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Show Editorial Hasty Step ASUU student government in the person of the Executive Execu-tive Council has come out four-square against the administration admin-istration control cf student government. For two weeks the Executive Council has been passing out position papers and declarations with the purpose of changing ASUU government to conform with the current trends of student independence on college campuses. There is no doubt that such independence is beneficial to the students at the University. It is time that the college student ceases to be treated as a ward of the court by the administration. ad-ministration. It is time the college student is given a voice of full power and weight in the institutions and issues that affect him directly. The motives which move the Executive Council and ASUU are therefore given birth by the groundswell of modernization mod-ernization and student rights. But it is sad that the Executive Council has not taken a long hard look before it leaped. This is evident by the Council voting unanimously for their "Declaration of Position" Posi-tion" and then the following week admiting that complete independence is not feasible. It seems that the Council has crossed the Rubicon without full evaluation. It was indeed fortunate that it left a bridge standing to aid its retreat. The problems are still there, but it would be better to work out the problems on the Ship of Campus with the Administration Ad-ministration before rowing away. In response to actions of ASUU, the Board of Regents voted Monday to take steps toward increasing student participation par-ticipation in policy making by revitalization of the Student-Regent Student-Regent Liason Committee. It can only be hoped that student government will testify often before Regents subcommittees and function at the basic levels of policy making. In the search by the Executive Council for independence, independ-ence, it has come up with a solution, though noble in ideal and principle, that could cost the studentbody additional thousands of dollars. The Executive Council is investigating the idea of forming form-ing an independent corporation to act as a fund-raising body so that ASUU could free itself from the yoke of monetary control by the administration. Fiscal freedom for ASUU could possibly lead to financial bondage for the studentbody. We feel that the Executive Council should investigate further and investigate fully the problems and solutions which the corporate idea entails. Perhaps a full study by an independent body would be more in keeping with responsible respons-ible government. At the present time ASUU has proposed and is backing back-ing constitutional amendments now in committee which would adequately carry out the, purposes expressed by the "Declaration of Position." These amendments, together with a comprehensive student stu-dent bill of rights, if added to the present constitution, would give the studentbody all necessary power for self-government. We feel that financial independence for ASUU, desire-able desire-able as it may seem, at the present time could lead only to the quagmire of student debt unless a full and comprehensive compre-hensive study is made. Any other action would only mean the University Stu-1 Stu-1 dent would be trading one master for another, harsher, controller. con-troller. i |
