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...Pryor was courageous to reconstitute SAC. His actions gave many hope that the IOP would become a place of political mentorship and debate, not bitter infighting and ruthless politicking. Pryor should not back away from the challenge he posed in November by accepting this retrograde proposal. There is no courage in repeating the past...
...genuinely baffled by the staff's position on this issue. While the IOP may not be a "student group," scores of campus organizations seem toaccomplish their goals despite the handicap of selecting their leaders in open elections. The Crimson, for example, manages to put out a paperdaily even while engaging in the despised method of self-selection. Is democracy that much of a barrier to serving students effectively...
...also confused by the staff's call for the reduction of studentinfluence at the IOP to one or two open meetings a semester. If thestudent members of the Standing Committee on the Core Program -- again, not a "student group" -- were summarily dismissed in such a fashion, therewould be howls of protest, and rightly so. This page has repeatedly called for student membership in the Administrative Board and a formal student role in the selection of the University president. It does not matter if a subject may have been handled by administrators in the past; the staff should uphold...
...hold with our position of last December, which stated that "initial elections based on objective criteria for eligibility serve as a good model for the future, providing for more open and inclusive student leadership." No new reason has emerged to support the abolition of student leadership at the IOP. Students are what attracts students to theInstitute, and many of the IOP's most successful programs have been realized only through the ideas and efforts of student leaders...
...Senator David Pryor (D-Ark.), Director of the Institute of Politics (IOP), unilaterally dissolved the Student Advisory Committee (SAC). Members were shocked and taken aback by a decision made without prior consultation of the group being evicted. Now, five months later, on the recommendation of the Institute Task Force, there will be a new structure for student involvement at the IOP...