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To ASUO Sub-Committee Reapportionment Plans Prescribed By MIKE FANCHER Emerald AHMlfttunt Newn Editor Two preliminary proposals for reapportionmcnt of the ASUO Senate were before a Senate sub committee meeting Thursday. The ASUO Subcommittee on Reapportionment heard ideas from Scnator-at large Handy Oragg and graduate student Karl Johnson in the first of its public hearings aimed at making the Senate more representative. Gragg's proposal centered around adding 15 more members to the Senate, bringing the total to 50. As originally stated, the meas ure would add representatives in the following breakdown: two dorm representative!): two Greek representatives, one fraternity and one sorority; two College Inn representatives; and nine ofT-cam put representatives. The idea itself met with favor able reaction; however, the actual breakdown was questioned. Johnson's proposal was basical ly concerned with obtaining more representation for the graduate students. The proposal was that the Sen ate should he made into a bicam eral body. One house would be based on population and the oth er on classes. This idea drew a very unfavor able reaction as it was felt two houses would further slow down the legislative process. The committee will hear more proposals at a meeting at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Student Union. After that they will meet one more time to decide which of the measures to adopt, according to chairman Jerry Norton. They will then forward the bill to the Senate Governing Committee which would have to vote upon it and send it to the ASUO Senate for approval. According to figures given at the meeting by student Charlie Parr, there are currently 2,750 freshmen, 3,442 sophomores, 1,937 juniors, 1,561 seniors, 3,186 grad uate students, and 155 special stu dents enrolled at the University, for a total student body of 13,031. Senate Power ... (Continued tram pac/e 1) a new policy, it could ask the board to “take investigative ac tion on such legislation.” The bill finally provides that the ASUO President may suspend ac tion on the board's actions until the Senate reviews them. That particular portion of the bill was added after debate broke out over just how much power the ASUO President should have. (Originally that portion of the bill would have given the Presi dent power to "modify or re verse” any of the board’s actions.) Sorority representative Sue Bartron remarked that that por tion, as it originally read, was contradictory to the clause grant ing the President power to make “recommendations" for changes: “ ‘modify or reverse' is different than ‘recommendations’.” And Board Chairman Jim Beat objected to the bill because he thought it would, in his words, “turn the ASUO President into a legislator." Senate Has Power “I don’t think the . . . Presi dent should ever have the power to overturn any kind of policy. The Senate does have that power —just as (the United States) Con gress does." Two senators-at-large, Jerry Norton and Emily Knupp, pro posed changes in the bill to give the Senate greater power in the reviewing process. Norton suggested removing the last clause entirely, but the Sen ate accepted Miss Knupp's pro posal after Norton withdrew his amendment. The second section of the bill deals with the ASUO’s advising on already-approved programs or on the administration of the Stu dent Union. It's essentially the same—the ASUO President and the Senate concurrently review ing the board’s decision—but with the ASUO President mtfking rec ommendations for any changes to the University President. The University President would make the final decision on changes. That section of the bill also1 provides, however, that the ASUO President "will also seek the ad vice of the ASUO Senate con cerning the matter” no later than the Senate's next meeting fol lowing the board’s decision. Besides his objection that the bill would make a “legislator” out, of the student body president, j Beat voiced the board's opinion that it was a "major step toward erecting a vast bureaucracy" in the operation of student activity programs, and that final deci sions in implementing programs would get bogged down in such machinery. Had Been Tried He said this procedure has been tried at several other schools, but that they’d found that the procedure was generally unworkable. But newly-elected Senator-at large Randy Gragg argued that the bill wouldn’t do any such thing; “It’s obvious that we're not going to review every item of business the Board passes.” Absent from Thursday’s Senate meeting were Gene Hazel, Steve O'Leary, and Marvin Feuerberg. Activities Committee Endorses Proposal By KAREN MALMSTEN Emerald Staff Writer Action will probably be taken at the next faculty meeting on the individual student activity proposal endorsed at the Student Activities Committee meeting No vember 9, according to Jack Cross, Student Union director. The proposal would remove the 2.0 CPA requirements from eli gibility for elective or appoin tive student offices. The require ment that a student be enrolled for 12 hours would be the only remaining requirement. This proposal was originally made by last year’s Student Acti vities Committee. It was brought up at the June 1 faculty meeting where it was tabled. Only the faculty can take action on such a proposal. Also at Wednesday’s meeting the Committee ratified approval to permit the varsity basketball team to play a touring Australian team December 9. They gave their approval to Delta Chi fraternity to schedule their annual Push Cart relays either April 22 or April 29. The A f rat man whose social existence Was badly in need of assistance Realized with a thud * What he needed was Stu&fc... Now he wears it, and ZAP! No resistance! Spring prom will be held on one of the two Saturdays and the Delta Chi’s will hold their re lays on the other. A subcommittee was chosen to review the policies as published in the student handbook. The committee includes Nomi Boren stcin, Gary Feueabeig, Dean Du Shane, Mr. Sodea and Jack Cross. The Student Academic Free dom Forum was approved. Also approved was the changing of the Deserat Club’s name to the Lat ter Day Saints Student Associa tion. The request for the gradu ate student council was deferr ed until they could determine what its function would be. It is possible that it might usurp the duties of the regular student Sen ate. TODAY'S STAFF Night Editor: Annette Buchan an. Desk Editor: Carol Hammitt. Proofreader. Misty Morilon. Reporters: Jim Kimball, Cindy Glassow, Martha Sherwood, and Karen Malmsten. 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