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Show April 6, 1984 Forum Page 3 Only Part of the Senior Class Was Allowed to Vote for Professor questioned seniors as to whether or not they had voted without receiving professor ballots. When seniors said they had voted without voting for the professor, Evans had them vote for the This years election for professor of the year was conducted in a manner that casts doubt on the outcome. Thats a shame, too, because whether or not Mark Jones was the true choice of the senior class, theres little doubt as to his popularity with the audience that gave him a standing ovation on Awards night, March 23. Heres what happened in the election. When the general election began at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14, some seniors voted without receiving ballots for professor of the year. When the professor ballots were first available at noon, Cameron Evans, the senior class representative. that way, saving everyone the time involved in the registration process. In this election, the lingering concern is not professor. that some seniors conceivably could have voted The Forum doubts that anyone lied to Evans and voted more than once for professor of the year. Nevertheless, the way in which seniors were allowed to vote a second time undercuts the entire purpose and credibility of the voting registration system. If reliance on the students words can be allowed for part of an election, the judiciary might as well run the entire election The final count on vote s cast for professor of the year was approximately 30. The general election was conducted from 10 a.m. on March 14 through 8 p.m. on March 20. The professor of the year ballots were available from 12 noon on March 14 through 5 p.m. on March 16. Thus, more than once. Rather, the question is how many senior voters voted without the opportunity to help elect the professor? with 50 voting hours in the general election, the professor ballots were available for 19 hours. Was the professor of the year elected by only 38 percent of the senior vote? Now, well never know for sure. The Forum hopes that next years senior class representative and its judiciary will show more respect for the election process, for an opportunity to legitimately honor a professor and for the right of all senior class members to participate in the election of that professor. In the meantime, we congratulate Mark Jones on deserved and applauded recognition. The Forum Staff Editor Wonders, Was It Really Worth It? Only three out of seven candidates for 1984-8- 5 executive cabinet positions had read a Feb. 17, front-pag- e Forum article on the financial code when candidates were questioned on March 12. Fortunately, two of the readers are now in office but I still think its sad that neither of the treasurer candidates had read the article, because it was written particularly with their informational needs in mind. I didnt need more money this year. (Ask me about that story sometime how a person can be too poor to benefit from extra money . . .) I purposefully cut the Forum editors stipend to save students money. We did need more positive student feedback, though. (Administrators and faculty were very positive, and we were inspired by their support.) I could make the hours of concentrated effort that created that and so many other articles during the year quite real to you now, in just a few seconds, since you are one of our readers. But none of the talent, time or dedication of our staff can touch or benefit the Think about it. non-reader- Ask your s. if theyve read the articles you liked or the ones you disliked. And if you find many who dont have either the time or the interest (forgive me, editor-to-bedo the Forum a favor: take away its funds and its jobs. fellow-studen- ts Next year, please, students: write letters to the editor so Forum staff writers can work on news items instead of assigned letters; pay attention to deadlines and editorial policy guidelines (printed in every issue of the paper) when you do prepare information for submission, and return the calls of Forum reporters. Also, if you expect to keep them working day and night over the weekend to get the paper to press at 7:30 Monday morning, youd better give future editors and managing editors a raise. ), Horkan and Schorr have suggested tuition waivers for student body officers. The idea but such waivers are hasnt been prevalent in other colleges for both student government officers and student newspaper editors. well-receive- An $85 to stipend simply isnt worth that amount of wasted time, when the entire student body isnt benefited by the effort. $100-per-mon- th One of our reporters interviewed Leslie Horkan and Robert Schorr for this issue. Horkan and Schorr, 4 ASWC president and treasurer, also raised issues of time. Theyve been spending over 25 hours per week (a little les3 time for twice the money that the Forum editor receives), 83-8- and they urge administrators and students to start appreciating and stop taking for granted what that kind of time involves. Consider this what activities do you spend 25 to 60 hours per week doing? What are your rewards for that time, in terms of pay and in terms of appreciation and feedback from persons for which you contribute the time? You might not think youve been adequately rewarded, but trust me: weve worked for half or less the return and next years student officers will do the same, unfairly, if current attitudes prevail. d, A final potpourri with some opinion, some