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(09/13/99 9:00am)
The role of student governments in campus decision-making is always a difficult one -- administrators are often reluctant to entrust responsibility for truly important decisions to students, leaving the student body's elected representatives to serve either as consultants with little leverage or as pointmen on projects of limited significance. Last year's UA set an admirable example in this respect on several occasions, particularly through its role in encouraging the renovation of Rosengarten Reserve Library and the funding of subsidized legal counsel for students enmeshed in disputes with their landlords. Again this year, a number of issues seem ripe for student involvement. Perhaps most importantly, we hope the UA stands by its pledge to work with the administration on the implementation of last spring's Final Report of the Working Group on Alcohol Abuse, including bringing a full-service video store to campus and increasing the number of social and recreational options available to students of all ages. The UA's ongoing work with SEPTA also has the potential to produce beneficial results, including an increase in the number of token machines on campus. Unfortunately, last year's example is not an entirely positive one. One area which needs to be improved is the UA's sensitivity to the surrounding community, which hit a low point with the distribution of "Am I a Target?" stickers in the wake of last fall's Steinberg-Dietrich assault. Also, it seems unlikely that efforts to involve the UA in increasing financial aid packages will prove productive. While Michael Silver, this year's chairperson, is absolutely correct to note that Penn must prop up its aid packages, the UA is not in a position to substantially contribute to the discussion. Finally, we fully expect that the attendance problems of previous years will not repeat themselves this year. The crippling absence levels of years past -- notably, not a problem for last year's UA -- damage both the credibility of the UA and the ability of its members to do their jobs properly.
(09/17/98 9:00am)
Frequently, members of the UA hear, "What does the UA do?" or sometimes, the question is replaced with an answer such as, "The UA doesn't do anything." As defined by our constitution, "The UA shall speak as the one representative voice of the undergraduates on affairs of concern to undergraduates," or, in our words, our purpose is to represent the undergraduate student body to the administration. Despite the fact that we were elected by the highest voter turnout in recent history, nearly double that of the previous year, we know that we cannot claim to represent the undergraduate population in its purest form. Some may say we are not well-rounded, but no group can claim to truly represent every person on campus. However, through many channels of communication, we think that we can represent the undergraduate students at Penn with our current members. We plan to have a comprehensive outreach program that will allow us to gather the undergraduate views. At the very end of last year, we compiled a survey of what students would like to see fill the remaining slots in Sansom Common. It was small, with just 173 usable surveys collected, but it showed us a good deal about what we should try to get into Sansom Common. An article about this was written in The Summer Pennsylvanian, which we urge you to look at online in The Daily Pennsylvanian archives if you would like to know the results. The conclusions of the survey were very much welcomed by Executive Vice President John Fry, as well as by his marketing consultants. We hope to do similar surveys with a larger population, perhaps something about what should accompany Sundance Cinemas and the proposed market in order to revitalize 40th Street. Surveys are just a small part of our outreach plans. We will use other avenues, such as guest columns in the DP and information on UTV's News Digest and Frontline. Additionally, we have updated our World Wide Web site for the first time in two years, and we plan to keep you informed of what we are doing there (http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~ua). We also have open meetings in the Class of 1920 Commons, right above Chats, every Sunday at 9 p.m., and we welcome anyone to come with any concerns they have. We had our retreat this past weekend, and we learned a lot about who we are, what we want to accomplish and how we want to do it. This spawned many goals we have for ourselves throughout the year. We do not want to give away what we plan to do just yet, nor do we want to commit ourselves to something that may be unattainable, but we will tell you this: We know College students have a hard time finding an open computer; we know that the tenure system clearly doesn't work right if someone like Political Science Professor Dan Deudney is forced out; we know all three high rises should have ATM machines for safety reasons; we know that the Katz Fitness Center, although a major improvement, doesn't fulfill the need for fitness facilities at Penn; we know that freshmen should not be living in the high rises; we know that the QuakerCard is a program that will be missed and that something needs to fill that void; and we know that most academic advisors don't know everything they need to. We will also tell you this: We're working on it. Our overriding goal is not to have every student at Penn say, "Wow, the UA is such a great organization," but rather to get as much done as possible to better this campus socially and academically. We tolerate, perhaps even welcome, the lack of recognition when it comes to the UA, because we know that you are here to have the best college experience possible, and you don't care who gives it you. All we hope is that you have faith in the students who got tons of signatures, missed class time to campaign and were eventually elected by all of you, to do the best we can to improve life at Penn.
