Show Campus Political Parties Considered By SALLY COLTRIN Chronicle Feature Editor With class elections come platforms of bigger and better Junior more activities for and drives for more But what if the p 1 a t f o r m s encompassed ideas concerning national and international TWO WEEKS four University student leaders attended a political parties convention at Oberlin Ohio to I answer this question and to see if it would be feasible to establish political parties on the University of Utah About students representing colleges throughout the United States attended the convention to study this AFTER HEARING lectures investigating the pros and cons of the Tom Kent Frosh Class and Richard Sophomore class president are of the opinion that political parties and candidates running on platforms concerning national issues are definitely not in the near future at the However Gary a graduate student who represented the Executive Council at the feels that political I parties would be effective on campus and would help stir up student interest in national and international RICHARD STAPLES is very questionable because of the type of government we The fraternities would stick with and independents would stick with Richard said that the campuses which have incorporated the party system most successfully have no fraternities or any other well-organized student Kent Michie parties are a means to get interest on campus in everything from student body elections to what's going on in the Michie don't think the interest they stir up would justify the amount of time and energy spent to form main push of political parties on other Tom Holt to work on national issues instead of campus issues a government of action and one dedicated to informing students on national He feels the Senate could perform the same role as political WM W J mm mm mm II l m mm m KENT Tom back Richard and Gary front were the four representatives from the University to attend a political parties convention at Oberlin College in Ohio two weeks |