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-13- TboGO ?-re • jtist- a .f ew o£ the crticlos tlict fc,ll l:ito t cl r:Gif ic'-tionv I • rn' ;Cur^ ypu cou-d c;. siiy ; dd.-to ii:o .11. - ’■ ' Have you cvor run for ofiicc'rnd'lir.d”;DOGi;orG clru; - i. /‘ At ' election^^-ue it scc-is to be oooular with GO..;e to dafrce iTatorirlc“that hr ve coot a crndidatc vrlu; bio ti'.e, t; lent rnd lonoy. Por* so^iie, even this isn't satisfactory—they have to cl^ia the best posters rathor thrn lotting the candidate handle his own ;!rtc.rialG. Have you ever ,;ostod a notice on a bulletin borrd and found th; t so ic- one has seen fit to rc-.ovo it rior to the scheduled event? Then you v/onder why all conccrncd did not laiow of the activity. If you are fortunnt, you iiay hr've t:.._.e to duplic;;te your efforts c-'nd ho'/C the t your hel:)er doesn't notice in tine to re., ove the notice again, j.aybc you hcvc ")ut up a sijrjn and found thrt soneone tliou£jht it so iiijortrnt that it siiould be covored by another notice. . ithin ohe prst yerr rt ler'st t\;o vending machines h: vo been s. .c shed. S'oj.ig ingenious individuals have found ways of o ;;ening the -lillc ..lachines r:nd re.aoving both tnc i.ilk ;:nd tlie ..loney. Telephones of the oay variety hcive been so lanipulrted th' t .loney has'nt been necossrry for tlicir use. Ka.ve^you ever tried to study with a hen prrty or bull session in progres next door? Or inrybc it v/ps "dancing lessons" th;.t hindered your concentration ?erha;os you know of a )crson v;ho seens to think thrt everyone should herr a prrticular rr-’dio orograii. , aybe you cm recall the tines it was necessary to crll Jolin Tre. lont, the tro-^il-blazer, to lead you through the wild assort- aent of things found in the- hall in order for you to rc;.ch your ro:> :. The above-mentioned ere just a fe\/ of tlie ;iany abuses of prooerty end [privileges of the iiieribers in the college coLoaiunity. iIo\/ long w'ill it tPke for all of us to rerli^o thrt there vtq ccrtcin duties pnd responsibilities incuiiibent on us as :ierjbers of this ca. i jus coui ujiity;' Let's begin now to be come ^ore aware of the res jonsibilities th; t we have and to dischrrge them in the oro )er nrnn;jr. ^ , o Bob Snmiders Det/r Mitors Certain issues have been currently under "student debate" around the campus. Those issues, or should v/e say greivences, are usually sparked-off by some event which is many times blown out of proportion by what might be incoherent and incorrect information. However, w'o h; ve no way of sorting out what is correct and what is incorrect unless the administration tolls us. Many times these greivences are valid and worth looking into, but too often they arc clouded by the bias of a few influential poor)lo and by the fervor of the students. If we were to cite a few of the major complaints of the students, we would immediately think of the searching of the dorms, signs, the food- money issue, and the colonnades. 'Nov/ let us trace what seems to happen around here when something be comes a complaint. V/e will use the current food-money issue as an example, bearing in mind that the purpose of this article is noi; to condone or to commend, but more to enlighten. i\iost everyone is aware that a ccrtain amount is ptiid by the student per somostor which is supposed to be allotcd for our food. Next, someone starts his pituitary gland in operation by figuring out that each meal costs so much. Then, by subtracting this total amount from tiie amount per semester, he begins to wonder where the balance went. Of course there are many ex- ’ tenuating factors such as the upkeep of the cafeteria, etc., but there still seems to be a question as to the total balance. Obviously the entire issue is very cloudy and there are many things we do not loiow. Hov/ then can we analyse all the factors and then reach a sensible conclusion as we have learned to do here at college unless we have all the frets? G-radually these questions spread until most of tho campus is talking about them. Articles may appear in tho paper, boycotts are tried, there is talk of marching. Each student seems to KNO\/ a fragmen™ about the situati on. The students complain among themselves and tho adminis'^ration complains among themselves about tho students complaining about something v/hich they know nothing or little about and then they dismiss tho subjcct. V/ho is right? \7ha.t is deriv^-d from all this? \/hat can bo done? The first two questions are debatable, but the last questian can bo solved very easily by the Student Affairs Committee. This com.iiittje is composed of students and faculty. In addition, I propose that the content and results of those meetings be published in one of the tv/o newspapers, thus informing the students of the basic issues, what is being done—giving them the opportunity of icriowing both sides. That is all there is to it. Sounds simple, doesn't it? It seems like there should be a lot more of an ansy/er to the roblem, but there isn't.
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