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Student Counci,l ElectionTuesday, March 23II

CONSTITUENCYRTS Doug Weir Heather WhiteI am a second year s tudent runningfor the positio n of Arts Faculty Re-presentat ive on Student Counci l 1965-1966. I am not seeking this pos i t ionfrom purely altruistic motives, butrather would l ike the experiencewhich may be gained f rom such aposition . How ever, as your repre-sentat ive I shal l bear in mind at al lt imes that I am represent ing the s tu-dents of this faculty. I shall makeone promise only , that being to ex-press your wishes on council. I havegained a great deal of experience asa member of the universi ty debateteam, and as a part of the Coryphaeusstaff, and as a result feel very capab leof doing this . To promise more wou ldbe to assume powers beyond those ofmy of f ice, but in promis ing this Iw l i l do my best to see your wishesimplemented.

I would l ike a chance to work forthis universitys Stude nt Coun cil toattract interested and capab le stu-dents to take a more active part instudent activities. I feel there aremany p eople eager to help but whodo not know how to go about i t .

I had some experience in this typeof work on my high school StudentCounci l and as pres ident of the Girls Athletic Association. At the Univer-sity of Waterloo , I have worked forTreasure Van as a sales manager. Iam a scholaiship s tudent in the Artsfaculty, working for a degre e inSociology.

As an Arts Representa tive to theStudent Counci l , I would undertaketo perform any jobs or activities givento me as best I could.

members should inform their respec-t ive facul t ies about wh at is beingdone on their b ehal f and what is tobe done by them.

I feel the members of s tudentcounci l should assume the responsi-bi l i ty of put t ing to use al l the ablepeople that are avai lable, so that moreis heard about the accompl ishmentsof Waterloo than the< ack of enthus i-asm and part ic ipat ion.

In addi t ion, I am part icularly inter-ested in promot ing act iv it ies on cam-pus as well as inter-university organ i-zations.

John Clarke Mary1 KrauelWhen deciding how to vote in a

Student Cou nci l elect ion, there are anumber of factors to be kept in mind.Chief among these is the candidatespast record, not only in Student Gov-ernment , but also in other f ields ofendea vour. I, John Clarke, have par-t ic iptaed in Student Counci l for oneyear and the Arts S ociety for twoyears. Other extra-curricular activi-t ies in which I have taken part are:O.R.C.U.C. Commit tee, which hasbeen part of the Board of ExternalRelation s this year, and Varsity foot-bal l . Various projects which I haveundertake n person ally this year: inconnect ion with the Board of Exter-nal Relations are: C.U.S. t ravel ar-rangements; Student Discount Serv ice(also a C.U.S. p roject), which pro-v ides a discount of 5%% to 20% atmany local stores; and last, but cer-tainly not least , the Canada StudentMeans Survey, the ful l import ofwhich cannot be known unt i l al l datais computed.Counci l accompl ished a good dealthis year - notably the new const i-tution. There is, however, a drasticlack of communicat ion between coun-c i l and the s tudents, which I hope tocorrect by better publicity of not onlyCounci l bus iness, bu t also studentAct iv it ies in general . I shal l urgeCoun cil to give its fullest support tothe O.R.C.U.S. , an organizat ion whichhas the potent ial to save the s tudentsof Ontario considerable money be-cause of i ts lobbying power at QueensPark. Therefore, because .of an ex-cellent record of past service andsound proposals for the future, I hopeyou willvote for John Clarke as ArtsRepresentat ive.

