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Vol. XV, No. 20 Clackamas Community College Wednesday, April 14, 1982 ASG constitution changes approved by wide margin By Thomas A. Rhodes Of The Print By a 70 to 17 vote, the student body passed the pro posed Constitutional revisions, which will reduce the number of Associated Student Govern ment members by half starting in the 1982-83 school year. . “Of course we were hop ing for more voters,” said Senate Liaison Officer John Shafer. “We were displeased by the poor turnout.” Voting took place April 8-9, in the community center. More than 80 percent of those who did turn out to vote, favored the change. “It (the turn out) didn’t surprise me,” said Student Pro gram Specialist Dave Buckley. Buckley advised the Revision Committee, comprised of assis tant to the president Joe Schweizer; vice president Suzy Ryan, and senator Emma Nelson. The basic purpose of the bill was to cut the size of the ASG, which would, in turn, cut the cost of running the organization in half. The revisions also change the number of elected ASG members to two (President and Vice-President). All other of ficers and senators will be selected by committee of five at the beginning of the year. “By changing the constitu tion to its present recommen dations, fewer students will be in government (15 compared to the current 27) but the selec tion process should insure the best motivated people will represent the- students. ASG president Sam Crosby said, “I think people saw the waste in student government,” Crosby said, concerning the election results. “Those who were in favor of it did enough talking to con vince people to vote in favor,” Buckley said. According to Shafer, the changes will definitely help next, year’s government. • As of next year, the business manager and secretary positions, which were previously elected, will be ter minated: The vice president will . take the business manager’s duties, and the secretary’s activities will be the ■ task of the administrative assis tant. Those students wishing to fill the two remaining officer positions (assistant to the presi dent and activities director) and ten senatorial positions will be selected by a committee com posed of the two elected ASG Staff Photo by Duane Hiersche officers, two non-ASG EL SALVADORAN ISSUE discussed last Wednesday by Jim Stephens and Marv Dunn. students, and one ASG staff member. Their selection will be based on interviews concerning their skills and eventual goals in ASG. According to the re quirements, a senator is re quired to take part in at least five hours of ASG ’activities. “We need people who can use By Mike Rose El Salvador and the recent accused by the Salvadoran the time to work for all, the Of The Print Salvadoran elections. government of practicing students,” Crosby said. Marv Dunn, assistant pro “liberation theology,” Dunn These amendments were Economic historian, an fessor of sociology at Lewis and said. intially presented to the ASG thropologist, and author of Clark College also gave a lec Dunn said that some by the Revision committee at several books on El Salvador, ture on the role of the Catholic religious leaders are supporting the March 11 meeting. At that James Stephens was the Church in El Salvador. the guerillas because they feel meeting, the student govern featured speaker at a “Central The “Central American that non-violent methods for ment passed the resolution by American Update” presenta an 11-5 margin, which sent it tion held at the College last Update” was sponsored by the changing society in El Salvador to the students for the landslide Wednesday. Stephens gave his College’s International Club are futile. When these priests and a host of organizations out approval. views on U.S. involvement in side the College. Included in are killed by government forces, they become martyrs, the presentation were lectures Dunn said. on Central America and a free “The changes made film showing of the 1982 “We have an alarming situation Academy Award Nominee, “El through the ballot box were Ted Kulongoski, Democratic when Oregon ratepayers are Salvador: Another Vietnam.” nill,” Stephens said of the re candidate for governor, will be .paying for unfinished nuclear cent Salvadoran elections. Dunn opened the evening on campus to speak today at 3 plants that will never produce Stephens lived in Central program by explaining why the energy,” he said. “We have p.m.. America for 10 years and church has been violently The speech will be made created an energy monster in studied peasant conflicts. in the Barlow Boardroom, and the BPA (Bonneville Power repressed by the Salvadoran “The elections that were will focus on his campaign for Administration) which was Army. Dunn has traveled ex Governor. A cornerstone of his once a servant of and a con tensively in Central America held have done nothing,” campaign has been to “stop tributor to the region’s where he studied the role of the Stephens said, “except make it more imperative for a peaceful church; throwing billions of dollars economic well-being.” settlement.” A military victory down nuclear black holes like Kulongoski will also speak The church is seen as a for either side, he said,, is “ex WPPSS and focus on getting tonight at the Senate Interim threat to the government, Oregon’s small businesses back Energy Committee Hearing at Dunn said, “because Christian tremely unlikely.” He criticized on their feet.” the Portland City Council communities have organized the Reagan Administration “for These comments wre Chambers from 7-10 p.m.. around social issues and op doing nothing but strengthen made during a recent speaking Kulongoski is the chairperson posed the class structure.” ing the military.” Political tour through Eastern Oregon. erf that committee. 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