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The Lance
March 9, 1989
Opinion
System Lacks Organization
Deborah L. Kelly
Everyone seems to be screaming for
justice and vindication on this campus just to
use "the system that works." Speaking as a
member of that system, I'd Like to call it a
system that works if it could only get itself
organized. As a member of the Student-
Faculty Appellate Court, we are providing
the administration the fuel to feed the notion
that the court system is inefficient.
According to the (Saltire Section 10b):
The membership of the SFAC shall
consist of four students elected at
large in a general election from the
rising junior and senior classes, one
to be appointed chair by the presi
dent of the student association with
senate confirmation, and three fac
ulty members to be nominated by the
senate and approved by the faculty
executive committee."
The Court will have met for the first time
on March 8. A chair has not yet been ap
pointed by the SA president with Senate
approval although one appellate member
has volunteered to fill that position. At the
meeting the chair and faculty members will
be decided and sent out to be approved by
the SA President and Senate.
Last week, one court member had called
me with the news that we need to find the
faculty members ourselves as soon as
possible because a case may be pending
anyday now.
I asked SA President Howard Hall about
why faculty members had not been ap
pointed before this time. He said that when
ever the student Senate tries to find faculty
members to be on the Appellate Court, they
are either busy or involved in other commit
tees. To solve this problem and it is a prob
lem, Hall mentioned that a proposal was
formed to have the Faculty Executive Com
mittee appoint 3 faculty members to the
court during the spring term for the following
fall.
As for the chair position, Hall said it was
"traditionally" the second year student who
held it. Currently there are no second-year
students on the Court.
The Appellate Court is defined by the
Saltire as the "highest judicial body
consisting of students and faculty."
The Court is supposed to receive the ap
peals from cases tried before the Dean of
Students and Honor Court.
According to the Student Forum Minutes
that were passed out recently, students are
urged to read the 1986-87 Saltire. To quote
the pamphlet, "students must implement the
system and in order to implement the sys
tem they must know the system." Appar
ently, I find a slight contradiction in the
system.
Election time is rolling around and once
again apathy will rear its ugly head. Remem
ber that these people that you vote for are
the people that will run your system next
year. Choose carefully and remember it's
never to late to start a write-in campaign.
A Letter To the Dean
Concerning Jim's
1 am speaking on my own behalf, and my
opinions are not necessarily those of any
other students. I am very disappointeed
concerning your ( Dean Greer) action over
this Jim's thing. If God had not wanted His
children (and this context of children does
not mean those under the age of twenty-
one) to consume alcoholic beverages, he
would not have placed the fruit called 'grape'
on this planet. I am very much aware that
there are certain individuals who are not
capable or competent enough to know when
to say 'when', yet I know for a fact that I am
one who knows when to say when. And at
this point I shall say that I am not the one
who wrote anything about you on 'The wall',
but we students do not need or want this
type of parenting. Lift your edict.
Name withheld by request
From the Counseling
Center:
Did You Know?
Alcohol
-is an addictive drug
-causes loss of emotional
control
-impairs judgement
-weakens inhibitions
-reduces ability to reason
-interferes with normal brain
functions
-slows reaction time
-affects coordination
-flinders concentration
-is related to 1 out of 3 rapes
-is related to 2 out of 3 traffic
deaths
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Mim