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Sculptor sparks interest Creating large spark plugs and other mechanical parts out of clay allows MSC senior J.J . McEwen to express his philosophy on life. "Machines rule our lives" he said. "I am trying to take a mechanical obtect and give lt,:a llvlng quality."
Martin vs. Becker
Sparks fly over new constitution •
Sharon Dunn The Metropolitan
MSC Student Senators elected to hold a convention to change student government's constitution during the Feb. 14 senate meeting although President Kelly Martin did not want it to happen. "Our current constitution and government structure, as a whole, does not and will not work," Metro student Dan Becker said in a written proposal to the senate. The main problem, Becker said, is that, when people are elected, "(the constitution) doesn't allow for them to come together and discuss the issues" on a positive level. An overwhelming majority of the senators in attendance voted, Wed. Feb. 14, in favor of the proposed constitution convention. which was held Sat. Feb. 17. "It's not going to happen," Martin said, off the floor, before a vote had been taken. Becker said that the new system he is proposing will
provide for a system where, "the minority opinion will not submarine the whole opinion." Martin disagreed with the whole idea of the convention, saying that the senate was "too emotionally wrought" with upcoming mid-term exams to worry about changing the constitution and argued that a later time would be more convenient for them. But at the Jan. 31 senate meeting. Martin had told the senate she "wanted (them) to work together this year." "Maybe we'll agree and maybe we'll disagree. but let's agree to disagree," Martin had said. Memories of this speech seemed to have been long forgotten when she accused Becker of "scheming against her" and "planning" for the senate to have a majority vote on the convention. Martin's outrage grew after Becker's explanations did not satisfy her, and she su~uently called him an "a-" and told him to "f- off." At the meeting, however, Martin had no comment on the
floor on the constitutional convention, but other senators ignited a debate. Sen. Jeremy Stub! argued that the timing for the convention was too soon, and there was not enough time to get all the proposed changes made. "We need more than a day to get it (the constitution) ironed out," Stuhl said. But Becker maintained that the sooner the Constitution was changed, the better chance there would be for its completion before spring elections. "Think rationally about the students who are going to be here when (the seniors) are gone," Becker said. Becker explained that the student government's constitution parallels the U.S. Constitution and it "doesn't work in such a small system" as Metro's. "First of all," Becker said, "we need to recognize that we are students, not experts on what the student opinion is."
see Constitution pg. 4