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The time to speak is now
Luisa Constanza
Senate/Club Correspondent
Community Senate Executive
elections will be held on Tuesday,
Feb. 21. from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30p.m
in Founders Lobby. All students
who pay the main campus activi
ties fee have the right to vote. This
includes international and Interlink
students at Guilford and students
living off-campus.
The Brian Burton ticket and the
Stephanie Jennings ticket are run
ning for the executive positions for
next year. On Sunday, Feb. 19,
both tickets will be at a forum in
Boren Lounge at 7 p.m. In this
forum, the tickets will talk about
their goals and plans for Senate of
1995-96.
Votes will be counted immedi
ately after voting ceases at 7:30
p.m, and the winners will be an
nounced with a sign in Founders
lobby and on WQFS.
This elections will be the four
teenth Senate elections at Guilford
College. Senate was created in
1971 to provide students with a
organization in which they could
express their thoughts and con
cerns. The government is based on
Quaker philosophy, with consen
sus being the cornerstone of the
leadership process.
Both candidates for next year's
Senate presidency serve as execu
tives—Burton serves as treasurer
and Jennings is secretary.
About the Senate elections, Sen
ate President Richard Ewell com
ments, "I hope that students will
take the time to learn about each
of the candidates before they
vote." He added that he hopes that
students are in
formed so that
the elections
don't become
"simply" a
popularity
contest.
ON PAGE 4:
The candidates —who
they are and what
they'll do for you
Duties of the Community
Senate Executives
The president must preside over
all Community Senate Meetings.
The president, along with the ad
vice of the Executive Council,
shall set the agenda for these meet
ings. The president must attempt
to articulate positions that embody
the views of the students. The con
stitution oudines the powers of the
president as follows:
•Lead and control the Commu
nity Senate Meetings
•Possess the power to call Sen
ate into session
•Serve as an ex-official member
on all Senate committees to pro
vide guidance and coordination
with other Senate activities
•Attend meetings with the Board
of Trustees and Administrative
Council
•Facilitate Steering Committee
meetings
The role of the vice president
shall be to assist the president and
other members of the Executive
team. The vice president of Com
munity Senate has the constitu
tional power to do the following:
•Chair Senate in the event the
president is unable to attend
•Attend all meetings of the
Board of Trustees and Administra
tive Council in the event the presi
dent cannot attend
•Chair the Judicial Committee
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At left, Brian Burton, Laura Davis, Benjamin Ford
and Marie DeSimone plan their campaign. Above,
Stephanie Jennings, Amanda Sabin, Rachel
Christensen and David Fleig discuss security issues.
•Chair the
Vice President
Elections Com
mittee
•Coordinate
and oversee fall
Senator elec
tions
The treasurer shall oversee all
the Financial functions of the or
ganization. The treasurer is
charged with these constitutional
duties:
•Chair the Community Senate
Budget Committee
•Report in writing the receipts
and disbursements of all monies
received by Senate.
•Oversee, with Budget Commit
tee, the expenditures and financial
standing of all student organiza
tions
•Prepare the Budget proposal,
with Budget Committee, for the
following year
•Sign requisitions and send
monthly reports for Community
Senate-sponsored organizations
The secretary is responsible for
written communications and cor
respondence within the Commu
nity Senate. The secretary is au
thorized to execute the following
as defined in the Senate By-Laws:
•Record minutes of all Senate
proceedings
•Communicate Senate business to
the campus
•Chair the Communications
Committee
•Reply to specified correspon
dence directed towards Senate
•Accept and make available to the
Senate all student positions
•Remind Senators of the absence
policy and its implementation
Predictions
The issues next year's
Senate may face, according
to President Rich Ewe 11
1. Development of property ad
jacent to college—next year the is
sue will probably be decided, and
the Senate will play a major role in
representing students.
2. Development of a social honor
code—the Board of Trustees will
probably request that Senate help
create a new social honor code
which stresses a shift in general stu
dent responsibility to the individual.
3. Review club constitutions.
4. Formation of policies regard
ing clubs —change the role of clubs
to place more emphasis on using stu
dent activities fees to produce mane
visible activity—look at movie
rights and legality—re-open the pos
sibility of incentives for student lead
ers—plan for WQFS expansion.
5. Continue to advance student
representation on faculty commit
tees.
6. Help plan for college's physi
cal expansion in next five years—
continue plans for a possible student
center.
7. Decide on tuition plan—also
decide whether each student should
be given (or be forced to buy) a com
puter.
8. Possibly install computerized
card-locking system in residence
halls.
9. Restructure FYS and IDS
classes.
10. Continue to build strong
alumni relations.
11. Plan more campus service
projects.
February 17,1995
WEEK
AT A
GLANCE
Friday, Feb. 17
2:00 p.m. "Transforming
Ourselves" Workshop for Fac
ulty and Staff - The Gallery
TBA Quaker Concerns Pot
luck and Panel Discussion
Saturday, Feb. 18
10:00 a.m. "Find the Hidden
Writer In You" Workshop -
Hendricks Hall Lounge
1:00 p.m "Tutoring At-Risk
Children" - Boren Lounge
Sunday, Feb. 19
5:00 p.m. Men's Conscious
ness Raising Group - The Gal
lery
5:00 p.m. Women's Con
sciousness Raising Group -
Worth House II
7:00 p.m. Catholic Mass -
Boren Lounge
7:00 p.m. Community Fo
rum with Senate Executive
Candidates - Boren Lounge
8:00 p.m. NCSL - Dana
Lounge
Monday, Feb. 20
12:00 p.m. Lunch Discus
sion with Njoki Njoroge Njehu
- Cafeteria Conference Room
7:00 p.m. "Find the Hidden
Writer In You" Workshop -
Dana Lounge
8:00 p.m. "Environmental
Justice and Eco-Feminism"
with Njoki Njoroge Njehu -
Boren Lounge
9:00 p.m. Guilfordian Staff
Meeting - Passion Pit
9:00 p.m. GLBA Business
Meeting - Resource Center
9:00 p.m. Quaker Staff
Meeting - Publications Suite
Tuesday, Feb. 21
5:15 p.m. Holy Communion
- The Moon Room
7:30 p.m. Donahue Goes In
ternational - Stemberger
8:00 p.m. Tri-Beta/Biology
Club - Boren Lounge
9:00 p.m. Humanity for Ani
mals - Boren Lounge
9:00 p.m. Amnesty Interna
tional - 203 A
9:00 p jn. Union - Passion Pit
Wednesday, Feb. 22
3:30 p.m. Senate - Boren
Lounge
4:00 p.m. "Dealing With the
Blues" - The Gallery
8:30 p.m. Inter Varsity -
Boren Lounge
9:00 p.m. Outdoors Club -
Passion Pit
Cory Birdwhistell