THE ROTUNDA VOL. LVi
LONGWOOD COLLEGE, FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1980
NO. 8
New Proposal For SGA ByCHRISTI LEWIS Wednesday evening, November 5, at 7 p.m., Legislative Board will be holding an Open Forum to discuss the new proposal for Longwood's Student Government Association. For almost a year, members of the executive council of the Student Government Association, various students, and administration have been working together to reconstruct the existing system. Hoping to unify the various organizations included in the entire Student Government Association, they have come up with a new proposal. One of the most significant changes is the establishment of a Student Senate. The Senate will be composed of the 10 executive council members, 13 residence hall representatives, four class presidents, 12 class representatives, two day students, and one graduate student. They will meet once a month or when special meetings are called by the president. There will be five major committees under the Student Senate: Legislative Review, Campus life. Residence Hall Life, and Student Union. Another major change involves the Residence Hall Councils. Residence Hall Councils and Judicial Board will handle all judicial procedures while the new committee, Residence Hall life, will coordinate Residence Hall Councils and help with problems in the residence halls. All Residence Hall Presidents (one elected from each residence hall, two from Curry and Frazer)
will serve on the Residence Hall Life committee. As explained in a handout on the new proposal Judicial Board will be set up as follows: The Judicial Board consists of a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary, and a pool of 16 members from the senate who generally take turns as coordinated by the vicechairman. This pool of 16 is comprised of the 12 class representatives, the SGA treasurer, SGA recording secretary, chairman of Campus Life, and the chairman of Residence Hall Life Committee. The investigators for Judicial Board shall consist of two seniors, two juniors, two sophomores, and two freshmen. The committee for Honor Code violations consists of four of the above, one selected from each class and likewise for the College Violations Committee in addition to three administrative staff members as selected by the President of the College. Under College Violations, the Judicial Board will be responsible for vandalism, physical abuse, threats, descriptive conduct, interference with judicial procedure, repeated andor serious violations of college regulations, and tampering with fire equipment. Under Honor Code Violations, the Judicial Board will be responsible for lying, cheating, plagiarism, and stealing. Judicial Board procedures would be the same as outlined in the Handbook For Students on pages 21, 22 with one addition (Continued on Page 8)
Parking remains a problem on Longwood's Campus. Towing will * be enforced by Campus Police. Photos by Melody Crawley
COUNCIL HJBiDEjrr
EXECUTIVE
•All Offlcee elected by Student Body during Major-Minor Electlona
•V lee-President •Trees mrsr •Corresponding Secretary •Recording Secretary •Chairman, Judicial Board •Chairman, Campus Life •Chairaan, Residence Hell Life •Chalraan, Student Union •Chairman, Orientation
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JUDICIAL BOARD Chairman V ice-Chairman Secretary Invsstlgstors A.HOBW Cod*Tlolationa-* B.College Vlolatlona-ii
Leglalative Review CoasUttse
Caapus Life remittee
10 Executive Council Member* re Cc 13 Residence Hall Representatives 1 Class Presidents 12 Class Representatives 2 Day Student Representatives 1 Graduate Student Representative
Residence Hall Life Committee
Student Union Commlttss
• President, SOA •Chalraan •Chairman •Chsirsmn, Judicial Board •IAA Representatlvs 13 Residence Hell Presidents •V lea-Chairman, SGA Dining Hall CoasUttse Rep. •Fire V'erden Ona SeMtor (Approved by Bookstore Coamlttss Rap. Chalraan, Elections Cossilttse Executive Council) Dean of Students Chairman, Helpout Committee Cms Feeulty Recresantatlve Chairsana, Publication Committee (Appointed by Dean of Chairman, Safety Committee Chairman, Conatlttitlenal Review Com. Students) Chairman, Swap Shop Committee
•Chairman Repreaentatlvee of all Committee. of Student Union •Vice-Chalrman •Secretary •Treeeurer
Sign-In/Sign-Out Proposal Vetoed By JODI KERSEY does not suggest abolishing the The Residence Board existing visitation hours, just the submitted a proposal to the procedure of signing in at the Administrative Council asking dorm desk. Linda Wheeler, that they abolish the sign-in - chairman of Residence Board, sign-out procedure. The proposal said that the board feels that
Student Parking: A Problem By MELODY CRAWLEY Student parking in unauthorized parking areas is fast becoming a campus-wide problem. "It is a horrendous problem in the new parking lot (Lancer Hall)," according to Campus Police Chief Smith. The new lot has spaces clearly marked. There are 57 spaces for students, five handicapped spaces and four visitors spaces, in addition to faculty spaces. There is also a parking problem with student cars behind the Cunningham Residence Halls and Jarman Auditorium. These spaces are reserved from 7 a.m.5 p.m. Students are allowed to park there after 5 p.m. and on the week ends. Chief Smith referred to page 13 of the Student's Handbook. Students are authonzed to park in the following lots: Lankford, Her, designated portions of Campus School lots, designated portion of Bedford lot, Ely Street, Venable Street and Race Street. "We have ticketed over 1,000 students cars this year," stated Chief Smith." This is a tremendous increase over last year." Section D.b of the
handbook states that registration decals will be taken away after four tickets in any given semester. Section D.c says that anyone who has three unpaid tickets will not be able to register for classes and transcripts will be withheld. Chief Smith added that the student's records would be flagged and no grades will be given. Because of the persisting problem, all cars parked in towing zones will be towed at the owner's expense as of November 5 at 8 a.m. Students will not be notified, as was the policy before. Cars parked in fire zones and handicapped spaces will be towed immediately. Signs have been erected on all towing areas. Notices of the towing policy have been printed in Daily Bulletin last week by Dr. I>eo Salters, Dean of students and Vice President of Student Affairs. Chief Smith stresses that "if a student comes in late at night and feels that it is unsafe to walk a long distance, please contact Campus Police to pick her up and take her to the dorm." he adds that he had rather a student do that than to park in a towing zone.
signing the honor code is all that should be necessary. Anything beyond that, such as the sign-in sign-out policy, is an invasion of privacy. The proposal was turned down by the administrative council. There were no specific reasons given as yet to why the council refused the proposal. The Residence Board intends to resubmit the proposal with the inclusion of one more suggestion. The new addition says that guests must be escorted in and out by the main entrance of the dorm. The rest of the proposal is as follows: We, as members of the Student Government Association of Ix)ngwood College, propose the following alternative plan to the present sign-in - sign-out procedure now in effect in the residence halls: A. That the sign-in - sign-out procedure be eliminated B. That the sign-in - sign-out procedure be replaced by the following: 1. Guests visiting students who reside in the residence halls use the present paging system 2. That guests must be escorted by a member of the opposite gender and present student of Ixmgwood College to and from the room of their host or hostess while on a floor of the opposite gender, or at any time while on the hallway or any public area on that floor (exclusive of first floor public areas). 3. That the stated proposal be considered the limit and is subject to ratification in each (Continued on Page 8)