2008 Woodie Awards
Livin' at the 'Mont
Formation of a student government
by Tim Suda
Issue date: 2/25/08 Section: Features
One of the most important organizations at Piedmont is the Student Leadership Council, SLC, because of its ability to work with the administration to solve problems. At Piedmont there isn't a student government anymore. We do have Judicial Council, through, which deals with punishments to students for breaking minor rules.
In 1916, the first attempt to start a student's association failed because students were divided into societies and therefore lacked unity. Sometime between the twenties and 1939, a student government was formed. When Malcolm Boyd Dana was president, he revised the constitution to include the formation of an Executive Cabinet of 10 student representatives to work out students' problems with the administration.
The first problem that the Executive Cabinet tackled was the formulation of rules for freshmen. After creating freshmen regulations, the Cabinet worked on dormitory standards, some of which remain as current rules.
After the initial development of the Executive Cabinet, things were running smoothly. The student association realized that the rules they had worked so hard to set up weren't being enforced. This allowed Dana to permit the Cabinet to create a judicial body of judges to prosecute the rules that were set in place.
Now if students get in trouble for breaking rules dealing with visitation or alcohol, they have to go in front of the Judicial Council. We don't have a student government, but as the SLC has proven, the administration is working directly with students to deal with problems that may arise.
In 1916, the first attempt to start a student's association failed because students were divided into societies and therefore lacked unity. Sometime between the twenties and 1939, a student government was formed. When Malcolm Boyd Dana was president, he revised the constitution to include the formation of an Executive Cabinet of 10 student representatives to work out students' problems with the administration.
The first problem that the Executive Cabinet tackled was the formulation of rules for freshmen. After creating freshmen regulations, the Cabinet worked on dormitory standards, some of which remain as current rules.
After the initial development of the Executive Cabinet, things were running smoothly. The student association realized that the rules they had worked so hard to set up weren't being enforced. This allowed Dana to permit the Cabinet to create a judicial body of judges to prosecute the rules that were set in place.
Now if students get in trouble for breaking rules dealing with visitation or alcohol, they have to go in front of the Judicial Council. We don't have a student government, but as the SLC has proven, the administration is working directly with students to deal with problems that may arise.
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