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Freeman, Savic are dedicated

TO THE DAILY:

Yesterday's editorial "Vote Michigan Party: Rose, Mehta will provide strong leadership" (3/26/96), reflects a bias, or a personal dispute with Students' Party candidate Jonathan Freeman, and a misinformed view of the tireless and thankless work that Olga Savic has done to support her constituency. To state that "Jonathan needs Olga as a babysitter" is to undermine the credibility of the Daily as a respected and well written publication. Such immature journalistic slander is obviously a personal attack on the character of a man who has given and done so much for his friends, his party and certainly the student body. This personal attack lacks objectivity and is certainly unfounded. As a current member of the assembly and as a constituent through much of Jonathan's fall term as representative, I stood in awe and gained a respect for one of the most sincere, principled, altruistic and hard-working assembly members MSA has ever seen.

Jonathan's altruism is probably one of the main reasons he was not elected last term; instead of concentrating on his own personal election bid, he put the work of his party, and that of the assembly first. Jonathan's motion to recall himself was not selfish, nor a political maneuver -- rather it was a selfless effort to maintain accountability on an assembly that sometimes loses focus on its main goal: To help students in anyway possible. For example, Jonathan's motion to reconsider buying an expensive computer for MSA. He was more concerned that this money should be disbursed among the students and utilized for supporting the initiatives of student groups.

With regard to the political slams on Savic, I defy you to find a more actively involved representative on the assembly. In fact, I am willing to bet that you would be hard pressed to find a member of the assembly who could honestly say that Olga wasn't the hardest working assembly member. Olga took action when she lobbied on behalf of students for financial aid a few weeks ago. She continued that action when she converted MSA's Communications Committee this term into one of the most successful and vital committees MSA has seen in a long time. And she most certainly demonstrated her activism when she lobbied the administration on behalf of the Graduate Employees Organization earlier this term. The assembly needs leaders like Jonathan and Olga who are not afraid to take control and offer vitality, fresh ideas and a genuine heartfelt desire to work for students. If the Daily can classify their efforts and examples as "rhetoric," then apparently the Michigan Party has nothing to say at all. Of course that is what we would expect from past precedents, now isn't it.

MICHAEL NAGRANT

LSA REPRESENTATIVE

WOLVERINE PARTY