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Show NSA Influences U Programs (Editor's Note: This is the concluding con-cluding in a series of four articles arti-cles analyzing the National Student Stu-dent Association, its relationship with the CIA, and its relevance to University affairs.) By NICK SNOW Chronicle Managing Editor The work of the National Student Stu-dent Association (NSA) on the University Uni-versity campus is not readily visible visi-ble at first glance. But NSA's influence in-fluence can be seen, largely as a resource area for ASUU programs such as Challenge and Course Eval uation, according to ASUU President Presi-dent John Kesler. "Not much is coming out of NSA right now," he said yesterday, "largely because our campus coordinator co-ordinator doesn't seem to be motivated. mo-tivated. I personally refuse to believe be-lieve that there isn't enough to do and enough help available from NSA to improve some of the campus cam-pus programs around here, largely because any delegate to an NSA convention comes back realizing that there's a lot to be done!" Program Ideas Use of NSA on this campus is limited to sources of speakers and program ideas, Kesler noted, but ' ' areas, such as European travel I discounts for students and nation-, nation-, wide insurance, are largely ig-' ig-' nored. I A major reason for not using NSA resources and programs to the full-( full-( est extent possible is that many areas duplicate or complement al-I al-I ready existing programs, according accord-ing to Kesler. "NSA as a whole is ' hard to get involved in because it I isn't that representative. But, as far as its basic resource and fi-i fi-i nancial backup are concerned, no other student organization can I , equal it." Members of ASUU had already been told of NSA's involvement l with the Central Intelligence Agency Agen-cy weeks before Ramparts magazine maga-zine announced it in an adver tisement in the New York Margaret Larson; then 5. of this NSA region, and Ke vice-chairman, were givp 'S releases before any S cles appeared. 31 arti- U Held Five "It came as a surprise to ,, the CIA was supporting h that all sorts of secretive could be going on," Kesl 6 called. "We considered pad and getting out right then b 11 chose to hold our guns Z ' could meet with the National ervisory Board of NSA." p NSA could have either gone n of existence after last year's sc dal or it could have solidified i? an organization with a firmer ba! Kesler and the other ASUU off cers involved with the organization chose to stand by and even went as far as attempting to recruit new members. "If a secret organization, such i ' as the CIA, was detrimental to the goals we were seeking, NSA's bonds with such an organization were broken," the ASUU president said "Although there was all this trou' ble, it still was a good organization and resource area." Student Opinion The concern regarding NSA and ASUU was not the condition of the national organization but the possi bility that the University could be instrumental in rebuilding NSA into something more representative of national student opinion. "The conferences are valuable on I all levels," Kesler said. "We sent a delegation to Denver a couple of weeks ago and they came back with some pretty interest ideas." Two of these ideas, contract grading grad-ing (in which a stttdeiA. signs a contract with a proiessot, stating that if he fulfills certain cons.. quirements, he will receive a. tain grade) and a four -year tuition contract (where the student signs1 a four -year contract to attend the University at a set rate each quar ter), are being investigated b5 ASUU. The four-year contract idea though not entirely NSA-originated, was influenced by the organizatoz. "I'm not saying we aren't taking any advantage of what NSA has to offer," Kesler said. "We do 'utilize some programs, but we could be doing more much more." |