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P P So what so what well so what What the hell What is it all for oh and why is there are areSo So youre you're here for another quarter and possibly another year ear its it's a bitch aint it I mean all your freedom gone and your time consumed wow wow So if you are gonna get into this much of a hassle then why not make something outa puta all this besides a 40 GP A Sure good grades are definitely important important important tant but but so so is a social life both her at school and on your own A social lif life not necessarily meaning 7 J night all-night parties a week or a scorecard on women but maybe an adequate handling of all of your own soci social l affairs and problems You are a social animal and like it or not youre you're pretty much go gonna a have to mingle with the rest of its s animals as long as you hope to function in society Yet you usually sit back on your comfortable le us usually y too large buttocks and allow others to make ake decisions and determine determine determine deter deter- mine a large part of your of-your your future for you How can people as a whole get so lazy and just plain careless with their own affairs Even your so-called so responsible folk live their lives almost co completely asleep Now Im I'm asking you as a body of students to be different Im I'm asking you to individually get get in touch with it and yourselves and be a very effective and powerful student body and oh hell will that ever be different Even your student leaders of your student government are different t this year and we as a council have a good spirit and at least some optimism dont don't kill it with half asleep complacency We Weare are only human and our will to put up with shit goes just so far Now the limit to which we will go and our capacity to take it itcan itcan itcan can be and is directed by your atti attitudes des and ACTIONS Sure I can sit in the cafeteria and bullshit all day long and hear the greatest plans of reform and plans of action ever eyer to spring from the human mind but you let me interject a sentence something like Okay I hear you let me check Into th the possible possible possible pos pos- sible resources available in that area and WELL WE'LL get to WORK on it and watch the hush fall well if you cant can't watch it you can feel eel it They always say who me naw well I cant can't ya know Im I'm too busy and and so on it goes goes' whatever it is undone or uncorrected whichever th the case casem m may maybe y be So to be a abit bit specific only beca because e I want to eliminate te the I never knew about it excuse use we have a student government government government gov gov- gov- gov it may not be able to give you welfare but it is a government It functions as a competent legislative body working on and for the welfare of all the students and baby you'd better get involved this year you all had better get down and give a damn Yeah you all h had d better give a damn or this student government as we now know it may cease to exist In fact it will cease to exist possibly as soon as next year and for good reason 8 percent of the of U TC participated in last years year's elections and half of those did not know the offices th that t were run for had no opposition and one was not even filled until later by appointment and even it is vacant again Big ne Deal I- I right yeah right We spent over of your money ev every ry year That's a lot of bread Also we as officers receive a few benefits for our time our time and efforts We receive our tuition free paid for by student st student dent fees We als also receive a stipend at the end of each quarter for the amount of Also we are bought a suit we have offices and we have reserved parking Now all of the bill for this is yours Yeah you foot foot it it every time you register and pay your fees So now you be at least remotely interested since we weare weare weare are into your wallets or is that the even if its it's paid for you you should care about what happens to the money Even if it is given the money is yo yours and you spend it and some have been known to come away from a quarter here feeling that the money would have been better beiter spent on a weekend on Lake Powell Well what if that happens to yo you What if you feel an injustice in- in in injustice justice has been een done to YOU What can you do doo for yourself at that point From what Ive I've seen in a year of if it is at atthe atthe the point point- of injustice you usually end up having to settle it totally at the mercy of the person usually faculty member you were originally having the problem with Well this is absurd No fo where else that Ive I've been in the USA do students allow themselves to be used so comple completely ly and take it so passively Other campuses have st student dent senates that function function function tion as of last year our senate hasn't yet competently functioned functioned functioned other schools have ve a s strong ong student voice in the way of a newspaper as of l last st year ours had deteriorated to the e point of being non Schools of higher learning have been known to have Student G Governments that w were re strong and could function effectively in be behalf lf of the s students And S STUDENT GOVERNMENT puppets in a very strategic nitch pitch between you the student and th the powers that be If you have a legitimate ate but possibly controversial bitch they will tell you t to go to your and the truth of it is we at this tills point in time tine can do nothing in your y behalf half past w what t th they y will predetermine And you pay for this So I urge you to do some thinking about your future re as you calmly put pitt your karma at someone else's mercy and I ho hope you get a bit nervous about it and I hope by y at last at last the end of the first quarter youve you've felt a few burns so you'll h have ve it brought home to you and you will ge get the urge eurge to get involved with us uS and help us become a political force We are here to help ya this year Weve We've p put t up with some hassles but we come through Dont Don't just shrug it off so easy cause it And if you dont don't want us to do all this work we sure as hell wont won't Contact us in the C College Center offices offices offices of of- its it's the building in the middle of campus |