The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 25, 1974, Page Page 3, Image 3
Senate
BY CARL BAAB
Three controversial student
senate-passed bills, not heard from
for some time, are patiently
awaiting the final decision of high
administration officials.
The senate's legislation to ban
smoking in campus classrooms
and lecture halls that was passed
late last fall has its fate now being
decided by the Faculty Advisory
Committee. According to SGA
President Rita McKinney, a
decision on the issue may come in
March.
Two more recently passed
senate bills, one allowing students
to store bicycles in dorms and
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another providing 24-hour open
house on an experimental basis in
the new Bates dorm, have ended up
on the desk of Vice President for
Student Affairs, Charles Witten.
According to Witten, however, a
final decision on these is pending
further study.
Other universities in the
Southeast, including the University
of North Carolina, allow students
to keep bikes in the dorms, said
Witten, and "we are studying the
success of their systems."
Consideration of the bill to allow
the 24-hour open house in Bates
West is less definite. According to
SGA sources, the administration is
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These bills are just three
examples of what has become an
increasing problem for student
government. Legislation initiated
by the student senate and signed by
the SGA president ultimately ends
up in the administration where
final approval is made.
There is no time limit on what
the administration may decide to
do with a given bill. Technically it
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liven senate legislation.
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ndefinitely. This ultimately
'esults in situations like the one c
iow confronting the three a
iforementioned bills. The issues e
ire old now and often the campbtis
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Berlin resigned from her office
Friday because her duties were p
beginning to take up too much s
time. The resignation is effective ti
today.
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is is the case, pressure on ad
inistration officials lessens and a
ill's chance of final passage is
ssened.
To combat this situation the
mate formed a committee called
e Legislative Enactment
ommittee to follow all senate bills
efore the admigistration, and
-ace their progress. However, the
ommittee's success has not,
pparently, been as great as its
reators had hoped.
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ity's full-time counsel.
"Before, it was just a matter of
utting in spare time, " Berlin
aid. "With Mike leaving it meant
at the remaining ombudspeople
ould have to put in 15 hours a
eek. I looked at my time
hedule and at my student
wvernment projects and had to
ake a decision."
Berlin is president of Baker
orm and is SecretarN of Student
elfare in the S tudent Govern
tent Association. Iier activi t ies
ave inspired the introduction of
ve bills in the Student Senate this
ear.
"My main student government
rojects have been concerned with
reregistration, academic fairness
nd housing problems. When it
ame down to choosing between
rnbudsing and student govern
tent I decided to finish up the stuff
d been working on all year with
udent government." Berlin said.
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