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Seattle nivU ersity ScholarWorks @ SeattleU The peS ctator 5-20-1987 Spectator 1987-05-20 Editors of The pS ectator Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator Recommended Citation Editors of The peS ctator, "Spectator 1987-05-20" (1987). The Spectator. 1784. http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator/1784 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The peS ctator by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. Non-Profit Org. PAID Seattle Seattle, WA PermitiMq12783 Universitii VoILVI,No.68 (478-800) theSpectator Wednesday,May20, 1987 First woman president Hall council Executive officers elected to restructure Moreevents withASSU By Kurt Moore SpectatorReporter Nextyear'sresidencehallcouncilmay berestructured,according to the council president Preparation for theelection of nextyearsmembers has already started. Christie Higgins, council president would like to see next year's council createmorestudent activities that would be supportedby both thecouncil and the Associated Students of Seattle University. "We are trying to restructure the council and have it in conjunction with ASSU," said Higgins. Along with increased activities, Higgins wants the council to receive recognition as aleadership organization for students. Thecouncil sponsors the "Shaft Your Rommtnate Dance" andco-sponsors the SpringfestCarnival with ASSU. Higgins saidthebudgetfor nextyear's council will double. Each incoming resident student next year willpay a$10 activity fee insteadof$5, sheadded. "There isdefinitely potentialfor more activities," said Higgins, adding that ASSU '87-88 officers, left to right, Joe Levan, executive vice president, such ideas as a parents weekend and a Tina O'Brien, president, and Alex Barashkoff, activities vice president. The studentdirectoryhavebeenexamined. officers reviewed their goals andplans for the coming schoolyear. The council consists of a president, vicepresidentanda .secretary,along with threerepresentativesfromeachresidence O' Brien. "If something (for women) mentof incoming freshmen. hall. Higgins said next year each resi- By Susan Kendall comes up we'll look at doing it. But, SpectatorReporter All three officers said they will have dence hall will have one more repre- I'm here torepresenteveryone,not justa no problem working with each other. sentative. specialinterest group." "It's perfect. Joe's a realist, Alex is" Next year's elected council members Seattle University's threenewly elect- Levan,a junior majoring inpolitical edexecutiveofficers, TinaO'Brien,presi- imaginative, and I'm an analyst," said will be able to live in a private room, science, normally $900, $750, price dent;JoeLevan,executive vicepresident; sees his role as executive vice O'Brien. for the of a and Alex Barashkoff, activities vice president as making sure things go Levan andO'Brien bothagreedthat,as double. Council members have never president; emphasized that ASSU's smoothly, providing documentation on officers, they should only receive 60 receivedanycompensation,Higginssaid. restructuring will require them to use things that happen at board meetings, percent tuition remission. The She hopes this will attract more restructuringcommittee lowered the fig- applicants. urefrom the 80 percent officers received Applications for the council can be this past year. Board members will pickedupatanyresidencehallfront desk 'It's perfect. a realist, Alex is receive no less than 15 percent tuition and will be accepted from May 11-22. Joe's remission. Previously senators did not Interviews will be May 26-28, with imaginative, and I'm an analyst," -Tina receive compenstation. decisions madeby this years council on the 29, saidHiggins. O'Brien,newly elected ASSU president. this year as a stepping stone to improv- and providing a structure that is ing studentgovernment. "balancedby flexibility and openness." With the restructuring of ASSU, Openness andrespecting what others to say today O'Briensaid it would behard to compare have will play a big role in Board elections start her goals for thepresidency withthose of avoidingconflicts that occurred this year within student government,Levan said. previouspresident,AbbeyGhermay. primary Hahn,sophomore. Hesaid problemsneed to becaughtearly A election for four at-large She said she sees the president's role student board representativepositions will Graduate student seat: James Gore, board, as chairperson of the with a tie- before they become big, "Get them be held today. Thursday will be the final Ist yeargraduate. vote; representative wave, breaking asa for SU while they're just a rather than a elections for the at-large candidates and Minority student seat: Lorine campus; "hopefully" outside