Letter: The truth about LSA-SG

While Benjamin Kepple, in his article "Welcome to the Warzone," may well be correct that the University of Michigan campus is more liberal than conservative, I strongly disagree with his characterization of LSA Student Government (LSA-SG) as being "dominated by liberals." I also strongly disagree with his lumping LSA-SG (for which neither the Liberty Party nor the United People's Coalition fielded candidates) with the very different Michigan Student Assembly. LSA-SG, the student government for the College of Literature, Sciences and the Arts (LSA), deals with issues that defy the liberal or conservative label. These issues include extending the drop/add deadline, reforming the language requirement, expanding the number of ROTC courses that receive academic credit, and increased student input on University committees. The three major parties ran slates that not only concur with these goals but included both liberals and conservatives.

I am pleased that Kepple is as interested as he is in the College's curriculum (ref. "History Department Revisionism, Summer Issue, 1996 --Ed.) and I welcome his call for conservatives and libertarians to help staff our student government. I think they will find much in common with the liberals, moderates, and, yes, conservatives who are already involved. Everyone is welcome and free to join LSA-SG as an associate member. Our meetings are at 7 PM on Tuesdays in the LSA Building, and I can be reached at pbs@umich.edu.

Paul Scublinsky

President, LSA-SG