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Reversing Stand

Mr. Ogle argued "If we go on
record as reversing our stand
towards the Transition Fund and
the Black Studies/ Ethnic Studies
plan, we are saying something we
don't want to say." Tom Slater
pointed out that his opposition was
based on the question of who
would administer the funds.

Once this point was made, Mr.
Evens formally introduced his substitute
motion which was accepted
by a 11 to 9 vote.

In other business conducted last
night, Council struck down a
motion that would have required all
College candidates in the upcoming
elections to place their party
affiliation after their names on the
ballot. A similar motion making the
placing of the party name on the
ballot optional had failed twice
before.

Mr. Cass, in introducing the
motion, said that "for the edification
of the students voting, we
ought to have party labels on the
ballot." Mr. Evans thought that to
do so would be making a "bad rule
and setting a bad precedent."

Mr. Slater agreed with Mr.
Evans, fearing that it would let the
people vote by party without
thinking about it. He pointed to the
Virginia practice of voting only for
Democrats, regardless of the contestant's
abilities. Jackson Lears
rebuffed Mr. Slater's argument
saying, "I have more faith in the
University electorate than in the
electorate of the State of Virginia."

Mr. Evans continued Mr. Lears'
logic by saying that if the electorate
were so aware, they would know
the candidates well enough so there
was no need to put the parties on.
The motion failed 13 to 6.

For the second consecutive
week, the Council put off recommending
a health insurance program
until further information
could be obtained. Dr. James
Camp, Assistant Director of
Student Health, appeared last night
and argued that the Blue Cross/
Blue Shield plan recommended by
the Health Committee "provided
the best coverage we could offer to
students," despite the steady
increase in rates.

Dr. Camp said that the cause of
the price increase was the
"spiralling cost of hospitalization."

The Council tabled the issue in
hopes that a representative of Blue
Cross could come to the next
meeting and answer the member's
questions.