By Peter Morscheck
STAFF WRITER
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'The 3,500 chairs placed
annually on Founders' lawn
rake two full days to set up.
This was one of many ob
servations made by Director of
Student Activities Dawn'
Wat.kirts when asked the par- !
ticulars of the biggest college
event of the year. Welcome to
Commencement. ?
That's right, seniors: Have
you submitted your yearbook
photo and quote yet? Have you
sent invitations out to your ex
tended family? Have you made
sure Joyce Eaton knows how
to pronounce your name prop
erly? Here's a friendly re
minder: graduation's a mere
78 days away.
This year's commence
ment ceremonies will begin
with an off-campus senior pic
nic on the afternoon of Thurs
day, May 4th. The mandatory
rehearsal starts Friday the sth
at 2:00 p.m.. Baccalaureate fol
lows that night at 6:00 p.m. in
Dana auditorium. Graduates,
families, faculty, and staff are
strongly encouraged to attend.
There will be a reception at
Ragsdale house beginning at
7:00 p.m. .
Then comes the big event.! i
The processional itself will be
gin outside Founders at 10:30
a.m. Saturday the 6th. Seniors
should try to hold their Friday
night partying to a minimum,
however, as the mandatory
line-up for processional begins
at an ungodly 9:00 a.m. that
morning. Free coffee and juice
will be provided, however.
December 1999 as well as
May 2000 graduates are eli
gible to walk the stage that day,
be it the usual set-up on the
lawn, or the rain-contingency,
Ragan-Brown fieldhouse. Pro
fessional photographers will
be on hand for both personal
ized photos and videos, al
though personalized videos
must be ordered in advance.
Preliminary choices for
student speakers were se
lected by vote early last fall, j
with results compiled by se- I
nior senator Eric Kaplan. Se
niors then chose among the fi
nalists last Tuesday during
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Student elections approach
Second Union ticket entered and approved despite lack of Steering
Committee experience.
By Karie Johnson
STAFF WRITER
Despite an extended dead
line, only one ticket meeting the
requirements is campaigning
for Senate. It is Jamie Clark's
ticket, and they are not happy
about the lack of competition.
The lack of interest that stu
dents demonstrate in Senate is
a major concern for them.
The candidates are: Jamie
Clark for president, Brian
Dumas for vice president,
Rebecca Wiggers for treasurer,
and Cynthia McKay for secre
tary.
They have developed a
rough plan to address students'
disinterest in student govern
ment. As Clark stated, they are
interested in "as many people
as possible getting involved in
Senate." They'd like to "tact
fully" (Dumas' word) get people
truly involved in campus issues
and not, as McKay put it, "just
whining in their dorms." An
other idea the ticket has is to
extend open invitations to Sen
ate meetings for trustees so they
do not just feel "the backlash of
angry students" and can have
more open lines of communica
tion with the community.
The ticket would also like
to address the atmosphere sur
rounding Senate. They do not
feel that Boren lounge's closed
doors enable the campus to feel
included or that the space's stiff
environment enables good com
munication. A more entertaining
environment might do a lot to
establish Senate as something
other than, what McKay dis-
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Senate frontrunners promise to hold office with dignity and
poise.
likes being referred to as: "those
type of people."
Clark would like to see Sen
ate relax with more fun but no
dumb games. Instead of any
thing silly, he'd like Senate to
"play freeze tag all over
Founders." Dumas, on the other
hand would just like to see
people comfortable knowing
that "Senate is not a popularity
contest" and nobody is going to
judge anyone too harshly.
McKay had an idea that one Fri
day night Senate could be held
in Dana at midnight and they
could they try to find the ghost
while discussing politics.
Wiggers wants to get stu
dents involved with Senate who
would never attend any of the
meetings. She would like to
make senators more available to
the students they are repre
senting. She wants to have
senators sitting at tables in
Founders lobby during lunch in
case someone has a voice that
might not otherwise be heard.
McKay agreed and would like
to see more emphasis on sena
tors bringing in ideas from stu
dents outside of Senate.
Clark mentioned some
thing about a bullhorn announc
ing the minutes but quickly got
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shot down amid a lot of laugh
ter.
As a group of senators, this
ticket is interested in more than
just getting people involved in
Senate. They are working on
several things that they would
like to see come to fruition
while in office. For instance,
Dumas would love to see as
many things moved from the
basement of Founders to King
as possible, such as the Career
Development Center, and have
a game room/student lounge put
in their place in Founders.
McKay wanted to add that if
any one wants, they can confer
ence on Lotus about King. They
are also interested in there be
ing space in King for photogra
phy and art.
In order to prevent getting
sick of each other, as Wiggers
joked they already are, they plan
on "talking about politics Jerry
Springer-Style" with "senate
wrestling matches" to get
people to agree. If it takes be
ing closed in with cigarette
smoke from Clark and McKay in
order to reach some resolutions,
Dumas is willing to die of lung
cancer for the greater good of
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AARON THOMPSON