December 7, 1979 SGA Implements 26 Resolutions Publication of Direc- Meetings
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Vol. 57 James Madison ^University. Harrttonborg. Virginia Friday, December 7. l»7» No. 25 SGA follows projects New programs take time, Martin says By CINDY ELMORE Warren University Union, free ice- "This semester it's true, we haven't cream on Activities Day, Operation done a lot of new programs and Identification, Underprivileged Youth projects and initiated a lot of new Program, study space in academic things, but those things take time." buildings and expanded library hours That's the opinion of Dave Martin, during final exams week. Student Government Association More projects will be completed next president, reflecting on the SGA ac- semester, Martin said, particularly complishments in its first semester. since an increased number of student One reason for the inactivity is groups will come before the senate for because of Martin's presidency, he financing. said. "I am trying to place more emphasis THE STUDENT government should on the executive council and the senate be a last resort for funding, he em- cooperating on projects," he said. "It's phasized, but any group may come true, the executive council works faster before the senate with a request without the senate." (Continued on Page 2) Martin added that, in contrast, last year's executive council accomplished most of the SGA activities without the senate. NEVERTHELESS. Martin's goals I have remained the same, though his term of office has been significantly different than he expected at the beginning of the semester. Everyone naturally has a fallacy that things are going to go as they did the previous year, Martin said, adding that last year was the best year for student government at JMU. "I walked in here expecting people who work under me to work the same as the executive council did last year, but with four new people, this can't be done," he said. "This is a problem we saw last year. David is not Darrell. rnoro o«r uavia iuhnwn Things couldn't have stayed the same; I should have known that" Martin says he is proud of the Deck the halls projects that SGA has continued from last year. These include the SGA ...OR TREES. The holiday season spread its goodwill among dormitory calendar, used booksale, interest-free residents this week as evergreens were decorated with original creations or loan program, typing room in the stowaways from home. Dave Martin Era of crisis culminates with hope for future 9 Energy posed problem Things have to get better By DONNA SIZEMORE By DONNA SIZEMORE Surveyed At the close of the 1960s, Americans were anticipating a quiet America had a hallmark birthday as the country celebrated its decade to take stock of the race riots, political activism and the bicenntenial. overall tumult of the passing era. She lost her first war in what was dubbed, "peace with honor." D Instead they got Vietnam, Watergate, oil embargos, inflation A teary-eyed political giant resigned the country's highest students and terrorism. The seventies began with the death of four office in disgrace, and everyone began to doubt honest govern- students participating in an anti-war rally at Kent State and is ment. ending with the Iranian seizure of the United State's Embassy The United States watched her respectibility fade as quickly as reflect on and 50 of its employees. the fads that came and went. As the eighties lie before us, students of James Madison She looked on with helplessness as thermostats were turned University view the coming decade with optimism, despite down, children around the globe starved, tempers flared, and present troubles. violence fermented and exploded. 70s and '80s According to a recent Breete survey of 150 randomly selected It was the^seventies, a decade of turbulence and change, both at students, things are going to get better. home and abroad. I ■■ML. "M ■ 111 Over 100 of the students surveyed look to the coming decade with optimism. ' . AS STUDENTS at James Madison University and people all The world is "Sooner or later things have got to get better," one student across the world stand back and view the past ten years in said. "They can hardly get any worse." retrospect, the overall attitude here concering the past decade is /- one of pessimism, according to a Breeie survey taken recently. ours to mold . "THE WORLD IS ours to mold," another commented. "I've Of 150 randomly polled students, 110 view the decade with got faith in my generation." pessimism. Reasons most often cited were inflation, Watergate, Another student commented that things will get better the energy crisis and me Vietnam War. I've got faith "because it is my decade when I'll have my role in society as a One student called the seventies an era of "crisis after crisis." career person, a parent, a taxpayer, a voter, etc." Maybe it was long gas lines this summer, or perhaps jt was cold in my generation' Several students indicated that they viewed the coming decade living rooms last winter, but, the energy crisis was most often with neither optimism or pessimism, but neutrality. cited by JMU students as the most serious problem our country "I view the eighties with curiosity, as many events that are faced in the decade, as 58 students indicated on the survey. occuring in 1979 may shape what might occur in the eighties, "Resources of all types have been depleted," one student another added. commented. 'Continued on Page 9) (Continued on Page 9) ...'. • ■• v :• i \>.'t.-.' 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'This just makes it nice finance committee, and the junction with the Center for said that if the Board of In addition to the council three-credit James Madison Integrarjve Education. Visitors can cope with open members, one student, two history course,- also were SGA Treasurer Jeff meetings, so can he. But senators and one Breeze and legal I guess' approved. Bolander said the latter added mat nothing is decided reporter attended the Finally, approval was proposal should be tabled for in executive council meetings meeting. granted to proposals further study. that could not be Known by The council passed 10 senate semester, installation of providing punch and cookies "What assurance do we attending senate meetings or proposals ana tabled two. vending machines in Ashby for students at the annual have that it will do what it by looking through. SGA Hall, and removal of concrete Christmas tree lighting says it will?" Bolander asked, records. APPROVED WERE barricades along Duke's '.eremony, and the printing of adding if the proposal passes, 'This just makes it nice and proposals giving $100 to Inter- Drive. a map to the college farm in "we're saying 'yes, we en- legal, I guess," Martin said. nal! Council for its Lakefest Permitting committee next year's student handbook. dorse you/ but we don't know "It was bound to happen program held Nov. 10, a $1,000 chairpersons to have full The council tabled what the endorsement is for." • SGA (Continued from Page 1) by another source," Martin times when we discuss a Council, but instead is trying initiated. As an example, "Once it gets through said. "If they believe con- faculty member, ad- to work with it, Martin said. Martin cited last year's Food ' 'the finance committee, it has ventions are so important, ministrator.senator or "A mediation room was Service's refusal to serve diet a legitimate reason for they should propose that to student. Now we have to halfway to a chapel. But if drinks in the dining hall, so the' money, because it has already whoever funds them. watch what we're saying." we're going to have a religious SGA went to JMU President been screened. It's then up to "I'm sorry it gets turned One of Martin's primary center in Converse, we don't Ronald Carrier about it. the senate to agree or down by the senate all the goals for this semester, the need a meditation room. I am "It may take two weeks or it disagree." time, but we're not a free hand establishment of an in- not trying to run the religious may take two years. It doesn't Of an original $10,000 to fund conventions. I have to terdenominational meditation activities on campus, just to matter if the project is contingency . account, $7,331 say the newspaper enjoys room on campus, has fallen help them." completed under my ad- remains, at last record. blowing it out of proportion through. Several additional SGA ministration, as long as it is The major SGA funding and calling us nasty little The SGA had anticipated plans have been approved by done," Martin said. "I am a denial this semester was for names." receiving space for the room both the senate and executive student, too. I have classes; I the Chrysalis, JMU's literary underneath Grafton-Stovall council, but administrative have a social life.