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April 22,1992
University News
Commentary
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As I mentioned two weeks ago in
my column. Student Government elec-
tions are here. In fact, they will be held
tomorrow and Friday. I have decided
who I think the strongest candidate is
for each office to assist you in your
choice for next year’s Executive Coun-
cil. This columnist supports Tan Parker
for President, Ricky Roux for Vice Presi-
dent of the Senate, Matt Boyle for Vice
President of Programming and Jennifer
McKeever for Secretary.
The two candidates for president
are KevinO’Neal, nextyear’s president
of the College Democrats, and Tan
Parker, the president of the College
Republicans. Parker emphasizes two
main points in his campaign: a greater
Is the availability of facilities or
services on campus sufficient to the
needs of the students?
“I’m very apolitical. I don’t like to
get involved.”
he is elected, SG will be more con-
cerned with student issues and less
concerned with programming, which
would be dealt with by a separate pro-
gramming board. Roux feels that
members of SG can best please their
constituents by listening to them.
guards. Anyway, for all you hardbod-
ies, beach babes and otherwise inter-
ested candidates, the hours run as fol-
lows:
Disselkoen did also clear up the prob-
lem about the younger school children.
She said that they were preparing for
some type of competition, and one of
the coaches was helping out. Usually,
the school children are out on the field.
Gorman Lecture Center, on the other
hand, is a different story. Itis supposed
to be open until 11 p.m. on weeknights,
but I have been asked to leave by secu-
Bounds, director of University Serv-
ices. Bounds told me that one primary
problem was trash. When the building
Students had a tendency to leave
trash all over the building. Bounds also
was a concern.
because we are on such a small campus,
there is only so much we should expect.
Many of our conveniences depend on
student workers, who are really us. What
we get depends on all of us working
together with the administration. No-
body at UD stands alone.
Next week’s topic: Why don’t you
tell me? Just in case, though. I’ll think
of one by next week. Hasta la vista....
THE CLINIC:
“I think the clinic should be open 24
hours. I mean, what if I have a rash or
Monday-Wednesday: 2 p.m. to 8
pjn. (or until dark—whichever comes
first)
Thursday: 1 pan. to dark
Friday: 1 pan. to 6:30 pan.
Saturday: 12 pan. to 6 pan.
Sunday: 1 pan. to 6 p.m.
emphasis on fund raising and a greater
communication. He wants to expand
the corporate base of sponsorship for
SG. With the great number of Fortune
500 businesses in the Los Colinas and
Dallas area, Parker believes that
“There’s no reason why the leaders of
today cannot back the leaders of tomor-
row.”
Parker would create a UD Buck, an
idea that has been brought up in the past
but has never materialized. AUDBuck
would allow students discounts at local
businesses. Parker said he would also
be “putting together a panel dealing
directly with fund raising [that would
go] above and beyond the current fun-
draising director position. With a greater
budget, I could increase programming,
giving donations to the athletic depart-
ment, rugby team and all other student
activities proportionately to their needs
and the number of students involved in
the activities.”
Parker feels that the student body is
not in touch with SG now, and to rectify
this he would increase the interaction
between SG and the student body. He
has already begun this process with his
door to door campaign efforts.
“I think Gorman should be open
longer. It’s a quiet place to study. I
MISCELLANEOUS:
“They’re all bad.”
better planning of where all the money
goes.
She also feels that there is currently
a sufficient number of events on cam-
pus but that there is room for more, and
there would be more activities if she is
elected.
Jennifer McKeever is running for
the position of Secretary on the SG
Executive Council. She would like, in
cooperation with the rest of the Execu-
tive Council, to redefine the role of the
representatives. Before this year, the
main function of the representatives
had been to put on programs, and now,
with the separate Programming Board,
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blurry.
McKeever would return the min-
utes to an old Dimarconian style, that is,
more word for word than the current
summary method that is used.
