1987-03-06

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TO THE CONCEPT OF FREE PRESS
Vol. 93, No. 19 Bloomington, Illinois 61701 Friday, March
Bergland announces
By Arlen Bowyer everyone involved," Berglan
Student Senate President-elect said. "They will be able to as
Kurt Bergland announced Tues- 'why not,' instead of 'why?' "
day his candidate choices for the Another advantage of havir
seven Student Senate Executive young commissioners and e:
Committee positions. ecutive board members, pointe
The candidates are Tracy Faw- out Bergland, is that these peop]
ley, secretary; Fred Malecki, will be able to cultivate leade:
treasurer; Brett Parchert, ship abilities that could be put 1
parliamentarian; Andrew Por- good use in the future.
ter, Issues and Programming Fawley the only candidate wit
Commission (IPC); Christa no previous senate involvemen
Stearns, Student Union Commis- was chosen as secretary, saj
sion (SUC); Lisa Ricci, Student Bergland, primarily because sh
Welfare and Human Relations has a very long list of secretari
(SWHR), and Jeff Anderson, credentials. Bergland feels h(
Media Commissioner. secretarial skills will make up ft
These candidates must be ap- her lack of experience wil
proved by a senate majority vote senate. "She also has the pe
during this Sunday's changeover sonality needed to lead and mail
meeting before they officially tain the PICC office effectively.
take office. The position of treasurer wet
Bergland said his goal was to to Malecki because of his bac]
select an Executive Board that is ground in accounting and e:
not only well qualified, but also perience with senate, sai
one that is willing to work Bergland. He said Malecki n(
together. only has a good feel for what
"Finding the proper balance going on in senate, but is we
between qualified individuals and prepared for the potential]
people who are able to share "mind-boggling" experience th;
ideas is very hard," said accompanies the treasury pos
Bergland. He feels he has found tion. "He will be able to dra
such a group this year and that upon his past experiences whe
those who are best qualified for making those hard decisions ar
the positions are also those who giving advice."
are most willing to work togeth- Bergland chose Parchert
er. Parliamentarian because of h
"These people are strongest
in ability as well," Bergland said,
"which will work for the benefit
of myself, the senate, and the stu-dent
body."
Having a young executive
board was important to Berg-land.
"Youth doesn't have to
mean inexperience, but rather,
new perspectives," he said of his
new board members, whose
average age is 19.
"A young exec will bring a
newer, fresher attitude with
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the Elections Committee and the
Constitutional Revisions Com-mittee.
He also pointed out that
Parchert has worked closely with
Todd Bugg, former Parliamen-tarian.
Parchert expressed an in-terest
in reviewing senate's con-stitution,
said Bergland, and is
willing to make any modifica-tions
if necessary.
Concerning the IPC position,
Bergland felt no one else on cam-pus
was more qualified than
candidates
Porter. Having been involved
with the Financial Advisory
Board and campus media, as well
as IPC, Porter has gained a
greater awareness of what senate
does outside of Issues and Pro-gramming,
said Bergland. he
said Porter also has very solid
and clear ideas about the
speakers and programs he would
like to bring to Wesleyan.
SUC candidate Stearns was
chosen by Bergland primarily on
the basis of her management
skills and creativity. "She has
very good ideas about increasing
turnout for SUC sponsored
events," Bergland said. In the
year to come, he said, I think
noticeable improvements will be
seen under her leadership.
"SWHR needs a commissioner
that is a leader, who is respected,
and can be tough," said
Bergland, "and Ricci fits that
bill." He said Ricci will be suc-cessfull
as SWHR commissioner
because she isn't afraid to tackle
issues on this campus. She is also
very much tuned-in to what Stu-dent
Welfare is all about on this
campus, he said.
Bergland said he selected
Anderson for Media Commis-sioner
because of his leadership
potential and ability to learn.
