Michigan State University - Red Cedar Log Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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AUSC directors-left to right-Jules Hans- lovsky fpulbic relationsb, Reinhardt Schu- mann Celectionsb, Burt Green Cacademic benefitsl, and Wayne Reganall CSpartan spiritj. QR-of A ,.,. 'f W. The sororities participated in an AUSC sponsored pep rally prior to the Michigan game. 29

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' ligw.-ff 'A 1 :,g . Nr. S i at 1 '.N.u v ' . ii! The proceeds from Spartacade go to Campus Chest, the only uni- versity organization that exists for money raising purposes. This group corresponds to the civic oriented Community Chest. 28 For those students who were unaware that Michigan State had a student government, fall term should have erased all doubts. Thanks to the Michigan State News, All-University Student Government gained nation-wide publicity. Head- lines such as Love Rocks the Boat and crys of 'ggestapo tacticsi' appeared in newspapers across the country, as Student Congress tried, through Resolution 12, to find a solution to the canoe rental problem. In further action, Congress, as an experiment, voted to join the United States National Student Association. It was hoped that many benefits would result from belong- ing to such a national association. An evaluation of this association was to be made prior to the April deadline of the trial period, when Congress was to vote whether or not to continue membership. It was unfortunate that Resolution 12, designed to save the canoe rental service, so overshadowed other pro- grams and services of Student Government. Of these programs and services, the student insurance program oliered students the greatest direct benefits. At the close of winter term registration 6,100 students had purchased policies and many had collected claims.

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One of the most successful AUSG projects fall term was the Salk polio vaccina- tion program. conducted with the cooperation of Olin Health Center. A total of 3.2l-1 shots were administered, and there might have been many more had the program not been forced to close down due to the time element involved. Incoming freshmen first saw AUSG in action during the orientation portion of Welcome Week fall term. Closely following this was the election of freshmen class ollicers and Frosh-Soph Council representatives. Elections on a larger scale occurred spring term when sophomore, junior and senior class officers, the president of AUSG and Student Congress representatives were elected. All of these elec- tions were conducted under student government regulations and supervised by AUSG personnel. The constitutional legality of these and all other AUSG activities is determined by the All-University Judiciary, which also judges many cases involving student discipline. The work load of this body has been unusually large since its institu- tion in 1956. Relief, however, finally came this year in the form of a constitutional amendment approved by referendum at winter term registration. At that time the student body voted to increase the number of justices, change the requirements for a quorum and establish a set procedure for setting up summer court.