I consider the candidate for s tudentcounci l to be in no pos i t ion to set uphis own plat form. Nevertheless, heshould have some ideas to contributeto the counci l as a whole.I think the counci l should takedef ini te act ion to help s trengthen fa-culty councils. The council m emberscould then work through these sub-ordin ate councils to reach the stu-dents. As this university grows andestablishes more faculties, the in-div idual w i l l deman d st rong t ies withhis particular faculty to gain a senseof belonging. I f each facul ty wasresponsible for some entertainmentor soc ial highl ight , or project , s tudentpart ic ipat ion would be encouragedfrom that particular faculty, yet theevent could serve the ent i re s tudentbody.Because of the problem of com-municat ion those who are eager andcapable of ful f i l l ing pos i t ions are dis-couraged. This is due to the fact thatmany are unfami l iar w i th organiza-t ions on campus. Student counci l

Ginny leeStudent Counci l serves many pur-

poses, the most important of whichis the representation of the s tudents;and each faculty selects representa-tives for just this purpose. Neverthe-less, a member of Counci l shouldnever, I repea t, never, be expected to?ct against his own consc ience andintegrity, regardless o f whethe r ornot his pos i t ion wi l l be apprec iated.

I feel st rongly that Student Coun-c i l should have complete authori tyover any college or faculty govern-men t, except in isolate d cases, inorder to further coordina te universityaf fairs and promote a feel ing of uni tyamong the s tudent body as a whole.Spiri t may run h igh in the separatecol leges, but this is qeaningless whenone v iews the complete s i tuat ion; fori f the main nerve of the hand is par-alyzed; f ive heal thy f ingers are notgoing to be able to accompl ish agreat deal .

erly i f there are none interestedenough to contribute their t ime andenergy to help i t accompl ish i ts pur-pose. There , is nothing that can comeof apathet ic s tudents but an apathet iccounci l .

Larry WoodsI am wi l l ing to work hard on Stu-

dent Counci l to make this univers itya bet ter, more democrat ic blace. Inhigh school I part ic ipated in StudentCoun cil, Red Cross, band , orchestra,and glee club, maintaining an Aaverage throug hout. In my first yearof col lege, wh i le res iding at St . Paul s ,I gained experience by work ing onthe Study and Worship Commit tee,a commit tee of the Col lege C ounci l .I was a member of the Const i tut ionCommit tee for the Col lege, and Iwas an Athletic represeritative for theCol lege. Therefore, I feel I am qual i -fied to serve you as Arts Representa-t ive of the Student Counci l this year.

This is why I bel ieve that al thoughprevious experience is help ful, it isenthus iasm and honest interest thatreal ly make the di f ference I have, upto this point , ha d no contact w i thStudent Counci l , but I did serve inhigh school in s tudent Parl iamen t . ,thereby g aining both a knowledge of ,and a s incere interest in, and aimsand problems of a s tudent governingbody.

Sue KestleOn February 24, 1965, we, the s tu-

dents of Waterloo , cast our ballotselect ing a new pres ident . In doing sowe have already commit ted ourselvesto one of two major plat forms of fer-ed. The counci l representat ives shouldwork to support th e establishe d con-st i tut ion and program and to ensurethe express ion of s tudent opin ion.

To overcome such queries as whatdoes counci l do for me? an ef f ic ientcomm unications system must be esta-bl ished between the counci l execut iveand the s tudents. W hi le the s tudentsmust display some interest themselves,council rep resentatives should be re-sponsible for keeping s tudents in-formed of the detai ls of council swork.Because of this lack of communi-cat ion at Waterloo, many organiza-tions have suffered. I am interestedin promot ing such organizat ions asWUS and ORCUS.

However, I feel that our effortsshould first be directed towards esta-bl ishing s t rong roots f rom whichWaterloo may grow. This involvesboth internal and external mat ters .Closer co-ordinat ion between the vari-ous col leges and facul t ies under thestudent counci l would prov ide uni tyand coherence. Added to s t rong in-ternal relat ions, inter-col legiate co-operat ion in athlet ic , soc ial , and cul-tural areas would establ ish for Water-loo a sense of ident i ty . Yet n one ofthis can be achieved unti l every stu-dent is made aware of the problemwe face. It is towards this end thatcouncil representatives must work.

