Show Th US-Thaila- A relations discussed by Students nd Dave Kingham Indepth reporter the rescue mission could have been conducted without using the The road to better relations between the US and Thailand is through treatment of the Thai people as friends rather than slaves as in the past and during the recent Mayaguez affair Supote Phadungchai president of the Thai students at USU said If the Mayaguez was indeed in international waters the US had every right to use force to get the ship back Phadungchai said The Thai people are just angry because the Americans used their base in Thailand to launch the rescue missions without first consulting the Thai government he said “Myself I think the United States did the right thing in using military strength to get the ship back” Phadungchai said “I don’t think diplomatic policy would work” It was just the wrong thing to use the Thai base for the attack without asking our government” Phadungchai said he thought “The lesson that we have must understand the position learned from the wars in Viet-bas- e Thailand is in a Thai student who at all nam and Cambodia is that wishes to remain anonymous Part of the controversy must stand by itself and said During the Korean and volves the treaty between can’t continue to lean on the Vietnam wars Thailand sent Thailand and the US concerning United States” Phadungchai troops to fight beside the the ownership of the US base said Americans against the Comused as the starting point for the The student demonstrations munists Now Thailand has a new attack The treaty was made with against the use of the base by the coalition government and is former Thai military governUS for the Cambodian mission surrounded by countries that ment which was replaced by the are a good thing Phadungchai have fallen to the Communists said under the former military he said present elected citizen government last year Phadungchai governments demonstrations said could never have taken place Remain neutral “Thailand’s new government Phadungchai said he felt there Treaties revised was no danger that Thailand wants to remain neutral and would break relations with the friendly with both sides” the Under the old military US over the incident but that student said “I think the reason government the US could do future aid to Thailand should be Thais don’t want the US conanything they wanted and the in the form of knowledge and ducting military operations from Thai government never told the training rather than money or our country is because we want to remain flexible and friendly in people the conditions of the equipment said and “All the money relationship Phadungchai equipment our relations with our Communist With' the new government in the US gave to South Vietnam neighbors” The student said he thinks that power the conditions of the treaty didn’t help them to stand by must be revised and clarified he themselves” Phadungchai said a total withdrawal of the said Thailand is in absolutely no American ‘military from the he thinks said from both its be for would communist Thailand Phadungchai good many danger Thai people want the Americans neighbors Phadungchai said countries to withdraw from their country Before Americans judge Thais ‘‘Thailand doesn’t want to all together eventually in the Mayaguez incident they become another Vietnam and the ferw-niaila- Utah State University Logan Utah May 23 1975 Pages Arthur Smith instructor communications department continued his appeal for tenure before the Institutional Council Monday May 19 Strong student support wds voiced for Smith on the basis of his teaching ability Smith’s appeal to the council comes after he was denied tenure upon the recommendation to the of Dean of the College Budget increase formas! according to senate biil Wednesday Eight of the 18 budget increases went to either ASUSU officers’ budgets or budgets controlled by ASUSU officers The remainder of increases went to groups outside the executive council The activities and the elections budget were the only budgets designated to receive less than last year No groups funded last year by ASUSU were dropped Four new budgets were created: Hobby Center $10000 Student Life advertising $10000 president’s cabinet $800 and vice-preside- nt Model UN $400 Four groups will receive the same amounts as last year AWS will receive $2000 Rodeo team $2500 and $2500 Debate $60000 cultural Men’s and women’s extramurals’ budget will receive a This is the $16000 increase available made largest increase from the $650 activity fee vice-preside- nt Student Life advertising and Hobby Center budgets are the second largest budget increases The increases The new are from zero to $10000 The student relations executive council and financial budgets are the third fourth and fifth largest budget increases vice-preside- vice-preside- Darrell nt nt Sanders student will relations receive an increase of $3350 the exec council budget has been given $3275 more and Jill Ferre will financial have $3170 more The budget will be finalized May 28 in the last executive senate session before summer senate executive The educational policies committee unanimously voted to aonounse that they feel the retention of Stephanie Burn to be “not in the best interest of the majority of the studentbody’’ The committee is made of Craig Cummings Nolan Johnson Buzz Thurber Dar Krambule and Randy Funk The statement released also encouraged the departments to work with ASUSU “when con vice-preside- nt vice-preside- nt sidering faculty improvement programs” Further explanation of the was committee action unavailable at press time In other senate action Humanities five pieces legislation were passed One of them was a resolution to establish a polling system for evaluation committee recom ASUSU resolution which would have established the Student