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Show Inequality, I hear thee not and yet I see thee still There has been an interesting trend lately among members mem-bers of the Executive Council of the Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) to promote equality. Recent daring resolutions passed or promoted by members of the council have called for equality without regard to race, sex or class standing at the University. In this light, matters of busi-' busi-' ness taken up during council meetings this year are rather perplexing. The following are exerpts from the minutes of the Executive Ex-ecutive Council meeting of Nov. 14. "Dave Shurtz announced that the BYU Executive Coun- cil has not yet decided whether or not it will provide the ASUU Executive Council with complimentary tickets to the football game. Shurtz explained that there may not even be tickets available for the council to buy. Some members of the council expressed concern that they may not be able to purchase pur-chase tickets to the most traditional football game of the year. Some council members stated tfrat they were not in favor of accepting complimentary tickets to the BYU game, since the ASUU would be obligated to return the favor." "Doug Richards informed the council members that they have been invited to attend Christopher Marlowe's play, "Dr. Faustus," sometime next week. He asked council members to suggest an evening that would be convenient for them to go as a group. The council decided to look into the possibilities of obtaining tickets for two nights, Wednesday, Nov. 19, and Thursday, Nov. 20. Council members will be given an option for the day that will attend. "Shurtz announced that two seats will be reserved for-each for-each council member for the Special Events Center opening performance by Bill Cosby on Nov. 21." What is perplexing is that council members have denounced denoun-ced discrimination due to irrelevant criteria on one hand and have then either accepted or failed to discourage preferential treatment given them due merely to the fact that they have been elected to office. Those who have worked hard to bring certain entertainers onto the campus should perhaps receive some reward (such as free tickets) for their work. However, none of the council members have the responsibility of doing this. Their only claim to the tickets is that they have been elected to office. How that qualifies them is difficult to see. Perhaps, they feel that they deserve them because they work hard, but they are already receiving a $160 per quarter tuition tui-tion waiver. The fact is that it is politically practical for people to give them tickets in order to receive return favors at a later date. Council members might not have any control over being given the tickets. They do, however, have the ability to refuse them. They are also able to make it known to the right people that they would just as soon buy their tickets like the rest of the students. The use of gift tickets by Executive Council members seems to be a case of saying quite a bit about equality and doing nothing. |