I can promise to do no more thanmy be st as a representative of thestudents in general , and the Arts s tu-dents in part icular.or can the Counci l funct ion prop-SCIENCE CONSTITUENCYteve Irelmd

considered . Science Representativesmust advocate a more dynamic andcapable Science Society . The StudentUnion bui lding must be bui l t as soonas poss ible, and more sui table fac i l i -ties must be obta ined for various stu-dent c lubs.

In general , the student representa-tive must actively su pport student or-ganizat ion, and see that special eventsare properly organized and wel l pub-l ic ized in advance.

As a candidate, these qual i f icat ionsmust inc lude suf f ic ient experience instudent organizat ion, and I bel ievemy background in these activities willprove most help ful. Last year I wassecretary of the Science Society, andsecretary and cultural director of theUkrainian Club. I also served on thepubl ic i ty commit tee of the NewmanClub, and was a member of the per-formance group of the Folk DanceClub. .

In conclus ion. s tudent governmentat Waterloo must have act ive andinterest ing part ic ipat ion, and as aScience Representat ive, I w i l l do mybest to carry out the wishes of myfaculty.

Al though my experience on StudentCounci l as St . Paul s Col lege Repre-sentat ive in the past three months hasbeen l imited, i t has been suf f ic ient toacquaint me with the way StudentCounci l has operated and to suggestto me tvays that i t could be improved.A great s tep forward should be takennext year wi th the increased numberof Counci l members. The dut ies ofCounci l w i l l be ass igned to a greaternumber of people, eas ing the s t rainon the few who have carried the loadin the past .Counci l comm it tees be composedof students of differen t years so ex-perienced people wi l l be avai lable tohead these commit tees in the future.I t only s t ands to reason that the bestmanage ment of funds, planning ofact iv it ies, an d representat ion of ouruniversity in external affairs can bereal ized when experienced people arein charge. But a look at the l is t ofcandidates for Arts representativeshows that mo st of us are relativelyexperienced.This to me is an indicat ion of oneof the major problems in the Artsfaculty. A pathy is prevalen t and com-municat ion non-ex is tent .Arts s tudents should be the leaderson this campus. They are at otheruniversities. Here they take a backseat . The prevalence of candidatesfrom Year I is an indicat ion of achange in at t itude and a greater con-

Anita Bugaraeff EvansAs a candidate for Sc ience Repre-

sentat ive on the Student Counci l , Ibeliev e that the first dut; o f such anof f ice is to understand and makeknown the v iewpoints of fel lowScience students. A ll activities andorganizat ions undertaken by Sciencestudents must merit special considera-t ion and study.

Next Tuesday, I ask those of youin Science to vote for Jeff Evans foryour Student C ounci l rep. Since Ihave asked for your vote, you mightask about my experience on campusand about what I think Counci lshould do.

One of the main issues on campusthis year is the continu ed existence ofthe Arts and Science Society Counci ls .From my experience on ScienceSociety , I feel that not only shouldthese Societies be preserved becauseof their potent ial value as a systemof communicat ion, but they shouldalso be rendered more ef fect ive. Artsand Science Society reps must he lpCoun cil out by keepin g th eir ~classesinformed of and interested in whatStudent C ounci l is doing. In addi t ion,Coun cils work could be scrutinizedso that some of its present responsi-bi l i t ies could be t ransferred to theSociet ies. This would take a load of fCounci l and also give the Societ iessomething m eaningful to do.

In the realm of External Relat ions,I bel ieve Counci l should cont inue i ts

In the coming academic year, sev-era1 objectives in particular, must be

efforts beg un this year to have ourstudents represented at seminars andconferences. Careful apport ioning ofexpense money wi l l ensure that themaximum number of s tudents can besponsored, and encouragement of re-ports, both .for the Coryphaeus andfor the f i les , w i l l al low the informa-t ion gained to benef i t al l the campus.

tern about Student Counci l af fairs .The mat ter of communicat ion inthe facul ty is a problem, but onewhich should be considered andeventua lly solved. The five representa-t ives who w i l l be elected should makean at tempt to al lev iate this condi t ion.If the issues which concern him con-cern you, I wou ld ask you to voteIRELA ND for Arts Represe ntativeon March 23.

