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Show What President for University of Utah? Who will be the next President of the University? That question is hanging electrically in the minds of a great number of faculty members, students, and administrators. The decision on the presidency (see story on page 1) is the most pivotal decision made in a decade, and tne direction of this institution for the next quarter-century may depend on it Foremost in the minds of faculty will be the orientation of the new president. Will he be from the sciences or humanities? Many professors from the humanities have vowed to leave if former president James L. Fletcher or his equivalent is appointed to the office. That number ot tne disenchanted includes some of the University's most distinguished professors. These faculty members are pushing for a president with a humanities background. Across the campus the engineers and scientists are still feeling the oats of government research and contracts procured by Jim Fletcher 1 hey have the momentum as a science institution, and they would like to sustain it. , If the faculty battle-lines are precisely drawn, it is because they understand un-derstand the pivotal nature of the choice. Most students are not conscious con-scious of the up-coming decision because their student government has neither represented them nor demanded an adequate say in the selection process. Duane Moss, Colleen Taggert and Paul Haglund are the students stu-dents on the committee, and of these only Haglund even makes a regular appearance in ASUU offices. If they are not to be snowballed by the State Board of Higher Education and the Alumni Association (which group alone apparently posesses the requisite ability to screen candidates), then the faculty, students, and incumbent administration must lodge protest after protest until the selection is carried out in a relaxed, orderly and representative method. Haste in the selection process is deplorable. President Emery has said he will remain at the helm until June 1, 1973. If our plight allows eight months for resolution, there is NO excuse not to adequately represent all parts of the academic community, and to consider the possible ramifications of each candidate as president. |