"Those are his strongest points,"
said Bergland, "and are very
valuable as the Media Commis-sioner
must wear a lot of dif-ferent
hats and have a will-ingness
to learn what the job is
all about." He said Anderson also
has the proper skills and attitude,
and that he will learn quickly
what the job entails and do it
well.
Bergland said he has given this
new executive board a sense of
freedom that will allow them to
explore issues and problems out-side
their respective jobs.
A laborer works on replacing a busted pipe behind Buck Memorial
Library. IWU heat plant is supervising the operation which they ex-pect
to take at least a couple more days. Photo by Laurie Lindal
Argus wins awards
The Argus staff won third place
in the non-daily General Ex-cellence
category and placed in
four other categories at the Illi-nois
College Press Association/
Chicago Tribune awards cere-mony
last Saturday in Chicago.
Argus Editor Brett Johnson
won first place in the editorial
writing category for "This is
Wesleyan?", an editorial ques-tioning
the identity of Wesleyan
in the wake of increased enroll-ment.
Johnson also won third place
for column writing with a Speak
Easy entitled "The Argus is not
an excuse," in which he criticized
Student Senate's decision to
lower the Argus budget.
Rich Hatchett, Argus Sports
Editor, won first and third place
for sports column writing for two
Time Outs entitled "Paramutual
Prisoners" and "Loserville's
Messiahs," respectively.
Johnson, News Editor Heidi
Miller, -nd staff members Dave
Ruggles and Kelly Gaskins won
third place for in-depth reporting
for the special features "Crisis in
the Heartland," investigating the
current farm crisis in the coun-try.
Managing Editor Arlen Bowyer
was re-elected to the ICPA Board
of Directors as Small School
Director.
Volk and Weber evaluate senate year
By Rae Maurer
"I think the year went really
well. We were at a rebuilding
point," said current Student
Senate President Jill Volk. "Now
senate is at a takeoff point. I
think next year's exec board has
a lot of opportunities."
Volk added, "We wanted to
keep the budget stable, increase
programming, and vary pro-gramming."
The establishment of Fall
Break was Vice President Brad
Weber's major accomplishment
this year. He said he would like to
see it extended to two days and
believes that addition will come
in time.
Weber also wanted to see more
student input into the curriculum.
He met with various department
heads and asked them to meet
with their seniors to discuss the
department's program. Although
Weber's idea was not carried out
to its full extent, both the Chemis-try
and Physics departments will
be using his suggestions.
Weber is currently working on
a small schools leadership con-ference.
The April 26 conference
will involve small colleges from
the Midwest. Weber said differ-ent
Wesleyan faculty members
will be leading discussion groups,
along with members of the Board
of Trustees. Incoming Vice Presi-dent
Eli Allen will be assisting
him, and Weber hopes she will
plan to hold the conference next
year, too.
The Fall Carnival was a new
event for senate, said Volk. "It
was a philanthropy event for
Lighthouse, and we raised over
$400," she said. "It went really
well."
Weber praised the Media Com-mission
for its growth. "I think
media strengthened in all areas,"
he said. "Especially the radio
station."
"I'm happy with the year,"
said Weber. Both he and Volk felt
that such programs as Jeremy
Rifkin, Larry Linville, Wallace
Terry and the nuclear power
plant discussion helped make the
year successful. Said Volk, "I
would like to see the different
types of programming con-tinued."
Constitution programming starts
Dr. Sotirios A. Barber, from
the Department of Government
at the University of Notre Dame,
will speak on campus March 9.
Barber's presentations will kick
off Wesleyan's programming for
the 200th anniversary of the U.S.
Constitution.
Barber will be speaking at noon
in the Executive Lounge. His
theme will come from work he is
doing on judicial review.
His main address will be at 4
p.m. in the Davidson Room. His
topic is "Anamolies of New Right
Constitutionalism."
Barber is the author of several
books and articles on constitu-tional
interpretation and political
and moral philosophy. He con-fronts
the whole constitution in-stead
of examining it section by
section, and interprets it as the
nation's commitment to a good
society.
6, 1987
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