One important role of the Boardof Student Act iv i t ies is the encourage-ment o f new activ i t ies. I bel ieve thatthere should b e something in theStudent Counci l programme for every-one - something for YOU.

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ENGINEERLNG Ct%+ISTlTUEhItY 1 SCIENCE: c&m Dave Ness Teriy Taylorob (Cassady Sandra Joryouis Battiston

,A student counci l members f i rstrespons ibility is to his electors an dsecondly to the University at large.

As the Queen said to Al ice: Youmust run as fast as you can, to stayin one place. I hatre stayed in oneplace long e nough, so by runningfaster, I feel that I can catch theStudents ideas and push them intothe Counci l . Being aware that i t wi l ltake more than running, I p lan todr ive your ideas to the Counci l , andthus I wi l l have an advantage overthe others who are only running.

In the-six and a hal f months thatI have bee n at this university. I havehave seen many th ings happen. As amember of the Engineering Society(A) last term, 1, was or iented tostudent government at the universi tylevel. Pas t experience as treasurerof my high school student counci ldefin i te ly helped m e fi t in . I helpedwi th the socia l committee at home-coming, and thus learned a lot aboutcommittee organization.

Student Counci l should a lways actin the best interests of the enti restudent body. In the past we havealways ha d government of the people,by the people, but seldom has i t beenfor a major i ty of the people. Most ofthe activi ties sponsored by StudentCounci l have been di rected at smal lminori t ies and as a resul t they have,general ly speaking, bee n dismal fa i l -ures. It should be noted that suchfai lures mean money out of theStudent Counci l treasury and in-directly out of your pocket, whethe ryou were in attendance or not. Weal l pay nine dol lars per term forstudent activities, but a majorityof us never get anything in return.This si tuation must be remedied,.

I have outl ined the job that has tobe done by the new Student Counci land so now I shall discuss the reasonsI th ink I am qual i f ied for the posi t ionof Science Rep. I ani current Presidentof the Appl ied Physics Club and I amserving th is term as EngineeringSociety Representative for Appl iedPhysics. But most important of a l lin th is job , as in any other, is aninterest and I have a defin i te personalinterest in obtain ing more for yourST UDENT DO LLAR.

Intrgducing : Sand ra JoryFacul ty: -Engineering

In my capaci ty as Engineering _Represe ntative I will strive to furtherthe interest of the Engineeringstudents, on and off campus. For in-stance, the Summe r Engineeringstudents pay regular Student Counci lfees, yet at present, council offers noprograms in the summer. Student, Counci l should thus cooperate wi ththe Engineering Society in br ingingabout a number of summer programs.

The Engineering Society has recent-ly been looking into the possib i l i tyof publ ishing an Engineering paperor journal . Such a paper w ould bepubl ished year round and shouldthus be supported by Counci l , s incei t would be a summer substi tute forthe Coryphaeus.

Term: IBCandidate for: Engineering Re-

presentative on Student Counci l .Past Experience: 4-H Club execu-

tive, YPU executive, County rep-resentative to Provincia l 4-H Con-ference, Voting member of theEngineering Society.

Qual i f ications : Honour studentActive in sports, supports Engin -eering Society activi ties.

The wheels of the machine cal ledStudent Counci l are running incircles! I will risk gettin g dizzy inorder to examine thei r movement indetai l .

One th ing is certa in: the studentsin Science facul ty who have ideas wi l lbe wel l represented by me; those whodo not, I hope wi l l be in the minori ty.

This term on engineering society(B) I fought for representation bypopulation in the society i tsel f. Thefirst year engineerin g reps had only2 votes out of 20 al loted to the fourengin eering years, yet those two votesrepresented 50- of Water loos engin-eers. I personally had this lo-representation changed to a moremeaningfu l 29- by a redistr ibution ofvotes. Pu t me on counci l and they l lhear your griveances too.

