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Page Three - The SKYSCRAPER - January 11, 1968 MSC hosts workshop Leadership weekend provides break for self-study by Janet Sass Although MSC members voted for new elections in February and established two new committees at Leadership Week-end, Jan. 5-7, at the Yellow House, the main change that evolved among the Also participating in the conference were Skyscraper editors and staf members, dorm council members and in terested students. February elections Elections for new MSC ex ecutive officers, delegates-at- large and committee chair men, not only for the positions vacated by the resignations, will be held next month in stead of in the spring as usual. In the interim, the Rules Committee members, which run the elections, will choose among themselves a new chairman to replace Carol Oli- vieri, who resigned as head of the committee last term. Class officers and class rep resentatives will still be elected in May. The Advisory Board, which replaced the Executive Board after the resignation of key MSC members last term, will continue to function until the new members are sworn into office. Members of the Advisory Board are Barb Dahlder, sen ior class president: Judy In nis, senior class representa tive and chairman of the Ad visory Board; Gerry Kurtz, corresponding secretary; and Barbara Nowicki. recording secretary. Another new change tenta tively planned for the Febru ary elections is a mandatory program for prospective MSC candidates which will inform them of the responsibilities and obligations of an MSC officer. One member sug gested that future resignations might be avoided if students had a clearer idea what an office entailed before they submitted their nominations. The MSC constitution states the Student Congress Presi- Skyicraper photo bv Marianne Fusillo Rosemary O'Brien Dorm Council president MSC members was an en thusiasm and determina tion to overcome the dif ficulties of the past 11 weeks, difficulties which included the resignations of the Congress president, vice-president, treasurer and rules committee chairman. After two days cf sleeping on the Yellow House's sofas and chairs, sharing and mak ing meals, participating in round - table discussions, and attending midnight mass to gether, one MSC officer felt the weekend had introduced a new spirit of co-operation among Congress members that was formerly lacking. Through a continuous ex change of ideas. MSC mem bers also reached a general consensus on the role of a stu dent government and their re sponsibilities as student lead ers. This afternoon at 3:20 p.m. in McCormick Lounge, MSC officers will present the re sults of Leadership Week end to the student body, hop ing to activate student inter est in their plans for the next two terms. THEY WERE THERE The Participants For The Weekned Included: MSC MEMBERS: Recording Secretary Barbara Nowicki Corresponding Secretary Gerry Kurtz Social Chairman Maureen Murphy NSA Coordinator Widdy Lyden Club Coordination Board Chairman . .Judy Ratto Liturgy Committee Grace Cichomska Academic Affairs Committee Anne Boylan Cultural Affairs Committee Kathy Jurasko Delegates-At-Large Mary Anne Galella Pam Peterson Mary Ann Barragry Julie Colacino Mary Rose Strubbe Helen Tong Senior Class President Barb Dahlder Senior Representative Judy Innis Junior Class President Nancy Doll Junior Representative Mary Kate Cooney Sophcmore Class President Mary Ann Anderson Sophomore Representative Mollie Mcllhon Freshman Representative Terri Blough MSC Advisor Sister Prudence Moylan MSC Advisory Board Barb Dahlder Judy Innis Gerry Kurtz Barb Nowicki DORM COUNCIL: President Rosemary O'Brien SKYSCRAPER: Editor Kathleen Flynn News Editor Janet Sass Feature Editor Mary Beth Mundt Photographer Marianne Fusillo Editorial Board Member ...Mary Kate Cooney Mary McMorrow Staff Member Kathleen Cummins dent shall have been a mem ber for at least one year pre vious to election. In view of the change of election dates. Congress .members voted to consider the Oct. '67-Feb. '68 term of office as equivalent to one year's experience on MSC. Social Security Campaign Julie Colacino, delegate-at- large, was elected chairman of a new committee to start a Social Security Campaign to provide more social outlets for students. The committee plans to propose to the admin istration that students receive the use of the library after the Learning Resource Center is completed. Though all plans are tenta tive. Julie said the library could be used as a coffee house and as an alternative to a Lewis Center date where one just sits and talks. Girls could bring their boy friends to watch television, play cards or play pool in this new social center. The Admissions Office and the Art Department also have asked to use the library after the Learning Resource center is completed. Another new committee plans to investigate the advan tages of a new governmental structure for MSC. Mary Kate Cooney, junior class repre sentative. Is chairman. The Rules Committee and Dorm Council plan to study the possibility of establishing a judiciary board to protect students against improper academic evaluations by their teachers, to ensure academic freedom for students in the classroom and to maintain student rights in the dorms. MSC Goals Regaiding the philosophy of student government, the MSC members generally agreed they wanted to initiate changes for the students in academic and social areas and to listen to the students' de mands and try to fulfill them. Though they decided they only could speak for students on student issues and could not represent their viewpoints on national or international is sues, they still believe they are responsible for making students aware of world events. However, the MSC officers did not agree on everything. One member criticized the MSC for being more of a so cial activities board than a student government, and an other member felt the Cultural Affairs Committee is unneces sary in a college situated in one of the United States' great cultural centers. Skyscraper Goals Regarding the philosophy of a student newspaper. Kathleen Flynn. editor of the Sky scraper, described the paper's role as that of a critical GATHERING TO DISCUSS the role of the student newspaper on campus, junior MSC representative and editorial board mem ber Mary Kate Cooney, junior class president Nancy Doll. MSC advisory board chairman Judy Innis. SKYSCRAPER feature Skyicrop'r ahoto by Kathleen Cummin.. editor Mary Beth Mundt, senior class president and MSC advisory board member Barb Dahlder, and SKYSCRAPER news editor Janet Sass manifest the inevitable results of a mere two and a half hours of sleep on the Yellow House's couches and chairs. Skyscraper iholo fay Mnnonne Fusillo Mary Louise (Widdy) Lyden NSA Co-ordinator thinker and a dreamer which tries to express, develop and influence campus opinion to seek facts and to promote de bate. She stressed that the Skyscraper was editorially in dependent of the MSC, the dorm council and the admin istration. Commenting on the students who claimed, in the Sky scraper survey (see Page 1). that the MSC does nothing, one MSC officer claimed the MSC is active, but just doesn't publish everything they do. Another officer disagreed, Congress and Dorm Council events are well publicized, but most students never take time to read the notices. The prob lem is not to create student awareness, but student partic ipation. They just don't seem to care, she added. Student Apathy A non-MSC member sug gested that one reason for stu dent apathy might be the lack of burning issues on the campus. Sister Cecelia Moran, Senior class advisor, disagreed, say ing that Mundelein had many burning issues; one issue could be erasing calendar dif ferences between Loyola and Mundelein so a joint academic program could be established. Sister Prudence Moylan, MSC advisor, offered another solution to the student apathy problem. She sug gested that one way to acti vate interest would be to take a stand on a controversial issue. Sister Mary Cramer, dean of students, offered more sug gestions for future Congress plans. She hopes the MSC will try to develop a sense of christian community which will include commuters; cre ate awareness of Chicago and world events; become more visible to the students; and do something about the social wasteland on campus where a mixer is the last resort of the desperate. Sister added that the role of a student government was to offer leadership in intellectual, social and. since Mundelein is a christian college, spiritual matters. The student govern ment should also act as a voice for the girl in the cor ridor.
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1968-01-11 (3)
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Mundelein College
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Student newspaper for Mundelein College
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Religious communities--Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Students
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Women's education
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Mundelein College Records
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