Middle Tennessee State University - Midlander Yearbook (Murfreesboro, TN)

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A 5.-0' x : V4 fi ' .mmf if X K, isions of state law. The ruling requires group legal plans to be approved by the state department of insur- ance. We've contacted our attorneys and they are in the process of getting the program approved. If they do, there is a possibility of starting a pilot program in the spring semester of '75, he said. Dodd said the ASB is also considering implementing a tutorial referral service. He plans to conduct a mass mailing to contact those students willing to tutor and those who need help. After gathering the information, Dodd said those students who are willing to tutor in Accounting 211 will be matched with those who need help in that course, and so on. We'll be operating this referral throughout the year, he said. fEditor's note: The plan is now in operationj Visitation rules and regulations have also come to Dodd's attention. It has not been the practice of ASB presidents in the past to submit any specific rec- ommendations to that committee, fCampus Rules Committeel, but l intend to make a proposal concerning three things, he said. Dodd said he hoped the I and K visitation program would be expanded and open house regulations would be relaxed. Concerning rules and regulations, Dodd said, some of the rules outlined in the Res- cue need to be more specific. Some guidelines for punishment should be included in the rules and regulations. A student can be punished the same degree for engaging in a panty raid as committing acts of vandalism. Dodd said students were very, very disenchanted with ASB last year. It is an attitude that I think is fairly widespread, he said. I said fin the electionj the greatest challenge the new ASB president would face would be to restore at least a rea- sonable amount of faith and confidence in student government. The success or failure of his programs will have the ultimate say as to whether Dodd has met that challenge. - Michael Gigandet Dodd

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IW--S . x. f ' fs- 1 '.k Jew... N -Q. A well met challenge: Dodd's test I 4 Sitting behind a desk cluttered with stacks of books, sheaves of loosely organized papers, trays full of in and out memos, calendars and what-not there is David Dodd, Liberty senior and Associated Student Body President. Leaning back in his chair and philosophizing on his view of government, Dodd says. I'm a little bit old-fashioned about government. I think government per se - and cer- tainly student government - exists to serve. That is what it is there for. Dodd says the major objective of his administration is to serve the students and thereby build their confidence in student government. With the initiation of his ombudsman program, the approval of soon-to-be-con- structed recreational facilities and the first step toward a student-oriented campus legal aid plan, Dodd has begun to fulfill his pledge. Having beaten four other contenders last spring, Dodd with 50.57 per cent of the vote dove into student government this summer by criticizing a General Education Study Committee proposal. Dodd said, That fthe committee proposalj was too many hours. The program should be altered so that it was not requiring any more general education hours than we were requiring under the old system. I-le recommended the number of required hours be cut, but the basic structure of the new system and the new courses be kept. Following his reply to the committee report, Dodd moved to provide dorm residents with grill and picnic facilities. Many of us felt there was a need to offer some conveniences to resident hall students since they do spend so much of their time on campus, Dodd said. Charcoal grill and picnic tables will be placed around the dorms on a 20 by 20 foot asphalt pad. Ideas, plans and improvements for the fall semester and freshman orientation were generated in part by two planning sessions called by Dodd on Aug. 3 and 28. On Aug. 29, the day freshmen moved into the dorms, student volunteers were placed in the lobbies to act as trouble shooters, Dodd said. On Friday, the day before freshman registration, students participated in another new program known as academic counseling of undecided majors. While implementing the ombudsman program last September, Dodd said to dorm residents, Ombudsman is just a long, hairy word for problem solving. The only reason it exists is to help you solve problems you'll run into this year. Launching his program on Sept. 12 with a door-to-door campaign through the resi- dence halls, ASB representatives handed out cards about the program urging students to call the ombudsman number when they have a problem they cannot solve. When you've got a problem. . .You've got a friend. Give us a chance to help, the card read. The ombudsman program is just a problem solving agency. It gives students a place to turn anytime they have a problem, he said. Individual problems can be carried to the extent of any ASB proposal, Dodd said. If the situation warrants that, we will. Another program designed to help the average student is the legal aid program now being blocked by an attorney general's ruling on group legal aid and the insurance prov-

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