Technician Volume LVI, Number 72 F to ' M . Strickland by Lynne Griffin
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Student Government spring runoffs today, tomorrow by Lynne Griffin ' He is coriberned about the effectiveness of the university “suitcase college." StaffWriter committees. commenting. "The voice coming from these “It seems like this place just dies on the weekends." he committees needs to be strengthened. We need to stick behind remarked. He would With the run-off elections for the offices of student body these opinions." like to bring more events to campus president and student senate president being today and during weekends to keep more students involved. tomorrow. CONCERNING HIS ideas in extending the library hours. “WE JUST need to work more for the students by going out the North Carolina Student Legislature conducted Strickland remarked. “I think we need to work on keeping just and solciting respoonses and just try as many things as its second candidate forum Monday night with the candidates the Erdahl-Cloyd wing open with a minimum staff for studying possible." he said. involved in the run-off respinding to questions asked by a panel purpose Lu Anne Rogers basically feels she is qualified to hold the consisting of representatives from the Technician. campus When asked if he felt he was as qualified in student office of student body president since she has served as student radio station WKNC-FM. and the Student Union. WKNC-FM government and administrative affairs as Lu Anne Rogers. his senate president this year. She stated she would represent the broadcasted the forum. opponent n the race. Strickland responded. “I have worked on student body president since she has served as student senate Bobby Strickland. candidate for the office of student body the administrative level and I have worked on several president this year. president. stated. “I would be willing to speak out on the committees giving me exposure with faculty members. I feel I f to frustrations of the students." He further remarked that he Lu Anne Rogers basically feels she is qualified to hold the ' M am very qualified and have worked with student government office ofstudent body president since she has served as student knew and understood the needs of the student body and would and the Student Senate.“ senate president this year. She stated she would represent the . Strickland be willing to voice their opinions on issues. Strickland would also like to end State's reputation as a student body to the best of her abitity if elected president. “I'm not going to make promises I can't keep. I realize the power of the student body president is limited but I will do the best I can to see that the students are well represented." she commented. Technician When asked for her feelings concerning student involvement in student government. Rogers stated. “Not all students are going to become involved with student government. They don’t North Carolina State University’s Student Newspaper Since 1920 all want to. But there is a place in student government for anyone who wants one and i will do all that I can to make the - Volume LVI, Number 72 Wednesday, March 31, 1976 students realize that there is a place for them in student government." SHE FEELS THAT more involvement with other student governments on other campuses is a good idea. She remarked that sometimes the problems smaller schools often have many of the same problems State's student goverment have. She feels more association with these student governments would Faculty Senate cuts drop period to two be beneficial. Rogers said a good way to find out how the students feel about certain matters is "to go to the student Senate and ask them to find out what the students that they represent think and then come back to the next meeting and find out." Roy Lucas. a student senate president candidate. stated that weeks, inserts drop cutoff at 12 hours if elected president he would do his best to make the student senate a more fair and just body. 7-3:: "There is no democratic legislation body that is efficient. It by Howard Barnett. way spoke in favor of the Anthony Danby. also a the amendment failed. 18-14. intention of his motion (to allow the Graduate School every Associate Editor committee recommendation of senator from PAMS. and a was not designed to efficient and it was designed to be fair two weeks. saying The Faculty Senate passed students to drop however many year. had decided to keep the and just. If any stud nt body president promises to make our that it would strong critic of the two-week another amendment further courses they wanted in the first present drop period. and since a student senate efficient. he does not know the legislation The Faculty Senate approved be an incentive for students to proposal. spoke for the amend- restricting the students' ability two weeks). but that he would number of undergraduates take a new grading policy for the take enough courses to com- ment. let it stand that way pending a graduate-level See “Run-off. " page 2 r. next academic year without plete studies in four years. to drop courses. The amend- courses. it was removing a provision cutting "There are a number of ment. introduced by Forest decision from the University on suggested that undergraduates the unlimited drop period to “There has been a lot of things that worry me about Resources Senator Ron Pear- exactly when a person became in those courses be allowed to two weeks. as was suggested at debate about this. and students forcing a decision in the first son. provides that a student a full-time student. The amend- keep the old drop period for the feel strongly about it." said two weeks of class. In the cannot drop. a course which ment was passed by one vote. those courses. last meeting. Ridgeway. “The fact is. though. calculus courses here. the first would leave him or her with Under the new system. the “I MOVE THAT the noxious Inside Today As the policy now stands. that in most programs here. it two weeks of class are spent in less than the 12 hour minimum student would bemallowed to drop policy approved by the students will be allowed to drop takes 16.8 hours per semester reviewing high school work and course load. Senate only apply to courses at as many courses as they want to graduate in eight semesters. the students don't really get the 400 level or less." said during the first two weeks of The percentage of students into the course until the third “This is trying to insure a Elkanrxwho had strongly classes. During the second and more satisfactory progress News...three jumped stories and Crier. we39¢ third weeks students may drop taking that many hours in the week ofclasses. I agree that the toward a degree." said Pearson. opposed the two-week drop. courses with a “W" grade to be freshman class is 18. and 28 advisor system needs to be “I was talking to a colleague of “I am teaching a 500 level recorded on their permanent percent of the upperclsssmen worked on. and I think maybe mine recently who was dis» course now and about two third records. are carrying that many. The that what needs to be done is to tressed because a student. of the students in it are S rte...Jimmy Carroll talks about Indiana... An amendment was intro- designation of full time student approve this amendment and against her advice. was deter- undergraduates. 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The fraction of pointing to the increase in the undergraduates at a disad- providing for the “W" grade to those who can get out in four structors do too. and when a vantage like that." said Danby. be given on the fifth and sixth control over what the student student drops a class the time The Entertainment...a review of Bruce Sprinsteen at weeks. years is less than half.” could take as a bad idea. and the instructor has invested is Facility Senate Chairmen amendment was not “THIS IS MERELY a com- RIDGEWAY ALSO asserted others saying that the economic wasted too." passed. however. and a substi- Duke...Workshoppe and Willie and the New Deal that the role of advisor on situation made it necessary to Sam Tove tute motion to the effect that String Band at the Village Subway...and Sam promlie between the current . MUCH ..0l,'. THE, err-ulna dro , mice .13 hour the drop policy for aduate Greenlee. author of the controversial f‘The Spook policy which I believe sets the campus had been. emphasised impose the tighter-remnant discussion centered on just mi mum only approval of students be determln ‘ by the drop period at six weeks and less and less recently.