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Evans Re-Elected Student Council President

Hickman Chosen Vice-President;
Fioravanti, Rudlin Win Positions

By Tom Adams
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

By a vote of 11-8, Rick Evans
was reelected President of Student
Council at last night's meeting
of the Council. Mr. Evans defeated
George McMillan, a representative
from the Law School,
for the post.

Mr. Evans was reelected to serve
on the Council for another year
in College Student Council elections
which ended last Thursday.

Hickman Elected

Rom Hickman, representative
from the School of Architecture,
was elected a Vice-President over
Gordon Calvert and Alan Rudlin.
Mr. Hickman received nine votes
to Mr. Calvert's seven. Mr. Rudlin
received one vote.

In his election speech last night,
Mr. Evans pointed out that "the
greatest problem of Student Council,
at least in the undergraduate
schools, is that of gaining student
respect."

He went on to say "The Administration,
more than ever with
its new people, is willing to make
changes in current policies, but
only by working with students
they know and respect.

Joe Fioravanti was elected as
Secretary of the Council and Alan
Rudlin was elected Treasurer, both
by acclamation.

Car Plan Dissatisfaction

In other business, Jim Brashares,
chairman of the traffic control
committee of the Council, said
that "There is a large body of
students who are dissatisfied with
Council's rather nebulous stand
on the new car plan."

He added that "Inaction on
the part of Council will be the
same as killing the plan."

He then moved that the Council
"reemphasize" its support of
the car plan and asked that a student-faculty
committee be set up
to determine which areas will be
available for student parking next
year. His motion was passed unanimously.

Residential College Plan

Ron Hickman presented a plan
for a residential college system
at the meeting. The plan, is detailed
and lengthy, will be studied
by the Council representatives this
week and will probably be approved
at next week's meeting,
which will be the last of the year.

The plan entails a number of
residential colleges of about 500
students each, for second, third,
and fourth-year men, A second-year
man entering a college would
hopefully remain there the rest of
his college career.

Mr. Hickman felt that the residential
colleges and fraternities
would not be "mutually exclusive."
He said that the fraternities
would cease to function as
eating and living facilities and
would become social clubs.

He added that the Inter-Fraternity
Council should begin an investigation
into this as a part of
the plan.

Students Deterred

The Master Plan Committee,
which drew up the residential college
plan, felt that first-year experiences
with University housing
deterred many students from living
in University housing, according
to Mr. Hickman.

He went on to say that as
part of the plan the McCormick
Road dormitories should be
abandoned as housing for first-year
students and that the rooms
should instead be used as single-man
dwellings for students in the
graduate sciences.

Regulation Code

George McMillan, chairman of
the dormitory regulations committee,
moved that there be made
by the housing department a code
of dormitory rules and regulations,
At present, he said, there are a
series of lists and regulations that
do not make the rules clear.

Mr. McMillan's motion passed
unanimously.

Student Activities Fee Raised

Rick Evans announced that at
the meeting with the Student Activities

Committee last week, a raise
in the Student Activities fee was
approved. The fee will be raised
from $3.50 to $5 per semester,
if it is approved by the Board of
Visitors. The SAC will also investigate
the legality of having control
of student funds transferred
to Student Council.

Mr. Evans also read a letter
from President Shannon. Mr.
Shannon pointed out in his letter
that the changes made by the Council
concerning the registration of
demonstrations were embarrassing
to him coming so recently on the
heels of his statement on student
demonstrations. He objected to the
changing of the advance notice
time to only 24 hours.

The councilmen decided, however,
not to make any further
changes in the registration policy.