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Show Hm Till illlill'li'ilillgHii 'liiililllili iriilU'Mmrntlrtr mW wBST. ifc1V fc ' H (HMHMMBHNMnAa tii f nn 11 n in il n mm .A tWkW J bH MUmwaiHMMMnMHM dIMMM "Legislators are the only group of people that 1 know who are dent, told an informal audience of 20 students and 15 legislators busier than President Emery," Grover Thompson, ASUU presi- Tuesday night at a dinner held in the East Panorama Room. Hey! Guess who came to dinner? Mr. Thompson noted that this would probably be his only chance to speak to a group of legislative leaders and to share with them some of his concerns. "As a black, I am concerned that the financial aid programs for blacks and other disadvantaged students continue to get funded. "As the studentbody president of the University of Utah, which may be facing a significant increase in tuition, I plead that you heed President Emery's request for funding," he said. A four-student panel further discussed the basic concerns of University students, centering around 1) representation of the underprivileged student at the University, 2) the minorities program 3) tuition increase in-crease and 4) the quality of the University's Univer-sity's educational system. Members of the panel and students from the audience testified to the unquestionable success of the minorities program. "Students in the program are sincere, dedicated and appreciative of the opportunity to attend the University, which without the program they could not do. I think we have a moral obligation to support them," summarized Mike Melendez, Chicano advisor. By LID1A WASOWICZ Chronicle Staff Minority groups and disadvantaged students will likely find more support and understanding at the state legislature after last night's dinner-discussion session. The East Panorama Room provided a hospitable setting for the informal meeting between 20 ASUU officers and minority students and 15 members of the Subcommittee Sub-committee on Higher Education and Legislative Appropriations Committee, The meeting served its purpose in acquainting the legislators with some of the major student concerns and in providing them with opportunity to discuss these issues on a personal level. Grover Thompson, ASUU president, introduced in-troduced in his short talk an atmosphere of informality and, at the same time, seriousness, which pervaded throughout the evening. "Legislators are the only group of people that I know who are busier than President Emery, who make less money than our faculty and who are blamed for more trouble than students," he said. |