1972_04 The Daily Collegian April 1972

              I editorial
ESP disqualification unfair
three ssx"SY*Ba*4ea were unjustly dis*u*i>-
The executive committee of tbe
tobeinvtostotonof the election eerrje/s
st precedents ttvat hav* r*r*uir*d c*n-
y veorth of *H camoa.Qo material
e*. Ifcsurover, this past prooedsnt
into the alatelsn sed* rtor watt it ever captained to
Th* election cornrnittee wars pail in a very difficult position in having la rut* on the alleged violations of the Mark Etctevcrry-Don Sa-
vteB Gary Paxton slat*. The committee had to make its decision in
aeaeroBBririB with s totally ir*sd*rauatc election code and its related
praeadsnts. It also had to take into consideration tbe performance of
the awajnenittee itself snd it* members. Very 'ex* student* **ho have
heard anything about the elections a*j«jlddisagree that something arent
v*ror*a and most would attach much of the fault to one or more members of the election committee.
The election committee heard two completely irreconcilable ac-
ccajntt o< a phone conversation in »vhich the deposed candidates claim
th* election committodcn*ir man cA*yedfi>e very procedures for vattich
tt**y were to be later disgualified. The election committee chairman
rtontod tb* sM*exnten*. The election committee's open hearing wa*
little batter than an urxorgarured shouting match, with everybody espousing their favorite points of view. In light of past precedents and
the word of their chairman, the election committee executive committee finally voted to disejualify th* ESP ticket.
It is unfortunate tbe committee had to work 'rom such a poor tool
a* th* present election code. The code is overly amt.tguous, inconsistent, and too open to speculation. And for whatever reasons, the
eteetton committee itself did not do as good a job as it should have m
organixing the campaign and informing candidates. In some cases it
Bavpears that candidates ware misguided try committee members.
What has resulted is that three candidates have been unfairly ttoown
out of the race. The Student Court is to meet today to try to resolve
th* issue. This will not be s simple tote; so much confusion now exists th*t one hardly knows where to begin. Where we go from here is
• most bewildering guest ion. We hope the Student Court can come up
with the insight to find a solution that is 'air to sll.
We think ttvat the ESP ticket should lie allowed full recognition in
th* student body elections. This would necessitate holding a new election to substitute for the one for disputed offices yesterday. Hopefully this could be carried out swiftly in order to minimize the cam-
paion expenses of individual candidates, we feel that Ihe election
committee, for one reason or another, dul not help th* candi.tates as
wax* its responsibility ami was at least as much Io htamc for the (lis-
qualification as the candidates themselves. While this should rtot be
taken as sn endorsement of sny candidate, we feel that in thr inter est
of fairness and justice the Student Court should restore tbe ( SP slate
to its rightful place along with other candidates on the ballot.
Student apatfiy
Editor of th* Collegian.
A* th* election of new student
officers for the FSC.Student Association n*ars. It to with groat
concern and greater disappointment that I writ* to vou. In my
tour yesrs at Fresno State College, three of which were directly
involved in student government,!
have never seen s more apathetic
and sick campaign.
Th* student association ls a
9300.000 bwaln*** to which *v*ry
student is s stockholder. Yet no
on* seprr.s to be eonceritad with
who will be elected to run and
rsudcet that business What is even
more upsetting Is that only s tow
of th* candidates are actually
concentred with reaching thetr
fellow students. Look around you
and try to evaluate how many
Individual candidates ar* "actively* campalgrursg compared to
the number of positions on th*
ballot.
• Why fs there such apathy among
the students ronrerning th* upcoming elections0 That can be
answered by only you. First w*
ssfc ourselves what I* st*rt*in
government actually doing to help
us. They toll us they are going
to give more power ov*r the
association monies to the students. How' Whatever became of
tb* division of the association^
More student votes on tbe Board
of Directors" Th* paat two yesrs
I Mt on th* Board of Directors,
how the students votsd mad* the
And what ha* tb* actual attendance been (not proxies) of student* currently on boards and
committees" We constantly hear
of what sturtont government •will
do.* Like an investigation into
th* known csmpus radical list.
the price* of books In the Bookstore.  *tc.  I haven't heard any
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results of these investigations.
Earlier I mentioned that th* FSC
Association was s 9900,000 bual-
bbs*. I think it would be Interacting to see how the budget prepared for the 1971-72 year baa
changed to actual expenditure for
this school year. What is th* value In preparing a budget If yo*
ar* going to alter It tn such large
ssxoxBBtx. An example is the
change of the student activities
trsvel budget from 91500 to92400
of our stuttont money.
After reeding this you might
think thst I am againat student
government and totalTy*c*»np»*d to
everyone involved in thla ysar'a
student government. Wrong on
both thoughts. I do feel that atudent government has a place at
FSC, because we need a student-
directed governing body and voicing structure for the student*'
concern. There are many students Involved in administrative,
legislative and executive bodies
of th* FSC Association that have
been working hard, but titere are
alao very many that have been
sitting back thinking of problems
(marches, rallies, mass-firings,
etc.) that were here In 1949.
1970 and early 1971, some of
which are still current.
But students hsve changed their
concern*, directions and actions.
I'm sad to say that some of the
individuals involved today tn student government have fallen Into
thst syndrom* many student officers fall into of living tn the
happenings of CI* 305 (student
government offices) and losing
actual contact with the students,
and where we are today, not last
y*sr or the year before.
It also saddens me to see students take advantage of the apathy
of their toltow students, which
brings m* to th* point of the current association campaign. In the
past years many sturtont senate
positions have been filled by 20
and 40 votes. One current rotator told me, *h*'didn't h*v* time
that   the.      '
to msk* posters.* Thaa how will        j
she hav* tlm* to bt 1 1
I hop* the
tion activities
rum* la  so I
their toltow 1 ^^^^^^^^
don't aead to reach vs. If someone is not willing to rothaaiaa-
tically aeek thoee he wtehee to
represent, then what ssxawaslssm I
will direct hi* actions If sleeted.
No one ia ao great to daearv*
a single vot* tf he isn't willing
to aeek out thst vote.
what I'm trytaf to say Is FSC
atudent government seeds aoave
new enthusiastic latest stasia -
students that hav* not fallen into
thst student governmeat syndrome, students that have new
ideas and ar* awar* te new problem* snd students who haven't
been directly Involved with past
problems snd their coaeeasent
alienation, yet aware sad concerned with these problem*.
I feel these thing* needed to
be said If tor no other reason
than to make all the candidates
and th* students they will rop-
reseat awsr* that there I* a
campaign and election to prog-
reea. During this campaign seek
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