Show Bennett Asks Increase In Student Obligation By Michael O'Connor Outgoing President Robert F. Bennett Wednesday highlighted his of the message by describing the student constitution as a which should be allowed to continue as the basic form for student Speaking at an open meeting of the Student Bennett offered the first of the series of messages to be presented each spring by out-going student body Bennett listed the constitution as one item of student affairs that he considered extremely important upon entering office last year The student official one of the committee that drafted I naturally had a strong feeling for and wanted to see if it could be made to Bennett said weaknesses in the document could well be worked out in sessions of the Senate next He added that the basic strength of the in the manner in which it spreads the processes of government over a larger number of The student leader stressed the need of the social aspect of the university Despite all efforts to achieve a feeling of belonging to the university community there will always be the comment that the University oX Utah is an Bennett r To overcome such feelings he said university functions must combine to aid the new Bennett likened these functions to a The three heads consisting of faculty and These heads must be put together to overcome the feeling Bennett Turning to the problem of participation on student-faculty Bennett said time we accepted our share of the and started to take our opportunities the student spokesman said that many times students complain of negative student attitudes but do little to work actively in committee The outgoing official continued by saying that students can eventually get as much influence in university affairs as they will demonstrate themselves willing and capable to Referring to policy and action of the Student Bennett said the group could be potentially the most influential body in student government but added that its only limitations are in its He strongly urged Senate members to learn rules of procedure so that might better represent the In regard to the Student Bennett the unit needs to establish I procedures and court practices that can carry over from year to Expressing satisfaction with the Bennett said that it like the could become a more beneficial unit through improvement of Bennett said he was confident that the student executive council would not overspend its The student leader expressed gratitude for cooperation extended to him during his term of Bennett said the student government boards should resolve to be a mature responsible part of the educational |