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the RIDe6KinD6R THE PMimSITY OF HORTH CAROLIMA AT ASHIVILLE After reviewina the case concerning certain overdue bills concurred by V7UNF, the Justice CoTtunission sugaested to the Sen ate that they should perhaps investigate certain loopholes in the student constitu tion. There is no bill in the consti= tution pertaining to bill enforcement. Placed on the com mittee to investigate certain issues ari- sincT from the rec- commendation by the Justice Commission were Senators George Swift, Jackie Ste phenson, Dill Bulmer, and Dennis Hannan. ^A^OBS PIQHT. FOR RBPRlSENTAtlOV IjSsIlg Ds&nt in loss ot vote on said issue; should an elected senator fail to do so twice, the senator shall lose his or her senate seat and an election by 50% of his constituency would be necessary to fill the vacated seat." The committee sug- geated that this a- mendment would add the element of represen tation that is so lackina in the Senate now. It was the gen eral concensus of the Senate that just being elected by students does not necessarily provide the element of representation that is needed. Rut several Mr.Deason. along v;ith Vice President David Ramseur, chair of the meetinqs, presented the arcTunent that the senate is also an edu cational experience. Senator Swift replied that if an educational exnerience without ac tual representation of the students is all the senate really is, per haps course credit should be given for the experience. David Ram- seur stated that the Political Science de partment might be in a VETERMr3' KSCORfiS HAY HAVI SSCRST COSSS (CPS)—Veterans v;ho have had an abnormal amount of trouble get ting a job may have been the victims of a previously secret inadeguate personali ty and 14 different classifications for homosexuality. Terms like "resignation for the good of the ser- military discharge code, vice" leave the res- That code will now be removed from a ve teran's discharge pa pers at the veteran's request, though prob lems caused by the numbers are just be ginning to surface. From 1947 until July 1, 1974 the De partment of Defense (DOD) secretly clas sified every person discharged from the military—whether un der honorable condi tions or not—with a three digit Separa tion Program Number Among the SPN ca tegories are bed wetting, unsanitary habits, aberrant tendencies, patholo^ cfical lying, low IQ, der's imagination what the former sol dier's undesirable characteristics are. The codes were available to schools and corporations in screening applicants. Reporters found they could obtain copies of the code from the DOD public relations. But veterans were and for the most part, still are left in the dark. MOre than 800,000 veterans have been branded with ad verse SPN niimhers. None were informed of the blot c'n their permanent record, most were not confronted with any formal charae, (p.3) AMBNSKBItT TO eduoatiou act BULM€^, JiTfwevso/v'y ^&/^AT€ AtHCC. The question arose during their deliber ation that if their is no effective manner by which bills can be enforftd at UNCA, does this not mean that the Student Senate is lit tle more than drama tized legislation? The committee produced a series of alterna tives to the senators that would help add pur pose to the senate. The most controversial of these seemed to be alternative 4, to amend article III of the constitution; "Each Elected senator must poll 20% of his or her constituency on any issue involving $200 or more. This poll must be presented to the senate in writ ten form . Failure do so shall result senators argued that students are not in formed enough on the issues at hand to make competent judgements. That the students are not informed is not entirely their fault, the other senators ar gued. This is also a function of the stu dent senate. The debate proceeded with Senators Swift, Stephenson, and Bulmer stating that if the senate was not willing to take the extra time to find out from the students themselves how they react to cer tain legislation, then of what use is the senate? The chancellor has the last say on all issues regardless, so the mere passing of position to offer two hours for the work if additional books and papers were in cluded. Senator Swift explained that his statement was made in sarcasm, to prove a Under the terms of an amendment to the Education Act of 1965, sponsored by James Buckley of New York, college students now have access to con fidential school files kept on them. This in cludes high school and college personal' recommendations. The law, which goes into effect on Nov.20, al lows students 18 yrs. the Student Govern- legislation is all that office, or by a really goes on each Monday night. Applications are now oeing accepted for the position of business manager and/or manaqina editor of the P.idgerunner for the Spring semester. For inforfiation, contact Leslie Deane, editor. point. "I feel verv stronglv^nd older to have com- about it," Senator Ste-P^®^® access to the files kept on them. For Students under 18, the same pri- velege goes to their parents. Material included in such files may be; scores on standar dized intelligence, aptitude, and achieve ment tests; Level of achievement; atten dance; health data; investigation of family background; and verified reports of "serious or re current" behavior made by teachers or counselors. Unless given writ ten permission by the student, no third par ty, includina federal phenson stated in an interview. "It's ta ken me over a year to realize tha^ people are beinq elected to play a game." Students who are interested in making their views known and voiced on campus is sues should v;eigh this issue carefully. Seantors can be con tacted either throuah messaqe left in the P.idaerunner of^icc. sV/ agencies, will have access to the files under the new law. Federal aid to a school may be lost if release of the file materials to third parties without per mission occurs. Those people au thorized by the amend ment to view files include educational administrators such as: "school officials and teachers who have legitimate educational interests;" the of ficials of a school to which a student is transferring (subject to student approval); and federal and state educators if the records are necessary to audit and evaluate federally supported education programs. Federal funds to an institution can be lost if administrators fail to inform stu dents of their rights concerning student records. An adminis trative office, set up through HEW, acts as a review board to investigate and set tle complaints of violation.
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