 | The Cavalier daily Thursday, March 12, 1970 |  |
Roebuck Tells Main
Dorm Conditions Bad
By Barry Levine
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer
Responding to the feedback from
dormitory meetings, James Roebuck,
Student Council president, has requested
Ralph Main, Acting Housing Director, to
"give immediate attention" to the complaints
concerning living conditions in the
McCormick Road Dormitories.
Reading his letter to the Council
Tuesday night, Mr. Roebuck outlined the
complaints that he and Vice-President
Kevin Mannix encountered in their
discussions with students. These complaints
included "the malfunctioning of
shower facilities...lack of recreational
facilities, broken television sets, inadequate
lighting, and...the poor operation
of the vending service."
Residents of Page and Emmett
Houses, according to Mr. Roebuck, would
"be greatly inconvenienced" if plans to
paint their rooms in the next few weeks were
carried out. A petition bearing more than 100
signatures of Page and Emmett residents
requesting that the refurbishing project be
delayed until summer was forwarded to Mr.
Main with Mr. Roebuck's letter.
Concluding its business in a record-breaking
35 minutes, the Council unanimously passed
several pending motions with little debate.
The only motion that received extended
discussion was one seeking the Council's
approval to sell the left-over stocks of materials
and equipment of the defunct Raper magazine
to cover the loss of a loan of $2700. One
representative questioned whether the Council
should press charges, but several members were
unsure with whom the Rapier debts would rest.
A motion by Judy Wellman, representative
of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,
inviting "all faculty members to be present and
to speak, without vote, at all Council meetings"
was given unanimous approval.
Responding to speculation that this might
be interpreted only as a reaction to the College
Faculty's decision to allow limited student
representation at its meetings, Miss Wellman
said, "We really are sorely in need of faculty
views here, and now we only have what filters
down."
To allow for earlier dates for the election of
Council officers and representatives, Judiciary
representatives, and Senior Class officers, the
Council changed its by-laws to have the
elections split into two ballotings, no more than
two weeks apart.
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