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Show Page 6 Signpost May 6, 1977 EMTOKIA Wildcat Litter box Within the next decade, the United States should be in the confusing process of switching to the metric system of measurement. During the change-over period, numerous literary achievements will have to be re-evaluated. For instance, the pint-sized kid in the local western will amount About student conferences by Georgeana McRae A lot of people are rubbed wrong when it comes to why their money is being spent to entertain, and educate, a select few of the student-body by taking them to such places as Denver, Colorado, Sun Valley Idaho, and Park City , Utah . But there are also people who can see the value and necessity of training student officers. Such things as trust and understanding, which are the basis of human relationships, are presented in workshops. If one cannot get along with people, it seems rather senseless to try and function as a leader. The question has been asked, "Why don't the newly elected officers already have these qualifications BEFORE they become officers? Why is student money used to train those who should" already be qualified in leadership qualities?" But it has also been pointed out that maybe that should have been considered before the campaign and the election. It is a legitimate question to consider if student fees should be spent to train officers, but if one wants a trained student officer, I guess the price must be paid. What these students question is not the training, but the necessity of 19 days divided between 6 different places, and the amount of money spent. It has been stated that in order to fully concentrate on the purpose of a convention (which is "Expert" leadership, business and human relations training), it is necessary that the officers get away from the interruptions that would occur if the convention were held close to the campus. It might be a point to consider... but there is also a difference between one retreat and six. Some solutions that might be considered are a possible compromise, less money, less student officers, or keeping the workshop to one place. Maybe a solution would be a smaller group sent to be trained who would come back and train those under them. It Would mean giving more responsibility and work back to the officers, but it might be an alternative that the officers who are concerned with student ideas and feelings might consider. C3 'r1 Opinions expressed on the editorial page do not necessarily represent those of the student body, administration or WSC Media Board. All signed articles are the opinions of the author. Published twice weekly by the Media Board of Weber State College. Mailing address: Weber State College, 3750 Harrison Blvd., Ogden, Utah 84408. LeeAnn Williams Editor-in-Chief Dale Hicks Business Mgr. Val Williams Managing Editor Clyde Mueller Photo Editor Debbie Carter News Editor Brent Aguirre News Editor Lynn Arave Sports Editor Donna Ann Willis Copy Editor Georgeana McCrae Secretary to .4732 of a litter. And Peter Piper's peck of pickled peppers, American style, just won't be the same as 8.8096 liters. The worm that slowly inches forward will become a worm who 2.5400 centimeters forward. Can you imagine bushels of love in the form of hugs and kisses being converted to 35.2383 liters? The quart of tears your sister might cry would actually be .9463 of a liter. For those who desire to walk a mile, they may now walk 1.6093 kilometers. The spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine go down will probably still be served in a spoon, although it would be measured in milliliters. There are, of course, still other items to be converted. For instance, the ounce of prevention and the pound of flesh. The point that all of this should be making is that we are going to be caught in the middle of two forms of measurement. What we know now will not help us in the future when the measurement change becomes complete. We need to take advantage of the opportunity to live by a new measurement system. It won't be easy. Cooking, mechanical carpentry, and construction (clothes to roads) measurements will all be revolutionized. Few of us realize how much measurement really affects our lives. One happy note is that the measuring feet will not be permitted to be confused with the walking feet, because the measuring foot will become .3048 of a meter. Letters to the editor Editor: The inclusion of a Professional Business Manager into student government is the smartest move in an eon. The Financial Vice President (or those who appointed him) can be excused his lack of involvement time due to his legislative internship on this suggestion alone. Good work. Perhaps $1 refund per student would be foolish but since we are not funning a $7,000 Issues Week this year and we have approximately 8,000 students, wouldn't it be an inspiration for our budget makers everywhere to show them there is no law which precludes a decrease? . Dorothea Masur by Chris Hicks Well, the first Nixon-Frost interview is over and I can't make my planned joke about an 18-minute gap because there really was one. KUTV anchorman Terry Wood came on the screen about 15 minutes into the program to announce that the makeshift network for the show caused the gap. With two minutes at the beginning of the show and 16 minutes later there was, believe it or not, an 18-minute gap-Though nothing new about Watergate was revealed on the show, President Carter said he will pardon Nixon for any offenses committed in the subsequent 90-minute interview.Meanwhile at Weber State College, the Signpost and student government are once again involved in a battle of wits, which immediately gives the Signpost an advantage.Historically (or hysterically) studentbody officers have hated funding the student newspaper with student money. There's nothing wrong with that, however. Everyone knows the students would much rather see their money send their representatives on expensive trips than provide a paper for them to read. Rumor has it (as rumor often does in this column) that all the students on campus interested in student government marched en masse to Jeff Flamm's office and both of those students complained about the Signpost.Flamm immediately had Chris Davis and Mike Hun-saker meet with President Joseph Bishop, Vice President James Foulger and Media Board president Gordon Allred to discuss the newspaper . LeeAnn Williams and Dale Hicks got their revenge, however. - They met with journalism instructor Louise Kingsbury, broadcast instructor Raj Kumar and newswriter Dave Midget and discussed student government.Today the Institutional Council plans to get together and discuss nothing at all . It will be a normal meeting. Then at 11 a.m. today duck hunting season opens on the retention basin. The ducks will be portrayed either by studentbody officers or Signpost editors. If you are reading this today if it is printed you should be able to guess which will get the part. 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