Show t r Volume 67 Number 19 Utah State University November 5 alum ff The Attorney General’s office is expected to issue an opinion soon which will affect a $250 mandatory’ fee paid quarterly by students to’the USU Alumni Association? Neil "Gruwell ASUSU presi dent has requested the Attorney Generals office to issue an opin ion on' the legality of requiring students to pay fees to the Alum ni association a organization If the Attorney General should -- " non-universi- ty A rule arrangements The quarterly fee will mean an income source of about $21 250 dollars this quarter for the association based on an enroll ment of about 8500 students Over a threequarter period the Alumni organization would re ceive approximately $63750 this 8 a total of $3000 to the organ ization The fee was voted on by a previous Senate In a letter to Attorney Gen eral Vernon Romney Gruwell asked for a ruling on two ques tions: “1 If a fee of this kind can legally be assessed as a requis ite to attending school” 2 If such a fee is legal should it not be subject trols dents to the con of the university and stu to insure that their ex penditures are consistent with university objectives?” “Unless President Taggart can come up with reasons” why the money should just be trans fered to another area I see no reason why fees shouldn’t be reduced by that amount he in-dica- Gruwell cited to the Attorney General a 1961 ruling which freed students from buying man datory insurance as a basis for a ruling on the Alumni fee ques tion “If the Alumni fee is legal then we believe that it should not be controlled independently from the University budgetary system” Gruwell’s letter said Gruwell said that if the At torney General’s office rules that the fee is illegal he would be in favor of lowering student fees by $250 per quarter - U pages o if enrollment stays fairly fees by the Association is illegal year constant A student attending the the ruling would effect not only University for four years pays Association but others throughout the state with similar 969 O that the receipt of student USU’s 1 If the fee is found to be illegal the Alumni Association faces two possibilities: — It will have to find other suit able means of funding the or ganization The mandatory fee can be changed to a voluntary fee paid at the students perogative Mark Madsen assistant General is handling the matter indicated ‘Attorney Gen At-torn- eral Vernon Romney VCTXL wmrtwmgvm i i c ? IN CONCERT THURSDAY — Gary Puckett will bring his Union Gap to Logan tomorrow evening for a concert in the Fine Arts Center Show time is 8 pm tni fCV Roclc musicians phyipficert Gary Puckett and the Union Gapwillbe featured in concert Thursday Nov 6 in the Fine Arts center at 8 pm Under the leadership of Gary Puckett1 the group became an overnight- - success The group a gold records in their year existence and such songs as ”Woman Woman” and “Young Girl” have led the national pop tune charts has-thretwo-and-£uh- WHILE TWO OF the original - i group have left since the initial success Gary Puckett and the other members of the group took the initiative and expanded the group to include seven mem-ber- s and with this came musi-- ‘ cal versatitity With the sale of over eight million records' Gary Puckett and the Union Gap are constant ly exploring new vistas of sound and looking forward to many more hits The group is composed of sincerely dedicated musicians and performers that students of USU will have an opportunity to witness the action tomorrow night TICKETS FOR THE CONCERT presently available in the USU ticket office or may be pur chased at the door are xuUzjuuzi& Easy f“A” USU condemned by Black Union Utah' State University’s Black Student union has come out with an official statement condem ning USU for discrimination “in its efforts to provide a weU balanced and meaningful ed u cation to the it is a part” Last ed a society of which year A£US Senate adopt resolution excluding all campus polictical organizations from official university recognition BLACK UNION STUDENT feels that this “political clause” stifles “expression of any of the most controversial and realistic issues not only on the college but in our society” According to the Black Stu dent union some of the most controversial issures in our so ciety today are selfdeter mination personal freedom awareness and social mo Black bility “This University does not allow for a collectivity of any of these” Furthermore and along with this BSU believes that what was once a suspicion has become an obvious fact: - USU i& tions in offering education other than that which can be found in text books or in socializing ASUSU stu-de- nt body president had no com ment on the Black Student un ion’s statement but said he would give it careful study and con sideration the Black Stu dent union claims it is not a Ip changing for athletes? “No” Frank “Buss” Williams director of athletics said that such questions are just rumors- Williams was responding to the rumor that an athlete competed in the USU vs Pacific game with 36 hours of F’s HE SAID that Utah State behind most institui NEIL GRUWELL touchdown? Grade particular political organiza but rather a so cial group striving to introduce to Utah State university one of the controversial issues notedly stereo-type- d tion as such Black awareness They feel through a program of speakers lectures and films the Black Student union can fill the gap in USU educational sys tern that is lacking at the pres ent time ' However the BSU feels that the “political clause” set up by ASUSU Senate condemns their organization as “political” and is “not conducive to the at titudes of higher education at Utah State university fol- lows the rules of the Western Athletic conference in regard to eligibility of athletes to par ticipate in good academic standing' The rules of the conference requife that a student maintain at average of 12 hours credit per quarter His average for the first year must be at least 16 The average must improve so that by his last year on campus his grade point average must be 192 in order for him to be eligible to participate In any sport WILLIAMS SAID that if an athlete does not keep his grades up to the standard he cannot play ! He also said that his department has a rule to help the -- athletes keep their grades up Whenever an athlete's grades fall so that they are nearing the 20 level he is required to go to “study hall” He must study for a certain time during the week or he can not play in the games WILLIAMS SAID “No coach is to intercede in teacher-stu-derelations regarding grade nt changes” Williams also responded to that professors have changed grades for an athlete so that he could be eligible to play on the team rumors Williams said that some grades may have been changed for students who went to the professor to discuss a problem in the grading He also emphasized that the coaches have nothing to do with any such changes ELIGIBILITY FOR athletes is e determined by a faculty Edfor athletics Dr win Peterson He is the chair man of the Athletic council repre-sentativ- He has access to all records for the students in athletics head track Ralph Maughan coach keeps the records of grades for the students so that the coaches know where their players stand An athlete must be eligible to 'play by having a high enough grade point at the beginning of the quarter He will be eligible for the entire quarter a-- student does not meet the grade requirements he will not be able to participate for the whole quarter He will also lose his grantin-ai- d for that quartei If -- ey ’’ |