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Show 'I Won't be Here Who Cares? Editorial William B. Boyd, Berkeley vice chancellor for student stu-dent affairs, gave students a rare chance yesterday to hear about their fellows to the west. If the astute listener followed Boyd's remarks closely he, no doubt, found some of what the Berkeley-ite Berkeley-ite said either mirrored behavior here or showed us our opposite. Boyd cast the "dinosaur" Greek culture as one failing to change with the times. The situation here is the same, to say the least. Not all bad can be said of the Utah fraternity system although. The fraternities and sororities on campus are the only group of any substantial substan-tial size to organize and keep some sembelance of group control. Such mammoth organizations as RHA, the TA's and others can't seem to get organized to any effective ef-fective degree, let alone steer along one path long enough to accomplish a goal. The Greek system is organized and pretty effec-I effec-I tively observes the various rules of their culture. It is unfortunate that they, for the most part, are inward motivated rather than moving toward goals suiting j other than their own ends. The next culture taken up by Boyd deals with what constitutes a major portion of the student problem prob-lem at this campus. This segment is the professionals, or those who see the University as a means to carve 1 their niche in the dollar world. Most of these exhibit a "why should I care, I won't be here next year," atti- ' tude. Fortunately not everyone thinks along these lines. , Were this the case our campus would surely come to a complete stand still. The intellectuals illustrate somewhat of a paradox. It has been found at Berkeley a goodly portion of the dissentors were of the ' intellectual ilk. Here, they are satisfied to only complain about the conditions. Boyd classed the "future" culture and the "apathetic" "apa-thetic" culture as distinct bodies. Perhaps at Berkeh this is the case but here this distinction treads on thin ground. The "future" crowd and the "apathetic" culture cul-ture are concerned to be sure. It is unfortunate then j concern is for the almighty grade, not humanity. One prominent faculty member blames a major part of this apathy on the culture inherent to the Salt Lake valley. To totalitarian nature of the family and society has resulted in eighteen and nineteen-year-old students too immature to make a decision on issues not concerning their personal life. Hense apathy. The last, and we think most important, faction discussed by Boyd is the political activists. In this group fall the majority of the new left and other politically oriented groups. We see these groups, as does Boyd, as the potential leaders of tomorrow. They, in opposition to the ideals of the aforemen- , tioned, see the campus as a place to implement change in our society. A change sorely needed and coming despite such a monstorous group characterized by the word apathy. |