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Students Support S.G.A. Election Results
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^ Student Government Association
for the upcoming school year were
(u" March 13 in the cafeteria. Results
y l^en Sewell as president for the ’79-’80
with 500 votes, Kevin Hopper as
, ^sident with 426 votes, Candi Arnold
Usurer with 523 votes, and Nancy
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College students turned out to vote
^lections. Each of the newly elected
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^ ent-to-be Ken Sewell is a rising
L ^be other three officers are rising
1)^ °res. It is only the second time in the
el college where a freshmen has
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as vice-president of the S.G.A.
jj Heaton, the current S.G.A. vice-
■ b Was the first. Freshmen participa-
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•j^Oe elections says a lot for the Class of
■iHi .*'®sults of the elections prove to be
.^bc experience and wisdom of
senior Ken Sewell and the “unadul-
of the youthful sophomores-
, Chey have not conformed to the
says Richard Heaton.)
ns have been raised concerning the
ballots. Originally four students
position of president. Two
Obtain their signature qualifications
New Student Government Association officers look over
election results. They are (L to R) Kevin Hopper, V-P;
Ken Sewell, President; and Candi Arnold, treasurer.
The position of secretary went unfilled and a decision
as to how the office will be filled is due after break.
Hearings On Draft Open in Washington
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^5^HINGT0N, D.C. (CPS)—On Feb-
' Sp John Stennis (D-Ms) rose in the
IV.I^ler to call for a “fair and equit-
\i,'btary draft. Chairman of the power-
>laj '^rmed Forces Committee, Stennis
{fj, the volunteer recruitment system
^be Selective Service struc-
Vfj disbanded in 1972—wasn’t working;
^o^^^'btply not getting the manpower.”
‘ L® ttionth later, hearings on the new
*ch would affect 11 million college
Well as the other 36 million Amer-
P C'tw,
6en the ages of 18-29, have begun
® House Armed Services Committee.
^ there are now several bills that
the draft, most would offer
'ations on the draft ended seven
I is jjJttpetus behind the calls for conscrip-
® Pentagon’s worry about declining
*' j b Department of Defense studies
j ast December show that the vol-
'i helped the armed forces fill
^ i^'H t ba manpower requirements in
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° percent in 1978. The Navy and
'tUot?. filled only 85 percent of their
The Army’s Ready Reserve
j\ I lor quick insertion into front lines
a military emergency, have only
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730,000 places filled. Defense
''’ould take 250 days to mobilize
^ recruits needed to meet an
S
P'n, (D-Wi) of the House Armed
^ O . ' imAAAAWAW
Of ^'“Ornmittee, still doesn’t like the
A !??"' draft. Peacetime conscription,
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't essentially unfair. To say we
b''crthrow or change the all
volunteer force just because you have a prob
lem with the reserves is to change 90 percent
because of a problem with 10 percent.”
If some see a new draft as an inevitability,
no one’s willing to predict just what form
conscription would take. Secretary of De
fense Harold Brown, for one, wants women
participating in the draft. On January 29 he
told the House committee that “registration
should include women if it takes place.”
Stennis, however, disagrees: “I don’t believe
(women) have the physical capacity for
rugged kinds of duty, such as driving a tank
over a terrain.”
Yet another version of the draft now
seeming to gain support is a universal service
plan, in which all people perform some kind
of “nationkl service.”
The idea was first proposed in 1906 by
Prof. Willion James of Stanford. He called
the plan “the moral equivalent of war.” Dif
ferent versions of the plan (and uses of the
phrase) have been floating around since. The
last such bill to come to Congress was in.
1970. Now, talk is that a universal service
plan could be adopted and in effect before
the fall, 1980, semester gets under way.
Jacqueline G. Wexler, president of Hunter
College in New York, is pushing the universal
service idea along with former Bryn Mawr
president Harris Wofford. They ask for vol
untary participation in projects tike tutoring,
social work, hospital aid, urban development,
and other, essentially non-military tasks.
Wexler, who helped form the Committee for
the Study of National Service in Washington,
D.C. in February, says mandatory registra
tion would probably be a part of the plan.
Yet it would, Wexler maintains, give men and
women an alternative to military service
should the draft be reinstated.
The idea has been formalized in a bill,
introduced in February by Rep. Paul
McCloskey (R-Ca). His “Youth Service”
plan would have all 17-year-olds of both
genders registering. The registrant could
choose between some non-military service
and becoming eligible for a military lottery.
The “service” of either choice would last
one year.
Still another version of the same idea
would give 18-year-olds four options. They
can put in two years of military service in
return for 36 months of education benefits or
training assistance. They could also sign on
for six months of active duty, followed by
another five and a half years in the reserves.
The other alternative mimic the choices open
under McCloskey’s plan.
President Carter, of course, has called for
some kind of mandatory registration for
18-to-26 year olds. The registration would
not necessarily be the same thing as auto
matic military service, but in all probability
the registrant would take tests and be classi
fied according to availability in case of
emergency.
But a staffer with the House committee
told CPS that “enough people are thinking
about a draft right now” to make it a reality
in the near future. Passage this year seems
slight, since Stennis’ Senate Armed Services
Committee already has a heavy workload this
session, and is not expected to vote it onto
the Senate floor.
and one dropped out of the race which left
one candidate, Sheldon Greene, running for
president. Ken Sewell then became drafted
as a ‘write-in’ candidate because of student
concern. As a ‘write-in’ Sewell was not
allowed to campaign himself. Fellow students
handled it.
Concern has also been brought up over
the position of secretary: no one ran. Martha
Crawford, an Appalchian scholar, received
the most write-in votes (53). Martha has
stated she would take the position. At the
present time it has not been made official.
It must first by okayed by the Election Open
Forum Committee and then radified by the
senate.
Voter turn-out at the elections was very
good. (“Fantastic,” says Richard Heaton,
“Students are really showing concern, disci
pline, and responsibility over student issues.”)
The drafting of Ken Sewell was the second
monumental item on campus in two weeks,
the first being the ‘Wonderful Wednesday’
protest. Students are proving they will get
involved.
Special thanks goes to the Election Open
Forum Committee headed by Gail Hudspeth.
The swearing in of new officers will take
place after Spring break.
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April 11, 1979.
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