1964-03-13; Central Michigan Life

              Candidates Vie for Positions
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(LIFE Photo by John Carroll)
;IT'S GREAT TO be a winner. Dave
bon. four-year veteran of CMU basket-
I warfare, closed out his career a winner
Saturday as CMU downed Northern
hois, 65-62 for the IIAC basketball title.
Here Nelson is being carried off the floor on
the shoulders of part of the crowd that mobbed the entire team following Saturday's big
win. Nelson has been voted Central's Most
Valuable Player. (See story on page 11)
Joseph Sweeney, student
body vice president, is running for student body president in Tuesday's election on
the Voice ticket.
Sweeney has been in student
government for two full years
and has served on the Student
Senate public relations committee, judiciary committee,
Homecoming steering committee and was a member of
SSAC.
Robert Burkett, student body
treasurer, is running as an independent for the student body
presidency.
Burkett, in his three years
in Senate has been a member
of every Senate standing committee. He was public relations director, was nominated
for Outstanding Senator of
the Year 1962-63 and is presently the news editor of
WCMU-FM.
Completing the Voice ticket
are Gene Ragland, D u r a n d
sophomore, for vice president,
James Hasselback, Berkley
senior, for treasurer and Beverly Lisiecki, "Warren junior,
for secretary.
The other candidate for student body vice president is
T. J. Marietta, Kalamazoo junior, running as an independent.
Larry Strieker, Rogers City
junior, is on the ballot for
Men's Union president.
Steven Frank, Seattle, Wash.,
junior,  is running for  Senior
representative for Men's Union.
Senior Class:
President
David Roberts, Lake City, and
Frank   Smotherman,   Hazel
Park.
Vice   President
Terry Moore, Midland.
Secretary
Diane Martin,  Pinconning.
Senator
Robert Feague, Traverse City,
and   William   Primm,   Mount
Pleasant.
Junior Class:
President
Bill Saffady, Detroit and Wil- *
liam  Bartman,   Caseville.
Vice President
Mary Beth Miller, Garden City
and John Belda, Detroit.
Treasurer
Jill Helgemo,  Dimondale  and
Thomas Horgan, Mount Pleasant.
Secretary
Dorothy Nelson, St. Joseph and
Donna Sherry, Grand Rapids.
Senator
Karen Curry, Mount Pleasant
and Timothy Kolher, Poseville.
Sophomore Class:
John Johnston,  Mount Pleasant.
Vice   President
John Ryan, Waterford.
Treasurer
Lynne Johnson, Northville and
Paige Sargent, Rochester.
Senator
Linda Hale, Dowagiac and Jim
Sweeney,  Mount Pleasant.
An Editorial
iurkett Best Man
Bob Bur.-: ?tt is a man who will bring Student Gov-
imment to the students, and for this reason, Life
leartily endorses him for the office of student body
resident. When we go to the polls Tuesday, we cast
iurvoie for him. This is not a prediction as to who the
,nnner will be, but rather the unanimous approval of
he Life editcnai board after interviewing both Burkett
md Joe Sweeney.
We.su::rort Burkett because we feel that his plat-
orm is practical and concerns a majority of the stu-
lenis, ana .n some cases all of them. Sweeney, the
""flier candidate, has perhaps good ideas but they are
Primarily concerned with student government and not
he constituencies it represents.
. On Burkett's platform is the issue of all-university
pregistration, something which concerns all students
Jot Central. Pre-registration is done at many other state
Institutions so why couldn't it be done at Central? Right
w it is limited to the Biology and Sociology depart-
nents and Surkett feels it should be all-university. _
(What might prove to be a very controversial point,
but one that should be brought out, is university jurisdiction over students when they are away from the
campus en weekends and during the summer. Burkett ,
feels that me school should state a definite policy, pos-
" Y mere liberal -than the present vague policy. _
Another issue large in scope but not entirely impossible is :he re-evaluation of classes at Central. According t: Burkett, this would include the required
courses ana television courses such as Personnel ana
Speech 1C1  which might have become outdated.