Without any doubt, McKeever is
the best candidate running for secre-
tary. In fact, she is so far ahead of the
rest of the pack that she is able to joke
about it. “I think that I should be secre-
tary so other members of the Executive
Council will have someone to pick on.”
a large sum of money, and we are not
allowed to use the facilities at our lei-
sure. Before they go renting facilities
that we originally contracted, they
should ask us."
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energy cost in lighting the building for
only a few students.
However, Bounds did say that he
would think about extending the hours.
As students, though, we should really
do our part to keep our community
looking clean. That’s just the Woodsy
Owl tip of the week, though.
I think that the facilites open to
students are quite limited; however.
In what may easily be the closest budget is sufficient but there could be a
raceof all, MattBoyle is running against
Brigid Binder for Vice President of
Programming; both of them attended
COSGA (Committee on Student Gov-
ernment Associations) this past semes-
ter. Boyle believes that “Programming
is and will always be a part of SG and
the programming board should be able
to rely on the Senate for support of all its
activities. This would begin with the
requirement that all Senate members
also serve as members on the program-
ming committees. This simple move
will increase the efficiency of the Board
and guarantee the proper manpower for
each activity.”
As the chairman of the Constitu- the role of the representatives is a little
tional Review Committee this semes-
ter, Boyle was the drafter of the most
recentprogramming amendments to the
SG Constitution. Therefore, he is
Domino’s, Pepsi and McDonald’s. If familiar with the needs of the Program-
ming Board and has positive plans to
address them. If elected, Boyle would
make the meetings more accessible to
all students, and make sure minutes
were taken of all programming meet-
ings.
Binder believes that the current SG
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Columnist:
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THE POOL: “I’m a commuter, and I have no
“I find it upsetting that we pay such complaint with facilities other than the rity guards as early as 10:30 pan.
lack of parking facilities." Because I wasn’t supplied with a
sufficient answer as to why the building
Well, I decided to investigate these was closing so early, I questioned Wayne
apparent insufficiencies. In UD
SPEAKS, everybody gets a chance to
speak On speaking with Jackie Dis-
selkoen, director of the Athletic De- used to be open later, teachers would
“I don’t think there are enough quiet partment, and Charlotte Johnson,
places to study in a co-ed environment administrative assistant in the Athletic not being cleaned.
at this University after 10 p.m.” Department, I noticed that the hours at
the pool do not seem too unreasonable.
Listed below, the pool hours are fairly mentioned that energy
security guards could be hired to keep stable, fluctuating only when there is a If there are five students occupying five
places open later, like Gorman.” shortage of student workers; i.e. life-
UD Speaks: ^13
Are the Facilities on Campus Adequate for Students?
by Colleen Stead
Last week I had a very concerned
student confrontme, because he wanted
to go swimming, and he said that the think the library hours are alright.”
authorities in the gymnasium would not
let him. Apparently, the pool was occu-
Bultman Dittos University News Choices for SG
O’Neal cited his experience when
questioned why he was the best candi-
date for president; however, both stu-
dents have strong experience in both
student government and other campus
political organizations. O’Neal is also
genuinely concerned that next year’s
SG makes progress and does not take a
step backwards, such as the disappear-
ance of the programming board or apa-
thetic attitudes towards the senate.
Ricky Roux is running againstTony
Bricker for the newly created position
of Vice President of the Senate. Roux
emphasized a saving of expenditures
and a combating of apathy by better
communication between SG and the
student body and their concerns.
Roux would save on SG expendi-
tures by acquiring more corporate spon-
sorship. He has already discussed this
possibility with companies such as
“I’d like Gorman to be open longer,
pied by students from a nearby school. I mean, it’s empty at night Leaving
I decided to investigate, but I also trash is a weak excuse.”
started thinking more broadly.
If this was true of the pool, how
many other student facilities, or serv-
ices, as one person preferred to call
them, were insufficient to the needs of something in the middle of the night? I
the students? don’t have a car, nor do I have the
My first thought was that Gorman money to pay the emergency room.”
Lecture Center closes too early, but I
thought I’d let the students tell me.
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