and the creation of the Student-Faculty Council have opened new avenues for student involvement in edu cational planning. The challenge for next year’s student govern ment is to win acceptance for some of these ideas and other pro posed innovations. Wc are ready to meet that challenge. In the realm of student services, the existing student gas discount program the Signal station on Franklin Blvd. is now selling at 29 cents a gallon with student body cards) should be expanded to include the food and clothing areas. Student government must also lobby for the expansion of planned and present recreational facili ties. We intend to do both. We support wholeheartedly and unequivocably the National Stu dent Association. We urge every student to vote "yes” on the N’SA referendum Wednesday. On the "off-campus stands” issue, we believe firmly that student government must not restrict itself to a geographic concept of a University community and that student government should act decisively in all areas effects the student as a citizen of the world. Wc decry those campus politicians who forever build their plat forms on such hackneyed issues as reorganizing the structure of student government and promoting student interest in student government. These "issues” are legitimate, but after all the reor ganizing and promoting is done, the fundamental challenge to student government remains. The challenge is for a student govern ment that can act and that can program for students. We believe that by seeking educational reform, student salaries, and a larger student role in the decision-making process of the University, w>e can move forward to meet that challenge. contact. Individual sorority action is possible also, and could be an effective means for stimulating interest in student government Most important, the sorority representative should be an ac tive member of the Senate, mak ing worthwhile contributions even in areas that do not directly concern sorority women. I support Panhellenic and the sorority women’s agreement, and I would like to work to make the voice of the sororities heard in the Senate. Robin Tuttle The election this term is a very crucial one for the students at the University because the can didates that arc elected will next year have the responsibility of carrying out the programs ini tiated by the present Senate. If the plans made by this year’s Senate are not kept active, then the faculty and administration will not consider that the stu dents are serious in their at tempts to better their educaition. If elected, next year I would actively support the following: 1. Pass-fail grades in courses outside one’s major: 2. An evaluation of and pos sible changes in the present cur riculum: 3. University participation in NSA: 4. Senate stands on national and international issues that af fect the students. John Kelly Though I am new in student government here at the Univer sity, I believe I have kept my- j self well informed as to the ac tivities of the Senate through friends now active in that body. I do not believe representatives to the Senate should be elected on past records alone. 1 believe strongly in keeping the Student Body well-informed on controversial issues, but I also believe that taking stands on these issues is not in keeping with the original purpose of the Senate. The purpose of the Sen ate, in my opinion, is to act as an administrative unit for the student body. Groups such as NSA are of val uable importance to our student body, but I do not believe our unit has fulfilled its purpose. I propose a ''reform'’ for the group in the way of more national and local information being available voluntarily from our unit. The Poverty Conference is also a good informative program which I would like to see continued and strengthened. It is my belief, then, that the ASUO Senate should spend less time on those things that do not directly effect University students and more time on those issues that do. Jan DeBerry As sorority representative my emphasis would be twofold: one, to stimulate an awareness among sorority women of the functioning of the senate and two, to im prove the present methods of determining sorority point of view. To accomplish such. I would establish open panel discussions organized bv special committees set up for this purpose to con sider pertinent issues. In addition, I would extend and increase the efficiency of the present visita tion schedule and use question naires and polling in order to achieve a more accurate measure of sorority opinion. Gene Hazel Basically, my platform can be summed up in two planks: more married student participation in student government, and pressure for more married student hous ing. Towards the first goal. I feel that by setting up voting booths in the married housing projects, participation and interest will be increased. The second goal is more diffi cult. However, 1 feel that by dis cussing the problem with the nu merous state legislators I am ac quainted with, a beneficial pro posal could be brought forth. Philip Barnhart We need greater student par ticipation in dorm policy-making (Continued on page 11)
