El Cerrito High School - El Camino Yearbook (El Cerrito, CA)

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Spring Student Body Officers are Front: Greg Williamsg Middle: Pat Morrissey, Cathy Tapiag Back: Marion Lock, Bryan Scott. . .,,: ip.. ,,,r W. ,. 5 M M, . S ww . ,k.' V 'i--- . r e t Q , -V if ,, v, ': ' 15-Sff SL- V sg dak Apathy of EC students is reflected in government El Cerrito students have discovered that the disadvantages of having two sets of Student Body Officers, fall and spring, outnumber the advantages. In theory, the two groups of leaders are supposed to bring fresh ideas to student govemment. In practice, as soon as the officers are oriented to their roles, their terms are over. Little gets accomplished in the end. This is the plague of ECS student govemment. This year there was much talk of abolishing Legislature, which is said to be The last stand of student government. Why is government so ineffective here? The most common answer is apathy. It is sad that students who could do so much want to do so little. ..... ......,.... . .. ,..,... 5 iggwi wan: W ' .- W .,..a. W , M ' 1 - ' 'P , 353,-..,,,:,fp+. H ,za A -' If 'wsu-lg: Lilzazufi' :.-:QP : K : ,Q:' 14fffv'?f ' . ,. .. w,WM,... . .. .. , ,. . f ff . . , :,. J .A.'. J, .- .sv . - 'I -. f K - 1.5 13 ' ' , 2 :1 L'..-ef . - ri w t.. -X- , . wg 1 29

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if l i 1, k cloc Foll ley. . Izf?53L1iffrsYgl V CEL5iQ5FQQxl wi , kwise from top, Kath? jones, Head Yell Leader?-lane iard, Kelly Cordon, Wendy Sheam, and Brente Bal '31,,fg:,, Q Incoming president for the sp ring, Greg Williams, receives a power-shake from outgoing president, Howard Hall,

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Apathy called a reason for ineffective Legislature Legislature, composed of representatives from the third period classes, school clubs, and ad- vocate members, met almost every week. But many of the students and faculty questioned why it met at all. The two major reasons that were cited for the ineffectiveness of Legislature are student apathy and the short terms of the Student Body offi- cers. Each semester new officers are elected, including new Legislature Representatives. It has been found that there isn't enough time in one semester to do anything worthwhile. To remedy this, a Constitutional Revision Committee was formed to update EC,s Con- stitution. Spring Vice-President Bryan Scott convenes Legislature while Secretary Cathy Tapia is ready to take notes. Many times students consider the business at hand unimportant and lose interest.