1971-12-10

              ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
The eyes of Argus
are upon me, and no
slip will pass unnoticed.
-George Washington
Friday, December 10, 1971, Bloomington, Illinois 61701
Girattes Orphans
PHOTOS BY LINDA ROURKE
Everyone - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Ye
Senateponders Argus proems
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In surprise action last Sunday, Student
Union Iommission chairman Sue Elliott
moved that Senate remove Argus editor
Tom Wetzel. The motion was seconded.
In other action, two senators and the
elections chairman were removed be-cause
of excessive absences.
Sue Elliott said reasons for her mo-tion
stemmed from "less than satisfac-tory"
coverage of SUC events, and the
Joint council creates
ambi guity: Eckley
Dr. Robert S. Eckley, president of
the university, commented that the ad-vantage
to a joint council such as the
one proposed by Steve Knapp is that it
"provides a vehicle for binding the var-ious
internial constituencies of the uni-versity
together in a compact."
Eckley noted, however, that a juris-dictional
conflict with other organiza-tions
might develop. He pointed to an
example at Lawrence College, which has
a joint council,, where the council ap-proved
one plan while the faculty re-jected
the idea.
The president also'mentioned the fact
that at schools where such a council has
developed, "the student government has
gone to a rapid demise."
Illinois State University, Luther Col-lege
and Lawrence have adopted a joint
form of university government. Eckley
said that the relationships "with the of-ficial
governing body are in most cases
ambiguous."
Eckley feels that "Wesleyan may have
a superior mechanism through the fre-quent
informal meetings of faculty, stu-dent
and administrative leaders, and the
extensive system of committee cross-membership,
visitors and advisors. The
,test for any system is whether or not it
works."
.fact; that the. Argus had not yet:turned
in =a record of its books, due in Novem-ber.
WHEN CLAIMS were made that the
Argus financial situation was unclear to
many people, Wetzel said that a recent
changeover in business managers has
complicated matters. He also stated
figures which purported to show that
the Argus as of now is running in the
black.
In the meeting, Wayne Messmer, sena-tor
from Phi Mu Alpha, Toni Payne,
senator from Pfeiffer, and elections
chairman Marilynne Shurna have all
been removed for excessive absences.
EACH SENATOR is allowed 6 absences
during the- school year. Nora Hamill
and Dave Petersen are recorded as hav-ing
five absences each. Phi Mu Alpha
and Pfeiffer will have no representa-tion
until a new election is held and
the executive committee is notified of
the change.
In other new business, Steve Knapp
proposed a "student-faculty-administra-
-tion-board of trustees committee" in
Holiday chorus sings
in Christmas season
More than 100 Wesleyan students and
faculty will present the annual Christ-mas
Choral Concert in Westbrook Audi-torium
of Presser Hall at 8:15 p.m. Sun-day,
Dec. 12.
Musical groups featured will be the
Collegiate Choir and Chamber Singers,
directed by David Nott, assistant pro-fessor
of voice and choral music; the
Women's Chorus, directed by Sammy
Scifres, assistant professor of voice; the
Singing Titans, directed by Donald
Gray., instructor of voice; and the Brass
Choir, directed by Thomas Streeter, in-structor
of brass instruments and the-ory.
charge of making regulations ,-for stu-dent
life outside of the academic field
(see box).
IN A SHEET passed out at the sen-ate
meeting, Knapp wrote: "I move that
president Eckley be asked to endorse
the creation of (this) legislative body
Knapp also said that its composition
was arbitrary and subject to revision.
Off-campus senator Dave Breen asked,
"How does this (proposal) relate to the
President's Cabinet, the Trustees, etc.?"
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:KNAPP REPLIED that the body would
have "the responsibility, primarily, to
govern student life and other than aca-demics."
He added that it would super-cede
the Board of Trustees in this ca-pacity...
"The Board and President have no
right to restrict student actions other
than to enforce city, state, and federal
laws," --said Knapp.
Steve Pittman warned Senate that "'it
we do not endorse (the proposal), we
are reversing our decision on autonomy."
All-University Committee Proposal
The following is a proposal by dard petitioning, primary, and
teve Knapp establishing a joint election procedure for student
ommittee responsible for all mat- senate elections.
ers governing student life other Purpose
han academic pursuits. The purpose of this body shall be to
move that President Eckley be ask- make all regulations which shall
Id to endorse the creation of a legis- govern student life at IWU other
ative body which shall have the fol- than that which is purely aca-owing
structure, procedure, purpose, demic.
nd power. Powers
Structure This body shall be given the power
3 members of the IWU Board of to create a set of by-laws which shall
'rustees nominated and elected by provide a means to carry out the
heir constituency above named purpose of this
5 members of the IWU faculty body.
tominated and elected by their con- This body will be given the power
tituency to submit such Iby-laws to the
2 members of the IWU administra- student body for their approval
ion nominated and elected by their as in all campus referendums.
ionstituency Approval shall be defined as a
11 members of the IWU student two-thirds majority of all stu-
)ody elected at large by their consti- dents voting. (Student Senate
uency Elections Committee shall super-
'rocedure of Election vise the referendum.)
the nominating and electing proce- I move that the elections committee
dure for representatives from of Student Senate be given the auth-the
trustees, faculty, and adminis- ority to hold elections for student
tration shall be determined as representatives to the above body
they see fit. and for the above described refer-
'he nominating and electing proce- endum. The time for these elections
dure for student representatives shall be designated by Student Sen-shall
be in accord with the stan- ate at a later date.
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