Show The Round Table I By CHUCK Chronicle Columnist Every year the gives birth to a band of political reformers intent on revamping its structure or something of the And yet every year the reformers campaign and We in two legislative the Senate and the Exec The Execs aren't supposed to but when one investigates the kind of activity student government it is only has-been somewhat to federal I V Sena- tors do not Akerlow make iau-s for the Executive officers to carry They can't because they aren't close enough to the problems and functions of student IT WOULD BE unrealistic for ilic Senate to the Execs how to initiate a discount It would because they aren't as close to the workings of the University as are the This year we have witnessed a new role emerging in the senate and a good Under the able direction of President Tony the Senate has redirected itself into the field of That they've hung their hat on the constitutional grant of power to student As you will observe in watching the most of the committees are dealing with off-campus formulating and presenting them to the The goal is to express campus THIS YEAR the Senate has positioned itself with regard to federal aid to and lauded President Kennedy's address to the United The new role the Senate is a rewarding one and I believe the kind of role a Senate should play in a structure like But it gives rise to a further problem which the senators are grappling our representation apportioned After if a body is going to take stands on various issues it must represent the The class system of election isn't wholly satisfactory as it allows a small group of people to control the The election by college system might be Membership by special interest areas was desirable under the old concept of the Senate as a program body But under tho concept of the Senate as an body it seems to W weight in I DON'T THINK the Senate should be Nor do I believe the Senate is as some of our Execs 1 think the emerging role the Senate is both desirable and And I believe that this might be the concept which will attract apathetic students to the If the concept of in the we will see a renewed interest in student I government on the 1 As for the Executive Council 1 think its role still lies in cam- pus Brockbank proposed a myriad of things in his of the Campus address Although he gave no details as to how he or anyone else intends to carry these programs they are essentially I don't think the Execs can wait for the Senate to research student fees or the honors program so that the Exec may take a This is their THE EXECS must begin to channel their energies exclusively in They must establish the committee talked of last year to prepare support of the University in state legislative They work diligently to establish student discounts at the store and elsewhere in Their energies must be that they must involve themselves in the edu- and administrative problems of the The president's office looks to them for this They must In they must do more than just talk about things to Prom a reporter's standpoint it has been most difficult to assess the results of this year's except that not much filters down to this THIS DOESN'T mean things aren't happening in the although things might not It does mean that the public relations of the have been Dissemination of information is to the successful operation of Our reporters are just unable to ascertain anything and I believe 11 is bec ause the Execs haven't spent time promoting their The reformers foretold of eventual change in student The status guo group But 1 think this year has shown a change in the roles 4 of the Senate and the Although we can't make complete judgments we can observe the change is for the And there formers are |