New constitution
interpreted
The majority and minority opinions of the Constitution Committee
concerning their decision last week to invalidate the original spring
primary elections were expressed in a report submitted to the
Emerald recently.
The majority opinion, written by Steve Rhodes, Don Chalmers and
Cal Stacy, cited these three reasons for the invalidation:
— Inadequate notice of the rule change allowing each voter to vote
for two tickets may have caused confusion among the voters;
— Inadequate notice didn’t give candidates an opportunity to
advise their supporters as to the best use of their vote; and
— Wording on the ballot may have caused confusion as to the
proper voting method.
The members said that “ihe combination of these factors makes
the election unfair and as a result unconstitutional.”
The majority opinion also stated that the phrase in the Con
stitution that says the vice-president has responsibility for “the ASUO
General Elections” actually means “responsibility for the ASUO
elections in general.”
The minority opinion, submitted by Gene Cyrus and Jerry
Thomas, agreed that “the Vice-President has the authority to
promulgate election rules as he is responsible for the carrying out of
the elections.”
The dissenting members acknowledged that some candidates did
not receive adequate notice of the rule change, but they added, “it
seems that there would have been no material difference in their
campaign.”
“The harm suffered, we feel, is minimal as a candidate would still
canvas, speak and write letters the same way so as to influence as
many voters as possible,” their statement read.
They indicated that notice of the rule change in the Voter’s Guide
was sufficient to eliminate confusion.
The gap between the second-place candidates and the others was
more than 100 votes. Cyrus and Thomas said that “the number of
voters affected by the ballot wording would be small and further, their
votes when spread out among 10 different candidates would seem to
reduce any possible prejudicial effect.”
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Co-op voting today
Voting will be held from 8:15 to 5 p.m. daily in the Co-op
today, Tuesday and Wednesday for the annual Co-op Board
elections. All Co-op members may vote.
Fourteen students are competing for six positions on the
Board and one faculty member is up for one position.
Steve Richkind and Charles Forman are competing for
the single freshman position.
Two sophomores will be elected for two-year positions
on the board. Trey MacDowell, Jim Ginger and Douglas
Edwards are running for the positions.
The five students in the race for a single at-large position
are Fred Wasson, Leon Chitty, Brent Stumbaugh, Curtis
Peterson and Bemd Kuennecke.
Two graduate student positions are open, and the four
students in the running are Marie Hartman, Andy Gill,
Russell Dot ter and Pieter Dykman.
James Mooney is the only faculty member running for a
single two-year term on the Board.
Oriental
religions
threatened
The opportunity to study the
intricacies surrounding Oriental
religions may be denied students
next year.
Alan Stephenson, the only
University faculty member who
specializes in the area of Oriental
studies will leave at the end of
Summer Term.
Unless a religious studies
majors group succeeds in getting
additional faculty members hired
in the area of Oriental studies to
replace Stephenson, the situation
could well be “grave indeed,”
says a petition being circulated
by the Religious Studies group.
“It would be unfortunate,” the
petition continues, “if students
studying religions from
sociological, philosophical and
historical points of views were
denied the learning experience of
the sociology, philosophy, and
history of one half of the world’s
population.”
David Woolley, a junior
majoring in religious studies,
feels that students in numerous
departments will suffer by the
loss of courses investigating “not
just the scriptures and ideas of a
religion, but how that religion
reflects the mentality of the
people.”
The group has talked with
University President Robert
Clark in an attempt for faculty
hiring funds. “Clark was sym
pathetic,” Wooley said, “but said
he just could not budget the
funds.”
Woolley pointed out that this
loss of faculty members might
lead to the strangulation of the
religious studies department.
“Students are going to realize
that this loss of faculty members
will mean it will take five years to
fulfill your undergraduate
requirements. A decline in people
majoring in religious studies will
bring on even another budget
drop. It’s a vicious circle,” he
added.
Anyone interested in signing
one of the petitions currently
being circulated should contact
the religious studies department.
A TEXTUAL SOLUTION TO
A SINISTER PROBLEM
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wrangle?,"Karen cooed.
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drugs downtown where the propr etor
pays your parking payment.
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conundrum calmly to John the tolly troll
at Gold Cross discount drugs at 960 Oak
St where the basket balcony above
bulged with beautiful baskets. John's
breast bore his button of the
organization for the obliteration of the
alliteration
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southern Hemisphere, baskets are
woven sinistrally When a sinistrorse
basket is used in dextrose climate, the
basket bulges badly and rain running
round the ridge ruins if."
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filled her arms with the baskets, the love
of which she had fallen into As she paid
tor each, she hung it on her bicycle.
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State Treasurer Jim Redden
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