Viking_Yearbook_48

STU.DENT COUNCIL The student council ca~ts a shadow over the campus. ,\'rater/: Monte Trask, Dick J o}'S, Barbara Jeremiah, Don Newman, Jack Soliis, Georgc Brown. Standing: Joe VannieI', Don lllinco, Ken Saxon, Bob Boden , John Hakanson, . Tom Hollenbeck, George Kim­ mell. Illsets: Barhara Jeremiah, Senclary:Jack Sollis,'[n:a­ sureI'. This year saw the college expanding. SLUtient govern­ ment expanded with it, accompanied by the usual grow­ ing' pains, SLUdent government at Vanport is vested in a ~inglc body, the student council. The council is COlli posed of fifteen representatives, elected directly by the students. Elections are held in Septelllber and February, giving the politicians sufficient exercise and the ~tudents a dose check on their government. The fall council was faced with the problem of in­ tegrating an ever-growing- list of student activities. This problem was partially mer by the formation of the inter­ dub social council and the publications board. By creal­ ing these agencies and broadening the scope of the council cornrnittees, the fall .council met the demand~ of a more aeli \'e stllcien t bocl)'. The spring council, building on the foundations laid by its predecessors, cOl1lemplated an even broader pro­ gram. Retaining the features inaug'urated by tbe [all council, the group planned a revision of the student body constitution, including changes in the structure and method of election of council members, with an eye towards making it a more efficient, representative instrll­ men t.