(04/08/98 9:00am)
I heard the whack before I felt the smack of the Starburst hitting the back of my neck. As I dashed to my left trying to escape the crossfire, I stumbled across empty beer bottles. Upon hearing a roar of laughter, I turned to see a mass of people huddled over shot glasses. And yesterday I awoke to find this same group, the newly-elected and re-elected Undergraduate Assembly members, quibbling over conspiracy theories involving internal elections. For those who have not been following the events of the past few days, student government at Penn is comprised of six branches: The Class Boards, the Nominations and Elections Committee, the Student Activities Council, the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education, the Social Planning and Events Committee and the UA. If you went to a Smoker, Skimmer or Manayunk, you experienced the Class Boards. If you participate in a student activity, you are a part of SAC. If you take part in Spring Fling, saw Conan O'Brien, Billy Joel or James Earl Jones or watch movies on the Green, you benefit from SPEC. If you applied for a preceptorial or took your professor to lunch, you reaped the results of SCUE. But did you ever feel any impact from the UA until this past week? I expect any of you who are not seniors to say no. Why? Do you even know its function? The UA homepage (hopelessly out of date) states that it represents student interests to the administration, works to implement programs that will benefit students, joins forces with other branches of student government and other groups to influence University policy and distributes over $800,000 of student activities money. As my memory serves, the only time this year the UA represented an interest of mine was when it resolved to express my anger towards the University plan to corral food carts into designated, albeit remote, areas of campus. But was that really my only interest? Did the UA work with other branches of government to influence university policy? Did the UA implement any programs to benefit students? Actually, the only other thing I can identify as a UA initiative was the distribution of its portion of the general fee. Even then, did they really take my interests into account, or did my interests simply coincide with the UAs? I realize that I am writing as if I am the only student on campus. I am anything but the only student affected by the UA and its activity, or lack thereof. This is where I would like to draw the line between student government and student leaders. True, student leaders use the power of their office responsibly, and they therefore benefit the widest interests of the students they represent. If you would like examples of true student leaders, look back at this year and think about the activities you enjoyed and want to continue. Include every memory from plays and a capella concerts, to No Place Like Penn Weekend, New Student Orientation, football games and hanging out in Chats late at night. I can almost guarantee student leaders have made the preceding possible. Attributes of leaders include a genuine attitude of care for those they represent, high expectations for themselves and those that follow them, the courage to take chances and the responsibility to do what needs to be done before acting on what they want to see done. Leadership cannot be determined by the number of positions someone has held or the titles someone has been given. Most importantly, leaders need to have followers. I encourage the newly-elected and re-elected members of the UA to keep these attributes in mind during deliberations Monday night at the annual UA transition meeting. First and foremost, members should represent the interests of the undergraduate students before representing their own personal alliances and brotherhoods. I implore those members who run for, but do not win, executive positions that leadership is not in the title; it is in the action. Moreover, regardless of who is elected to the executive board of the UA, I encourage all students to have the courage to make themselves represented. Show up to UA meetings, talk to your friends and organize. I am happy to say, that with a little help from my friends, I was able to get 33 percent of the undergraduate student body out to vote for a referendum, which set a campus record. Obviously, we have the ability to make ourselves heard. Regardless, of the NEC decision to invalidate the referendum, a campus-wide dialogue has begun. Please keep talking and acting, even though the election is over.
