Show f' Tw U' - Sfi— ut f'ih ?‘0 Vifv’ QPINION Should students decide tenure? resolutions deailm: taith student Kxvutii rank into and tenure decision have Iwn fuu!t input reconsideration neat week la Med The first resolution would recommend that a voting t tide nt memS r U added to the I'nivertulv Tenure and I Vie motion Krview l'rrrrttv The second would create college committees responsible for making recommendations to the colleen tenure committee almut various professors and the quality of education available T e : to student- - students atTee that rank and tenure decisions drectlv affect their education If these proposals (econie reality students would be able to make their wishes known directly to the committee menders and have some effect on those decisions There are questions however as to whether rank and tenure matters are student’s business These resolutions will surely receive resistance from those who consider rank and tenure purely a peer pmoup decision There are reasons for both points of view There have been cases at this university where professors have been dr m'd tenure for one reason or another while their ability as educators was regarded bv students as exNfost ‘ this professor's case should be treated with impartiality andtheutrr Let's nail his butt to the wall’" No pt cellent Conversely students are the transient community here ami it can be a rented that the faculty must decide and lie solely responsible fur ther own membership With all things considered it may be unrealistic to try to create student committees in each college If such an arrangement comes to pess the time required for the committee to make a quality recommendation would lie tremendous The depth and the number of these questions cannot overshadow the fact that higher education has room for The days of college students taking improvement whatever is given them have disappeared Those who still Mieve that students are unqualified to prov ide opinions ami evaluations about their own education are laboring under a serious illusion In the university situation there are manv times when the student is solely responsible to himseli for learning anything I nterir prtfeor are not required to be IF" d educator There are also cases where a class is made infinitely more interesting valuable and permanently beneficial simply through the skills of an inspiring teacher W hat must be remembered when considering action of this kind is that questions of salaries jobs and reputations are involved Student deltate is needed for this Changes in student attitude must take place if question thev are to concern themselves with taking an active voire in important tenure decisions THEUTAH TETTERS Idea proposed to lower book costs To the editor have to sympathize with their Three anti a half tears now and frustration It s quit expensive for a department to make 20 copies of I ve f rally reached my limit I m the first half of a book to get the ready to U4 for alternatives hid by until a new batch is receivnu see mv Just bnuitht first ed in the bookstore (not to mention book for spring quarter-la- s' I I should fie getting ac- potential copyright liability) suppose The bookstore might justify this customed to it For three quarters now the least I e paid tor bonk reduction in book orders by the imwas St IS iwelcome to enginrs-nng- i part of the book exchange last quarter I was tainted for 1 140 However in my discipline as an exand had to gulp twice you can bet ample textbooks are retained It is Kelt l nit to a pwnt that I m They are needed by studenta a brgmnmg to question bookstore references on the job later on Conpolicies W hen I took that book sequently they sre bought new and showed it to my professor he each year snd there L no availabiliwas horrified This is the third ty of titles through the exchange I he s ued the same fsiok last year vear know of many majors where this is it cost $ JO That is a 45 the case As this is the same year it percent when the rest of the nation baffles me why we still can t get saw onlv a 13 3 percent inflation enough books There needs to be rate some adjustments Would it be asking too much foe I think we can do better and the bookstore iu assure say a observing three or four year guarantee that a service I the chronic deficiency in have concluded the given title would tie used and then reason for it is the bookstore's buy a bunch so that three years monopolistic posture on this camkrnce students would be a pus break by paying the earlier given price? Karber I said I was ready to look I doubt they would do it as fur alternatives evidence by their reluctance to My idea ia to a private bookstore It enough books as it is now establish would be set up in on of those Last quarter I was aware of seversl professors who on the ' e pro-val- e gTATESMAN basis UVS S3? 640 of and of how many in the department needed the class turned in their requests to the store for test hoc order The knowledge bk 4 ft X mm tw J'a a wft 0 00 mu i 0 9 ft - M ft KM 49 itoOTtft 0 0 W r e- - MMM vn Ssa " m Ke mw ana W qf '‘ '"" 09 m '' t a e J bookstore personnel routinely reduced the number ordered on the 10 15 to requests percent so that wouldn't have they any left over Aa a result coma clasa tune 10 to IS percent of the clasa didn't hava hooka for the first four weeks the quarter in two of my classes In a third clasa the bookstore s second guessing based on last year a enrollment left fully half of the class with no hooka With umi 0 0 u j such capricious management why should the professor even bother making the request? I hour down on 4th or Slh Son off of Old Main HdL Isas vinced that student will ni x extra 200 ysrds to gttibctkrxi just on their hooks W ith enough capital I n kr ran get accounts ailh mi publishers to cover the spectnsi on campus Andar The purpose of this letter is too textbooks ing 30 to 35 percent of the one is not totally unreasonable Tbs would amount to a pretty pat piece of change filter as things picked up t would be a logical move toexput into stationary art supplies aadsl the rest as far as our accumuiad U experience and desire might us tend an invitation pus who would to people ( be interested l becoming partners in nick to nicw operative enterpnse dirertix discussion in such l There will no doubt b snd administrative obilads to overcome but I think it waikk worth it to resolve those “’J an attempt to offer student! i fowa-lega- ter shake Tbooss C Stedkd Questions to Heston too shallow for USU students To the editor W ore ashamed of tho caliber of the questions asked during Convocations A man with tha background and intelligence of Mr dMrv better questions k1"?"Can you kiss my hand?” Admittedly some questions were of a nigh caliber and gave many of us insight into the man s philosophy Tel a few of the questions seemed to rum the overall session Sup-P1’- ‘ V'V- students we university should he able to control ourselves in Mr Heston preset intelligent question Perhaps in the future entertain a guest of Mr the merit acknowledge Hew atidie the quality® speaker and set accordingly would also like to "thank dividuats who brought then children Their little voice tne so much to the quality of forma nee Matt " r toft AeeM" T |