tl19680927-000 "968 ptro ; h bett ect or 0 S tli ee !onaP sfeld Vol. XXI, No. 2 an E Si n thre bee r on ; de !cent IBl par, ;ndi, !oln' Itra' con' and orn-hoP am' tel)' hat to 3Cr' tS."" the the Ind nts to tO ;I o'er aro� ,tine to: ,650 1.95 (0� at, 1100 COLLEGE � BALTIMORE. MARYLAND 21204 September 27, 1968 Pres gains more power First senate meeting tables Constitution revision slated motion to rejoin NSA At Tuesday's senate meeting, m constitution introduced. Action on considered at a special meeting to in Linthicum 200. The forum will to attend. by STEPHANIE PANOS For the past two years a spe-cial committee of the Student Gov-ernment Association, has been Working on revising the constitu-tion of the SGA. Why a new con-stitution? Because the one with Which we will begin this year is 5 Years old, and was intended for a student body of 3000. This year the day-student enrollment alone is 5000, so there is an obvious need for a change. On Tuesday, Sep-tember 24, the new constitution was introduced to the SGA senate, and on Tuesday, October 1, the stu-dents will vote on it at a mass Meeting. To pass, 2/3 of the stu-dents attending the meeting must approve it. Change Cited In this new constitution, there are five major changes: 1�The executive branch of the SGA will be reconstructed. With the old constitution there were 11 elected officers. With approval of the new constitution, only the 3 top officers�the president, vice-presi-dent, and treasurer�will be elect-ed by the student body. �The cab-inet officers will be appointed by the president and approved by the senate. %op INSIDE Letters Moore Thoughts Youngblood CUB Art Show w. C. Fields Bulletin�Xoard Wallace Ad (7 pg. Pg. pg. 2 3 3 3 6 6 pg. 6 embers of senate heard the revised the document was deferred to be be held October 1 at 3:30 p.m. be open, and all students are urged The powers of the president, vice-president, and treasurer, will remain essentially the same. The president, though, will also have legislative veto power, which can be overridden by a 2/3 vote by the senate. ""A lot of colleges around the country are setting up cabinet systems much 1:ke this"", said Charles Johnson, vice-president of the SGA. ""This system calls for a better working student govern-ment association."" Legislative Branch 2�The legislative branch witl be reconstructed. At present each organization on campus has one senator who ha: to attend the SGA meetings if the organization is to receive SGA funds. Each class, also, has one representative. With this system there are approximate-ly 70 members in the senate, many of whom are not genuinely inter-ested in the senate."" This senate is supposed to rep-resent the student body, but the committee feels that it doesn't, since not every student belongs to a norganization except, of course, one of the four classes. The new constitutIon was designed to equal-ize senate representation by hav-ing 5 representatives from each class and one representative for every 5 clubs in the areas of ath-letics, honor fraternities, music, publications, religious service, and spee'al interest. The maximum number of senators from each group would be 8. This will cut down the number of senators, mak-ing the legislature more efficient, and eliminate the obligation of or-ganizations to send senators. 3�With the present' constitu-tion, every club has to have a fac-nity advisor in order to be recog-nized, and to receive SGA funds. With the new constitution, the --clubs -which do not have faculty advisors will be recognized, but will not receive money from the SGA. This may, it is felt, open the way for Greek fraternities on campus. 4�The amendment procedure would be changed. Presently there is one way to amend the constitu-tion� to get 500 signatures and present the amendment to the sen-ate. With the new constitution there would be three ways�the old way, the senate calling for amend-ment by a vote of the students, and the students, through an elec-tion every three years, calling for a Constitutional Assembly. 5�The new constitution would eliminate bureaucracy and make the structure of the SGA flexible. If the SGA would want to make minor changes within its struc-ture, it could, without having to amend the constitution. ""I personally feel that the adop-tion of this constitution is neces-sary if the SGA is to keep up with the student demands and the (Continued on page 6) With about two-thirds of its rep-resentatives present, the Student Government Association Senate convened Tuesday for its first meeting of the current academic year. Approximately 81 were on hand as SGA President Ray Wacks for-mally began the proceedings by a statement of purposes for the SGA this year. The chair was turned over to Vice-President Charles Johnson for the duration of the meeting fol-lowing Wacks' remarks. $2117 Remains Significant announcements in-cluded a treasurer's report of $2,- 117 remaining as cash on hand until the new budget period No-vember 1, and some $1,775 re-maining in the Student Loan fund. It was noted that $3,062 had been allocated for Special Events. James Haupt and Louise Trice were in-stalled as Assistant Treasurers to Mike Hollywood, and four new members were seated on the Fi-nancial Committee. Special Meeting Called Slated for Tuesday, October 1, a special SGA meeting will tackle the debate and resolution of the proposed new constitution, it was announced at the meeting. The senate emphasized that next Tues-day's meeting will be open to all Towson students, not merely to senators of the 80 organizations on campus. Other business ate meeting was a report by Na-tional Student Association Coordi-nator Pat Cox on NSA's August convention in Kansas, and the in-troduction of Towson's foreign ex-change students by Linda Windell. Motion Tabled Miss Cox likewise introdued a motion to the Senate floor calling for Towson to rejoin NSA. Citing last April's resolution against NSA membership, opponents of the present resolution succeeded in tabling debate until the next reg-ular senate meeting on October 8. at this first sen. SGA evaluation project rates teachers, courses by students Last spring, Towson students had the chance to express their op-inions about their courses and in-structors by filling out course ev-aluation forms. As of yet, the re-sults of the project have not been released, because it has not yet been completed. The forms, separated according to courses and instructors are piled in the SGA office awaiting the next steps in their processing. That step is tabulation of the data, us-ing TSC's computer system. The evaluation results will be published on forms giving ratings for each course and instructor. The course evaluation aims for the following results: it will show that students are responsible enough to improve and endorse academic matters; and have ac-college in setting the pace for the cepted this role; it will lead the use of computers to improve not only college but student affairs; it will point out to departments and instructors areas of strengths and weakness from the standpoint of a student; and finally, it will be a sincere effect to improve the col-lege. Completion Due If on schedule, the project will be completed at the end of Novem-ber and distributed to the students and faculty 'before December pre-registration. Commenting on the evaluation, Charles Johnson, SGA Vice-President said, ""The idea is to let the student know what kind of course he's getting into."" He emphasized that, ""We don't want to tear down the professors or their courses."" It is hoped, though, that instructors whose courses re-ceive a low rating will take steps to correct the deficiencies that are indicated. Last semester yielded only 2000 returns, a small percentage of par-ticipation considering that each student probably returned 4 or 5 forms. The next evaluation, pro-jected for the spring, will call for much more participation, includ-ing student interviews to increase subjectivity, as future efforts be-come more sophisticated, year-round work will be required to keep the review up to date. Produced and abandoned? These are the remainders of the course evaluation forms handed out last year. Their filled out cous-ins sit in another pile awaiting processing. "
