Friday,Oct.29,1993 Vol.XL,No.7 CabriniCollege .n Radnor, Pa.19087
Questionsraised on Tims' resignation;SGA responds by Kelly McDonald co-news editor
Student Government President Michael Tims resigned Thursday, Oct. 21, for what ~e said were personal reasons. For the second consecutive year, the Student Government Association (SGA) was faced with the loss of its president before the term was completed. In a statement issued by Tims, the office of president demanded a lot more than he anticipated, especially time. "I feel that what I expressed in my opinion article a few weeks back indicates that I really did not know all that would be demanded of me,., Tims said. The resignation occurred at the same time as two women residents said Tims entered their room while they were in bed and attempted, without their permission, to videotape them. Tims admitted to the videotape incident but said that it had nothing to do with student government. "What I do outside of student government is no one's business." Tims said. ··Student government and my social life are two different things, and I don't think I should have to change in order to be the type of president they think I should be." Robert Bonfiglio, vice president of student development, said he thinks Tims resigned because he was questioning whether he would be effective in his position because of all the other academic and athletic responsibilities he has. Bonfiglio said that he cannot talk about any disciplinary matters because they are confidential. Maryanne Walker, corresponding secretary, said the president of SGA has extremely difficult tasks and responsibilities. She said SGA needs someone to devote all their time to this position, and Tims as a student athlete could not gi".e that.
Inside ... t-lNEWS Bryn Mawr Trust is planning on removing the MAC machine from the campus. Students react as SGA makes plans to try to keep the automated teller machine.
Walker also said she thinks Tims was pushed into this position by other students who wanted to see someone on SGA that would work for them. Tims, who did not have the required two years experience on SGA, was still permitted to run for the presidency and was elected by the students. SGA Vice President Tricia Daley said that she thinks that Tims' hurt him. "Michael would have been great on student government, but he jumped into water that was over his head just yet," Daley said. "I think be would have been great if he would have started out as a class officer and moved his way up." Senior John Quiris, senior class president, was one the people who asked Tims to run for president. Qu iris said he felt Tims would be a good person to leadSGA because he had a lot of good ideas, but, since he was new, he needed a little more training to know how to "dance around the system." By this Quiris said he meant Tims was coming into a new environment with people who, for the most part, have been together for a while, as friends and SGA members. Because he was an outsider to this group, Qui ris said it was probably hard for him to deal with in his position of president. "I wish they (SGA executive board) would have given him more time, and I wish he (Tims) would have given them more time because I think Michael Tims could have made a real improvement here at Cabrini," Quiris said. _ The two sophomore Xavier residents, Kim Kavanaugh and Cara Contino said their room was among the rooms that Tims and friends entered, without permission, on the night of Tuesday, Oct. 5, with a movie camera. Contino said Tims entered the room holding a beer can and telling them to smile they are on candid camera. She said Tims was asked to leave and, before doing so, tried to pull the covers off her and Kavanaugh. "He has violated the code of
conduct and no action has been taken by the school," Contino said. "If I would have done, that I would have gotten in trouble." Kavanaugh said that if Tims continued as president, he would be telling everyone else in the school that it was acceptable to act the way he did and violate the code of conduct. Contino said, "If he does something bad, what does that say to and about the school?" Tims said he thinks he should be judged by his presidentfal duties and not how he conducts his social life. As for the other problems of SGA, Tims said that everyone is trying to place all the blame on him. According to Tims, even before he was involved with SGA they always had problems and were in disarray. Now that the most important position of the executive board is vacant, SGA will hold open elections for a new president. "The constitution will be strictly enforced," Daley said. "The requirements were put in for a reason, and I think they
should be followed." The constitution requires the candidate to have achieved at least junior status and to have two years prior experience on SGA to be eligible for the position. According to Daley, SGA is dividing up the responsibilities among the seven executive board members. This will be done until a new president is elected, which will take approximately a week and a half. Daley said Tims' resignation may hinder SGA for a short amount of time because they are short one person, but they will be able to come out on their feet. "We may be down, but we are not out," Daley said. Beth Mulvihill, social activities chairperson, said that Tims' resignation will help SGA by making people realize that the job is not as easy as people suspect. "If people who are not on SGA see other people resigning, then maybe they will realize it is a lot of hard work and not put so much pressure on SGA," Mulvihill said. "I think it opened a lot of people's eyes."
Party policy reviewed by Ronette Holt staff writer
To have a legal party is simple. Any club or organization can have a party, but they must abide by the party policy. The party policy was writ• ten by the stude,nt government association (SGA)three years ago. The first step to have a party is that a party request form must be filled out. Then the partycommittee must give theorganization permission. A request form must be handed in ten days before the party. There must be three hosts at every party. These hosts must attend party policy workshops given byHealth Educator Eileen McAlinney. According to Director of Student Activities Marianne DeFruscio, anyone can get a morePARTYon pg.4
Week at a Glance ... Oct. 29 to Nov. 4 .
t-lPERSPECTIVES pgs.2 & 3 SGA thanks community for help, sets the record straight. Students respond to commencement speaker nominations.
photo by Caroline Croley
Junior Michael Tims resigned as president of the Student Government Association (SGA) Thursday, Oct. 21, for what he said were persoanl reasons. Allegations were made that the reason for Tims' resignation had to do with disciplinary matters. But Tims stated that his personal life has nothing to do with his resignation.
FRIDAY
SATURDAY SUNDAY -
v'9:30 p.m.-1 a.m.SGA Halloween Legal Party in the WCGA. Costumes are required.
v'12a.m. Midnight Madness. ComewatchCabrini's basketballteams starttheseason.
WYBFis hostingthe event
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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY v'6 p.m. COMP
v'12-5 p.m. Blood Drive in the WCGA. Sponsored by Heath Services.
information session in the GHBR.
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v'Student Phonathon: Noon-I p.m. Training, 6:309:30 p.m. Phonathon. GHBR& Atrium