(05/03/95 9:00am)
Asian American is in a way a state of mind and a political statement more than it is something that can be measured by blood or a paper bag test." --Jeff Yang, editor-in-chief, A. Magazine Can you walk down the street and identify an Asian American? Is the Asian immigrant who just arrived in this country an Asian American? Is the Asian child who is adopted from birth by white, American parents an Asian American? Is the child of an Asian father and white, American mother an Asian American? Are you sure you know who is an Asian American? Asian American is not all encompassing, nor is it concrete. In many ways, being Asian American is a personal and individual choice about characterizing and identifying oneself. It is this lack of tangibility that makes the discussion of Asian-American student issues so elaborate and contentious. But behind the mystery and enigma of the term Asian American, lies the concrete reality of the individual Asian ethnicities. Asian American encompasses people whose heritage spans India, China, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Nepal and so on. Any meaningful discussion about Asian Americans must involve the individual Asian ethnicities. There simply is no Asian America without the individual ethnic components. This concept of bringing unity from multiplicity is the central tenant of the Asian-American consciousness. The problem is we take this idea for granted. We automatically assume that unity is a good thing -- that being Asian American is a good thing. We hardly ever question, let alone examine, the value of Asian-American unity. To understand our past and prepare for the future we, the Asian American students, must ask "Why is Asian-American unity so important?" At its heart, Asian-American unity is about forging a common identity for the purpose of exercising leverage in relationships of power. The idea is that one identifying term will mobilize several small groups into one large, vocal movement. And through such collective strength each individual Asian-American ethnicity, whether it be the Chinese Americans, the Korean Americans or the Asian Indian Americans, will be in a better position to seek cultural, political, social and economic change. But why is such change necessary? Basically because of the inherent exercise of power against the Asian-American community. Whether it be admissions quotas (Trustees of Harvard University v. U.S. Department of Justice), denial of justice against racist violence (Vincent Chin), U.S. senators making racist impersonations (Alfons D'Amato) or the portrayal of ethnic stereotypes in television (The Simpsons), inequities exist against individual Asian-American ethnicities. The fragmentation of the Asian-American identity aids in marginalization and in the denial of legitimacy. Only by coming together under the umbrella of a united community under the name of a united identity, called Asian American, can the dynamics of power be changed. Asian-American unity is not really about having different Asian-American ethnicities take turns at dancing on the same stage. Though these events have entertainment value, their greatest value derives from the fact that they are the means towards an end. They provide foundations of comraderie and similarity between the individual Asian-American ethnicities. They are the medium through which unity can be achieved. Behind the performances, speakers and dances, lies the goal of creating a common identity for many, towards the end of creating leverage in power relationships. Even though the ultimate goal of being Asian American may be of a power nature, that doesn't mean that advocacy should be promoted to the detriment of social and cultural programming. Social and cultural activities are of paramount importance to Asian-American unity. They are an exciting and powerful medium that appeals to large numbers of students and might be an innovative solution towards reaching out and increasing unity. Asian-American social and cultural events are just as much political statements as they are entertaining. So we come back to the original question -- Why is Asian American unity so important? In the end, being Asian Americans is not just about shows and celebrations, despite their value and fun. But it is about the potential for action and change that exists, once the curtain is closed and the lights are turned on.
(03/27/95 10:00am)
Do you want to give more power to the UA? That is what many of the "reformers" who are proposing changes to student government's structure want. Some proposals that are around seek to take the power to fund student groups out of the hands of the student groups (embodied by SAC) and give that power to the UA or some "Undergraduate Senate." This is not real reform. Real reform is changing the way that the UA is elected and operates on a daily basis. Giving the UA the power of funding student groups and doing nominations to University committees will only detract from the real job of elected student government: Lobbying the administration on behalf of students. Reform is needed on the UA, but it is electoral reform and not giving the UA more power. The function of the Undergraduate Assembly, Undergraduate Senate, or whatever the elected student government is, is not to debate endlessly about who should be on what committee or what student group deserves funding. The function is to create solid proposals to give to the administration and lobby for their implementation. Giving the UA the responsibility for funding student groups (which SAC currently does) and nominating students to University Committees (which NEC currently does) will result in even less time being spent on student advocacy. This past UA's accomplishments show that we can fulfill our mission of student advocacy only by devoting our full attention to lobbying the administration. Giving the UA additional powers will not help students feel any more in contact with their student government. Rather, it will only exacerbate the problem of the UA representatives having a "play Congress." Instead of working on student advocacy projects, the UA will spend hours debating about whether or not a student group should receive funding. It took the UA over SIX HOURS to do just FIVE BUDGETS. Imagine if it had to do over 100! It would never get anything done for the students other than merely debate. Also, several reform proposals call for the UA to do nominations. Could you imagine the UA having a "confirmation hearing" for a University committee? That is exactly what would happen if the UA were given power over nominations. The idea of taking the power of nominations out of a meritocracy-based system decided by a non-political body (the NEC) and putting it in the realm of politics and "who knows who" is sure to turn the nominations process into an "old boy's network." The worst thing that can happen is that the UA becomes more political. The funding of student groups will no longer be up to student groups to fight it out for their share of the pie. Rather, campus politicians will try and use funding issues as ways to feed their egos and increase their popularity! Nominations will no longer be a matter of who is best to serve on a University committee, but rather who has friends on the UA. There is no movement to "abolish the UA" right now, only one to replace it with an all-powerful "Undergraduate Senate" that will take the power of student funding away from student groups and the power of nominations away from a non-political body, and put it in the realm of the UA without changing the way the UA operates. The only way to really reform the UA is to change the way it is elected, not to give it more power. The other branches of student government: SCUE, SPEC, SAC, NEC, and Class Boards, all work very efficiently. There is no need to change they way the funding and nominating procedures operate right now. There is a need to reform the way the UA works. The final consideration for you should be: Do you want to give the "Undergraduate Senate" more power or do you want to really reform how elected student government works?
