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' V ^IWHM g| j| U The "south Carolina Library ^ t JI | || Ca""'S ?#r\. Friday 'Volume LXIX.No.10B I a, Columbia. S.C. Feb. 9,1973 O'Roi flp r By Jim Phillips & Leigh Grogan editorial Pag? Editor Assistant Now* Edit* A proposed new constitution which would re< "streamline" the legislative branch of Student ( SG, was presented to the Student Senate Wedn< President Seamus O'Boyle. The constitution would abolish the current Sti and establish an Executive Council to consist members, or about half the size of the current s membership. THE DELEGATES to the Executive Council, tne constitution, would consist of one representati of the university's 13 colleges and one represe each of the following student organizations: R University Union, the Association of Afro-Ameri< the Panhellenic Council, the Intrafraternity National Panhellenic Council, the Student Media of Presidents (Dorm Government Presidents] 'Student Government, as it is really not effective' HBBaMHBHHiMiUHaManMaMHaMaMHnnnMnn uarouna college, tne Law school and the off-cam] In addition, the following persons would be nc officio members of the council: president of Stu ment, president of the university, dean of studer of the Faculty Senate, chairman of financc rinuprnmpnf and phnirmon r\( nrmniiofinnol nftn I <ww ? W. M??v? vtiMia auuia Vi WA gUlkllfiU tlWliai CI A A CI Government. ?. The reason for the reorganization, O'Boyle "Student Government, as it is now, is really n< Red tape is hindering the performance of the j added. O'Boyle said other than the reform of the legisl; < the proposed constitutional changes are not tl revision involves changing the titles of three exec officers. SG president would remain the same, v would change to chairman of the Executive Count would change to chairman of organizational treasurer would change to chairman of finance. the duties of each executive officer would remain ONE OF THE main arguments for the reorgan legislative branch is it will "focus attention on c students will know who to go to when they have ' said. The 10 student organizations which would be re the Executive Council were chosen from a "wide oenaie re< By Bernard Sinkler I Gamecock Staff Writer Reaction to Student Government foi President Seamus O'Boyle's proposal for in the reform of Student Government was po varied Wednesday. Sen. Paul Streeter, Business Ad- fe< ministration, said Seamus (0 Boyle) and I sti had talked about the changing of student pr government. I think there is room for ! legislative reform but it's going to have to sa | go through-all areas of student government, co not just the student senate. This particular gi< system Seamus has come up with has too sa many flaws in it. rij i "THE MAJOR PROBLEM was that it was co all done in secret. It has been brought up by people in some damn backroom," he said. re Sen. John Pincelli, Bates West, said, "I co was one of the people who heard about it so before. It didn't come to me as a total shock." re I According to Pincelli, minorities will be sti terribly excluded. "Only two of them to (Association of Afro-American Students, m AFRO, and the National Panhellenic ye Council) have to be black. Other than that, you're going to have two blacks and 21 S( whites." Pincelli also said underclassmen will be underrepresented. At Stuaent Sena jrganize and >**.41 ssday by SG 1 W jdent Senate of 23 voting enate at full lr ,,i>3jr 1 according to ~ veTromeacnT^ H| ntative from j ussell House ' ;|. '^^? | ran Students, Council, the , the Council i, the South now, is . 9 - ^ pus students. >n-voting, ex- H dent Governits, chairman |^ ; of Student irs of Student said, is that )t effective." senators, he itive branch, lat big. The ? utive branch ice president ^ nil, secretary fSltjl affairs and v! J- SIlSSS O'Boyle said ^Wv the same. tjll?. ization of the Hk ' > me person so flfiljy ';' / V::v troubles," he sen. Dana Morris questions SO O'Boyle as Vice President Garry Nt presented on Worthy confer at Wednesday's Senai ; spectrum of action to pro, Sen. Cindy Simons, South Tower, said, thepn 'irst of all, I'm against it totally. It's a kindoi -mation of a big interest group especially Acc the area of university committee ap- Huma intments. (existi "It won't serve the student body ef- fixed.' itively. I don't think 23 people can run the (senat jdent government effectively for ap- There oximately 20,000 students," she said. ween I Sen. Joe Tiller, Wade Hampton Hotel, the pi id, "Based on what I heard, I was a little which ncerned that there was not enough weight Sen. ven to on-campus students." The senator senate id, however, "It might be a move in the reforn ?ht direction. I think student government shape uld stand some streamlining." repres Sen. Curtis Loft is, undecided, said, "I people allv can't see how a cror.D of intelligent it." liege students can sit down and write Pali mething like this. I think it's a fiasco." of O According to Loft is, O'Boyle said he has O'Boy ceived negative comments about the minist ?r/\t? a rv/\11 iiaiii Cq/l nuciaauiuiic. u yuu lumv a |TUH I 15111 inm au abolish Congress I'm sure a sizeable hoc c ajority of the American people would say stituti* of thei O'Boyle said many students considered Mor i "a joke." an ex electic ,4I FEEL IT( the proposed bill) disregards duties te meeting lew con organizations whicl In addition to the M . the constitution | presidential appoii O'Boyle said app* v such as the Acade t Student-Trustee Li; 9 Committee, would ' subject to the appro APPOINTMENT! which consist of the 1 Organization Licero E?