Thursday, July 21, 1977 The Tar Heel 5
Media Board Student Graphics tussles: a case of politics
By Howard Troxler
Now that the existence of Student
Graphics is at least temporarily assured,
another look is needed at the underlying
forces at work in the Graphics Board of
Directors Steve Gould Media Board
Situation.
Graphics General Manager Steve Gould
has claimed that efforts to dissolve the
corporation were "political, rather than
economic." This is true to the extent that
campus politicians made the value
judgment that Graphics was no longer
worth the trouble to maintain it. Student
Body Treasurer; and Graphics Board
member Tod Albert said, "The conditions
that led to the establishment of Graphics no
longer exist. There are now other places
where students needs can be met.
Now, the Graphics Board of Directors has
decided not to dissolve the corporation or
at least failed to dissolve it. It is now the
board's responsibility to make sure that
Graphics is run correctly. It is the board's
responsibility to make mature, well
informed and intelligent decisions
concerning Graphics, and to work with
Steve Gould rather than against him, as it is
Gould's responsibility to cooperate and
work with the board within the bounds set
on him by that board.
The Media Board and the Board of
Directors have the same faults of any student
organization. Its members are transient.
There are other concerns that detract from
members willingness to give time to the
board. There is . a lack of cooperation
between outgoing and incoming board
members. Transition is rocky at best.
Leadership is transient and inconsistent.
But all these faults, inherent in a studen
organization, can be overcome by hard work
and effort on the part of Board members.
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There is a more serious and more basic factor
that has played a dominant role in Media
Board Board of Directors activities this
year that of attitude. It appears that the
members don't really care about the issues at
hand. They are too busy insulting each other,
yelling accusations, stalking out of meetings
and displaying their "wit" by ridiculing each
other's opinions and comments. The
conduct of its members has been recognized
and called into question by the board itself,
the board itself.
It is hard to promote an atmosphere of
intelligent thought while paper airplanes are
remains unquestioned. Criticisms directed
toward lack of good management should be
directed at the board as much as at Gould. It
is the board's responsibility to run Graphics.
Criticisms of Gould are, in effect, criticisms
of the Board of Directors.
The board, on the other hand, has put
Gould on the defensive. He is constantly
quizzed. His abilities and achievements are
attacked. Gould has done perhaps the best
he could under the conditions he has
assumed, including lack of direction by the
board and a lack of knowledge in areas that
the board should direct.
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being flown around the room. Yet the board
chides its audience for distracting the board
while it is at "work." Maybe it's the example
they set.
A large part of the problem lies in the
relationship between general manager Steve
Gould and Media BoardBoard of
Directors. (The two groups are synonymous,
with two exceptions: organizational
representatives on the Media Board are not
allowed to vote on the Graphics Board, and
Steve Gould is chairman of the Graphics
Board of Directors instead of Media Board
chairperson Patty Turner.)
Gould largely ignores the directives of the
board. He submits financial reports that
contradict ' each other and the SAFO
records. The board does not trust Gould,
and has tried unsuccessfully to fire him.
Criticisms of Gould have not been directed
at the actual work of Graphics, but at
Gould's management. His ability as a printer
The result is hostility and lack of
communication between two parties where
communication is ,most vital. The
corporation cannot survive under, these
conditions.
This is not a clarion call to abolish
Graphics, the Media Board, or the Board of
Directors. These groups are made up of
intelligent people who have devoted large
amounts of time and work to their jobs.
There now emerges a chance for these groups
to be constructive rather than destructive,
unified rather than-torn by political and
personal struggles. New faces on the board
promise to help build a working
organization. Now, of all times, we should
not condemn and destroy, when the board
shows signs of unification and a new sense of
responsibility. The Media Board is well
aware of the responsibility it now faces.
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responsibility.
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