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AI Serafin clarifies a pointat Senate meeting.Breaking out of its traditional mold,Student Senate took a stand on the legalstatus of marijuana. Senator BillPace was recognized by several Coloradonewspapers for his appearancebefore the Colorado State legislationconcerning the Dangerous Drug Bill andits relation to marijuana.Brian Gratton headed the radicalAcademic Affairs Committee this year.Through the Committee, sixty studentswere motivated to work in, or at leastattempt non-student roles. The Committee,however, was frustrated in trying toimplement student involvement in thefaculty administration academic province.The Senate rounded out the year embroiledin another conservative-liberalclash over the Student Bill of Rights.Although Senate was again boggeddown with its annual legislation onDU's social life, a change in attitudecould be detected in Senate activitiesduring the year. Besidesthe concern forsuch functions as May Days and WinterCarnival, Senate became involved in issuesand events reflectingture pol itical attitude.a more ma-A WS Senator, Lucy Kaplan a irs afeminine view of Senate issues.118