^HU Court and the F.Wi al the SG president | standing committer | Appointments to ( plan... ho\ I have to wor I Committee on Cur Committee and t] ill nominated by the S I: no one. { "The proposal i "However, people 1 elected." O'Boyle except in extreme , "By and large, it's THE NEW CONS a-half month peri< included: O'Boyle, torneye General I Cheryl Holstad, C Secretary Donna \ Colleen Parry, adn Student senators other than the se j designed a new co tention of the comn >ri7s and Sen. Greg According to O'Boj g meeting. stick the senate i posal unfa emise of society. This whole thing was n f needless," Lofliis said. r nrHinfl tr? ' Spn Hana Mnrrie ti nities and Social Sciences, "The ing) system is ammendable. It can be s " Morris said, "There was a special d ;e) ad hoc committee to study this." il was little, if any, consultation bet- a the committee of eight who worked on r roposal and the ad hoc committee 11 ?1 r t Vt %-t rvi?nPA?i^ i rn f C wui ivru wiiiiui uiu (Ji COCIII aysicni. ^ Kenny Paluch, chairman of the v ; ad hoc committee for constitutional r n said, "I don't agree in any way, or form with special group ;entation. It will inevitably leave I ; out. I don't think anyone agrees with c F ich also said he asked three members u 'Boyle's constitution committee: le, Colleen Parry, O'Boyle's ad- a rative assistant, and Cheryl Holstad, i ministrative assistant, to helD the ad r ommittee in drafting a new con- f on, but received little input from any c three. ( ris said senators could participate in tensive training session after their i >n to learn how to perform senatorial c before assuming their positions. This s 9 stitution ti are, or-are going to be, important," ac''strpamlinintt" flf tKo lutticlofiua Krannk vra miv iv^IOIUtitV 1/tailV.ll, proposes changes in the approval of itments to other university committee )intments to major university committees, meic Forward Planning Committee, the aison Committee and the Student Affairs be nominated by the SG president and be val of the Executive Council. S TO standing university committees, ? Student Allocations Commission, Student sing Commission, Campus Court, Supreme tions Commission, would be nominated by and approved by the members of those !S. university committees, which include the oosal is not a fool proof vever, people are going to k harder to get elected' ricula and New Courses, the Registration tie Financial Aid Committee, would be G president and would require approval by is not a fool-proof plan," O'Boyle said, are going to have to work harder to get said he feels that in the past five years, circumstances, SG has been ineffective. (SG) a joke around this campus." ITITUTION was created during a four-and >d by an eight-member committee which SG Vice President Garry Norris, SG Atflike Nunn, SG Administrative Assistant lerk of the Senate Virginia Hankins, SG Valker, SG Treasurer Lisa Vogelsong and linistrative assistant to O'Boyle. say they were unaware that a committee nate ad-hoc constitution committee, had nstitution. O'Boyle said it was not the inlittee to go behind the backs of the senators, rle, the new constitution was "not designed n the back." See PROPOSAL, Page 3 ivorable night be one alternative to totally eorganizing the present system of student lovernment, he said. Sen. Delresia Gerald, Women's Quad, aid, "Major changes can be made without Irastic overhaul in the senate as we know t." The proposed constitution "just doesn't ppeal to the intellect. There are just too nany loopholes." can ?n,j OCU. IvJL 1V* 1 IvJA 1 VylUUl, IlUUtaiUUCd UHU locial Sciences, said, "I don't like the way it yas done. I'm not satisfied with the epresentation students would get. "I THINK IT was rather evident tonight; 'm anti (against the bill). Given the right ircumstances, I'd have six votes (under the iroposal)." Crout said she felt this would be infair. "I really can't see 23 people with five idministrators there with the chance of nfluencing votes," she said. Crout was eferring to the fact that the proposal calls or some administrators to serve as ex fficio members of the proposed Executive Council. Crout said the new system would cause i r _ a ii . a i? niense rivalry ior ine one position auoiea in jach college and dorm and she felt the new ystem could affect federal funding to USC.