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THE March 31, 1987 Vol. 85, No. 44
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Tuesday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Student senators chosen without run-off election
Photographic Services: Tom Gilbert
Bart Seabourne, well-known watercolor artist, exhibits his talents to a group of art students. The painting depicted is estimated at a value of $30,000. Seabourne also painted the cover of the Edmond phone directory.
From Staff Reports All student senate seats have been filled by acclamation, and student senate candidates will not be elected Wednesday, according to Richard Passey, Student Association vice president. "We are getting a broader representation of students, usually 100 students file from the College of Liberal Arts and only two from the College of Math/Science. We had just enough not to have a runoff," Passey said. Of the 18 students who filed petitions for student senate seats, five were from the College of Liberal Arts, where five seats were open; four
from the College of Education, where five seats were open; three from the College of Math/Science, where four seats were open; and two from the College of Special Arts and Sciences, where three seats were open. "This is the first year that I know of there hasn't been a run-off for student senate seats," Passey said. "Now, the student senate seats are more evenly dispursed, and represent the student population better." The only race to be decided in the election is for Student Association president, with Jeff Shilling, SA president and
Roger Acebo, student senator, running. Glen Kilgore, director of academic affairs, was the only candidate who filed for vice president. Passey is not running since he will attend medical school at Oklahoma University. No one filed for the ombudsman seat, so the position will remain open. "The administration has said the student senate does not represent the students. With polling places located in all of the colleges, we hope to have a greater turnout in the election. Then we can show the administration the Student Association does represent the wishes of the students."
Acebo, Shilling face off
Candidates voice goals, opinions for presidency By Shannon Blockcolski
Jeff Shilling, sophomore, marketing major and Student Association president, will run for re-election against Roger Acebo, junior, political science major and student senator Wednesday during the student senate election. Shilling served one semester as student senator, one semester as vice president of the Student Association and one year as Student Association president. He said his best accomplishment as SA president was recognizing the executive branch has the job of carrying out the wishes and desires of the students. "When I took office, the Student Association had several internal conflicts between the executive and legislative branch. Our job (the executive branch) is to cooperate with the legislative branch," Shilling said. One of the most important issues Shilling faced, he said, was realizing there has always been the question of how effectively the Student Association represents the wishes of the students. "When we returned from Christmas break, I established a survey committee," Shilling said. "This survey showed the issues I thought the students thought were important were the issues students were concerned with, such as parking and how the student ac-
tivity fees are divided." Shilling said he is concerned with the way the administration handles student senate resolutions. "Today, the administration still has not given us an official stand on making the faculty evaluations available to the students," Shilling said. "A parking resolution sits over in the administration office that I signed 3 weeks ago. "I want to take this summer and next year, if elected, to get some answers and see some action taken on these resolutions." Keeping issues alive from this year is one of Shilling's main goals, he said. His stand on the issues hasn't changed much from last year, and he is proud of increasing communication with campus organizations. "There is a tendency, though, for the Student Association president to get bogged down in traditional activites," Shilling said. "I now know how to make those trivial things not take too much time so I can get some action done." Shilling said students should vote for him because he is serious when it comes to his position. "I am here to work for the students, and today, there are a lot of problems the students want to see results on," Shilling said. "There are a lot of important
issues, and I don't want to see them die." Acebo has served as Student Association director of public relations for one semester and as student senator for one semester. He said he has three major programs he wants to instigate within the student senate. "There will be no election for student senate seats this year, and I feel this shows there needs to be a change in how student senate seats are filled," Acebo said. "I want to change the Student Association constitution so that all campus organizations will have a seat in the senate, and there would only be one seat for each college." Acebo said if all organizations had a senate representative on the student senate, then the senator could take resolutions presented to the senate to the organization members. Then the campus groups, and colleges, could be accurately represented, he said. Another of Acebo's proposed programs originated in St. Francis College in Loretto, Penn., called the Senior Outgoing Orientation Program. The program was awarded for being the best student service project by a national collegiate organization. "The service would provide counseling for seniors not just in job placement, but in lifestyles,
finances, marriage and family," Acebo said. "I think it would be a very strong program." Acebo also said he wants to establish a Student of the Week program to honor students who have outstanding grades, perform special community service or who excel in athletics. He said the students should be awarded with a special dinner and a plaque. "I feel these are realistic programs I can work on, while also performing my duties for the student senate," Acebo said. Acebo said the students should elect him president of the Student Association because, "I represent change and I'm not an advocate
of the current senate. "I realize the student senate hasn't been effective in representing the students, and since I want change, I think people will vote for me. A lot of senators feel their seats are threatened, so they are campaigning against me. I know I am the underdog. "This is really my last year to be Student Association president. I don't think a president should be re-elected, they should serve for one year and pass the power on to someone else. "I do have realistic ideas, and I won't just sit in the senate office and sign legislation. I really want to help others."
Roger Acebo
Jeff Shilling