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Show Page 4 SIGNPOST May 16, 1969 VStbtv lirateirest &t last MOST PEOPLE on V4;ber State's campus are, even though many don't believe it, concerned about what's going on. The problem is that they only act on this concern when they get together with their friends and talk about it. They talk, talk, talk, but never DO anything. FINALLY, THOUGH, somebody has done something worthwhile. Dr. Gary Carson of the psychology department and Don Jensen of counseling, have been working on a project to bring whites and blacks on the Weber campus into closer association. This project finally accomplished its goal last Monday when 32 students 17 blacks and 15 whites, came together at the Black and White Conference to discuss the problems they have observed. THIS DISPLAY of interest was not overwhelming when you consider that 84 blacks and about 8,600 whites were invited to attend the conference. But, at least it was a good start, and individually, these students represented an attitude very opposite from apathy. DR. CARSON and Mr. Jensen exhibited great concern and interest in the problems of both black and white students. They are two of a very small minority group composed of people on this campus who are willing to act, instead of talking, talking, talking. The students who participated also represent a commendable attitude of interest one very rare at Weber State. Those who came gave up other activities to support this program eight hours of their time, in fact ONE QUESTION needs to be answered: where were the so-called student leaders, more specifically members of the Senate? The Senate meeting was postponed until Tuesday night in order to give the senators time to attend the conference. When asked how many of the Senate members would attend if the meeting was postponed, more than half of them answered in the affirmative. Two senators were present Why? ISaviekome Sme WHO OWNS our union building, anyway? WE ARE told that we, the students of Weber State College, have full ownership of the structure and all its facilities. Why, then, do we have to put up with high school-age children and even younger, running through our union, disrupting activities and generally wrecking things? ABOUT 4 or 5 p.m. the little kids start to invade the campus. Maybe it just seems like thousands because of the way they run around, screaming, but their numbers are above the tolerable limit HIGH SCHOOL youngsters are Fine, in their place. But, and this is the biggest but of all, they have absolutely no place in a college union building. Offices in the building are in constant danger of being robbed or disrupted. RECENTLY, A stereo record player was taken from the SIGNPOST office. This office is in use until 10:30 or 11 p.m. most nights and cannot be locked early. Several high school students were caught running from the office at about 10 p.m. the night the phonograph was stolen. This would lead anyone to wonder. Even though this event is not conclusive, it should not have been allowed to happen at all. IN THE finally-completed student rights pamphlet which states what a student can and can't do legally around the school it is made clear that other than college students are not welcome here. IT STATES, "The following actions will not be permitted. 5. Unauthorized entry to, or use of university facilities, including both buildings and grounds." UNLESS THIS pamphlet is worthless or only intended to be used when what the administration thinks are subversive groups try to gain entry into the campus, it should mean that these outsiders will not be allowed to continue to use the union building facilities. ALTHOUGH IT seems to be an accepted practice to force college students to put up with such hordes of people as converged on the campus recently for the PTA conference, it certainly is not acceptable to endorse the practice of allowing every Tom, Dick, or Harry to run around in the halls causing disturbances and bringing suspicion on themselves for many kinds of petty crimes. THE PHOTOGRAPHY contest had to be cut short and many of the entrants took their pictures home early because they were afraid of theft Several of the entries were stolen, despite the precautions taken. Monty Shupe, union program director, said that this was the first time he had had any trouble with things being taken from any exhibit in the building. This may be the beginning of a problem that could be prevented if steps are taken now. WHENEVER A group of people gain something worthwhile it seems that they also receive trouble in one form or another. The new addition to the union building is a beautiful credit to the college, but with this step forward we might also have to take one backward toward more restrictions of the use of facilities if such occurances of theft as the ones mentioned continue to happen. WHAT WE need is better control of outside people, especially at night If younger people are caught acting like children, they should not be allowed to stay. Older people, too, should not be allowed to take over the facilities of the building. Little children do not pose much of a threat as far as theft or vandalism is concerned, but habits learned early can be easily carried over into their later lives. If these kids get used to coming to the union at night, they will continue to do so. We have no report on the Block and White conference today it seems only two of our 1 5 senators attended. . . Letters to The Editor Incompetent Profs? Dear Editor: Just what does a bad professor look like on the Weber State campus? Maybe on other campuses they look different, however, on Weber campus they have one basic characteristic. To begin with they know darn well they teach their classes poorly, which is one basic reason they require attendance. If they have the ability to teach a class effectively, students will naturally attend. Even unpopular classes will be attended if the professors have the ability to teach the class so that it is interesting. Take for instance, the Freshman English classes, 'probably ( by the latest Poll) the most unpopular set of classes on the campus. Those teachers who know how to do their job don't have to require attendance, because their classes fill up immediately at registration and people attend because they want to. A teacher forces students to attend his class because he has no other way to assure