Page 2, Salemite, Feb. 27,1981
Editorial
ODE TO THE SPRING
“I saw my shadow,” the groundhog said,
But winter’s frost was quickly dead.
Six weeks more of cold was wrong;
Summer will be here before long.
Out come the bathing suits.
Off go the shoes
Head for the beach
With no time to lose.
So the groundhog’s error was good for us.
Even though snow skiers probably cuss.
But Salem girls prefer the sun
And convertibles, boys, and lots of fun.
So grab some lotion
Over at Cook’s.
And don’t forget
That you still have books.
Maybe no snow, and an earlier spring
Will make us happy and make us sing.
The problem comes when spring fever hits
And classes and studying give us fits.
Joan Gentry
The Salemite
Printed by Lindsay Publishing Co. and published
every other Friday of the College year by the Student
of Salem College.
Editor - Joan Gentry
Business Manager - Donna Smith
Features Editor - Carolyn McCollum
Arts Editor - Robin Elmore
Circulation Manager - Beth Mundin
Layout Editor - Amanda Mays
Reporters - Ginger Sprinkle
Stephanie King
Ann Biswell
Karen Merchant
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
CHANGES FOR 1981
Article V - Section 2. Attendance. Add B. “All
Auxilliary Councils of the Student Government
Association and the Legislative Board are required
to set an attendance policy at the beginning of each
academic year. Two-thirds of the membership of
each board must vote on the attendance policy and’
two-thirds majority of those voting is required for
passage. The attendance policy of each board shall
be submitted to the Executive Board for approval.
Article VI - Section 1. Executive Board. C. Duties.
3. Add - “and administration.” Add 4. “To review
activities of Election Committee.” 5. “To remove
from office any student who is on Academic
Probation while holding a major or absolute of
fice.”
Section 2. Legislative Board. A. Membership.
Delete - Members of Student Affairs Committee,
Chief Marshal, one member of Interdorm and SAC
Chairman. Add - “All senior representatives of
Student-Faculty Committees” and “Publications
Board Chairman.”
Section 3. Honor Council. 2b. Delete - “or im
peachment of a Student Council Member”. 5.
Delete. Add - “to handle all cases individually and
with confidentiality” and “To hear all cases in
volving drugs.”
Section 4. Interdorm Council. A. Membership. 1.
Change Chairman of Interdorm Council to “senior”
only. 2. Delete - “One president shall be
representative to the Legislative Board.” B.
Meetings. Change to “Interdorm Council shall meet
at the discretion of the Chairman of Interdorm
Council.” C. Duties. Add - “To remove from office
any officeholder to whom Interdorm issues a
penalty of probation, suspension, or expulsion”,
“To maintain confidentiality with respect to all
cases”, “To meet jointly with staff for the purpose
of selecting hall advisors and reviewing ap
plications for house presidents.”
Article VII ■ Section 1. Student Activities Board.
A. Membership. Add - Chairman of Parents’
Weekend.
Section 2. Finance Board. 1 Change “senior
representative” to “all members of Executive
Finance Board.”
Section 3. Executive Finance Board. A. Mem
bership. Add - “Treasurer of Day Student
Organization.” C. Duties. Add - “To supervise the
activities of the co-chairmen of Refrigerators and
the I.D. Chairman.”
Section 4. Publications Board. A. Membership.
Delete - 6 and 7. Add - “The faculty advisor of each
publication” and “Each year an additional faculty
member can be asked to serve upon the approval of
the Academic Dean.” B. Meetings. Change “at the
discretion of the Chairman” to “once a month and
upon call of the Chairman.” C. Duties. 1. Delete. 3.
Add - “Handling complaints from within the
campus community and the branches of
publications.” 4. Change “in matters concerning
individual publications” to “in securing funds for
the publications and audit expenditures for the
individualbublications.” Add - “To strengthen and
encourage the growth of the publications on
campus and foster a greater understanding of the
publications by the student body”, “To insure
continuity in the leadership of publications”, “The
chairman shall report to Legislative Board.”
Article VIII - Section 3. Duties. B. Delete - “or
impeachment”.
Article IX • Section 1. Membership. Change to “In
each residence hall there shall be a house council
composed of the House President, Residence Hall
Director, and Hall Advisors or student represen
tatives, and individual officers as determined by
the residence hall and-or house council.”
Section 3. Duties. Delete B. Add - “To coordinate
social activities of the residence halls.”
BY-LAWS
III. Delete - “junior” from Chairman of Inter
dorm Council.
V. Elections. Section 1. Election Committee. A.
Membership. Delete 5a. B. Duties. Add - “The
Chairman shall report directly to the Executive
Board of Student Government Association.”
Section 2. Eligibility. In case an appeal is
necessary in relation to academic standing ... Add -
“(in areas other than cummulative average)” ... it
shall be made in writing to the Executive Board of
Student Government within one week after the start
of the petitioning period.
Section 3. Filing. 16. Add - Fall Fest “Chairman”.
Section 6. Order of Election. B. Add - “and ap
proved by Executive Board of Student Govern
ment.”
Section 7. Other Offices. B. Add - “at the begin
ning of Fall Term.” Change “The Fall Fest
Chairman conducts this election and acts as ad
visor to the freshman class President throughout
the year” to “The election committee conducts this
election.”