To be effective, a member of counci lmust be aware of publ ic o pin ion. Ihave tr ied to gain such an awarenessby participation. I have been & memberof the fo lk song club for the last twoterms and have supported our hockeyand basketball teams. As a memberof the ski club, I- found what realschool spirit can be. .

- Fel low engineers take note . . .The tim e has come to e lect a newstudent counci l and I am eager torepresent you on it. This yearscounci l needs members that are aware,aggressive, and wi l l ing to g ive of thei rt ime and ta lents. This I am wi l l ingto do.

Promises : Nothing . . . butto endeavou r to represent your bestinterests before Student Counci l .s a representative for the Uni-versity at large I hold, th at a ny

program or action which is detri-mental to a part, is bad for the whole.Since my com ing here for Pre-Engineering I have been active inpubl ications as a member of theCompen dium Staff, and a number ofother activities, th rough the CircleK club, Blood Donor Cl in ic inparticular., . /,

I thus hope to have the opportuni tyof representing you on StudentCounci l .

Paul FreemanAsks: That on March23, you vote. I am now in my fi rst year at theUniversity and can thus discuss ourStudent Counci l from only l imi ted

experience. Though I feel the Counci lhas done a passable job, I th ink thatreplacing the bickering which nowdominates Counci l meetings wi th al i t t le cooperation would lead togreater efficiency to Coun cil matters.

Mike MoganThe usual procedure which ac-

companies the announcement of onescandidacy for Represen tative onStudent Counci l involves an endlesslist o f I will assure that . . ! , Iin tend to . . . , I promise to . . . , and so on. Whi le the integri ty ofindividual candidates is most assured-ly beyond rep roach, their abilityto impleme nt such promises is some-what questionable. Engineers are notso gul l ib le as to bel ieve that candi -dates are capable of executing sucha string of miracles.

Jeremy Simonnder the leadership of our newPresident, Gerry Muel ler, perhapsi t wi l l be possib le to break up theclique that now controls our interestsand our money, under the name of theStudent Counci l . This would en-courage. greater student interest inCounci l affa i rs, our major problem atthe moment. Wi th greater coverageof Counci l affa i rs ,and a fu l ler ex-planation of Counci l s a ims andideas, more students would be at-tracted ,towards the pol i t ical l i fe ofour University. If our Coun cil couldachieve th is a lon e next year, i t wouldbe a success, in my opin ion.

I am completely in favour of U ofW membership in organizations suchas ORCUS. With the coordinationcapabi l i t ies of these bodies, i t ispossib le to express student opin ionto the populace at large to an extentbeyond the capacit ies of individualStudent Counci ls. Our membershipcan also give us the opportuni ty tohelp guide student activity. through-out the province. However the Counci lmust at a l l t imes reta in fu l l contro lover i ts own powers and not re l inquishany part of them to these largerorganizations.

In conclusion, I would l ike to statethat from my academic standing lastyear a nd so far this year, I feel thatI would be able to devote the neces-sary t ime to perform my duties as aScience member of the Counci l , andask for your support on March 23.

I am running for the posi t ion ofScience Re p because of a desi re togive responsib le representation to theScience Faculty and the StudentBody as a whole. Experience gainedthis year working with students inorganizations as the Circle K Club,Homecom ing 64 and presently onHomecom ing 65 have given me in-sight in to the many facets of Universi-ty l i fe. This, I bel ieve, wi l l enable m eto give responsib le representation.

Bill ObeeWhat can I do for you as Engin-

eering representative on StudentCounci l? Do not look for any mathe-matical arrangement of promises thatmost of the t ime fa l l through. I offeryou my services, time and past ex-perience in return for your vote: anambi tion to see better th ings for theUniversity of Waterloo.

In h igh school I was active in avariety of clubs and student govern-ment which would al l prove to be anasset,,as a member of Counci l . In myfirst year here I have b een a classrepresentative on both EngineeringSocieties. During my time on ,thesocieties I was able to f ind out whatthe Ehgineers want from thei r counci lwhi le on and off campus.

