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The Duties of Student Government
The five major elected officials have numerous responsibilities that come with their titles,
ranging from serving on various University committees to networking with UNC administrators.
Student Body President
■ Holds position as student representative on the Board of Trustees charged with
providing the'student perspective" on all issues before the board.
■ Works with the University system and the legislature responsible for conveying
student issues to UNC’s two governing bodies.
■ Builds coalitions among student government, student groups and individual
students to work on issues that face the student body.
■ Represents the student body to the numerous boards and committees of which the
student body president is a member.
I Helps to provide opportunities for students to work collectively toward the
University’s goa’s of teaching, research, public service and community.
Graduate and Professional Student Federation President
1 Is primary graduate/professional voice to all University administrators, trustees,
BOG members, legislators and the media.
B Insures GPSF Senate and other internal workings run properly.
B Sits as member on numerous University committees, recruiting and selecting other
students to fill appointments to more than 50 University committees,
a Designs and carries out projects to improve graduate/professional life at UNC; e.g.,
establishing a graduate/professional honor society, creating awards for graduate
student mentoring or improving access to child care for student parents.
B Serves as a student body officer, maintaining strong working relationship with
■ student body president and other officers.
B Attends student body president Cabinet meetings and Student Congress meetings.
Carolina Athletic Association President
a Provides leadership over all aspects of the CAA, chiefly the four main areas of
Homecoming, sports marketing, ticket distribution and Carolina Fever.
B Represents student concerns to the Department of Athletics serving as the chief
student liaison between the student body and Department of Athletics,
a Is voting member of the UNC Athletic Council.
Residence Hall Association President
B Is liaison between on-campus residents and the Department of University Housing.
B Serves on various housing committees,
a Plans campuswide social activities for campus residents.
Senior Class President
a Maintains connections with all senior class members throughout the year,
a Plans regular class social activities,
a Speaks at both December and May Commencement ceremonies.
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Carolina Vote 2000
Voters: Leaders Must Bridge Student Gap
By Kim Minugh
Assistant University Editor
While potential candidates in upcom
ing student body elections are starting
to put their campaign machines in
motion, UNC’s student leaders say they
want increased government accessibili
ty and officers
who more rigor
ously bridge the
gap between Suite
C and the rest of
the student popu
lation.
As candidates
begin to draw up
their platforms,
student leaders
remind them that student feedback is
the most valuable asset to a successful
governing body.
“If (student government) continues to
get student opinion through contact,
they’ll always stay on top of what’s
going on on campus,” said Tiffany
Black, co-public coordinator of the
Black Student Movement.
This year’s government began to
break the ice with its continuous efforts
to fight the proposed tuition increase.
“I was impressed by this govern
ment’s efforts in working against the
tuition increase,” said Todd Pugatch,
member of Students for Economic
Justice.
“The leaders really stepped up to rep
resent students,” Pugatch said.
“It was a real starting point to reach
out to student organizations, to see what
they’re doing and to work in tandem
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According to sophomore Robert
Boykin, the government’s efforts to sup
port student organizations did not stop
with uniting against the possible tuition
increase.
He said Student Congress was very
fair and understanding when he and
sophomore Eric Johnson approached
them with their ideas for the creation of
Carolina Cancer Focus.
“(Congress) was willing to listen to
our ideas, even when we only had the
project in mind and nothing to back it
up,” he said.
But Boykin said that although
Congress was very receptive of their
ideas, student government had room to
grow.
Boykin said Congress should follow
up on money allocations to evaluate the
progress and purpose of each organiza
tion to which they give financial sup
port.
“If they’re giving money they should
come see what we’re doing,” he said.
“I didn’t see much interaction with
the student government and our organi
zation. I’d like to see government more
intertwined with organizations.”
Black said the BSM hoped to see
more black students seeking officer and
Cabinet positions. While she said that
was more an issue of fighting apathy, it
also involved appointment
“We’d like to see more (black stu
dents) in higher positions,” she said.
Junior Michal Osterweil, a member
of Alliance for Creating Campus Equity
and Seeking Social Justice, said that had
the tuition crisis never come up this
year, ACCESS’ alliance with student
government never would have been
forged.
“Student government has a long way
to go in pro-actively pursuing relation
ships with student groups,” she said.
She said next year’s student govern
ment must also work to educate the stu
dent body. She expressed concern that
students generally did not realize the
power they held in a representative
body and therefore ignored student gov
emment to a large degree.
“It’s not that (students) think bad or
good about it; they just don’t think
about it,” she said.
Osterweil said the uninformed stu
dent body should be attributed to weak
public relations instead of voter apathy.
“I don’t believe in apathy,” she said.
“(Next year’s leaders) need to make
(government) more accountable and
accessible.”
Margie Wakelin, member of Student
Environmental Action Coalition, also
said student government must educate
its constituents of the power they have
are able to access.
“There’s not a lot of knowledge on
the part of students as to how the gov
ernment can work,” she said.
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Informational Meeting
Where? Dey Hall, Room 113
UNC-Chapel Hill Campus
WTien? Wednesday, January 19, 2000
3:30-s:oopm
Video followed by discussion with last years UNC Year at Montpellier participants.
For directions, call (919) 962-0154 or look us up at
web: http://www.unc.edu/depts/mont
email: mont@iinc.edu
“Living in Montpellier was the best experience of my life
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Tuesday, January 18, 2000
“Activists don’t understand how the
government can be used because a
precedent has been set that student gov
ernment doesn’t make change.”
Wakelin said she was disappointed
that this year’s government was hesitant
to take a stand on more controversial
issues, and applauded it for so aggres
sively fighting the tuition increase.
“They need to take a stand, even if
it means burning some bridges with
administration,” she said.
“Now it seems that sometimes there’s
more alliance with administration than
with students.”
Freshman Drew King applauded the
government’s earlier efforts to publicize
the movement against the tuition
increase but said he was disappointed
when few other issues were so actively
pursued in the public eye.
“It seemed that with such a big issue
that affected so many people, the word
was out on the street about what was
going on, but otherwise, there seems to
be a lull in the action,” he said.
“It’d be nice to know what’s going
on.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk§unc.edu.
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