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VOL. 48, NO. 37      Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan      Friday, March 1, 1968
SSAC MOVIE
"THE MOUSE
THAT ROARED'
6:30, 9:00
WARRINER
Students Sound Off at Open Hearing
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Rights
(Photo by Olmstead)
j STUDENT RIGHTS were openly discussed at Student Senate's open hearing Monday night. Steve
Rison (center) led a discussion in which opinions for and against various individual student rights
I were debated.
Freshmen's View
"Rison Running T Campaign
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The freshman class presented Student Body
I resident Steve Rison with petitions bearing
ever 4.0GQ student signatures favoring the Bill
c: Rights and Responsibilities  at Monday
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Freshman class president Stan Olson said that
j they were doing Rison's leg work. He feels that
Bison's method is pushing his own campaign.
Olson also implied that Rison is running an
"I" campaign for himself instead of a student
government campaign for the student body.
Bill Joyner, Livonia freshman, said to Rison
concerning the petition drive, "I don't think your
senators would have done it. I think you just
wanted another check in your column."
Hard to Understand
After the hearing, Rison said, "I find it hard
to understand that anyone could distort what I'm
trying to do."
"It was an inaccurate statement," he said. "I
can't do it by myself; I've said that many times.
I need them (students) to go out and help. It must
be a total student movement. All I can do is keep
the 'ball rolling.' "
'Keep ihe Ball Rolling'
Rison has spoken at several dorms and held
meetings with Board members, Student Senate,
University officials and students to keep the ball
rolling."
Rison said he appreciated what the freshmen
did through their petition drive He urged the
other classes to become involved because as long
as the administration thinks only a few students
are backing the Bill, it won't get passed.
The freshman class organized the petition
drive in which volunteers manned tables in dormitories and other campus buildings during the campaign to gain signatures.
The Sound of Music
Work Now Underway
On New Legislation
by JOE BAKER
Life Staff Writer
An ad hoc committee to draft new legislation for the Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities was set up by Student Senate Monday
night.
The committee is composed of three student
senators, one executive officer, three faculty members and four University administrators. The committee is charged with making student demands
in the Student Bill of Rights more specific in hopes
of gaining Board of Trustee approval at their
March 20 meeting.
Student Vote
The administration and faculty on the committee will serve as consultants. Only the student
members will have a vote.
Serving on the committee are President Judson
W. Foust, vice presidents Wilbur E. Moore and
John H. DeCarlo, Dean of Student Personal Services C. Milton Pike, assistant professors Richard
S. Brooks, William T. Bulger and Daniel B. Weber,
Student Body President Steve Rison and student
senators Donna Long, Steve Banyon and Lou
Oates.
Following Student Senate, an open hearing was
held to give the committee ideas in determining
which direction should be taken regarding the
new legislation.
Majority Freshmen
The majority of the approximately 150 students
at the hearing was freshmen. The administration
and the Board of Trustees were invited. However,
none attended.
The Board of Trustees had rejected the Bill
last week pending further revision and clarification by the students.
The Board's main objection was the Bill's present form, specifically Amendment Five which calls
for an end to the administration's philosophy of
"in loco parentis" (acting in place of a parent).
At Monday's meeting students expressed varied
opinions on how to improve the Bill thus giving
the newly formed committee a direction to take.
Bargain Policy
One student pointed out that students have to
bargain for what they want. He thought the attitude rather than the clear cut lines of the Bill
should  be changed.
"Don't scale down your demands," he said.
"Get what you want, no substitutes."
"Let the law take care of the student, not the
University," was another student's comment. "The
basic premise is we should only be punished if
we are hurting the University."
Most students agreed that the students can't
deny the University the right to protect itself.
"Anything affecting our education is under
this institution (Central)," said Kathy Bruce, Detroit sophomore. "Anything else is under our
citizenship."
Discipline  Question
Most students feel the Board has to know when
they can or can not discipline a student, according
to Student Senate opinion expressed at the meeting.
"We do have responsibilities to the University,
but they often forget that they have some responsibilities • to us," said Tony Brigham, Ann Arbor
senior.   -
He said that in the past the University has
dematriculated students before they were convicted by outside authorities.
Graduate assistant Ralph Harris told students,
"You have got good leadership ... go out and
sell your case."
Band  Ensemble To Perform Sunday
(Photo by Olmstead)
j fHEN YOU'RE "captain of your block," or
grtft of the gang you have to resemble one.
I well. the new look for dictators is to be bald
J* wear an eye patch like Kimble Fajrchild
01 frankford. Fairchild has been his block
CaPtain" for eight years.
The CMU Concert Band and Symphonic Wind
Ensemble will present the Winter Band Concert
qnndav at 4 p.m. in Warriner Audit oi mm.
The progiam will include William Schumans
"Chestei Overture," a Swiss march by Ernst Lu-
thold   "Funiculi Funicula" Denza's famous Italian
SS soFng and Mitch Leigh's "Man £1***^
The. 90-oiece Concert Band will be aireciea uy
EdS OdegU a visiting faculty member from
the University of Dubuque.
Performing for the evening concert at 8 will be
the Symphonic Wind Ensemble. The 55-piece group
will present a program of compositions by Shostakovich, Aaron Copland, Gian Carlo Menotti, Samuel Barber and Vassily Kalinnikov.
The wind ensemble will be directed by Jack
Saunders, assistant director of bands and instructor
in music.
Both con"""**, are free of charge.
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