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For more information, please contact [email protected]. ...~ ~\~ J Union Ponders Election Reforms By BILL CAINE open primary would be held. by Ed Egnatios, who paral­ voters do not come out in Due to numerous challenges Should any candidate pull leled efforts here to those on great numbers to primaries, ade upon the Student Union 50% plus one, he would be the national level towards the t·ather only a fraction of the enate election code this year, declared the winner and there­ abolition of the e 1ector al voters turn out. Mike :Meehan, three new measures were in­ fore not be required to enter college. chairman of the r ules comit­ troduced into the Senate for a general election. If candi­ Arguments against direct tee and vice-president elect, reform. Primarily complaints dates fail to pull such a ma­ election of the vice president proposed that programs could were directed toward the jority, a general election by Mike Meehan, vice presi­ be initiated to turn out the closed primary in the Senate '':ould be held at the end of dent elect, who said, "The vice vote. Perhaps if students were for the Presidency and the the third ·week. president can do a lot with the made aware of the decisive­ fact that the UniOJ{ vice-presi­ The chief advantage of this Senate, if he has been elected ness a primary could have, dent was not elected at large. proposal is that the vice pres­ by them. There should be a they would turn out in as great numbers as for gener al The Rules Committee has ident would be directly depen­ focal point between the execu­ taken the thJ"Ce difi'erent pro­ dent upon the student body tive and the Senate. The vice elections. posals and amalgamated them for his election. Ed Egnatios, president is the one who can Ticket of a president and a into a single bill calling for a proposer of one of the bills provide it." vice president might well arise the direct election of the \'ice­ that was incorporated into by Ed Egnatios. who paralled from this proposal. Sh·eifen· president of the Student this bill, spoke of the office of a similar measure, spoke der said, "a ticket won't pre­ t:nion. of the vice president as being of a three week campaign as sent any great problems." Other clauses of the bill greater than it was meant to "increasing the ability of the Meehan dismissed the idea provide for a three week cam­ be. He feels that the vice pres­ candidate to meet the student of split tickets saying that paign for the offices of presi­ ident is a representative of all body, while decreasing the voters could perceive which dent, vice president, and the students. not just the public relations, such as signs candidates had similar ideolo­ Chairman of the Judicial Senate. and badges." gies, but he did not altogether Board. At the end of the sec­ Arguments fot· the direct An obvious disadvantage of rule out the possibility of split ond week of the campaign, an election include that offered the primru·y proposal is that tickets. ASN Wrestlers Attacked The l;arroll News Page 5 Repreaenting John CarroU Univer•ity OHIO'S BEST BI-WEEKLY COllEGE NEWSPAPER Volume lll, No. 13 UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, OHIO March 20, 1970 Corro/1 Biology Deportment to Host Major Att11lemic Ecologite! Seminor Often considered the world's of tlw Interior for Water and Pow· "The l'C<"<>nt massive attention largest sewer, Lake Erie will er nc,•clopment, and Dr. Luna B. gh·en to the problems oi environ­ undergo its first major aca­ Leopold, senior research }lydro­ ment is a very encouraging trend," logist o fthe Interior Department's Skocll said. "The more people be· demic ecological study in North· U.S. Geological Survey, will head­ come awat·e or the dangers of pol­ em Ohio nex-t Tuesday, March 24, line the American Value Series lution in all its fonns, the better ill Kulas Auditorium. The one day off we will be. seminar, "Tbe Em·ironmcntal Prob­ l'onference. Dr. Edwin Skoch, as­ lems or the Lake Eric Ballin," will sistant profe!'sor of biology, will "We beJie,•e that John Carroll give the keynote address. be conducted by the Biology Dept. can make an effective contribution or John Carroll. The t•onference '1\'ill concentrate at this time by presenting a defini­ Two outstanding figures in water on Lake Erie and will