Show Constitutional Amendment An Effective Step An amendment to the Constitution proposed by the Student Senate will appear on the class election ballot Wednesday and It is an amendment students are urged to The Student Court is notorious for its weakness as an enforcement body in student The revision of the Constitution several years ago left it weaker than ever when no enabling clause was included to make it possible for the Senate to pass laws giving the Court power to enforce This is what the proposed amendment If it becomes part of the the senators will be able to whatever penalties are for violations of law to give the Student Court power to and these The amendment is a very general It does not give the Senate or the Court unlimited power to establish These will still be subject to by appropriate University boards and notably the Deans' if the Senate decides ID card violators shall be punished by withholding of registration until fines are it may not have registration withheld unless the Deans' Council But the amendment is at least a starting point toward more effective It should call the matter to the attention of the Deans' Council and facilitate greater If the amendment would make it possible for the Court to see that registration really is withheld continue our if the Council were to give its approval to such a Although the amendment is not strong in it is necessary before more specific measures can be Its approval at the polls is |