Tomorrows Convention Grinnell college @i‘iers Pndiicni dongle By ANNE FARRER After a year of being unhinged, the Grinnell bandwagon is back on the road, as the sometimes tra» ditional SGA convention will he held ln Darby this weekend. Brav- lug tlte political jungle oi the Hat- vard oi the Midwest as presiden— tial candidates are Steve Kent, Steve Shender. George Wittgrat, Jim Stuart (E. Brow) and Batman and Robin. Plans are to kick off Saturday at 12:30 with the roll call of halls and tlteir respective numbers at voting delegates The nomination roll call will lollow as halls nomi- nate their candidates, second them and demonstrate for them. Of the demonstrations, present SGA pres- ident Jerry Goddard stated. “There's a ten minute limit, but it's impossible to stop 'til they’re tired.” The first ballot is the instructed, in which delegates must vote as directed by their hall and may not pass. 0n the second ballot there may be vote switching and passing, Balloting will continue until two of the three candidates with 35 per cent or more of the vote remain or until one of the candidates withdrawt If by mid- night Saturday two have not emerged, the Election Board will declare the two with the highest number or votes as finalists. Sunday afternoon at 4:00 the two final candidates will de- bate in the South Lounge. Monday voting on president and also on SGA reorganization, Grinnell Women Favor All-Glass Dormitories Grinncll women expressed a great preisrence tor integrated dormitories over freshman dormi- tories in a recent survey by the AWS board, Four hundred women returned the questionnaire, 341 or whom favor dorms integrated a— mong the classes. Advocating cit-campus housing for all sophomore, junior, and senior women are 164 of those re- spondingl Two hundred and thirty-five of the women oppose making both North and South Campus co-ed, while 154 iavnr it, and 11 are in- dllterent. candidates ' Will take place in the lunch lines. The new SGA president will be announced as soon as the votes are tabulated, and Grlnnell will have waltzed through another sal- ly in the democratic process. Oldest College Newspaper West at line Mississippi Vol. LXXlII Grinnell. Iowa. Friday, February Ill, I966 Bucks Drops Out of Race €nnd'dates ior Presidency Concur: iieeti Wider student involvement K enl: Time is Iiipe For SGA Rebirth By PAUL BRADLEY “! believe the time is ripe for a regeneration of student govem- ment, for a redefinition of the goals of SGA, and for a reaffirme- “Retlefinlti'on of goals” tion of the objectives set forth by the college." Such is the plat— iorm upon which Steve Kent bas- es his campaign ror the SGA presidency. Kent fur the past two years has been active in student government besides his position as Vice Pres- ident or Rowson, Last Spring he was co-chairman of the Senate KENT—— (Continued on Page 7) Shender: Interest Must Be Exploited By ANN KIRSCHNER "A change in the atmosphere regarding the Student Government Association is my broadest com- mitment", says Stephen Shender, aspirant to the SGA presidency. “There is apathy and an absence of attitude now, but there is also “A change in the atmosphere” potential interest that must be ex— ploited." Shender views the presidency and the SGA as involving a two- pronged approach: 1) creating and sustaining active student con- cern, and Z) maintaining good re- SHENDER— (Continued on Page 6) Joint Council Plan Is Willgral's Idea By MARTHA BERKEY "For the best possible function- ing of our college community, the students, taoulty, and administra- tion should work together as close- ly as possible on all things which apply to the college as a whole," declares George Wittgraf, candi- date for SGA president “This dia< logue between ‘the three segments of the Grinnell community has ofa “Faculty-student cooperation" ten been talked 0! in the past in abstract terms, but in reality, has meant little. I would like to in- stitute faculty—Student cooperation WITI'GRAF (Continued on Page 5) Senate Discusses Women's Late Penalties; Proposal Would Allow 75 'Grace Minutes' A rider attached to the AWS bill turned out to be more con- Discussion of an AWS Board proposal tor a change in late minutes penalties tor women was the main topic oi Wednesday's Senate meeting The Senate adjourned without taking a vote when a quorum count was called. The nws “grace minutes" proposal allows all women students a maximum of 15 late minutes a semester without incurring penal- ties. After these minutes have been exhausted, a woman must serve the normal one night of hall confinement for every five late minutes. Under the AWS proposal, each additional late arrival after the l5 minutes have been used up will be penalized by three nights at confinement plus one night for every five minutes at lateness aws Board president Chris Peterson explained the proposal, pointing out that “most of the latenesses which occur during the week occur during the first five minutes after the doors are locked." The idea or the proposal is “to give each woman student 15 minutes as a butter period to account for these accidental late- nessest" troversial than the bill itself. Attached to the proposal as a ”final comment” it suggests that all but tout of the loggia doors be locked early on weekends. so that they can all he looked promptly at hours. It also urges the night watchman to start his rounds so that the Main door he the last one looked and be locked exactly at hours, ‘ According to the AWS Board “such a proposal will reduce ex- cessive paperwork tor the nightcheck girls and the Women's Pri- mary Court, and will culminate in more uniform and stringent penalties for lateness.” The procedure provides tor a tile box in the quadrangle ottice containing a card tor each woman student. The student will sign in upon late arrival and the nightcheck girl will countersign. Each time a woman is late, She will be told how many or her 15 minutes remain, The night girl will be responsible for this computation, Excused lateness will not be included in the 15 “grace min- utes.” Death of Father Brings Withdrawal The fourth candidate for Student Government president. Dan Bucks, announced his withdrawal from the race yesterday. The withdrawal was caused by the accidental death of Bucks' father. Bucks' father died in a farming accident Thursday attemoon near Doland, South Da- kota. ' After Bucks' withdrawal, th. election board met and considered various courses. At one point it was suggested that the conven- tion be eliminated in respect to Bucks' father and that a primary he held Saturday with the election on Monday At a meeting at 10:00 this morning. however, the elem tion board decided to go ahead with the convention tomorrpwl Special issue On the spot coverage of the excitement and drama of the Grinncll SGA Con- vention by the walkie-talkie equipped, camera toting S&B news team will appear in the special election re- sults edition of the 8&3. The elecion edition will hit the campus Monday after- noon followed Friday by the week's regular eight ADDRESS HERE: xog efisno SUOHVIGH anqn.