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Show eels House seat rundfessan outlines Seqislatfve plans - . "4- , .J i ' ' - f ' , ! vfiv v - "r ' "1 L' ? - v I f .'J 5 ' ' ' W 1 t . . - -"-V- ... . J i , ; . . . - ..-. i l t I ; ' V v ' . .,- " . w . - x V SYLVIA KRONSTADT Senior Editor vcine to sponsor a bill en-?r en-?r h 13-year-old vote in state ?th ,Jk for stricter poBu-ir poBu-ir and vigorously educational experimen-'' experimen-'' icsistant Dean of Students 'lt diversity Peter D Grund-L Grund-L ,, as announced he will seek se s.t for state leg.sla-E leg.sla-E nistrict i in elections next T,,, major contender for the A ;t.i;epubiican incumbent Fer-;a',"i Fer-;a',"i v (Ferd) Peterson, a 68-"rciired 68-"rciired businessman. Ingoing to go out and wage -ost exciting, most compelling inaign ever conducted for tlie a'te Legislature," said the 34-'Llddean.An'ad 34-'Llddean.An'ad hoc' campus ionization, "Students for Grund-4n" Grund-4n" has already been approved -Student Affairs, and faculty !d community members are Wing another supportive group, yi interested persons are invited j participate in the campaign. ' Asserting that the incumbent S ;,as a completely undistinguished lewd," Dean Grundfossen antic-:pates'a antic-:pates'a campaign that is "not Jnly colorful and vigorous, but an all-out assault." "Generally speaking, I am dis-ntsfied dis-ntsfied with the state government govern-ment in its present operation, the quality of representation from my legislative district, and simply feel that I can do a better job," he explains. ex-plains. Although running in a district dis-trict that is Republican-dominated and has not seen a Democrat elected since the 1950s, Dean Grundfossen has already gained a substantial Republican constituency, constitu-ency, and monetary support. Youthful, active and committed, Dean Grundfossen is "consumed by contemporary affairs." His coat and tie, brightened by a strand of Indian love beads, are symbolic of the contrasting, conciliatory role that his University position demands bringing legitimate extremes ex-tremes to an acceptable center ground. Democracy Workable "I've been telling myself for years that the democratic process is workable, the system is changeable, change-able, if only we will elect people committed to that process and that change," Dean Grundfossen said. "Now I want to test that hypothesis. hy-pothesis. I am dedicated to the idea that we must continually improvise im-provise and experiment with our institutions." Well known for his tireless involvement in-volvement in campus affairs and community action, Dean Grundfossen Grund-fossen has a vast range of experience. ex-perience. He has received a B.S. in liberal arts and an M.S. in history his-tory from Portland State University, Univer-sity, where he was studentbody president for two years, and has done post-graduate work in educational edu-cational psychology. Dean Grundfossen Grund-fossen was a teacher and counselor counse-lor in Oregon high schools for three years; later became placement place-ment officer and coordinator of educational activities at Portland Port-land State, and finally was program pro-gram director of the Union at the University of Iowa, before coming to Utah in 1966. As assistant dean of students, . Assistant Dean of Students Pete Grundfossen has announced he will run for the House of Kepresentatives. Grundfossen suppoi ts the existing liberal policies of the University. "The Constitution not only aliows, but demands, freedom ol speech," he states. "Academic freedom, and the freedom of citizens in a democracy to freely explore ideas, should be identical." On this, and other basic societal questions, the University should assume a position of leadership in the continual refinement of democratic processes, he adds. "I still believe in the democratic democrat-ic process in America," continues the dean, who is against violence except when oppression is "clear and unrelenting." "It is dedicated involved poplace that makes the system work." Participative Government. To begin creating an involved populace, Dean Grundfossen hopes to inspire participative government govern-ment at a local level. "I'd start out by conducting an open community com-munity forum in my district each month," he explains "I intend to use the legislative post as a springboard for organizing community com-munity action outside of direct legislative action." "I hope to encourage my constituency con-stituency to lend its collective weight to reordering America's priorities so that less of our local and national treasury goes to military mil-itary commitments, weapons development de-velopment and stockpiling, and space exploration, and more money mon-ey goes to helping unfortunate Americans of all races," he says. "The menace of international Communism is not nearly so great as the menace of internal moral, spiritual and intellectual decay." "The idea that poor people are lazy is a myth," lie continues. "Poor people are old, blind, physically phys-ically or psychologically handicapped, handi-capped, mothers with no breadwinner bread-winner and minority groups, enslaved en-slaved by racial prejudice." A primary contributor to t h e problem is population. "Utah will double its population by the end of the century unless attitudes about population control make a ; r emarkable change. We must act j quickly if we are to save ourselves our-selves from the kind of social disruption, dis-ruption, crime and disorder already al-ready being experienced by major ma-jor metropolitan areas," he adds. Creative Leadership Pete aims at providing "creative, "cre-ative, conscientious leadership" to the middle class. "The middle class in America has the vast number of people, the votes, the money and the control of institutions. institu-tions. It is they who must vigorously vigor-ously work for changes in attitude and policy." A current, powerful force toward to-ward such change is youth. Applauding Ap-plauding the upsurge in student activism, Dean Grundfossen is at-ti at-ti acted by its "imagination, conscience con-science and immense energy." "When I see students completely falling away from ancient American Ameri-can institutions, I am excited by their independence of thought but I am fearful for the continuity of what is valuable in those insti- ; lutions," he remarks. Recent events have suggested that a "conservative backlash" results re-sults from student activism in Utah. But Dean Grundfossen does not believe that Utah is the center cen-ter of conservatism in America. "The kinds of concerns reflected by Utahns in regard to Rubin, for example, have been similarly reflected re-flected in most areas of the country." n Pete has served on a variety of University committees; has supervised super-vised sororities, fraternities and 150 independent student organizations; organiza-tions; directs University volunteer programs; and does informal counseling work, particularly with activists, dissidents and minority students. Dean Grundfossen has recently been appointed program adviser for the black students, and has drafted the first major proposal propos-al for a high risk educational pro-j pro-j gram. a Dean Grundfossen's community activities include Socio's education educa-tion committee, volunteer advisory advis-ory council for the Division of Family Services, and Volunteer Community Services Council. Ossified Education "I hate the university as an implement to satisfy the status needs of people," Pete remarks. "I'm concerned about learning the whole process of developing a human being and creating a climate cli-mate in which the full potential cf the individual can be realized." Believing that the university, like many ether institutions, is "ossified," "ossi-fied," he favors more freedom, self-direction and self-motivation in the educational experience. "Students should be teaching each other, instead of relying cn faculty fac-ulty members to spoon-feed them." Dean Grundfossen also advocates advo-cates a substantial increase in the number cf minority students on campus, asserting that the university uni-versity is "the most effective aid to socially and economically disadvantaged dis-advantaged and different citizens. "With the kind of record we have, we certainly have no right to get self-righteous about BYU," lie comments. "Their minority population is much greater than ours. Although the blacks are angered an-gered at BYU as a symbol of racism, ra-cism, we are no less institutionally institution-ally racist." On the free speech issue, Dean |