fact: Students should protest the tuition increase NOW in effect not because of increased costs, but because of lack of notice. The admissions office recently suggested coverage of increased application statistics several times during the last few weeks, but nobody breathed a word about the scheduled increase in tuition. Steve Baar, dean of the school of arts and sciences, says the reason a physical education major isnt being offered is because of lack of e faculty. money for additional full-tim- Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 East. Salt Lake City, UT 84105. Kathleen Hammond Mike Moser Managing Editor Sports Editor John Dahmen Sheri Dearing, Kathleen Hammond, Joel Hastings Mike Moser, Paulette Rodriguez, Laurie Sullivan, Jennifer Thomas Valerie Allison. Franklin Anderson, Nanci Boyd, Faisal Stacy Butters, John Dahmen, Sheri Dearing, Kathleen Hammond, Denise Janke, Scott Kaiser, Bonnie McBride, Mike Moser, David K. Neidert, Sue O'Donnell, Angie Russell, Christopher Satovick, Jennifer Thomas, Connie Watson Joel Hastings and Bob Marselle, Director Layout Assistants Reporters Photographers Faculty Adviser Editorial Policy-T- RayOwnbey he Forum welcomes letters from students and other readers. Submissions must be signed and include double-spacetyped pages with lines 60 phone numbers snd avoid use of profanity and libel. Lengths may not exceed three, wide. The Forum will print up to six letters per week, with student submissions given priority, on a basis. Deliver letters directly to Forum offices in the basement of Shaw Center (under the door if necessary ), by 3 p.m. on Friday one week before date of publication. the opinions of the Associated Students Opinions expressed in the Forum are those of the writers and are not to be construed as of Westminster College or of administrators, faculty or staff. character spaces first-printe- d them in. Traditional students too would benefit from earlier planning and more detail. The second page of this issue includes a revised budget hearing schedule. We appreciate being given the revisions by Stacy Butters, new executive cabinet secretary . . . BUT someone should have posted a notice concerning cancellation of the open budget hearing (which was scheduled on March 30) before March 30. Also, all organizational budget authors should receive individual, advance, written notice of all hearings which they can or should attend. that they are the ones who delayed their own On the other hand, The difference between traditional and students is more or at least less than an explanation recently suggested by attitude, student government candidates. The real difference is created by all of our efforts to define a difference in a few words. The effort of each group to stereotype the other just builds bigger barriers. non-trad- s should remember college enrollment. Why should the younger, students change traditional activities s need to involve agendas and plans? themselves in the traditional college experience if they really want to be involved. They shouldnt expect the traditional students to get them involved. (By the way. Im 35 and the single d and have mentioned parent of a the hours which can be found to get involved. It full-tim- e Non-trad- three-year-ol- can be done.) Thats it. This is the Forum's last issue this non-traditio- year. Last year, the Forum produced 16, issue. issue and one papers, one All papers were circulated to approximately 300 readers. The cost per page was approximately 43 cents. us This year we produced 10, papers and papers at a cost of approximately 12 cents per page. Each of the six papers issued during this semester were circulated to 1500 on- - and readers. Thank you, everyone who made this year such a success. seven Traditional students who do think its impors involved should become tant to get s cant usually put their aware that on a higher priority level college experiences s need adthan families or jobs. The vanced, detailed notice of events in order to fit non-trad- Congratulations to new cheerleaders: Jennifer Thomas (head cheerleader), Kay Wagner, Jennifer Miller, Holly Johnson and Darcelle Padilla. Support of cheerleaders was The Forum of Westminster College of Salt Lake City will be while classes are in session published and distributed during spring semester, 1984, by the Associated Students of Editor and Sales Manager strongly endorsed through student submissions in the last issue of the Forum; thank you to all who contributed. non-trad- non-trad- off-camp- us Kathleen Hammond Editor letters to the editor Organizer Recognizes Awards Night Help Dear Editor: On behalf of the Student Life Committee, I would like to thank all of those individuals that contributed their time and effort to make this years Awards Night a success. As had been anticipated, there were oyer 350 people that attended Awards Night this year. The response from these people was overwhelmingly positive. Again, thank you to all who contributed their energy. Your efforts did not go unnoticed! Respectfully submitted, Stacy Butters, Secretary Student Life Committee History Honors Club Seeks Additional Members Dear Editor: In response to the Forums March 23 article regarding honor societies, it should be known that Phi Alpha Theta, the history society, is currently accepting new members for both the 1983-8- 4 and the 1984-8- 5 school years. The only requirement is a minimum of 12 hours of history with a B average. All interested students are urged to contact me. Tami Bartholomew Extension 3 US |