(03/27/95 10:00am)
Guest Column You've always known that the Undergraduate Assembly was incompetent. Tomorrow you can do something about it. Three and a half years ago, I walked over to Houston Hall full of freshman idealism, and picked up an application to run for the UA. When I returned to my hall in lower Quad, my friends asked mockingly, "Why do you want to be on the UA?" "To change it," I proudly explained. In the time since then I have seen about one hundred undergraduates filter through the UA. Almost all entered with a bold, sincere desire to "change" the system, only to leave office bitter, disillusioned and frustrated one year later. Three and a half years ago, I vowed to change the UA. Three and a half years later, the UA is generally known as the worst this decade. Action is replaced with the meaningless rhetoric of Project 2000, advocacy for individuals is non-existent, and substantive debate is pathologically squashed for fear that the DP will paint the UA as "divided." The undergraduates gave up on the UA a long time ago, but now even the UA has given up on the UA. For the first time even members themselves don't attend their own meetings. Two years ago, an unknown named Seth Hamalian rode the wave of a slate of candidates called the Coalition for Responsive Student Government into the chairmanship. His new ideas radically altered the committee structure and the nature of meetings. The results for the average student were not as glaring. Last year, another sophomore named Dan Debicella took the leadership, promising a new UA. Last week he announced in the DP that "We got everything done that we set out to do." That's not a misquote: "We got everything done that we set out to do." There's something inherently wrong with any government that year after year, leader after leader, fails to improve the lives of the undergraduates. Shuffling the internal workings of a bankrupt system has continued for twenty-three years. But on October 10, 1994, then-DP Editorial Page Editor Gabe Marcotti set the wheels in motion to fundamentally change our system of student government. While most schools have one strong, centralized, comprehensible elected government body, Marcotti noted that at Penn "we have to have our own uniquely complicated system, replete with annoying acronyms and assorted inanities." UA, NEC, SAC, SPEC, SCUE, Class Boards -- it's all so confusing that even the DP headlines mix them up. Any government that takes a year to understand keeps power within the small minority that know how to work the system. One centralized, consolidated government would allow everyone to recognize where to go in order to get involved. In addition, one consolidated government will attract real leaders, the type of people with vision and charisma who lead the many student groups around campus. Marcotti wrote, "If these people thought the UA had anything worthwhile to offer them, you can be sure they would run." Few understand the student government, and fewer want to be a part of it. Therefore, competitive elections are non-existent, those who win have no mandate or credibility, and these representatives are not taken seriously by the administration. Meanwhile, with a divided student government, administrative advisors are the key to effective inter-branch communication, leaving student sovereignty and control over their own affairs far from a reality. As a UA representative, I have met with the president and provost, been quoted on important issues in the DP, and advocated policy in University-wide forums. How did I receive this privilege? I was one of of fifteen winners elected from a field of eighteen candidates. Not exactly a mandate. If the elected government was a real government -- a significant, influential government -- you can be sure more than eighteen would be competing for these spots. Only students who truly have people behind them, who are proven organizers among their constituencies, will win in this scenario. Am I one of these students? After three and a half years in the UA, after winning four elections, I have no idea. The current system is a joke, the "competitive" elections I've participated in are a farce, and the accomplishments from most of the winners have been a disgrace. From time to time, over the last 23 years, students have attempted to disband the UA and reinstate a better, effective government. Every time the new proposals lost momentum and never came to fruition. Throughout the campus, it is clear that we have once again reached a window of opportunity in which students recognize the need for real change and in which we can finally change the way we govern ourselves. Future students will look back on this week as either another failed attempt or as the beginning of rational, organized, united self-government by the undergraduates. Those who came before us have failed. But this time, let's finally get everything done that we set out to do.
