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Show Moss proposals meet with Union opposition f . , I 4 " w " r i I j s i . ' "' f ' f I bySUSAN MITCHELL Chronicle Staff e Moss, ASUU president, led in his State of the is address that organizations di as the student Advisory , ;mittees (SAC), Union Board, ' wite and student program- '.-a be subject to more control the Associated Students of ie University of Utah (ASUU). wters of these groups have 'agreed. n his speech Moss said, "I am japosing that the student advisory jpittees and student college sncils be tied directly into the :'isembly and receive their igimacy from this body, not from :jj faculty or administrative A" 'TheSACsare an important part indent input that shouldn't be jirolled by ASUU," said an ainistrative staff member who tfkswith the SACs but prefers to jia'n anonymous. "I've found riy function very well and the adents work in an academic way Mi would not be helped much ASUU control because of its :cal orientation. Also I don't jilt ASUU could exert enough 'ra to control the SACs." 'Die natural death' This person continued by saying ie didn't feel there was enough :e for Moss to actually do filing. "The time element won't w the legislation to happen and it proposal will probably die a ral death." "Perhaps what Moss had in mind sa plan being worked on now by Store Johnson, of the Academic ftirs Board in ASUU, to connate con-nate college councils with the Wty councils. This would have be proposed through the of the editor selected by the Council to run the Chronicle." Bernel pointed out that the Publications Council, in its policy and its procedure statement, "regards the editor as executive head of the publication, possessing final authority and responsibility." The editor is of course required to follow the canons of good journalism jour-nalism he said. "The Pub Council does often serve in an advisory capacity. Bill Marling has consulted me or other members several times. Perhaps Duane doesn't realize that the Council receives its authority from the Institutional Council and President of the University. He would have to negotiate with them before he could make the Chronicle editorially responsible to ASUU," he continued. One control Bernel explained one control that ASUU does have over the Chronicle. "The Chronicle receives one-third of its revenue from ASUU and if that money were withheld, it would effectively kill a student newspaper. ASUU would have to give two years notice though, before the appropriations for the Chronicle were withdrawn." "Frankly I think if it were set up so that everything slightly controversial con-troversial had to be brought before a Publications Council and approved, ap-proved, there would be no purpose in having an editor. The Council does have the power to remove an editor or business manager if the need should arise. One other aspect Duane seemed to overlook is that ASUU selects the six student members of Pub Council," Bernel said. "What I see Duane saying is a student newspaper should be responsible to the student body. I think the Chronicle is." CHAD DOBSOIM...."can't create board by itself." with the students; but while doing this, we must realize that we will have to put up with administrative judgment and control. Another alternative is to have a student publications board, which is responsible to students and that derives its legitimacy from this. Another alternative is not to have a paper. It is my opinion that the only legitimate body for deciding who should make that decision are those people who make up this Assembly." 'Doesn't understand' "Probably Duane doesn't understand un-derstand why Publications Council is set up the way it is. I don't know if he has had a chance to read the policy and procedures of the Council," said Philip Bernel, executive secretary of Publications Council. "The Council has no direct voice in deciding what is to be published. That is the responsibility ERNEST BEBB...."there should be alternatives." University Senate and approved by them, but ASUU still wouldn't have any power over the SACs or college councils." The college councils now only have the power to appropriate money they receive from ASUU to the SACs. The faculty councils make curriculum decisions and have the final vote on retention. It would be nice to have some student votes on that committee, the person explained. Should become involved Moss continued in his speech: "I am interested in and feel that this Assembly should become involved in interpreting and deciding what is a Union Board's role on campus and the future role of the Union Building. I would like to raise this question to the Assembly, 'Is it legitimate for any student group to make policies and procedures for students at large which do not receive their legitimacy from this body?'" "Fourteen people are on the Union Board. Eight are students, the other six are alumni, faculty and' Union staff members," said Ernest L. Bebb, director of the Union. "Decisions concerning the student body are often made by people other than ASUU. In any institution I believe there should be alternatives alter-natives for people wanting to work in activities without having to run for office." Bebb said that the future of the Union committee includes Duane Moss, Norm Albiston and two appointees from ASUU. "When the proposal is made by the committee, it will be submitted to ASUU for endorsement," he said. 'Valid answers' "Moss has some valid questions, but I feel the Union Board can give some valid answers. The chairman of the Board is always a student and we realize the need to be aware of the largest common denominator on campus, the student. As one small example of this, we have changed the employees em-ployees on the information desk from three full-time non-students to one full-time employee who works as supervisor and five part-time part-time employees who are students," Bebb continued. Moss's proposals for revamping programming at the University, which included investigation into "creating a programming council, one which incorporates all the programming groups on campus," are already being taken care of according to Chad Dobson, Union Programs Coordinator. "A year ago Vice-President Anderson set up a committee to investigate the programming problems that Moss cited in his speech. The committee, representing all areas of interest, will issue a comprehensive report with recommendations for solutions. Until we see the results, I think it is impossible to come up with any practical answers." Early turn-over Dobson said the Assembly of ASUU can't create a new programming board by itself and they can't do away with Union Programs Board because it receives its authority from the President of the University. "As for continuity, which Moss cites as a requirement for the Programs Council, ASUU experiences a turn-over every year. don't see how they could effectively ef-fectively handle the problem." Moss devoted the last fifth of his speech to what he sees as the problems of the Chronicle. His solutions were: "We can have the administration and alumni take responsibility for the paper along |