Show c t Counted ballots raise red flag Gary Long Contributing Writer i WHEN A THEN certain situations V V arise that raise the red flag so to speak they cause cause you to think lIs something is not quite right here Here are some examples of what I mean Richard Nixon did nothing wrong Marion Barry does not do drugs Ya right Jim Bak Baker Bakeri was just an honest hardworking minister Sure ok But the best examples of pulling the wool have happened happened happened hap hap- right here in Salt Lake City Here is what appears to tobe tobe tobe be a suitable one Back last quarter the south cafeteria smoking was raised on campus The administration was just going to post the south cafeteria no smoking and then take the who cares line about it But when the Horizon reported it there was immediate tion The students were then told We will hold a forum on this issue and go on that We want to know what you the students think Ya right I attended the forum The opinion was overwhelmingly in favor of the status quo or for a compromise The result of this forum was a setback to the administrations administration's plans So when one plan fails you go back to the drawing board The new plan was then d devised We will hold a referendum and we will even say that an independent outside out outside outside out out- side source will compile the results This type of wording will conjure visions of reliable reli rell- able unimpeachable fairness Then we make the result of this referendum what we want and this will be the end of the matter This is what appears to have happened I was told that the compiling of this thi referendum was to be a business business business busi busi- ness statistics class project at atthe atthe atthe the University of Utah When I spoke with some of the members of that class Iwas I Iwas Iwas was amazed to find that no such project had ever passed through their classroom No Noone Noone Noone one that I spoke with had even seen the ballots When I was referred to another person person person per per- son to speak to and have been unable to reach that person the alarm went off No one seems to know where the ballots are now Also when this fair referendums referendum's votes were al allegedly allegedly allegedly al- al counted the matter was decided by such a small margin that it raises considerable considerable considerable consider- consider able doubt as to the referendums referendum's fairness on that point alone Summing it up there is evidence that something is wrong with this whole story that we the students have been handed At the least there are some highly original explanations due Where are the ballots Who counted them if in fact they were counted Why were we told that things were to be bedone bedone bedone done fairly when it appears that there was no intention of it being so Why is there no attempt at compromise when it was shown by the forum that this was what the students desired Up to this time I have simply been pointing out some rather suspicious conin- conin for all to see Now I have something personal to say Mr Butler you as a student student student stu stu- stu- stu dent senator are supposed to be concerned with the welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare of the whole student body You said that if we lose some students over this issue no big deal This appears tobe to tobe b be the administrations administration's attitude attitude attitude at at- as well Mr Butler I Isay Isay Isay say that if we lose one student student student stu stu- stu- stu dent over this or even a prospective student then the price prie is far too high An institute institute institute in in- in- in of learning must be open for everyone I call for a boycott of all non-essential non college products and services I call for a boycott of the cafeteria services until there is a compromise compromise com corn promise on the whole e smoking smoking smoking ing issue which was what the students wanted in the first place What does our school stand for Do we as students desire truth and honesty from our administration tion Or do we condone the deceit and treachery that appears appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears to have happened here Our actions and decisions in inthis inthis inthis this matter will be the iud judge e. e |