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Show PAGE Z SIGNPOST FEBRUARY 28, 1963 our? Ponders Legality Of Executive Council The Supreme Court held a preliminary hearing Friday on a complaint that the Constitution of the Associated Students contains no provision for1 money appropriations. EDITORIAL A Signpost Failure The Signpost has not been doing the job it should in making Weber State College students aware of student government.There are likely some alibis we could offer for our failure to meet this very essential obligation of a college newspaper. For example, the Signpost has an acute shortage of space. We have the dubious distinction of being the only weekly newspaper on the campus of a four-year institution in, the state. The U. and the Y. have daily papers, the USU has 'a tri-weekly. The Signpost is also hampered by a shortage of personnel; apparently, there are precious few students here who are interested at all in journalism. A good supply of personnel is essential to any enterprise. In all fairness, however, we must confess that these alibis do not suffice to take our newspaper off the hook. The Weber State student body is blatantly ignorant of campus government, and this newspaper is partially to blame. There should, for instance, be a reporter attending each meeting of the Senate the legislative body on campus. There should also be a reporter sitting in on the weekly sessions of the Supreme Court the judicial body on campus. There should be a reporter present each Monday to cover the proceedings of the Executive Council the executive body on campus. The basic pattern of student government here is a good one. We have a division of powers which should provide for checks and balances among the three branches. But fine as the system may be, there are likely a few things amiss in the actual functioning of the government. This editorial is not to imply that the Signpost is about to embark on a great crusade to expose and to reform great abuses in student government. There are not likely great abuses in our WSC government. What the Signpost ought to do and will endeavor to do in the future is to keep you, better informed of that which is hapening to your school and to your money. Government which goes unheeded and uncorrected to often, grows fat, lazy and insolent. Such government is, in the colloquial, "bad news." By Gary Jon London LITTLE MAN ON. CAMPUS THHJ CUP N6lNKlNS' JJUItPlNa. I Court in session. Members of the Supreme Court are (left to right) Acting Chief Justice Larry Bishop, Justice Wayne Smith and Justice Roger Raw- Congratulations ! The Signpost was happy to observe that our friends up in Logan have finally found enough dedicated journalists to re-staff the USU student newspaper, Student Life. You may recall that several weeks ago, the former staff resigned because of censorship problems and a wage dispute- It seems as though the editor and business manager were only making $40 per month plus full-tuition scholarships for their efforts. Now, can you really blame them for quitting? We can certainly' sympathize with the disillusioned Aggie press corps if they have a censorship problem, because our own Signpost has - virtually no censorship restrictions. We feel that this is the ideal situation. However, we cannot offer any sympathies to the ex-Student Life staff in the haggle over wages. The present editor of the Signpost has a $25 per quarter scholarship and makes no wage whatsoever. No one else on the entire staff receives any kind of remuneration.Understand now that we aren't complaining. We're only suggesting that if the Aggies want a shoulder to cry on they'd better talk to their counterparts at the U- or the Y. They can afford to feel sorry. The Signpost Staff. SIGNPOST STAFF Editor Louise Taylor Associate Ed ..Gary Jon London Copy Editor Penny Bartz Sports Editor John' Hale Advisor Wayne Schow Reporters Bruce Hadfield, Gay Flowers, LeRoy Yor- gason. Weber .student I. any Cliesley asked the three-man court to rule specifically on the current practice of having the Executive Council handle all student ' appropriations. Cliesley explained to the Court that he found no constitutional basis for the practice, nor did he recall any such legal precedent. When questioned by Acting Chief Justice Larry Bishop as to a possible alternative for executive dispersal of funds, Cliesley answered, "The appropriation of funds in democratic governments has traditionally been with the legislative branch and not the executive branch. The student Senate should, then, have the power to appropriate." Justice Wayne Smith and Roger Rawson agreed with the recommendation . of Acting Chief Justice Bishop that a hearing be held Tuesday, Feb- 26, at which time a representative of the Associated Students could be present. Mr. Bishop told the Court that a decision would be made and published by Friday, March 1. lub ffff ? UU lYIeet in The International Relations Club is making plans to attend a mock United Nations assembly on March 7 at Brigham Young University.The one-day session will likely see Weber State representing the Soviet Union and the entire Communist Bloc. It is expected that the delegation will be pushing strongly for entrance of Red China into the U.N. The BYU mock assembly follows on the heels of a spirited meeting of the same type recently-held at Utah State University. Wc-berites represented the United States and a liberal sprinkling of small neutralist nations in Logan. The Weber delegation successfully bombarded the assembly by walking out and taking with it some 75 per cent of the entire body- The controversy leading up to the walk-out was due to alleged failure of the assembly chairman to act as an impartial parliamentarian.The Weber group included members of the International Relations Club plus other interested persons. Faculty supervisor was Dr. Harold Bateman. Dr. Bateman reported that the mock session was stimulating and that the home delegation did an "outstanding job." IR Club members look to the BYU meet at another good opportunity to expand their knowledge of the U.N. |