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Show ALTERNATE REALITIES why Bother? by Jim Waldo V J of light which should have come long ago, the truth of the matter was revealed to me it doesn't really matter. What ASUU does is of interest to ASUU, and doesn't really make contributions, either negative or positive, to anyone else. They can do what they want, and the life of the average student will very likely not be changed an inch. Already I can hear the cries from across the hall, describing the summer entertainment en-tertainment series and the Union movies and those dozen other things that the assembly does. But the assembly really doesn't spend much time on such things. Instead, they are concerned with such burning issues as block seating seat-ing and committees and other such pablum that student politico's are interested in. If the assembly was to be really useful, it should be radically changed. Maybe the best thing would be to turn the whole organization organ-ization over to the Department of Political Science. Then the majors in that department could do three quarters on the assembly as an internship. This should allow all the majors in that department to get some practical experience. It would also admit to a fact which is painfully obvious under the present system that the assembly as-sembly is just a game for a number of budding political minds (if I may so losely use the term) to play and keep them off the streets. I one of the more usual compre-Lnsable compre-Lnsable sounds to issue from the Associated Students of the Univer-ity Univer-ity of Utah (ASUU) offices has (een the cry that students should (et involved. We must combat Jpathy in student government, say L assembly representatives, for Inly by involving the studentbody It large can we carry out our irand and glorious plans for chang-L chang-L the University. I remember conversations with fan Steggell, arguing over whether Ir not we should care about ASUU. fan kept telling me that it didn't aally matter. Fool that I was, I lisagreed with him. Now I find that I have reversed iy opinion Why? I think I hear you sk. Simple I reply. I worked with sUU and got involved. j I worked on the Chronicle. I forked on the College Council. I oted. I got involved. I was for less money to the theletic department, more money 3 the student advisory commit-es commit-es and expansion of the concept ,f college councils. One year, I voted and my candidate candi-date won. Last year, I voted and 'iy candidate lost. Both years, all the money they jquested went to the atheletic department. de-partment. Both years no money 'ent to the student advisory com-littees com-littees without those committees aving to grovel to the assembly, nd, while it is too early to tell, it loks as though this year will follow ist year in that the assembly will Ive lip service to the college coun-ils coun-ils and little else. I did what I could do, and noth-g noth-g changed. And then, in a flash |