(04/01/91 10:00am)
Sunday night marked the final meeting of this year's Undergraduate Assembly administration. And while government leaders admit that the year was not without flaws, most say they are satisfied with the work they have accomplished. Despite the failure of the UA-led push to restructure student government, outgoing UA Vice-chairperson Mike Feinberg said he felt the undergraduate student government achieved a lot. "At the beginning, we organized some far-reaching goals, but most were reached," Feinberg said. "We didn't bat a thousand, but you don't bat a thousand often." Duchess Harris, outgoing UA chairperson, also said this week she was pleased with the efforts of this year's representatives. Both leaders said the UA's played a large role in keeping down the rate of tuition increase, which, despite being the highest ever in terms of real dollar, was the same percentage increase as last year. "I think the administration, the Trustees, and the faculty take us more seriously," than in previous years, Feinberg said. "And the Trustees' meeting [at which the tuition announcement was made] last Friday proved it." "We took the power of the press into our own hands," she said, which enabled the UA to "directly communicate with our constituency." Feinberg said he looks for next year's UA to expand its publication from two issues to three. And despite the inability of leaders to settle on a new constitution to guide student government, Harris said the year's conventions were not in vain. She said even though the plan was not passed, leaders "at least acknowledge that student government can always be improved." "I never walked in and said [student government] wasn't flawed," Harris said. "I never walked in and said it couldn't be better." "I'm hoping that [the preliminary constitution] lays the groundwork for a lot more serious effort next year," Feinberg said. "I really hope that next year's UA takes the skeleton document and makes something out of it." Members of the new UA, who are being elected this week, will have their work cut out for them, both said. Harris said she hopes they will examine several issues which her administration did not adequately address, including the campus-wide security patrol program Penn Watch, the proposed General Fee increase to bring more funding to student activities and social events, and the PennCard expansion. Harris also left some advice for the new UA members. She explained that for student government to be effective, students must be informed about what the group is doing to help them. "It's all about visibility," she said. Feinberg added that members must see the UA as an "April to April job." "If you take a break, you're short-changing yourself and you're short-changing the students," he said. Members must also maintain respect for the importance of the organization, Harris said, otherwise the student body will not have respect for its goals. "People take the UA only as seriously as the chair and reps do," she said. She told incoming representatives to "always treat it seriously and like a job. Treat it with as much respect as you would want other people to treat it with."
(03/22/91 10:00am)
With the University facing severe government funding cuts, students, faculty and administrators have begun to take pen in hand to convince elected representatives in Harrisburg and Washington that the University needs the annual funding. Both Undergraduate Assembly leaders and administrators are organizing letter drives, asking University community members to write to their representatives in protest of proposed funding cuts. Last month, Governor Robert Casey announced his budget proposal, which, if passed by the state legislature, would slash appropriations to the University by $18.6 million. Recent proposed federal budgets have cut funding to college financial aid programs by nearly 30 percent. The administration plans to counter Casey's recommendation by enlisting alumni support. Administrators will send out approximately 10,000 letters to in-state alumni, asking them to oppose the proposal in letters to state legislators. The Veterinary School, which stands to lose the most funding from Casey's budget cuts, will recruit alumni, as well as owners of the animals treated in the hospital. Vet School officials said they hope to reach 20,000 potential letter-writers. Vet School and Dental School officials will also meet with state and local representatives to plead their cases. University Harrisburg lobbyist James Shada said that letters, especially from in-state residents, could help sway legislators' votes. "Legislators tend to listen to their constituents," Shada said. UA organizers said they hope their efforts will prevent the kind of drastic cuts Casey proposed. "Congress is responsible to its constituency," said UA member Ethan Youderian. "If we show them that we care about the issue, then they will respond." With cries of "support financial aid" and "send a letter to your congressman or senator," UA members this week kicked off their annual campaign to political leaders in Washington. The three-day effort, which began on Wednesday and concludes this afternoon, has netted several hundred letters so far, according to UA leaders. The letters, which