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Show - , wj Opinion Letters to the Editor student Poll mV9&' November 1, 1994 Tr'W)aPi" 4) 0 the forum - o Dear Editor, After reading the articles in the Forum from Mr. Jemming, the editor and Ms. IrvineMr. Pilling, my dander raised and I decided to find out some answers. The first thing I did was look for ways to answer questions that 1 noted as I read the articles. The first question that came to mind was what kind of polls were taken? Through inquiries I discovered the only two polls were taken and they were: a) A box was set out in the Shaw Center for comments. b) A small survey question was posed in the Forum. I have a problem with both simply because neither of them was an example of a random sample poll. I decided to conduct my own random sample poll in the Liberal Education department because I wanted to make sure I received opinions with all of the majors. Unfortunately, I did not receive any opinions of the night enrolled students. (I can only conclude that the vast majority of the night students are students). The results were quite a bit different from the other two polls done by ASWC. Procon division was more equal than the ones that stated they were overwhelming pro. Majority of the traditional students were in favor of a yearbook, whereas majority of the students were against publishing one. Another interesting fact appeared in the tabulation 82 non-tradi-tio- non-traditio- indicated that they were not asked their opinion in any poll. The total results of the poll were: For Against 35; No Opin- 41; ion 24. The overwhelming reason for a for was given yearbook memorabilia. The overwhelming reason given against the yearbook was attending college is for an education, and high school is the time for a yearbook. A question posed was, If you would like to see the money used in other areas, where would you like it used? There were many interesting and thought provoking ideas that came out of the results. The five main suggestions were: 1) The Library (mainly books) 2) More computers 3) ASWC sponsored scholarships 4) Help in lowering tuition 5) More variety of classes Many other ideas came to light, some of which could be beneficial. Some of these were: Sports teams, music programs, field trips, debates, more guest speakers, lab equipment, workshops, security guns, use Westminster ID for UTA bus passes, parking, specific areas developed for smokers, free contests for all the offered useful prizes, day care, foreign film movies night, or sweat give everyone a rt student resources shirt, (emergency funds), and campus When the editor made the statement However, even if only half of the student body receives a yearbook , those funds will have been better spent than the majority of the ASWC budget, it roused my curiosity. If that is the best offered, then what in the world is the rest of the money used for? Does everyone have access to the ASWC budget? Can it be printed (preferably quarterly) in the Forum? (This is a personal note to Mr. Neisler. Many of us do not have an apathetic attitude, just not enough time to do everything that needs to be done.) It sounds to me by the Oct. 4 Forum, with the exception of the yearbook, ASWC appears to have done their homework by bfJohn Forum Staff Writer Wells $12,000 and only $5,000 is coming from student activity fees, is the rest coming from the rollover monies? If not, where is it coming from? (Many felt that the rollover monies could be spent on scholarships.) 2) Where are these pictures of students coming from? Will student pictures be in this years book? 3) Will it look like a rush job this year? 4) How much will it cost to buy if the $12,000 is publishing costs? 5) Will there be any average students highlighted in the book? (Instead of high profile students.) How about an alternative suggestion to the problem. Offer a gift of a yearbook to the graduating seniors and take orders from the rest of the student body, if they choose to have one. I do not have a problem with giving a gift to a senior, but those of us that do not want one should not have to pay for those who do. Some students are concerned that the yearbook will be with no thought given to the resources and money used. This can be a great learning tool for some majors if done right the first time. Those of us that do not want our money used for publishing costs should have other options about where the money is spent. Also, I would like to know why it was stopped before. I feel we can all learn by lifes past lesson, so why not investigate all the reasons? Please! ASWC, go sit under a tree and give this whole mass-produc- ed concernthing a better look-se- e ing the yearbook issue. Emily Kellett Freshman, undedared Dear Editor: ?1 1 1 ff Ride them; use them as transportation. Traffic would be less stressful and we could get rid of car pollution. Cook them up and have one last big burger fest. Dr. Sernka, Victoria Valdez, Professor Junior i ) V vy if W K )j ,t if - f ' f - Senior from Texas. You shouldnt be asking me any cattle tions." Lisa Santana, ques- - biology . v - rji I -- t, 71 Y,:i " y-- w Send them to some third world country and let them figure our what to do with them. Cheyenne Correia, a J FT biology Freshman , Hvs, ' j biology student Senior ' biology Donate them to Dr.Quinns chordate anatomy lab. J.C. Porter, Im ' w v , . , Have them for pets. Use them for chemical testing. I dont know. Zach Holmes, ,J ' 4 v r I & V- -' education They should have their tubes tied or be castrated and set onto to live our the rest of their lives. a designated range Polly OConnell, Sophomore nursing CROWD CONTROL Continued from page 2 As Seal announced they were into their last song we were going almost to the entrance gate. Great. Just a little longer and we would be in. After entering the stadium during Seals final song, we quickly walked up the walkway which led to the top of the stands. Here we were slowed by the rest of the crowd who was trying to get through the human wall which had formed at the top. It was insane! There was nobody informing anybody about anything up there! Thousands of people were packed along the top between Jonathan Jemming and various members of our student body have mounted with fury as we embarked on a new school year. Ive watched as Jonathan quite successfully stirred some of us up. Ive read all of the enraged and sarcastic responses-an- d found myself smiling. Many of you were as unhappy enough, enough, by Jonathan to reply. For the editorial battles, or should I battles, say philosophical this, Jonathan, I commend you; I daresay that there are quite a few Ive sat back and watched Jones . insulted T-shi- by Paul Assume the worlds population has adopted a vegetarian diet. What do you think should be done with all the bovines? providing activities for families and singles. Many students posed questions to me during this poll taking and I would like to take a moment to ask ASWC officers the same questions. They are: 1) If the yearbook will cost Photos section of the stadium trying to find the section which corresponded to their seats. The only way to get to our seats was to dive into this massive crowd and squeeze our way between everybody while trying to locate the section our seat was in. If you were short, this was a nightmare. You couldnt see anything but other peoples chests and backs. Masses of people were butting heads and bodies trying to go in opposite directions! It was like a human blob and our method of travel felt like osmosis through human body tissue until we were able to find a hole in the barrier to crawl through. Once we found a hole to crawl through, from the walkway into the stands, we were home free. A few people who had seats in the last row harassed us during our entrance into the stands but they got over it. OK. So, it was Rice Stadiums first attempt at putting on a big show. That's fine. However, before the city, media and concert promoters gloat in the shows success and how they want to do it again, they better begin to plan a more organized effort in getting concert goers into the stands efficiently and safely. others out there who should do so Not only are more of us actually reading the Forum (perhaps just to see who is squabbling with Jonathan at the moment), but we are responding in greater numbers to the contents thereof. Gai-et- 6 de coeur! Thank you Jonathan, and the rest of you who as well. You know who you are, you have voiced your distress urgently and repeatedly over the apathetic environment on this with good reason. campus-an- d How many of us remember a time, not so long ago, when students, faculty and anyone who would listen was urged to write something, anything to the editor. Well, what have we now? A fine rendition of an editorial page. care enough to write. Maureen Reed Student Volunteer Coordinator |