himself that anyone will ever show up. Look over the profs that you've got, you don't need a teacher evaluation system to determine whether they are good or not. No prof should need to require attendance. As soon as he does he's admitting to himself that he's not worth the little sum he's paid. If a class needs regular attendance, then the students should have the intelligence to be able to know this. If they don't then so what . . . beans for them and for the faculty member who hasn't the ability to upgrade his own standards. Horsefeathers. Spreads Sunshine Dear Editor: During the last year here at Weber, it has been rather obvious that there is some dissatisfaction and a little revolutionary zeal shaping up like a case of galloping jungle rot. As an impossible experiment this week, I'm going to be nice to people ... I'd like to invite everybody else to be nice too. Phillip A. Leavitt So. San Francisco Cars at attention? Dear Editor; Every morning at 8 a.m. except for weekends when the flag is raised and the scratched record plays the National Anthem, all the cars stop on their way into the WSC parking lots. Since when in the Hell does a car have to stand at attention when the flag is raised? Isn't this carrying out a militaristic tradition too far? I don't think cars should have to stand at attention unless the damned things stall. O. Clodd Wants Love Dear Editoress: I think its a shame there's so many good looking girls going a-round and I never get to take none of them out. And I'm sure if they only knew me they would be writing letters to the editor too. I'm a member of six fraternities, I'm on seven committees, and I drive a big white GTO with fat tires all the way around. But I still don't know many girls cause I wasn't born in Ogden and I don't know where Ogden High School is. Please help me. What do I have to do to be accepted around here Anyway? Utahnius Walri, Esq. II (USAF ret.) 1 1 1 1 m$nyot DIPIlblNTED FOR NATIONAL. AOVERTISINO BY V National Educational Advertisinf Service jJD j "T" A division or TT I ft CADKH DIOKST SAUa nv-iCM. IMC U aeO LlngOn Av,, Nw YorK. N.Y. 10Q17 It JSS. Published weekly by the Associated Students of Weber State College (luring fall, spring and winter quarters. Entered as second class mall at the Ogden, Utah, Post Office. Mailing address: Weber State College, 3750 Harrison Blvd., Ogden, Utah. The opinions expressed on the editorial pages of the Signpost do not necessarily represent those of the studentbody or the administration.Letters to the editor must not exceed 250 words and must be signed to be considered for publication. Edi- r inChief Marilyn I .arsen Business Manager Dennis Heiner Assistant Business Manager Lyle Karras Assistant Editor ! l;irk(,r Copy Editor lave Synderiraanl Feature Editor Darline Itogers Theatre Editor Katp VValk Sports Editor Hovel Holdawav Photography Editor NyalNessen Cartoonist Bvron Warficlcl-Graham Photographers : "'" HaH. Turn Tol.nan Reporters. .Carmen Hodriquez, Byron Warfield-Gniham, Dave Re-ece, Boyd Holdawav, Byron Wade, Fred Trimm. Larry Yurtli, John Hart, Dave Anderson, Cynthia Snyder, I.eAnne Painter, Tom Hurlburt, Phil Leavitt, Maureen Morgan. Apply now to become Lambda lota The Delta Chapter of the international language Honor Society, Lambda Iota Tau, is now receiving applications for membership for the coming year. Admission fees are $15.00 and the membership and rights of the society are good for life. Required is a written paper which may cover any of several topics, the purpose of which Is to demonstrate to the officers and moder-'ator of the chapter that the applicant has sufficient skill in the use of his language to express complete concepts In a clear and concise manner. Membership in the society carries with it several amenities: The society is internationally recognized, and therefore helps those who are applying for graduate work to gain admission to institutions which are not so readily accessible to mediocre students, the civil service commission had made arrangements to allow for automative assignment promotion to GS-7 for all those whom they employ who are members of the society, the society and its affiliates also work to obtain larger grants in aid for any of its members who are applying for graduate work, and additional stipends of more than $1000.00 are very common. In addition, the member is entitled to receive quarterly an indexed catalogue of all the master theses written at the major universities which are submitted to the society by its members. A fable . . . by John Hart ONCE UPON a time in the tiny land of guzzle there lived a people who were in continuous disagreement with their king. The whole problem began when the people refused to fight dragons. Mo matter how many proclamations the king or his advisors made, the people would not go out to fight the dragons. "Why should we fight dragons", they said, "when we move from this land we will never have to fight them anyway?" And by and by the people became very sick and tired of listening to the king and all his advisors talk about dragons all day. The king felt very bad indeed, to suppose that his subjects no longer cared for him (which is one of the most difficult things for a king to feel) so he left the kingdon to a new ruler. The new ruler was chosen by election, but all he talked about was dragons, so many people didn't even turn out to vote. They just stayed up on a grassy hill in the spring sunshine and played wonderful games all day long. Now these people were good subjects, and they only complained when taxes were raised (very often) or when they could not play games. But the king and his advisors began to dislike the subjects and complained most loudly about how bad they were: Hearing this, the subjects were at first offended, but they believed the king, and once they all understood how really bad they were, it took them little time to forget completely about dragons, fighting, and kings and spend the days and nights playing their wonderful games. A great chasm opened between the king and the subjects. The subjects began to find fault with the king, and the king's helpers didn't work very hard to make the subjects happy. Guzzle is a far away land, full of problems and worries. But if Guzzle had a brand new king, with brand new helpers, wouldn't he be a wise king to spend more time caring about his subjects and less time talking about dragons? |