students are being asked to sign and address to their congressmen and senators, ask the legislators to oppose the proposed federal financial aid cuts. "Washington is turning into just as much a crisis as Harrisburg," UA Vice-Chairperson Mike Feinberg said. In the past, UA letter drives have pressed legislators to increase funding for financial aid. But with the nation in the midst of a recession, UA leaders have shifted their focus to salvaging current levels. Feinberg said the annual campaign is one of the UA's largest projects, with nearly all members participating. "This is a function of the whole UA," UA Secretary Allison Bieber agreed yesterday. "This could not happen without total participation." Some UA members said however they are disappointed with the small percentage of students who have signed the letters. "Student walk by and say, 'Oh.' They don't realize that we're doing this for them," Bieber said. Youderian agreed that a larger turn-out would help the effort. "Of course, it would be great if everyone at the University would sign, but we know that is unrealistic," he said. "Who's going to do it for us, the administration?" Bieber added. "We have to show some proactive effort." Several students who stopped at the UA's table agreed the project was important. College freshman Eric Schwartz said financial aid for college students is indispensible. "Society as a whole gains when more people are able to go to institutions of higher education," he said. "It shouldn't be a question of whether they should spend money on education, it should be a question of how much they should spend." UA members will be soliciting participants on Locust Walk opposite Steinberg-Deitrich Hall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. The UA will provide and mail the letters free of charge.
(02/11/91 10:00am)
University officials said they hope to keep next year's tuition increase relatively low, but warn that this may not be possible because of proposed cuts in state funding. Last year's 6.9 percent increase was the lowest rise in tuition and fees in at least 15 years, making it three years in a row that the rate of tuition increase has dropped. And University Trustee Myles Tannenbaum said Friday that the Board of Trustees had planned to continue this trend for the next school year. But administrators said yesterday that they will have to rework the University's budget in light of Governor Robert Casey's proposal to cut the University's annual funding almost in half. The proposal calls for reducing state appropriations from last year's $37.3 million to $19 million. Earlier this year, the governor cut $1.2 million from already appropriated funds for Fiscal Year 1990, leaving the University with $2.5 million less than administrators had expected. It also led to the possibility of a $1 million deficit, according to University administrators. Provost Michael Aiken said last night he does not yet know how these cutbacks will affect students' tuition next year, but stressed that administrators "would still like to try to hold down the increase of tuition." Aiken said planning for next year's tuition increase, which has almost been completed, may have to be reconsidered in light of Casey's announcement. "It's been a general strategy over the past few years to try to keep down the level of tuition," Aiken said. "I don't know whether that will be possible now." And members of the Undergraduate Assembly are worried that the cuts may hurt their efforts, already underway, to keep tuition increases to a minimum. "I take the cuts to be huge," said Mitch Winston, chairperson of the UA's tuition committee. "I'm very concerned right now." Winston said the UA is in the middle of its drive to keep increases to a minimum. Last month, at the meeting of the Trustees' Budget and Finance Committee, the UA outlined its concerns about tuition and its plans to demonstrate student interest in keeping increases low. "We're keeping the same plan of attack," Winston said yesterday. Tannenbaum, chairperson of the Trustee's campus planning committee, insisted that "it is the policy of the Trustees and of the administration that the rate of increase of tuition must keep coming down." Tannenbaum said Trustees discussed lowering tuition increases at their meeting in January, adding that the long-term goal of the administration is to eliminate tuition increases altogether. "It is inadmissible to simply pass [the budget cuts] along to students," Tannenbaum said. "The mission has got to be keeping tuition as low as possible so the broadest range of students are able to attend and so as to not price ourselves out of the market." But UA representatives said that the Trustee's attempts to keep tuition raises down will probably be devastated by the state cuts. "It could hurt our efforts," UA Chairperson Duchess Harris said yesterday. "It doesn't give the University much leverage." Winston said the UA is organizing a petition to collect names of students who support low tuition increases. He said UA leaders hope to get the signatures of 4000 students on the petition. "They [state legislators] don't really care if Bill from Chicago wants the University to get more state money," Winston said. "It means more coming from state residents."
