University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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SLC? No, it ' s not a spoonful of letters from a bowl of Alphabet Soup. But just what is it, anyway? Well . . . SLC is the Student Legislative Council. Now you may wonder, what ' s that thing all about? Actually, the recipe for an SLC is quite simple: take one President, add two Vice-Presidents, stir in three General Representatives, and season with seven Commissioners. (Note: above ingredients must be minimum Grade C undergraduate students in good standing). There are also three non-students thrown in for good measure: a representative from the Academic Senate, one from the Alumni Association, and a spokesman for the Chancellor. (Naturally, we don ' t vote on these folks-we just add them in). To top off the creation, garnish with two final ingredients: one student chairman of the Finance Committee (he watches over the recipe ' s budget), and one Executive Director of ASUCLA (he appears in the recipe only on rare Occasions-usually when the pot ' s about to boil over). These last two folks are what you call ex-officio members of SLC which in English means they don ' t vote-they just talk and spice things up a bit. When you throw them all together, you get a Student Legislative Council, plain and simple. Only it ' s not always so plain or so simple. You see, each year the recipe comes out just a bit different than before. Some times you might end up with a watered-down broth, while other years you ' d think you had a pot of chile on your hands. This years batch was, well, basically a middle-of-the-road stew, although they did have their spicy moments. Anyway, enough of this culinary funny business ... let ' s get on to the meat of the subject. . . . . 16 Organizations