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outdated system often resulting in an impasse to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
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