the as tidal wave." other board seats.Voterscan vote for three Singleton,junior;TerriHyde,freshman. having trustees; a seat on the board of Levan said he will try to balance his special interest seats and vote for four International student seat:Gurdev Singh andasbeingaccessible tostudents. role as a student and officer,doing the at-large positions Bassan, junior; Ghermay, 1 seats.Candidates for the Timnit O1O Brien said she will fight for meet- best he can do, while not taking things are as follows: sophomore. ings with SU President William Sul- too seriouslyand trying tobe flexible. At large candidates: Andrea Residence Hall student seat: ivan,S.J. and thefaculty senate. Barashkoff,a relativenewcomer toSU Soulier,sophomore; Deatra Scott, junior; Benny Allen, freshman; Dave Paul, O'Brien, a junior majoring in psy- as a junior transfer student from John Nierenberg, sophomore; Audrey freshman. chology,defeated challengerMike Shee- Shoreline Community College last year, Hamlin, junior; Ann Bunger, freshman; Commuter student seat: Richard han,a juniormajoring ineducation. She promises "nextyear willbe thebest." Julie Fout, sophomore; Ray Fernandez, Peterson, senior '88; Tanguy Martin, is the first female ASSU president at Barashkoff said changes he will make senior; Jim Davis, sophomore; Tom freshman; Susie Dixon. SU. in activities will include more small Potter, freshman; Pat Demuth, Non-traditional seat: Brent win to O'Brien said sheattributes her events during the week,better publicity, sophomore; Sue Weibler, sophomore; Tuckfield,senior; YvetteWright, junior. "timing" and did not think being a better coordination of events to avoid Maybelle Ocampo, sophomore; andMark womanfactoredin therace. conflicts, bigger bands, more outdoor feminist," "I'm not a hard-core said events and trying to raise the involve- News May 20, Spectator 2 1987/The IPS returnsto politicalscience dept. degrees By Barbara Gracia College, which then only held the mas- 1983 when the college went under Students will still receive in administration, said, SpectatorReporter ters of public administration program. program review by the SU academic public Hogan and Despite different curriculums,Hogan felt council. With only one program in the curriculum for both departments will Theongoingeffort to findapermanent both programs geared students toward 1977 and two with the merger in 1980, remain thesame. home for SeattleUniversity'sbachelor of similar professional fields andshould be the council felt it would be more Hoganexpressedexcitement about the public administrationprogram hasended. housed together. efficient to disband the IPS college and new addition and finds it a "good The program will return to the political Hisefforts paid off in the fall of 1980 relocate itsprograms toalargercollege. compliment to the political science science department where it originated when both programs were united in the Curriculumchanges for the college in department." The two will have a focus," more than10 years ago. IPS college with a single cost center for 1984-85 put therelocationon hold until "strong public policy he added. Proper placement of the program has budgetpurposes. 1986. "It's a positive gain for both depart- been "a chronic issue for 10 years," said Before thedust could settle from the Then Esther Mills, coordinator and ments." JamesHogan,coordinatorandadvisor for merger, however, relocation issues for advisor of the IPS college, started Thecurriculum ofboth departmentsis world, the undergraduate public administration the entire IPS college started to surface, researchingoptions and looked seriously setup to sensitize students to the program. Hogansaid. into the possibility of merging the col- Hogan said. Thepolitical sciencedepart- After coming to Seattle University in According toHogan,questionsregard- lege with the Schoolof Education. ment will be "enriched" by the addition 1976 Hoganpushed to have the program ing location of the IPS college, dating Her talks with James Gilroy, dean of of thepublic administrationprogram,he moved to the Instituteof Public Service back to 1977, were brought up again in the school of education;David Pollick, said. "Political science majors can now dean of arts and sciences; and John minor inpublic administration." Topel,academic vice president,resulted Hogansaid public administrationma- in a decision that only thecurriculum of jors are happy the controversyhas been Fountain, park will resolved. They have positive feelings area the masters program was acceptable in the collegeof education. about the interactions with thepolitical science department,he said. The search continued until thisspring, Hogan's duties as coordinator and fill MarianHallvacancy with a final decision made by Mills, advisor