Athens State College - Columns Yearbook (Athens, AL)

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Dynamic Change Foreseen in Student Government Just as transition came in the physical plant at Athens, and just as it came in the academic curricula, so did it come in student affairs. The Student Government Association, under the leadership of president Harry Hepler, made vast advances toward a more workable student government. Often hindered by the out-dated SGA Constitution, Hepler took action to cor- rect many of its weaknesses. The result is a totally new Constitution based on a totally dif- ferent organizational structure. Mike Dixon, the man who penned the new Constitution, has been elected chief executive of the Student Body for 1967-68. Dixon is certain to put the new form of student government into full and efficient operation faster than could any other leader. PRESIDENT, HARRY HEPLER President Hepler (right) congratulates Dixon on his election to the office of SGA President. 28

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In the fall of 1966 the SGA, working with a limited Student Activities Fund, had to cut back the expected budgets of virtually all student organizations. The leaders planned minutely the steps they were forced to take, and they performed well while under fire from both their SGA administrative advisers and their fellow- student leaders. To the credit of the 1966-67 Student Government are a number of successful dances, a better slate of big-name enter- tainers for the student body, a more accu- rate and comprehensive student hand- book, and the new Constitution. 29