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Hopeful Student Politicos
Restate Their Positions

In successfully dealing with the
problems of today, a greater role
must be played by Student Council.
By extending its powers and taking
a liberal view of the problems,
council can take a major role in
student life.

Respectfully submitted,
Andrew Potler

Ronald B. Low

"Negative" is probably the best
term to describe my reasons for
running in this election; I hope to
slow Student Council's frantic drive
for power without responsibility.
To be effective, I think that
Council members are going to have
to realize that their programs must
be well thought out and not just
well intentioned.

Consider, for example, the
recent attempt to establish a
minimum wage to chip local
unskilled workers. Granted that
their lot is a miserable one, even the
most rudimentary economic
analysis shows that setting a
minimum wage, or any other form
of price fixing, will hurt rather than
help. Some workers will receive
higher pay; many will lose their
jobs as their work becomes
unprofitable, and the net result will
be to reduce the total amount of
money going to the people you're
trying to help. This is exactly what
happened when Congress last set a
minimum wage — many Deep
South cotton planters were forced
to mechanize or go broke — the
field hands were fired and,
ironically enough, both planters
and farm hands were worse off.

I am also irked by Student
Council's attitude toward such
student organizations as the
Jefferson Society. This organization
does not exert a major influence on
University affairs, and there is
nothing prohibiting the
establishment of other literary and
debating societies, be they all male,
coed, or all female. Nonetheless,
Student Council members now feel
compelled to universally enforce
their preference for coed
membership, even if this preference
is not shared by members of the
Jefferson Society. It is against this
self-righteous attitude that I am
running.

Respectfully submitted,
Ronald B. Low

The following students are
candidates for the office of Senior
Class President: Douglas G. Bain,
Charles F. Collin, Arnold Goldin,
William H. Harris, Trip Lynch, Bob
Nigro, and Buzzy Waitzkin.

The candidates for College
Representative are Jim Basl, John
Cook, Bill Creason, C. Thomas
Faulders III, Al Hadeed, Fred
Leffel, and Clifford Weckstein.

David Kunsman is the only
candidate for Engineering
Representative. Sue Thomkinson
is the candidate for Nursing
Representative and Bob Nigro is
running for Commerce
Representative.

Joseph H. Norton is running for
Judiciary Committee seat from the
Architecture School.

Students are eligible to vote in
the following elections.

College of Arts and Sciences: all
students can vote on the Code of
Conduct referendum, and on the
Student Council elections. Degree
candidates can also vote for class
president, college representative,
and the class constitution.

Engineering School: all students
can vote on the Code of Conduct
referendum. Degree candidates can
vote for class president, engineering
representative, and the
constitution.

Architecture School: all
students can vote for a Judiciary
representative and on the Code of
Conduct referendum. Degree
candidates can vote for class
president, Architecture
representative, and on the class
constitution.

Commerce School: all students
can vote for the Code of Conduct
referendum. Degree candidates can
vote for class president, Commerce
representative, and the class
constitution.

Education School: all students
can vote on the Code of Conduct
referendum. Degree candidates can
vote for class president, education
representative, and the class
constitution.

Nursing School: all students can
vote on the Code of Conduct
referendum. Degree candidates can
vote for class president, Nursing
representative, and the class
constitution.

All Graduate Schools: all
students can vote on the Code of
Conduct referendum. Degree
candidates can vote for class
president, class representative, and
the class constitution.