Page Four SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. March-l, I963 It Plans New Mechanism for Rule Change > S.G,A. i propose Marilyn All Chapman. Aims for Revitalized i The maiority ot the studentsj at Grinneli are not interested in‘ student government. John Q., Student doesnt know what stu-‘ dent government is doing un— til attci it is done; he doesn"t know what student governinentl can do, and his attempts to iind, out oitcn end with unanswered‘ questions, Within the structure of the we have been given ai gieat deal of power over 1. initiation at discussion in the hall. 2. Forum] passage oi legislm tion by the Senate. 3. Reierendnm, 4 Approaching the adminis— trillion. Each or us knows what we see as the ideal living situation at Grinneli. However, to accom— plish anything, we must also iecognize the iealitics of the Sllr ,discussion at national and itcl'nationzil issues. Our iis overly complicated now But a resolution from the student ;senate without discussion on campus carries very little weight in the minds of either the students oi the political lead— ers to whom we send these doc- leenls in— The National Student Associn-l tion Committee can continue to structure - :our committees are doing — or even what the Senate itself is going to be considering. 1 be» hove that the best source for ,i-eaciiing the students is the Scarlet and Black l I would like to propose a weekly column in the $543 from itiie sG.A. President, The pure llwse oi this column would be inioimativc — to let the campus at laige know what is going on, the uation. We must be able to say scivc as a disseminator oi inior- what the committees are doing, regulation ot what Grinnell is exactly what the students want mation to other oiganizations onjand what is coming up. A sec- iwhile we aie heie, but we have Only it the filst three steps inicampus not yet learned to use this pow this piocess have been taken will involved with national {issues Because this group has er etfectiveiy The piobiem this the students be able to apploachlacccss to the inioimation, it can ,,year has been interest in iulcitlie administiotion with a stiong‘be the group to lead discussion change . no changes. Why’i Because no to this point, no ac-, capted pattern for rule change has enieigcd i would like to a torn step procedure which could he followed in ap- proaching a rule change. Always among students living“ a particular community there an awareness of problems and c)ncex‘n tor solutions At sage concern and have only latent potential .t'oi“ lring problems. Concern for a ~oblcm comes to nothing unless, Liel‘e is a Structure for organiz- ing concern, a means ioi stimu- letlng a wide response and a channel for directing opinion. Student government oiicis a s:ructure, a stimulus, and a caannel tor student concern in student government, areas concern depend upon the div riate ot the community. The role or the SGA president is to dis n irom the climate the areas concern, articulate the issues, aid yidespread basis Too often. the tendency student government is to become cmsumcd by technicalities and initiate the dialogue on a - , :1? i i i ‘i I e in‘ Jack Chapman ‘procedural. position I think which i that the mechanism have outlined for iulc change is also applicable to issues which are not campus centered. i don’t think' we need a separate committee for the procedures, We become too in- volved in the precise wording or a resolution or a rule change, or come to a near standstill over parliamentary procedure, Every proposed rule change, every pioposed resolution is a l‘cpi'cs scniation of broader goals, larg— er issues. In student government, we i cannot confine ourselves to more confrontation of detail. Unless focus is directed to the issues. perspective collapses and we get bogged down in millutia, The role of the SGA president is to maintain the perspective, and di- rect the focus ot the substantiia issues, maintain the dialogue. The problems of student gov- ernment are not structural. not The problem lies in the absence oi the dialogue on issues; this must be revitalized. We are engaged at this stage ot national issues under the plan l1 ain plopostng. i Anothei pioblem which the Strident Government Association faces is communicating with the entire student bod Many Stu» dents are not aware of what Dialogue in the development oi the col— lege. in an intensive introspec— tive analysis of our college com. munity. Stimulated by Dr. Bow. en's convocation address on the ty ’mny oi numbers, his address bciorc the student scnate. 13?ch sure tor rule changes in Marin en’s hours and the drinking rule. ‘\\’c have embarked on considera— tion or many problems in our student community. We must be continually engaged in examin- ing our rules, our iistitutions, to test their compatibility with our outlooks. The task is to maintain (l con-' tinnity without allowing tradi— tion to become the dead hand of the past. We must be prepared to change our institution as our values Change, it it is change‘ [hat we desire, student govern- iment must mammize the stu- ‘denls' influence in instituting: 0nd step low’dld mote effective communication, would he 5&3 coverage of in re Student Gov- ernment activities. I see no rea— son for those people who are in- volved in Student Government to clothe themselves in an air of secrecy. Without the support oi the students, we can do very little. Marilyn Alt an Issues change, Because the climate of concern is strongly demanding- evaluation of our community, student gov— ernment will naturally devote great effort toward meeting these problems Yet concern knows no boundaries; it does not limit