Should the women students in the dormitories have
abetter cunt system, or should they have the point
system at -II? Burkett feels the present policy is too out-
Wed and stringent upon the women. After all, the men
«ents do not get "points" if they don't wear slippers   ,
"afoe halls, he said. . krrnA
Sweeney stated his platform will take a stanu
When needed, get the judicial system implemented, ex-
fond and name the "Big Eight Committee (a committee formed to solve Greek-Independent problerns), maice
•"». senate committees more active, raise student pay
[otes (something which has already been planned or
fy the administration), and have no hours for senior
w°men, those over 21 and honors students via a com-
feted system. ,   . .    +Vl0
*     From our viewpoint, Burkett wants to bring_tne
ffent government TO THE STUDENTS, and not keep
; confined to a select group concerned primarily wun
fe welfare of student government. He is aware oi proc-
fms which face a majority of students, in most cases  „
.£*yane. Unfortunately, Sweeney is so concerned with ,
I-*J«tent Government that he seems to have forgotten ^
TOt the students. . ,v pn_ *
,   We are not trying to predict a wmner-only en   ,,
*sing the candidate we think will do the best 30b has f
the most realistic platform and is primarily concerned ,
v'»h the students. Bob Burkett is this man.
MICHIGAN'S   NUMBER   ONE   COLLEGIATE   WEEKLY
VOLUME 45 CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1964 NUMBER 20
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE DECISION
Six Petitions Disqualified
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Six petitions for next Tuesday's elections were thrown
out by the elections committee
because they did not meet the
specifications of the lelections
rules.
Disqualified from participa-
ing in the election were the
following  candidates:
Rosalie Lesinski, Sophomore
class secretary; Mary Jane
Dieke, senior class treasurer;
Paul Henne, sophomore president; Jane Evans, student
body treasurer; Louise Strong,
sophomore class secretary; and
Phil Kirby, junior class vice-
president.
Four of the candidates contested the  elections  commit-
Eight Finalists
In Dodds Contest
Eight of forty-two students
qualified for the final reading
in the Dodds Poetry Reading
Contest. N
The preliminary reading was
held Wednesday afternoon and
judged by 12 members of the
Speech and Drama Department faculty.
I Qualifying for the final cori-
I test were: Dianne Kaldahl,
Loraine Leis, Mary Jean Mil-
lick, William Primm, Meredith Rogers, Patrica Stachurski,
Elizabeth Watchko, and Don
Wennsten.
The final contest will take
place Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in
the University Center Ballroom. Judges for the contest
will be Wilbur E. Moore, vice-
president of academic affairs,
Emil R. Pfister, Speech and
Drama department head, and
Jean- B. Mayhew, Speech department.
tee's action at a special session
of Student Court Monday
afternoon. The Court denied
all four appeals.
Miss Lesinski, Miss Strong
and Henne were denied their
appeals because they failed to
sign their petitions as specified in Article VI, Section C
of the elections rules which
state that "the first complete
signature (full name and campus address) on the first petition will be that of the prospective candidate."
James Hasselback, counsel
for Henne and Miss Lesinski,
argued that the rule was
vague because it did not say
whether a candidate should
should sign at the top of the
petition or on the first line
marked number one.
Hasselback explained it is
difficult to get students to run
for office and that the elections committee discouraged
candidates from running by
enforcing minor rules that
need  clarification.
Miss Strong also put her
, name on the top of the petition rather than on the first
line because she felt this was
the correct procedure. She
stated that the intent of the
law was to keep a petition
from being circulated without
the candidate's consent but
that she circulated the petition herself so she wasn't violating the intent of the law.
Miss Dieke, also defended
by Hasselback, did sign on the
right line but failed to have
someone sign the last line of
the last petition to verify the
authenticity of the signatures.
The Court ruled that the
candidates should have been
more conscientous and made
sure they understood the election rules before they handed
in their petitions.
The Court felt that the rule
was clear enough and that responsibility to understand the
rule lay with the candidates.
Cassie McClothin, chief justice, stated after court adjourned that the rule should
be revised but that the Court
had no other alternative than
to interpret the rule as it read.
The election rules are usually approved as a courtesy gesture by Student Senate but no
approval has been given yet
this year.
'Giis' Scholle to
Speak Thursday
Michigan AFL-CIO president
August Scholle will talk on
"Labor's Role in Business" at
8 p.m. Thursday in Warriner
Auditorium.
Scholle is sponsored by the
Business Fraternity to present
labor's views to the academic
world and public at large.
Prior to the lecture in Warriner Auditorium, a banquet
will be Held in Scholle's honor at the Embers. This banquet is open to members of
the business fraternity, their
guests, and members of the
Business School faculty.
Scholle will give a short talk
at this meeting.
Tickets for the banquet are
available from fraternity officers and in the office of the
School of Business Administration. Deadline for ordering
tickets is Monday at 5 p.m.
The meeting at 8 p.m. is
open to the public. Scholle will
speak for approximately one
hour with a question and answer period to follow.
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