Show To The Editor In ce to the letter from Jerry A. A Van Os published in the Nov 15 issue of Points w West t I wo would d like to state that I am the student who t thought ought up the Candid Comments question How do you feel about of student funds being spent on the sculpture Voyagers Voyagers' and subsequently wrote the col column I therefore feel compelled to enlighten Mr Van Os on a couple of items As he stated in his letter the heading of of the Candid Comments Comments' column states states that v views are sought from students faculty administration and support personnel However when the issue at hand concerns an expenditure of student fees it is the students who should be allowed to voice their opinions The students after all pay student fees To my knowledge no member of faculty administration or support groups are asked or forced to pay these fees They therefore did not 7 have any of their personal funds used in the purchase of this sculpture As for obtaining viewpoints from both proponents and opponents I j strongly agree with Mr Van Os If I could have found someone that supported this action I would have published their comments The most support that the sculpture got from anyone was the comment t that hat 4 the sculpture was nice looking but not worth the expense Since Candid Comments only prints direct quotes there there t. t were several comments that could not be printed As for Mr Van Os' Os final comment I also agree that the sculpture is very nice and pleasing to look at The topic of Candid Comments was not the beauty of the piece however It was an attempt to find out how students felt about an expenditure of their money without having been asked about it first Mitchell C. C Lambdin |