Show - ¥ October 2 1972 Pcs 3 Welcome from the president by President Glen L Taggart I am pleased to extend you a warm welcome to the University It is my hope that the year ahead will prove to be an exciting and rewarding experience as you become a part of a lively dynamic community of young men and women This University exists to provide you with new perspectives and new knowledge Affording students a substantial body of basic information and at the same time developing some fundamental characteristics such as flexibility humaneness and citizenship an not is task easy capacity But it is fundamental to the purposes of the University and its achievement is a shared responsibility of the faculty studentbody and administration To effect this aim it is vital that the channels of communication at all levels be open and functioning Those who have attended the University in former years will note a number of significant changes in the offering of the institution particularly the introduction of a new General Education program ' While we recognize that the transition to the new program will present some difficulties we are nevertheless convinced that it presents an excellent means for designing a course of study to meet individual needs and that it can greatly assist in creating a campus environment in which faculty and students can together discover and examine critically the knowledge wisdom and values which have open-mindedne- ss 3MC0W 60T fll$ ETARr STUDENT LIFE UV bOM'T SGU? CAU 752-410-0 AT 6x17435 significance for our times We want this University to have a campus clirnr-whic- h Letter to the editor students and faculty feel free to relate to each other totrrScuss common concerns and interests and to enjoy an informal atmosphere in which real communication and real learning can take place In stating this I recognize that many faculty members carry large teaching loads and may also be burdened in other ways by Hugh Butler For that reason I would encourage students to take the initiative in seeking advice and counsel of the faculty and in arranging meetings with their advisers I am confident that the faculty would appreciate such an approach and enthusiastically respond to the invitation for a more meaningful and beneficial relationship My familiarity with the ’72 USU elections is a result of my participation in them Therefore it would be understandable if readers of this letter suspected that it was written in bitterness and jealousy The University will this year be engaged in a of the institution’s general goals and objectives and in this process we want to provide for significant student input We will be looking to student government as the basic conduit for student opinions and ideas and I urge you to inform your student officers of areas relating to the goals of the University in which you have a concern The administrative officers of the University and the officers of the studentbody meet regularly in the Staters Council to discuss problems and issues of interest to the students We value the ideas which emerge from these meetings and many of the improvements and changes which have been effected in recent years have had their genesis in the Staters Council It is important therefore that the student leaders are apprised of what their fellow students are thinking so that they can convey these impressions and opinions of the studentbody to the ad- ministrative officers of the University The various college councils also provide a channel for students to use in raising issues and effecting change in the academic programs The eight councils were organized a year ago to encourage a student voice in matters of curriculum and in enhancing the quality of the various teaching enterprises of the University Utah State University is a very complex institution and it is highly d important that its problems receive an approach in which all segments ofthe institution are involved in seeking solutions It is my desire that a genuine concern for the individual student will continue to be a hallmark of USU and that the University will always be a student-centereinstitution open-ende- d too much Extra-activiti- es It is ! ?z: I’m bitter that a candidate could be elected on falsities I’m jealous of the gall that one must have in order to publish a lie I’m not jealous of the office he holds though because he was not my opponent Remember April 1972 when an election-tim- e crusade led by Russ Martineau of Student Life attempted to stamp out extra official activities of student governors? This incidentally was probably the downfall of at least two candidates — an Athletic and a Cultural Vice-President- ial aspirant These two men revealed honestly and voluntarily in an SL interview that they had commitments other than to school which might interfer with the performance of their duties as officers (One was an athlete the other a student teacher winter quarter) FRkNKlYSaNG I The same question was asked to all of the candidates Everyone knew how disastrous an af- firmative answer would be and yet they responded in general honestly One did not This man was duly elected to his office in April attempted to vote himself a summer payment for his work during that period and in June promptly left the J ! t j I I state The lack of his presence for the entire summer is unprecedented for the office he held — and still holds Summer is the most important period for planning and learning especially when one is inexperienced to begin with Perhaps we’ll think twice next vote year Maybe we’li we before trust knowledgeably someone with over $150000 of our money Maybe we can do something now The man? Let’s just say that someone who spent a summer with Gunn McKay in Washington ' and who persists in participating in McKay’s campaign can not really adequately fill the office of student body president Oops excuse me Herm by Phil Fmnk j j j I j j j j j 1 |