1984 - Special Collections - Virginia Tech

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avy blu .. blaz .. r, wl1lt ..
sl1lrt. bU'iundy tie
and a smll .. lrom .. ar
to .. ar - portrait of a
senior with an
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dooHo-doof s;l1 .. sman. rlcl1l? NOI this 11m ...
This Indlvkh.al could be !ound In th .. se ... offic .. or a
n .. arby meetln, room almost any day 01 tl1 .. ~k , As
president of tl1 .. se ..., leff Swartz becam .. d .... ply
Invol~ with unlv .. rslty polkles and procedur .. s a nd
makin, chaniles for th .. $Iud .. nt body. Swartz said. ··Ih..
se ... is Int .. rested In fmprovlnll stud .. nt III .. on campus."
Swartz was xUve In th .. se ... slnc .. his f .... ~man y .. ar
By his sophomore y .. ar h .. had becom .. chairman 01 th ..
I.elllslaUve ,oJfalrs Committee and also had bellU" wotlo.
on Ih .. Stud .. nt l.epl Servlc ... H .. also served On th ..
Publications Board as th .. se ... ,.. present;ulv .. for two
y .. ars. Throuch his wort. with th .. se .... Swartz said. ··t
hope Ihal I have I .. amed how to tak .. an Id .. a and tum II
Into an obtalnabl"IIOiII." H .. feels Involv .. m .. nt Is
Importa nt In coli .., .. because "SludenlS can I .. arn as
much lrom .. xlla-currkula. Involvement is Ih .. y can In th ..
classroom."
As a senior. Swartz's posillon as president Involved
him In sev .. t;l1 oth ... activities. Indudl"1I th .. Commltt ....
on Stud .. nt "'ffalrs. Unlv .. rslty Council. Siudent Advisory
Council to the Boa rd of Visitors. $I ....... b· VtJia ,"ne",1
.....""'ef. and Chairman 01 the Presld .. nt's .A.dvlsory
COuncll . ... 1I of Ihese ""lIvlll... found Swartz In his
"Interview attl ...... but occ.aslonally h .. blended Into the
student body with the familiar but,undy and COld
sw .. atshlrt of hi. fratemity, PI Kappa "'Ipha. In th .....
.. n .. rs he played Intram"",1 SOCCer for four years a nd was
vlce,p ... sldent 01 his pled, .. class.
Aft .. r lI",duatlon Swartz plans to a tt .. nd law school. He
hopes to someday p raclke criminal 1"101 with his fath .. r
back home In VI