What I would l ike most to see inthe coming year is spi r i t am ong thestudents. Just because you are herefor only four months does not meanthat you can not get active in projectsof the Counci l and Societies. Do youwant the Universi ty to be known onlyfor -putt ing out the best Engineers?What about lett ing other people knowthat we have good teams in sports anddebating. By fo l lowing the Warr iorswi th attendance at thei r games andlots of cheers we can let the moreactive people real ize that we arebehind them a l l the way.

Just because we are a young1Universi ty does not mean that we

cannot bui ld up a reputation thatwi l l surpass the old tradi t ions ofother insti tutions. We must get outand make a good reputation for our-selves both in th is communi ty and inthe ci t ies where we work.

Art DawsonIn the past, the Student Counci l

has been characterized by a constantstruggle to keep i ts programs andactivi ties going, This has usual ly beendue to the l imi ted number of genuine-ly interested persons doing thegroundwork and looking after thedetai ls on the ,var ious committees ofCounci l . Those who actual ly havebeen involved have accompl ished agreat de al and should be commendedfor their efforts, but the fact remainsthat there simply haven t been enoughpeople to do the job properly.

The 25 members wi l l a l low morecommittee work to be equi tablydistr ibuted, and thereby improve theoveral l eff ic iency. Much more thanthis is required. If elected I propose tolau ch a major effort to encourageparticipation in student governmentby students of this university. Thereare large numbers of students on th iscampus who have more than a passinginterest in student affa i rs but who, forone reason or ,another, have not takenthe first step to introduce themselvesto th is interesting aspect of campusl i fe. I m convinced we can and mustarouse this interest.

So in announcing my intentions torun as Engineering Representativeon Student Counci l I wi l l not bore

e ou wi th a l ist of worth less promises,but have only th is to say. Using theexperience gaine d as class repre-:sentative on the Engineering Societycoupled w i th insight that has de-veloped from three years on campusI will do my best to actively representthe Engineers in Student Counci l andmake thei r views heard in studentgovernment.

There are some improvements thatI would l ike to ma,ke.F i rst of a l l the question of in i t ia tion,

the perennial f ight between S tudentCounci l and the current In i t iationComm ittee must stop. Student Coun-ci l must recognize the importance ofin i t iation in introducing the newstudent to the Universi ty and in-sti l l ing in them pride in our Uni-velsi ty.

Another problem, or perhaps over-sight, is the serious lack of com-munication between the various clubson campus and the Student Counci l .This should be recti f ied.

If I am elected to the StudentCounci l I shal l br ing to the post theexperience Ive ga ined whi le I was

,class representative on the Engin-eering Society, Vice-President of theEngineering Society, member andchairman of var ious, Student C,ounci lcommittees, and Engineering Rep.on last years Studen t Counci l .

School Spi r i t, the Science Societyand the Student Union B ui ld ing, areother i tems that I in tend to work for.

Don WeatherbeThe posi tion of engineering repre-

sentative to student counci l has beenelevate d since last year. We now havefive votes on counci l per term, andto be effective, each of these votesmust be cast. Shou ld you elect me asyour representative I wi l l p ledge mytime, energy, and attendance at a l lmeetings; and active support ofengineering nterests on council .

My main aim though is respon-sib le representation for the ScienceFaculty. - /

HOW i0 VOTEPromises greater than these are

hard to make honestly, as there are anotable lack o f issues in th is e lection.Rather than make rash promises ofchange, I wi l l instead sum my plat-form in the most d i rect way possib le.

Now that you have read the campaign platforms of the candidates inyour constituency, you must know how and where to vote. Pol l ing boothswi l l be set up in each of the foyers on Tuesday, March 23 from 8:45 a.m.to 5:15 p.m. E ach voter must present h is I.D. card before he receives a bal lot.He may have as many votes as there are seats in h is consti tuency. You may votefor a candidate only once. Your bal lot wi l l not be spoi led i f you use only oneor two or three votes etc.

\Lets give this university anidenti ty.

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