College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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Student Government and Publications

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=m The Student Government The Student Government at William and Mary is the only organization on campus that considers the entire student body. For this reason people should cooperate and work in unity to help further their own interests and those of fellow students. Only with harmony will students ever expect to get an opinion respected by both faculty mem- bers and the administration. Other groups drive for ac- complishment in various segments of college life, but only through the Student Government, with these groups inte- grated, combined to, and united with it, can plans be moved in the right direction and results come forth. Therefore every student individually and every organiza- tion collectively should support, and wiUingly work for our Student Government. A house divided cannot stand. Alex Fakadej, President of the Student Body, has stated that there has been noted apathy in the interest of the students. Evervone who is a student is classified as part of the student body and the government is there for them. They should show active participation in it, and be respon- sible people for their own benefit. The composition of the Student Government is divided into three main sections: the Assembly, the Senate, and the General Cooperative Committee. The Assembly is provided with forty-two members; twenty-eight represent- ing the four classes, the Secretary of the Student Body, one graduate student, and the twelve members of the Senate. The Senate is composed of the Presidents of the classes, the President and Vice-President of the student body. Chairman of the Men ' s Honor Council, the Chair- men of the three segments of the Women Students Co- operative Government Association, the president of Pan- Hellenic Council, and the president of the Inter-Frater- nity Council. The General Cooperative Committee has twenty-three members from the faculty, administration, and student body. Each position is to be taken seriously, not just for title or prestige. When a post is accepted, it is expected that the occupant will do his utmost to main- tain concord, bear his share of the work, and encourage interest. The purpose is well summed up in the preamble to the Constitution: We, the students of the College of Wil- Stmlent .■ scmbly. FiiM Rii« : Xfely, Matthews, Fisher, Thomas. Second Ro% : Ross, Cole, Cochran, l.ightner, .Adams, Law, Fairbanks. Third Row: Ilevkoop, Dallas, Oakcrson. Fakadej, Richardson, Ottow ay, Lesher. Fourth Row: Milcr, McMahon, McCorquodale, Griffin, ' alicenti, FIcshman, Wandell, Stockwell, Rush. Fifth Row: Joblin, Ryan, Jordan, Kurchette, Stadel, Johnson, Babcock, .Alexander, Foster. f -N