Life editor as a voting member of the Publications Board failed The committee of Darrell Sanders Doug Brady executive and Carlos Pinto volunteers gave the resolution a “not pass” recommendation vice-preside- vice-preside- nt nt “This resolution should not be passed but the editor should be recognized and allowed to speak at any public Publications Board meeting” Sanders said “The committee asks that a new resolution be written” Refreshments will be served at concerts if vending will agree with a resolution passed by the senate Four council members voted for the resolution against Pinto’s recommendation as Arts and Social l mended by a majority vote of that he be granted tenure The motion was denied at that time and Smith was given a year in which he could appeal the decision based on progress made 3-2 committee chairman The resolution should not be passed because of the extra cost of cleaning up the damage to the carpet and the hassle in controlling drinks taken onto the carpet Pinto said The soft drinks would take away from the pleasant atmosphere he commented “I don’t think it would be that difficult to prevent drinks on the floor” said Buzz first” The student said he was of ashamed the student demonstrators who had damaged the grounds of the US Embassy in Bangkok The demonstration would have been fine if there had not been damage done he said Thailand is in no danger from the Communists the student said In the future US aid to Thailand should be economic rather than military he said vice-preside- This was part of the action last Wednesday when several parents entered their toddlers in Photo by Lorry Samuels the Baby competition in the Juniper Lounge prohibit minority groups from spending ASUSU money on social activities The senate unanimously voted to establish a Darrelene Kay Lewis Memorial Scholarship With funds from the university a scholarship in mei’rfOry of Ms Lewis killed this month in Germany will be established The executive senate will meet the Student Life staff in a softball game tomorrow at 1:30 pm on the auad activities (publications) produced during the year Smith represented by Larry Stevens Salt Lake attorney contended to the council that during the period of time from Dec 73 to Dec 74 he had enrolled in a PhD program at Idaho State University but injuries sustained in a plane crash rendered him unable to continue the program Subsequently Smithy said he had been accepted into a doctroal program at BYU which was to begin this spring And he has produced or participated in five during the past year Smith’s evaluation committee again voted recommendation for tenure by a 2 margin last December when he made his appeal Tenure was disapproved a second time- - on the same grounds as before Dean Harmon stated that acceptance into a PhD program did not constitute being “actively engaged” and that after a calendar year no credits had been earned Smith said he had been teaching in the department for six years before he was advised that a PhD or terminal degree would be necessary f5r tenure 3-- -- ‘ nt money on educational purposes was returned to committee for revision The resolution would toward meeting the departments requirements At the council session Dean Harmon of the College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences said the requirements included evidence that Smith had become actively engaged in a Ph-program and a time table submitted to the department when Smith could reasonably-expe- ct to finish Also Smith was to present to the department “strong evidence” ’of scholarly major pieces of publications Thurber and author of the resolution “There are cans of pop bottles and cigarettes scattered on the floor after a concert anyway” Every class taught on campus will be evaluated once a year according to a resolution passed by the senate The resolution provides for the evaluations to be available in the Academic Information Center and the library for at least two years and no longer than three years Legislation to restrict minority cultural groups to spending ASUSU Tri-a-th- sending Marines to Thailand for the mission they should have consulted the Thai government D Sciences by Dr Marlon Nelson acting head of the department of communication Failure to meet department requirements was given as the reason for denial Smith first qpplied for tenure in December ‘73 at which time his of A Andrews Sta 8 The majority of groups funded by ASUSU will have an increased budget for 1975-7- 6 according to a bill to establish the budget submitted to the executive senate announcing that they were Smith appeal heard by council Monday “72 years of free expression” Vol 72 No 84 United States doesn’t want to be drawn into another war” he said “The lesson that should have been learned from the Vietnam war is that you can’t fight a war from the outside” “I support the action of the United States in getting their ship back but I object to the use of the Thai base without asking our government first” the student said “The US had to take action to get the ship but instead of just -- He contends standards were changed “late in the game” and should not be retroactive Harmon said the decision not to award tenure is partly due to the fact that Smith’s' qualifications were inadequate in terms of the needs of the department in which he serves Harmon said they are departtrying to strengthen-’th- e ment’s graduate program which has declined to a very low level Several faculty members from the communications department spoke on Smith’s behalf as did his wife The Institutional Council also heard student input on Smith’s merits as an instructor The council said they would take this into consideration in evaluating the question The council will meet Wednesday June 4 to hear further evidence and will make a decision on the issue at that time |