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Show Other Campus By SCOTT ROBERTSON It has really been a unique experience ex-perience campaigning with the ASUU candidates anyplace the Elections Committee feels there may be more than one person gathered. I went to the last part of one of the meetings in Van Cott Hall the other night where there were about 15 somewhat interested students and 38 candidates gathered. I don't know who I feel more sorry for, the candidates who must give up their study time in an effort to bring the campaign to the students, or the students who must listen too long to too little. Some of the stuff the audiences seem to swallow is just unreal. I heard one candidate say that there are over 10,000 LDS students and they deserve some representation on the Executive Council. I agree they need some representation, not because of their religion, but rather just because they are students. Gosh, if students started putting people in government because of religious beliefs, we might end up in the same situation as our state government. Pass Out Sheets There are other candidates that pass out printed sheets that claim credit for everything student government gov-ernment has done in the past 10 years. The great thing about the handouts is that they are made from butcher paper and just perfect for wrapping something fishy One of the great things that has happened during this campaign cc-cured cc-cured during the debates for Programs Pro-grams Board. I overheard one of the current members of the Board saying, "They're all dumb! They don't know what they're talking about." Good heavens, is it wise to be so honest even in your last days in office? A Utah Man One of the more interesting speeches is not a speech at all but a song. The song doesn't promise anything it can't carry out. No claims are made for the candidate's moral character other than he is a "Utah man." It is really refreshing re-freshing to listen to a pleasant voice telling the whole truth and nothing but . . . I made the terrible mistake of trying to help one of the other candidates can-didates who couldn't attend a meeting. meet-ing. I said that she was rehearsing for a ward show. Now really, how was I to know that a ward show was a motion picture. No Swear Words One of the LDSSA officers told me they weren't quite ready for me yet. And that the members would react negatively if I said helluva or bitchin. I never thought I could campaign because campaign is hard to define. Obviously, my doubts have been removed since I found that I could play "ring around the nose" along with the best of them. |