be concerned tive pkture of Lake Erie, the land ecology and conservation, Hon. with definitions of pollution prob­ and water use of the surrounding James R. Smith of the Department lems rather than on the solutions. population, and chemical and bio­ ----- logical factors affecting the lake. "Clearer understanding of this total picture will assist the Yarious group;; involved in making the most CAlC Plans Art nteltigcnt solution to the problem." A11 students and faculty mem­ bers are invited to attend sessions ~ . Show, Festival of the conference in the morning CN Photo by Mike Cr~bill URGING A UNITED FRONT among students in support of Open By JILL BRENT Dorms, Tim Russert (left) and Ed Egnatios ask students to apply The Cleveland Area Intercollegiate Council is presenting Where is t he Student­ pressure on members of the Student Affairs Committee to gain its second annual music festival tonight in Kulas Auditorium Teacher e'-nlun.tion that has its approval. at 8 p.m. Admission is free. After the concert, there will l)e a been promised 7 Will the evaluation be mixer in the gym. ready for the studeuts for Chris Streifender, presiclont of vet'Sity to the Council, we w111 be , pre-registration this spring Student Affairs Committee \.he C.A.l.C., pointed out, "The mu­ able to mot·e eff~tlvely speak for ... for preregistration next tlic festival repre sent!~ a unique op­ the college community of Cleve­ fall? portunity to hear and Set• several land. \\•c look forward to taking a Will the evaluation become of the outstanding college music more adiw role in communitv and another project doomed to To Report on Open Dorms groups in our area. It ,o:hould be a intercollegiate affairs." · failure by the ending of the verr worthwhile experience.'' school year? After months of frustration, surveys, petitions. letters, The C.A.T.C. is alllo planning an .. _ and debates, the Student Affairs Committee is expected to Art show !Cfl' April 13·25. There release its resolution concerning the question of Open Dormi­ will be an entry fee or 81i cents fo1· -- torjes either today or early next all pieces. Entries must be t;Ubruit.­ Minarik New and llftcrnoon free of cha1·ge. Those who desire to attend the din­ week. t~.>d by April 9. The motion from t.he committee Another project th:tt the Coun­ ner in the O'Dea Room that eve­ In a meeting this week with would be forwarded to Dr. James c:I is currently working on is an Editor-in-CIIiel ning at which James R Smith will ~like Meehan, Ute Dorm Council Lavin, Vice-President for Student Editor's Workshop for all Ute edi­ . speak should contact :'\Ir. Kantz in President and a member of the Affairs, and from there to Fr. tors-in·chief of the college papers Pete :Minank, twenty yea1·1 the Public Relations office by noon Student Affairs Committee, stawd Schell, President of the Univer­ in the area. This will be the first old junior from Fairview :\londay. that tooay's meeting had this ques­ sitr. and then on to the Board of time that the aren's collrge editors Park. is the new Editor of the tion on the agenda and a resolu­ Truswes for final approval. hnve met ns a group. Carroll News. The appointment tion is supposed to be formulated. On Wednesday, March 11, near­ The C.A.I.C. was founded in w:ts announ~ed at the :\larch 10 King Lear will be present­ As to when exactly the public re­ ly 300 students gathered in Kulaa ed 1968 to pro,;de an org:t11ization Student Union meeting by the for­ al John Carroll University lease of the resolution would be Auditorium to rail~· for open through which the Cle,·e.land area mer e-ditor, Joe Washdo\'ich. on Saturday, 1\tarch 21 at published, Meehan was unable to dorms. Ed Egnntious and Tim Rus­ college~ could communicate. A Sociology major, Minarik h35 8:30 p.m. in Kulas Auditor· 53)'. sert spoke to the crowd telling At present, there are ·16 council been with the News !lince his fresh­ ium by the National P layen~ Although the Student Affairs them that it was up to the stu­ members. man year serYing in the various of Washington, D.C. Ticket Committee is an integral step in dent body to demonstrate their Commenting on the Council, capacities oC feature writer, news prices are $2.00, $1.50, and the final approval of the measure, support for the issue and to write Streifender aaid, "witll the addi­ l'eportt.•r, a:>st.