Show Petition and Intelligent The Union Board's petition protesting the removal of art display screens from the Union hallway has two characteristics that make it deserving of serious consideration by the Board of The petition is intelligent and The Union Board points out that it was not consulted about removal of the even though it is a and advisory for the conduct of Union the petition feel that we have been allowed to assume the degree of responsibility that the Union Board was originally intended to have in an area normally within its It is unnecessary and slightly ludicrous to say that there has been a great deal of speculation on the reason for removal of the Official Explanation handed down to students was that the screens were marring the architectural beauty of the Another remark was that the screens were significant obstacles to University officials made no statements about poor or academic So the standing singularly was a good candidate for the Union Board's are impressed that their great and flexibility are thoroughly consonant with the contemporary motif of the the petition The other items included in the petition also seem to us very valid No other location on campus can approach the east-west hallway of the Union exposing the maximum number of students to That the screens are rarely a obstacle to and when major events are programmed for the they are the Union Board noted that although it was of the Regents' they nevertheless have a responsibility to students and asked them to reconsider their decision in the light of the The Union Board has presented an and firm case for restoration of the which not only deserves the attention of the Board of it demands |