it- self. The scnse or community that has its matrix on this cam. pus extends beyond Grinnell. When issues ot the larger com— munity become relevant to the Grinnell student, SGA must re— spond to this concern, also. The concern among students now is primarily directed to. ward campus problems; yet it cannot accurately predict that it will always be so. The task next year is to re- vitalize the dialogue on all is sues. on all levels of the student community. Jack Chapman Golden Promises Initiative in Four Areas The SGA President, through his knowledge oi overall campus events and through his ence, is responsible for evalu- cting present S,G,A. programs end ior initiating new ones. There are tour major courses of action that I would follow. (1) A strong, permanent cur— i:culum committee should be cs- tablished. it would consist oi cnc maior irom each depart meat and some freshman, an 'irould sci-e to evaluate the Junior Liberal Arts Examiner ton, graduation requirements, and the interim session. This committee would form a line ot communication from students to tie iaculty and administration. ,idach‘ representative oi a major ould establish a simil' evalus eting group on the departmental level, A student, iacnlty. and ad— ministration encampment influ- i would he held next year to discuss topics ranging from the meaning of a liberal edus cation to questions of adm sions policy. Also, students would he encouraged to take the initiative in gathering Sills dents and iacnity together in- iornialiy. (2) Because the Executive‘ Cabinet directs the A,W,S.Board and the c. of HP. in their ch»- orcement ot regulations, would initiate investigations to determine ii students aic satis- fied wtih regulations and with enforcement, ii students are dis- satisfied and desire a particular ichange, then I would, as the representative of the students, present to the administration the reasons tor student discontent and suggestions tor a change. (a) to strive ior redirection .of the senate as the true rep- csentativc oi student opinion ‘s 2 i ' Sible for Dave Golden action on campus oriairs The student Senate has become pre occupied with issues on national laffairs and has not devoted ienough time to campus attairs iThe major responsibility tor representing a particular national ideology lies with nonSGA. groups interested in national is sues. The SGA can bettei iunction as the sponsor of non- partisan cducational programs such as ne\t years symposium on ”Demo atic Processes in a Time oi ci sis ‘ The SG.A. should be respon- picking four members at-large for a non-S,G.A. Na- tional Aiiairs Committee organ- ized by the campus groups in- terested in national issues, it iwould delineate the national ise sucs oi particular interest to ,Grinneii students, coordinate ,eampus groups in their study ot tions diiectiy to the students bypassing the S.G.A. completely, (a) To create a Speaker and Program Coordinator for campus organizations. This person would chair a committee serving to iiink campus organizations to each other and to the faculty. A schedule oi the speakers and programs oi each campus organ— ization would be distributed to other groups and to the faculty. in this way lull use could be made of these events by allow- ing professors to incorporate them into their courses and by allowing organizations to share speakers with a proticiency in ‘more than one iieid. Positive Actions on issues con- learning the student at Grinnell ,must be given by the so A. But ioniy with tuil student support lean this program be successiul. 1 Dave Golden illnimalism A few limbai‘ing up fol" the Honor G initiation by lifting dumbclls in tea weight room, a tew of my; kalimates came hurrying down- he stalls and into the room \"lll‘i what. seemed to be a great; Seal of enthusiasm One oi them, acting as :pokesman. came up to me nd “Joel, n-eic despeiate The \htlle campus is disintegrating round us. People have gone tack to wearing shoes They've "rut chairs in all the classrooms. Basketball players are shaking lands with their opponents, a They've even started cooking the- weeks ago, as l was‘ and i or Catastrophe' Roars T Skirted Beast meat again, Something has tot he done, and we've decided whatl that thing is 4 you must run, tor SGHA presidentz" i I HAD NEVER had much in-i telest in Student govelnment bcs foxe, and this pioposal astonish- icd me, so i laughed heartil (threw them against the wail ai ‘coupic times and went back toi lilting weights But as they care: tiied him out i heard him my l“Ynui'e our last hope, Goidie' It's either you or Arnold Toyn—l ibcez" I couldn't seem to shake these words out at my head, and a few minutes latcruds I practiced isometric; by jumping up and down on a picture of the Kill er, I let my mind wonder, thought at all the things I wantri, ed to see on this campus Bark being gnawed oil the , trees . . the vines of the chapel . People swinging on , Compulsory Teshirts. lpictiired -. the personnel changes I had wanted tor so long , . , Clyde neatty as dean oi inen George llalas teaching liuman~ itics , . cial coordinator. ed mysell, “flow can we achieve true Aniinalism on this campus it someone doesn‘t i finally ask. , Denny Astiy as so» , i Joel Goldman fake the lead?" And,so my hat (and Tsshirt) , s in the ring. I am in this fight ,to stay, and will not give up ,until ANIMALISM, pure and un- suiiicd by civi zation reigns upreine at Grinncli. This will and a hard— ought one Those who are not ‘ dont igct the idea you can placate me by paw. with us are against us. pic a thorn out oi my it A'aniiLISM catastrophe 7 the choicc is is either or l have spoken. The Beast yours,