Show Try Again Lack Of Lawmaking The Student Senate is having difficulties the problem seems to be one which is certainly not unique to the senators that of lack of Last week the student legislators voted to meet weekly rather than bi-weekly because they felt that not enough bills were being This seems to show lack of enterprise in Senate committees rather than lack of meeting A new system of representation is now in its first year of and it looks at this point as though further experimental tion is needed if the Senate is to become really Because of a controversy last year over whether or not class officers were the was amended to provide that five officers elected by each class do double duty as The motive behind the change was but the new plan may be one reason the senators have passed only so few bills this The traditional duties of class officers were to take charge of several major campus events the juniors of the Junior sophomores of Snow and the seniors of graduation and the class With the possible exception of the these functions could be performed just as easily by Under the new class officers have more responsibilities than but their interests may or may not extend to their new duties as It is impossible to know whether a candidate for a class office is really interested in serving as a senator or only in building prom decorations or planning snowshoe One of the Senate's main responsibilities this year will be to make an honest evaluation of the new system under which it is There is nothing wrong with experimenting with a new but things should not be allowed to stay where they If the Senate is to be its members must run for office with the Senate as their first Presiding over class functions should be left to officers elected especially for that or preferably to making class officers other than senators The issue of class officers and representation in the Senate should not be allowed to die until a satisfactory solution is |