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Wednesday, April 7, 1982
Student government split
over constitution revision
By Thomas A. Rhodes
Of The Print
The
amendments
presented by the three member
Constitution Revision Commit
tee of the Associated Student
Government (ASG), were
passed 11-5 at the March 11
ASG meeting.
The revisions, including
cutting - the number of ASG
Senators and officers in half
and making senatorial seats
selected rather than elected,
are to be voted on by the stu
dent body April 8-9.
As it stands, Article V, sec
tions I and II are up for ques
tioning. Section I states “The
elected officers shall consist of
President, Vice President,
Secretary, Business Manager,”
If the revisions are passed,
the offices of business manager
and secretary will be ter
minated.
The business manager’s
job, which consists of keeping
track of ASG funds, will be a
required task of the vice presi
dent. The duties of the elected
secretary, which consist of
keeping all -official ASG
documents on file, will be
found under the duties of ad
ministrative assistant, an ap
pointed position.
If the revised edition of Ar
ticle V, Section I is passed, the
number of elected officers will
be reduced from four to two.
Those wishing to fill the shoes
of the three remaining ap
pointee positions (ad
ministrative assistant, assistant
to the president, and activities
director) will be selected by a
committee of five members:
two ASG officers, two students
(not ASG members), and one
ASG staff member. Their selec
tion will be based on interviews
concerning their skills and goals
in ASG.
The second amendment
up for popular vote is Article V
Section II, which concerns itself
with thé selection and number
of senatorial positions. Cur
rently, 20 senators are elected
each year by the student body.
If passed, Section II will reduce
the number of senators to ten.
Also, their seats will be selected
in the same manner jas the
unelected executive cabinet
positions.
In a prepared statement,
President Crosby defended the
hotly debated subject, “I said
Jast year I wanted to cut spen
ding to be fair to all situdents.
By changing the constitution to
its present recommendations,
fewer students will be in stu
dent government, but the
selection process should insure
the best motivated persons will
represent the students.”
Not all ASG members
agree with the changes.
Business Manager Steve Vohs
disagrees with the elimination
’ of Business Manager, citing
that such a large position may
be too much for the vice presi
dent to handle. Crosby said,
“There’s no reason in the world
the vice president shouldn’t be
able to handle the extra work.”
That is not the only ques
tion raised concerning the revi
sions developed by Assistant to
the President Joe Schweizer,
Vice President Suzy Ryan, and
Senator Emma Nelson.
Senator Jerri Hale, one of the
Senate’s most outspoken
members by his own admis
sion, feels that there are better
ways of solving the high turn
over rates of ASG members.
None of his solutions,
however,
match
the
Schweizer-Ryan-Nelson revi
sions. “When you have the ad
ministration selecting the ad
ministration, what do you
have?” Hale asked. “Certainly
Staff Photo by Duane Hiersche
not a true democracy.”
HIGH WIRE ACT, a local squirrel celebrates the coming
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College Board
Gregory, Weigant elected
By Rick Obritschkewitsch
Of The Print
William C. Gregory, 65,
was elected to Zone 5 (West
Linn and part of Canby) while
Kathleen Weigant was elected
to Zone 1 (Milwaukie) for the
College Board of Education
last Tuesday. Both candidates
ran unopposed.
College attracts Taiwanese
By Kristi Blackman
Of The Print
Most freshman who enter
college go through the transi
tion of leaving home and the
security there, and going into
the world of college life, but
what about a man who finished
his education and flew from
Taiwan to America to better his
career?
new style for construction,”
Chen said. Chen will teach the
“new knowledge” to his
students in Taiwan. He said he
would also like to attend a
university during his stay here
and compare the techniques of
a community college and a
university.
career. “In Taiwan, architectual
drafting is one class with 10 to
15 students,” Chen said, com
paring it to the College’s draf
ting class of 25 students. Chen
will be studying architectual feels he is able to assist his
drafting techniques here at the students more effectively and
College.
on an individual basis due to
“It is here I have learned a class size.
centimeters
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Incumbent
Board
member, Gregory, who col
lected 2187 votes, is a retired
principal of five West Linn
schools including: Willamette,
Bolton, Cedar Oak Park,
Sunset, and Old Stafford
School, he has been a resident
of West Linn for 35 years.
Gregory said, “A sound
and stable financial base for
building and operation of the
College is needed, as well as
resources to continue with a
well-planned
building
program.”
In discussing other
challenges that the College
faces, Gregory said, “Local
control of our district so that we
can determine our own re
quirements to fulfill the needs
“Instruction here is not the
same as in Taiwan,” explained
Chen of his six-year teaching
Yeong-Tzer Chen, an in
structor from the College’s
sister College, Wu-Feng
Technical College in Taiwan,
of spring by posing on a telephone wire.
YEONG-TZAR CHEN
Chen isn’t the only one in
his family with a college educa
tion. Chen’s wife is also an ar
chitectual drafting instructor at
the Wu-Feng Technical Col
lege. Chen and his wife have
two children, who are in
Taiwan.
of students is an important mat
ter. “Continued evaluation of
our programs; revising and
changing whenever need ap
pears,” is another one of his
objectives as a Board member.
Gregory has a background
in finance and public relations,
which he feels will help him as
a Board member.
The Board member filling
the Zone 1 position, Kathleen
Weigant, received 2,065 votes,
and is a student at Portland
State University. Weigant said
being a student gives her “a
unique viewpoint in manage
ment of the College.
“I also have a long-range
viewpoint and I’m particularly
concerned that no short-range
actions are taken to save
money that will compromise
the quality institution that this
College has become,” Weigant
said.
Weigant said one .of the
important challenges facing the
College is “how the policies are
set to cope with the real and
anticipated budget shortfalls is
going to affect the purpose of
the College?’
Weigant was appointed to
the Board in December of last
year, to fill the vacancy left by
Anne Nickel, who resigned in
November.