VI. Duties of Student Government Officers. Pi
Honor Council Chairman. Delete 4. Add - “To^ep'
the Dean of Students informed of any proceedings
and discussions of Honor Council” “To>ct with the
Secretary of Honor Council in notifying a student of
any accusation made against jier, to gather
evidence for the hearing, to insTure any accused
student understands her rights and the proceedings
of the hearing” “To wojk with the Chairmen of
Exam Committee in .the supervision of self-
scheduled exams” “To inform the faculty of any
action taken by Honor Council which Honor Council
and the Dean of Students deem necessary”.
C. Duties of the Chairman of Interdorm. 3. Add -
“faculty, administration, and Board of Trustees”
and 5. Add - “Legislative Board, and Staff”.
H. Duties of Secretary of Honor Council. Delete 3.
Add - “to notify a student in writing of any ac
cusation made against her” “To act with the
Chairman of Honor Council in gathering evidence
for the hearing, and insuring the accused student
understands her rights and the proceedings of the
hearing” “To notify the members of Honor Council
of all meetings as called by the Chairman of Honor
Council”.
J. Add - Duties of Representatives of Honor
Council.
I. To be on call for all meetings as called by the
Chairman of Honor Council.
2. To hear all cases fairly, to determine guilt or
innocence, and to decide fair and effective
penalties.
3. To promote and uphold the Honor Code among
the student body.
VII. Add - Duties of Representatives to Student-
Faculty Committees.
1. The student shall attend all meetings of her
respective committee.
2. The representatives are responsible for
reflecting student opinion and objectively
representing their constituencies.
3. The student shall keep accurate records of
business which comes before the committee during
all meetings.
4. The senior representatives shall report at
meetings of the Legislative Board.
5. The senior representatives shall submit per
tinent information concerning the activities of their
committees to the Salemite for publicaton.
6. The representative’s ability to conform to the
above standards shall be subject to review by the
Executive board of Student Government and the
Chairman of her committee. If after consultation
with the student, the Executive Board and the
Committee Chairman find her actions do not
warrant continued representation, she shall be
removed from duty and the Executive Board shall
appoint a replacement.
VIII. Add - Removal from Office.
A. Honor Council may remove from office any
officer of a student organization violating the Honor
Code.
B. The Executive Board of Student Government
shall remove from office any student who is on
Academic Probation while holding a major or
absolute office.
C. Interdorm Council may remove from office
any officeholder to whom Interdorm issues a
penalty of probation, suspension, or expulsion.
D. The Representatives to Student-Faculty
Committees shall be subject to removal from office
by the joint authority of the Executive Board and
the respective Committee Chairman.
IX. Responsibilities and Privileges of the Student
Government Member.
F. Add - “concerning changes in policy”.
Dr. Morrill
To Serve
On Panel
Dr. Richard Morrill'
president of Sale®
Academy and College,
will serve on a three-
member panel
Washington, D.C., at the
national conference e’
the .Americas
Association for High®
Education March 4"®^
His group will speaK
on “Sustaining Critical
Human Values
Higher Education,’^ a*!
area in which Morrill is
recognized as a leading
thinker. Felle'f|
panelists for the March
5 session in t*?®
Washington Hilton wi
be Patricia A. KendaU
of Bryn Mawr College
and John D. Maguire,
president of State
University of New Yorh
College at Old West-
bury. Robert Schwoebei
of Temple University
will chair the
discussion. He
planning proje
cl
director for the Socieb
for Values in High®
Education’s ongoihe
study of values 'h
academy. .
The job of the pan®
will be to define the
problem implicit in the j
title and to outline the,
project as it is beine
developed.
Join
Intra -
murals
It is not too late to j®^
the College Intramural
Tennis program. Tea®*
3®*
play Tuesdays - .
Thursdays at 6:30 and
p.m. The schedule is h'
a Round Robin syste®'
so different dorms P®'
each other every mate®
Students can come an
play one time, or cop
tinue to participate '
the program. .
Anyone interested h
playing should conta^
their dorm represeh
tative to let her kno
there will be an ex®
p’.a-, er '0: that night.
The dorms and th®
rcr'-f 't.-ntat.ves are:
DISTRIBUTION OF OFFICES
II. Principle Offices. Change Secretary of
Interdorm Council from “major” to “absolute”
office.
XI. Student-Faculty Committees. Change
Academic Council, Admissions Committee,
Curriculum Committee, and Library Committee
from “minor” to “major” office.
X. Miscellaneous Committees. Change Chairman
of Election Committee from “minor” to “major”
office.
Delete “ex-officio” from President of Student
Government, Treasurer of Student Government,
Chairman of Honor Council, and Chairman of
Interdorm Council.
Te-
Babcocl"
.Ama"'..'.! Muys
Ta,.m 2 - riewell, ®
Blach’..'Ide ^
;.n 3 - Biui‘-='
1..
Ellen Culle
Team 4
.ca.i. , Grammy'
Denee Enderle; Sou®'
Patty Moore; Stroi>»'
Laura Holland
Team 5 - Sister®
Karen Eudy
The winning team w®
win a party for the*-
dorm at the end of ®
tournament.
Carolyn McCoU**"'