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BY EILEEN BERLIN
(Berlin is the SGA Secretary for
Student Welfare.)
Now that the semester is coming
to a close there are several
proposals I would like to discuss
for future consideration.
I'm sure we all agree that dorm
living is perhaps the best
preparation for the "real world."
After all, where else can you leave
one set of parents and be supplied,
free of charge, with another set?
But our surrogate parents fail us
after we move off campus. I would
like to suggest that every student
who takes that bold step, and
hopefully more will , be issued
their very own engraved open
house sign-in book, subject to
review monthly by the divison of
student affairs. This will insure
that we can carry on the fine
tradition begun for us by the
university and hopefully it will help
keep us wayward children out of
trouble. After all, we do know what
really goes on in a dorm room after
11:30 on weeknights and after 2
a.m. on weekends. We NEED that
protection.
Another suggestion I would like
to make is to give the construction
workers at Bates West a senate
seat. It is obvious they're going to
be there a lot longer than the
students will be and they should
have a voice in university policy.
We all know that their voice will be
heard just as loudly as the
students', so why not let them get
the inside view of who they are
working for. It certainly can't do
any harm.
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My final suggestion is one which
I feel would improve. the total
atmosphere on this campus. It's a
simple idea. It may be a little
costly but maybe if we all wear
football jerseys we can get it
through. The proposal is for a ski
lift to be built. It would begin at the
Harold Brunton Memorial Bridge
and run above the entire campus.
We could easily go from class to
class aboard the lift. And from a
higher distance all of the concrete
on this campus would look like
snow. We could close our eyes
and pretend we were in the
mountains I'm sure it would be as
aesthetically pleasing as the
cranes, tractors and dirt piles we
encounter daily.
But regardless of whether these
proposals are taken seriously or
not, I have only one real concern
for this university. Will the circle
be unbroken?
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March 14
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their action.
Concerning the experimenta
nature of the administration'
plan, McKinney said, "everythini
on this campus starts as an ex
perimental plan." She also said th4
proposal would work out suc
cessfully if each student takes goo(
care of his bike.
The original proposal to allov
students to keep bikes in dorn
rooms came last fall as a studen
senate bill authored by Sen. Andi
Sansbury. At that tinae the housini
.ffice came out publicly agains
he plan and Sansbury agreed t<
insert a clause into the bill givinj
the housing office final authorit3
on the bill's implementation.
The senate then passed thi
legislation, but it was vetoed b;
McKinney for what she termed th
bill's "giving in to housing." A1
attempt by the senate to overrid
the presi.dential veto failed, bu
eventually McKinney signed th,
bill after Sansbury agreed to delet,
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the amendment that assigned final
1 authority to housing.
5 Jones .initially rejected the
i proposal in early February after
- the heads of Housing, Business
Affairs, and Student Affairs came
- out against the plan.
I However, Vice President for
Student Affairs Charles Witten,
under heavy pressure from the
SGA, reconsidered his disapproval
t of the bill. According to Witten, he
re-studied the proposal and found
other schools had . successfully
carried out similar plans.
In a letter to President Jones
dated February 18, Witten said, "I
am, therefore, reconsidering my
disapproval of the bill and
recommend that bicycles be
e permitted to be kept in the
y residence hall room subject to the
e conditions which are listed on the
r attached sheet."
e The proposal then began rolling
t again until it received final
e passage Wednesday.
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