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Show Qpiinmeim Jeffrey R. Hurt, editor in chief Phone: 626"7121 What about places to study? A large amount of planning has been done to expedite the task of moving whole colleges out of their respective buildings to allow for renovation of those buildings. For example, the offices which are now located in the social science building will pilgrimage south to the Miller Administration Building for the extent of the summer. Classes will be moved to other buildings on campus, and more classes will be offered at off-campus locations. 1SI1D0S' VIEWPOINT - - offices will return to the new and improved social science building following completion of the mechanical improvements in the building. If you thought that was a task, it gets better. The offices now housed in the worst fire hazard in Weber County (a.k.a. the Browning Center) will move to the now vacant floors of the Miller Administration Building. Now while all of this shuffling of offices and microdissection of soon-to-be-more-precious-than-anything classroom space has your head spinning, here's one more thing for you to consider. Where will all of the students who study in the social science building go over the summer while the building is being improved?While you are pondering that question, add this one to the equation: where will all of the tuba players practice their solos? Where will the painters paint and the sculptors sculpt and the drawers draw? Well, one obvious answer is-outside. But wait, while this answer works for the social science building problem, what about the B-owning Center students? The Browning Center remodeling will take up to two years. Are you going to tell all of the tuba players (and other band members) they have to practice outside in the snow for the next two winters? While all of this construction is going on, maybe someone could come up with a plan to add more study space to the campus. While it may not be as important as making space for more vendors to the Union Building or remodeling Wildcat Theater, (not that these are bad things) it should be on the list. With the major construction on the Union Building and the Stewart Library, study areas in those buildings have been trimmed. Study areas will continue to be as hard to find during the continuing construction phases on campus as well. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to find a place on campus where you could sit down with your algebra or history or English book and study? Maybe in the future there will be more places to do so, maybe not. Opinion written by Taylor S. Fielding, Signpost graphics editor. The editorial board unanimously concurred 7-0. The Signpost Recipient of the UPA General Excellence award Editor in chief Managing editor News editor A&E editor Assign, editor Sports editor Copy editor Sidetracks editor Graphics editor Photo editor Production mngr. Advertising mngr. Secretary Adviser Publisher Jeffrey R. Hurt Amy Baker-Butters Alisa Rasmussen Mindy Rose Melissa Karren Joe Wren Heather Stallings Caroline Lusby Taylor Fielding Ryan Shupe Tom Bluhm Trent Walker Georgia Edwards Dr. S. Josephson Dr. Randy Scott The Signpost s published Monday, Wednesday and Friday during Fall, Winter and Spring quarters. Subscription is $9 a quarter. The Slgnpostis a student publication, written, edited and drafted by Weber State University students. Opinions or positions voiced are not necessarily endorsed by the university. The Signpost welcomes letters to the editor. Letters should not exceed 350 words. Letters must Include name, address, telephone number, relationship to staff and the signature of the writer. The Signpost reserves the right to edit for reasons of space and libel and also reserves the right to refuse to print any letter. Bring letters to the editorial office in UB 267 or mail to: The Signpost, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah 84406-2110. Attn: Jeff Hurt, editor In chief. Then, should everything go as planned, (how many times have we heard that line in relation to campus construction before?) the The Signpost Phone numbers Editor in chief Managing editor News desk Arts desk Sports desk Production Advertising Adviser Fax 626-7121 626-7105 626-7507 626-7105 626-7983 626-6358 626-6359 626-6164 626-7401 i Li3fll3 , p BMSE Letters to the Editor Conservative Coalition responds to criticism As the chair of Conservative Coalition, I'd like to set the record straight on the "controversial ethics" of our recent endorsements by answering a few questions. First, were the endorsements fair to all the candidates? Contrary to the rumor that "many" were not interviewed, of the candidates in contested races where we made an endorsement, we interviewed all but two people. One of these was Cody Strong. To reach him, we called and left messages a total of nine times, plus two messages on his pager, plus two in-person reminders by a Club member while on campus.With little choice, we simply applied his responses from the interview we gave him last year; since, after all, it was virtually the same interview. Additional support for coalition, In response to the letter by Kevin Bell in the April 26 issue of The Signpost, I would like to offer a defense for Dan Earley. I was at the little discussion after the anti-feminist gig. I felt strongly that Mr. Bell had cast Mr. Earley in an unfair if not wholly untrue and slanderous light. I observed the exchange and would have been frustrated, too. The purely logical explanation which Mr. Earley offered, were either not comprehended or completely disregarded by Kevin and his friends. The description of Mr. Earley as a condescending leader of a "regime" is inconsistent with what I observed. Mr. Earley invited the four people confronting him to take part in the committee. He even told them what room to come to and the time to come andparticipate. SHOPPING NETWORK The remaining candidate, Justin Miller, keeps his phone number unlisted from the student roster. We learned this upon attempting to call him on three separate occasions only to reach the wrong Justin Miller. We then resorted to the phone book only to find another incorrect Justin Miller with his phone disconnected.So, was there any remaining source on campus where we could get his number? Yes. The Student Activities Office, where all the can-didates originally registered. Would they help us? No. Once they knew we represented WSU College Republicans, they refused to give us any phone numbers. However, on the first day of elections we finally met Justin Miller. After that day, we attempted to When it was clear that their only intent was to harass the people responsible for bringing in conservative speakers, Dan became visibly frustrated. But the description of Mr. Earley asa blood-thirsty zealot is also inaccurate. While I observed that Mr. Earley became frustrated that day at the haranguing of Kevin and his extremist wacko hippie friends, it would be wrong to describe his demeanor that day as anything more than an expression of frustration.The slander perpetrated by Mr. Bell was obviously nothing more than an attempt to embarrass the conservative coalition and its leadership. This is something that many members of the student media of government would like to propagate. As past articles written in the monopolistic student publication indicate, they have even encouraged this type of "bashing" neutralize our impact on his race by mentioning to the remaining half of the 400 students we called that we no longer held an opinion in his particular race. To be as fair as possible, we also stopped passing out the flyers printed with his opponents endorsement. As for the ethics of our cause: there is absolutely nothing out of the ordinary for group of political clubs to co-align for the purpose of furthering a common interest. That's all the Conservative Coalition is. In our opinion, an overwhelmingly liberal ideology pervades the curriculum within college campuses; and as the conservative majority, we're simply exercising our right to attempt to balance it. Dan Earley chairman Earley While I can sense the enmity among Mr. Bell and his friends regarding people who havea common set of conservative values, I offer a counter-challenge to him. His type 30 years ago would have been perceived as being rebels by merely the appearance of their long hair and distinctive unkempt garb. If you want to be a rebel this day and age, you must be against the liberal establishment which is now dominated with the same ideologues who were against the predominantly conservative establishment then. Yew, the rebels of today like Mr. Earley and Republicans everywhere, are articulate, well-groomed, educated and fed up with the failed promises of liberalism. I challenge you to become a rebel. WSU student, Aaron Muir |