Show Wednesday Sept 25 1974 Page 3 Viewpoint 1 filiation and Students Mil Guess what our number one should defend students against discrimination national problem is it shouldn’t any be too hard to figure it out After while also trying to improve paying tuition and assorted fees working conditions on- - and out to the landlord and campus A Student Labor Office would deciding which books you can get no lack of projects to unwithout have you’re probably along it’s out and problems to solve whether dertake to figure trying on a to For a dollar eat day example foreign students possible a of need assistance in protecting Yes the price being the their right to seek employment student is going up just like But this year the government of alive Earlier you keeping price won’t find scholarhsips and suddenly refused to give foreign assistantships any easier to get students work permits Fourth the student governthe and state Congress should take the initiative in ment not are stepping up legisatures funding of higher education organizing a Tenants Union for A They’re trying to figure out how students living to cut back how high to raise strong Tenants Union could ensure equitable rents and tuition rip-off- s Here’s a challenge for our prevent deposit on-the-j- V I ' ’ £! f Am yi: ! m¥ j v FIGI FRATERNITY members admire the national trophy they received tor community service projects They are (L to R) David Whipple John Dietz Bruce Donnachie and Richard Wight Figis taike top Itonor The Utah State University their efforts in the chapter of the Figi’s was recently he said awarded a national fraternity trophy for community service USU U chapter-preside- nt Br a said it is the third time in six years that his group has USU has a new veterans been awarded the trophy Donnachie said that the trophy representative She is Cynthia Brackett who has been charged is given annually to the Figi comthe task of aiding and giving with in excells chapter that information to the 1200 out munity service There aj£105 Figi chapters in the country he veterans on campus Her duties will include helping said Donnachie said service nonstudent veterans with their problems concerning benefits projects that the USU chapter and housing a in included participated She will work with Norman Christmas party and Easter egg hunt for children in headstart a Wahlstrom USU veterans affairs clean-u- p officer campaign in Logan’s to The vet-re-p a raise and program began in campaign parks money for the university via the August after Ms Brackett and k s Phone-a-tho- n other The Figi’s raised completed a UCLA at for USU won a $4300 and training program trophy Phone-a-tho- n Veterans get new rep two-wee- vet-rep- FRANKLY SPEAKING by phil frank off-shelli- ng off-camp- us student government A problem that affects almost all of us A problem that requires the best leadership we can find What can the student govern-jnen- t e discrimination against other and students and common housing abuses Fifth the student government should take the initiative in exe services and panding to students free them making non-whit- non-LD- S day-cardo? They can do a lot if they want’to certainly they wilYhave service student support for every effort Expanded day-car- e more students and made to ease the financial would permit student spbuses to work problems of students Here are a few ideas: First the student government should prepare to wage an ef- By Dayne Goodwin Sixth the student government should exercise every ounce of its strength in seeking more funding for higher education at every level of government The student government could increase its leverage by joining the National Student Association It should maximize its participation and leadership in the statewide association of studentbody governments While some efforts along these lines have been made there is still a lot to be accomplished Our basic aim should be to make university education available to anyone who wants itT regardless of their financial background or situation We don’t want to see students dropping out after each quarter because they’ve run out of We want don’t money prospective students turning away for lack of money University education should be a right not a privilege fective fight against any proposed increases in tuition fees USU housing rents or cafeteria prices Last year the student government unaminously passed a 'resolution against any tuition increase then meekly tuition watched the cafeteria and Dorm being raised rates were also raised Second the student government should begin a campaign to make the campus bookstore into service where books a and educational supplies are available to students at cost Third the student government should establish a Student Labor Office A Student Labor Office could assist students in finding jobs both on- - and while also encouraging affirmative action hiring policies The Student Labor Office could work to improve the wage rates of University employment as it is USU is constantly in the process of catching up with the Federal minimum wage A Student' Labor Office' could assist the many students working in organizing to force for effective an become and raises needed wage securing increases to keep the with rate of inflation It up out-of-sta- non-prof- te it CM gfiBEOTg off-camp- us off-camp- DiLSeOI DA® in For the largest us cost-of-livi- ng selection of brand names and friendly service 044 P "IN TOE EVEMT RUMS OUT 50fe VEHICLE OF WWER STEPAR0UMD ©COLLEGE MEDIA Yc TO SERVICES-BO- X YiW SI M PLY me BACK Y " i 'mi i Good food at the PIZZA HOUSE CA 947C9 rBlollollEIIEIIollEIIEllEllollollclIEIIEllEllEllEllEllolEllplIEllollEIIEllEllollollEllollEllEP' a aa a aa aa aa a a a a a a a a a a shop aa a a aa a a a a Keiih ©'briers c 065 £00000000000000000030008300 9IHCUn IWUR WWW |