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From: x@mit-prep.ARPA (Dean Elsner)
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Subject: Re: Student Govt. What purpose?
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Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 00:50:36 EST
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In article <333@ihu1n.UUCP> johnnyr@ihu1n.UUCP (John R. Rosenberg) writes:
>This may be a naive question, but despite preconceived notions
>I really am interested in information from both sides
>of the question.
>
>What useful purpose does a student govt. at a college
>or university serve?

I am a long-time student government baiter at the University of Western
Australia. Every possible criticism of student government I know of I
have applied to that government. But when I step back and think about it,
one use of student government is to INTRODUCE individual students, in
an informal flexible way, to what can be a very scary institution. I
have never seen any 'administration' do as good a job as the students in
explaining to freshers just how much opportunity can be found in a
university. (Some *rare* academics do a good job too!).
-- 
x@prep.ai.mit.edu Disclaimer: I am not me.