Show Letters to the Editor Dear The basic premise of representative government is that we elect people to represent us and in so doing we place our confidence in them that they will survey the issues in an informed manner and make their decisions in the best interests of those whom they MAY THIS be understood m regards to the proposed student The Student Senate is the representative body of the and through its investigation of all the issues has the capability of voting most intelligently and in the best interests of the students as a whole on this The function of the Student Senate is to serve the in the decision-making process and to express student To submit this and other issues to a student referendum i would be highly impractical Since the Senate is informed on this to submit it to the relatively uninformed members of the would be avoiding its own responsibility and betraying the confidence which has been placed in DICK PAUL |