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Viewpoi Univers By WAYNE BROOKS Opinion Page Editor Rvpn hpfnrp T Dnrnllo^ ? . ?X/ JL Vlll V1AVU ( Student Government ol measures to the universii students a more audible i nance, but to no avail. Sir have still been talking abc was an SG election to be 1 hear the candidates talk governance, like the Gre< issue that has been passed the next. This spring's SG the corner, and now we'r about university governar At the January 25 meetii resolution, which calls for on the Board of Trustees, SG Vice President Joe Di most of the student senat winning support of the S ainicuit. wnat I fear n President Drawdy do not r< will find in developing a we implemented. The pian its< A number of factor? w!!! h First of all, they must r< of Trustees oversees not 01 but nine regional campi representation on the boar be realistic if that student i campus and all regional ca from each campus, needl< ri- ? i- - ' ? ?? - ao wnai 11 ail ot the ca system were combined fo How should that student Should an election be he! candidates from the vari< each election? The wini campus would probably Wife H*.imSMSZZKKM'? nts fity govt it USC in the fall of 1974, 'ficials were proposing ty administration to give /oice in university goverlce that time, SG officials >ut it. And whenever there held, you could be sure to ;ing about it. University m Street issue, is an SG on from one SG election to elections are just around e beginning to hear more ICC. lg of the student senate, a a student representative was proposed on behalf of rawdy. It's no doubt that ;ors present realized that .C. Legislature would be >any senators and Vice *alize is the difficulty they 11-defined plan that can be ilf cannot be a simple one. 2ve to be considered. *ali7.P that thp TTSf RnorH ? <?? vm*v/ K/K/X/ A>VUi U nly the Columbia campus, ises as well. If student d is realistic, it could only represented both the main impuses. A representative ess to say, is ludicrous, mpuses in the university r one seat on the board? be elected to the board? Id on each campus, with >us campuses running in ilnrr /? a ?>4 vauuiuaic dl Cdtll be enrolled at that par W, r O i" i i i i ' i mHt? v '"wit -n i. - ?rnance c ticular campus. Should the n by student bodies or studen campus, would there be m< running? Or should the ste student? The legislature elec the board. As you can see student representative and hi of the difficult questions tha Because a realistic plan, if for only one student reprc determined whether one si represent all of the campuse the Columbia campus undei students at the Coastal Ca Spartanburg campus, and represent those students? Ai be no guarantee that the would be from the Columbia < or Union student understand he adequately represent u students on this campus woi give the seat to us becausi enrollment and because we I'm sure students, especial] leaders, at the regional camp control of the seat as much surprise n*e if students at combined forces and voted t thus dealing a blow to the m blame them? Regional camj for a long time. With this ii vantages can we expect representative unless he is fi After pointing out the a bo1 sidered in developing an im] vice president Drawdy, I w? that the plan could allow fc between representatives froi involved for discussing the v, campus with the board * w i lypi'iii 1 y 1 r ? m \ 6AMHC0CK m V G>ivi fSr- r+mmvz-tsm i compl inrocontotMro Kn r\l ^|?v?viiuitiv? UC C1CVICU it senates? And on this >re than one candidate ite legislature elect a ts all other members of deciding who elects a ow they elect him is one it must be faced. there is one, could call isentative, it must be tudent can adequately s. Could a student from -stand the problems of irolina campus or the could he adequately tid because there could student representative campus, could an Aiken our problems and could is? Who else besides aid see it our way and e we have the lamest are the main campus? ly student government >uses would like to have as we do. It would not tile regional campuses or the sttnlc candidate, ain campus. Could you >uses have felt slighted n mind, what real adin having such a rom the main campus? ye problems to be con plementable plan to SG is told by Mr. Drawdy >r occasional meetings m all of the campuses aried problems of each representative. These fore To the E Lastse: ^ " courses. consideri I thiiik I further hi <3 / Jan / New zv/ Dor / Asst. N > Dai j Copy I / Arlen Photogr | THEGAMI subject am Pstudonyn circnmstar your matlii cla*istand to meet ou 1 USC, Colui 5KB*.Wt' PY issue meetings, he said, would all input. I'm sorry* but I'm stil thing, the board represents problems on campuses wit familiar. He can be expect reverberate proposals to meetings between campus r be expected to be held ver from one campus to anothe month would be more tha could hardly stand. As far as the chances of plan by the legislature are < he is encouraged that I Clarendon, is making plans for student representation Sen. David Turnipseed, E pressed a similar interest in senate. My advice to Mr. D seek the backing of legislate voorc e\t cantina rttu/v - j vwta va obi V1VC glVC U1C111 I the chambers' younger mem Gressette and Rembert De Emeritus Solomon Biatt will encouraged. I do not que abilities of Rep. Harvin or S< ages ana iew years ui seVvi ciout they need. Hartnett is 1 If Mr. Drawdy's plan legislature, which I do not s suggest that he and all other weaknesses they have on tl portant to them, the Si Committee. They should u have, and this committee is mittee that can make any k the Board of Trustees. In the should give his plan careful it. Otherwise, the issue of un be just another Dart of his m president this spring. dents'time lii ?xtracurricul ditor: *s your semester last time? Wj or most students, it was prob oi take only a few courses, thoj i bit of your time. mester kept me quite busy evei Nevertheless I came out a ng the circumstances I have that the university is a good pla is education if he or she wants rAMEC John R. West e Shealy Editor 'S Editor Barbara Mathews i Fobes Graduate Assistant ews Etlitor Barry Glenn i Palma Entertainment Editor Desk Chief Mark Mueller e Morgan Asst. Entertainment Edito aphy Editor Karen Wooten Production Manager ECOCK welcomes letters from its readers. Let i a maximum of 300 words. They must be sigr is or other aliases will not be used, but the w ices warrant. To assist us in verifying the idi i j address and a telephone number where you ing and major, also. We reserve the right to ed r space limitations. Address: Campus Opini nbla, S. C. 29208. .m: - --laar ow each campus to have 11 not convinced. For one itive cannot understand h which he is not truly ted to do no more than the board. Also, such epresentatives could not y frequently. Traveling r for a meeting once a n most representatives getting approval of the concerned, Drawdy said tep. Alex Harvin, Dto present a bill calling on state school boards. >-Spartanburg, has expresenting the bill to the rawdy is that he should ors whose seniority and nore noliiioAl rlmit than bers. If senators Marion mnis or House Speaker support the bill, I will be istion the integrity or in. Turnipseed, but their ce do not give ihem the *7, and Turnipseed is 33. fails to pass in the ;ee improbable, I would SG officials examine the he committee most imTl 1 T ! luuciu- J. i UMW Liaison se the best thing they i the only possible comind of difference with meantime, Mr. Drawdy study before presenting iversity governance will mpaign platform for SG mited ars is it fairly easy or quite ably the latter because se few courses can take n though I only had four 11 right academically, to work under. ice for a student to go to to do precisely that, but See LETTER, page 19 ock] Wayne Brooks Opinion Page Editor Matt Ward Sports Editor Mike Hunt Chris Myers Asst. Sports Editors r Bill Fitipatrick Ad Manager ters should be limited to a single ted with the writer's true name. Titer's name will be withheld if entity of writers, please include can be reached. Please include it all letters, not for content, but on. The Gamecock, Drawer A, -TS&8*- J