1989_05 The Daily Collegian May 1989

              Page 2   Thursday. May 4. 1989
The Daily OMegian
Opinion
ASI straddles the ethical tightrope
EDITORIAL
Late Wednesday night, ASI President Scon
Vick restored some semblance of maturity and
common sense-to the ASI senate by wisely
vetoing a proposed budget amendments that
would have severely weakened the positions of
ASI president and legislative vice president.
By no coincidence, both these positions are
to be filled next year by Unity—SRG members
Karen Cogley and Kathleen Solano,
respectively.
No plaudits, however, go to Ron Avedisian,
the chair of the legal and legislative committee
who conspired several'days ago to put almost
sole power over decision-making in the ASI to
Reality Party member Jeff Anderson, who will
hold the administrative vice presidental post.
How immature and stupid it was for
Avedisian and the rest of his neophyte Senators
in the committee to propose such blatantly
obvious changes for strictly self-serving
reasons, being that the committee is comprised
of primarily rival Reality Party Senators.
Such amendment changes, changes that
would ostensibly subject Cogley to removal
with a three—fourths vote and would put
Solano's appointments up for full senate
approval,  as well as take  away the  LVP's
power to appoint members to the Finance and
Budget committee, are clearly unacceptable.
For Avedisian and the rest of his committee
to even propose such ridiculous and self-
serving changes brings to question where their
true motives lie as senators. If these are the
type of ethos that personify the ASI, then we
can only look to the next administration under
the leadership of Cogley to imbue this
governing body with considerably more
scruples.
To even be so tactless as to not only remove
the LVP duties and yet give that much more to
Anderson is an inane and immature tactic most
would ascribe to uneducated persons, who give
no thought to their actions.
As an added slap in the face of proper
procedure, Avedisian neglected to keep records
of this controversial meeting, which, according
to the ASI bylaws, is mandatory.
Surely, Avedisian had to know that the full
senate, let alone the students attending the
Tuesday meeting, would realize the full extent
of these measures.
Of course, that's why Avedisian and his
cohorts were so demure and sly; as Avedisian
stated after the meeting, "We felt there were
certain modifications that needed to be made to
the way student government is run."
Now, either Avedisian is so egregiously
foolish and devoid of even the slightest bit of
intelligence for thinking that this would even
come close  to  approval  by  those  with  a
modicum of common sense, or he was trying
to earn an Academy Award for pretending that
he believed what he was saying.
Moreover, the student body carried out the
democratic process by electing Cogley and
Solano to their respective posts without the
future interference and interdiction of a few
conceited and power-hungry senators altering
the process.
Senators like these don't belong in the
position of power befitting someone of credible
character and good judgment, of which Httie
has been shown by the ASI as a whole this
past year.
As for Administrative Vice President Bill
White, who has been quoted as saying that the
Dean of Student Affairs would be nothing more
than a rubber stamp and approve these
amendment changes, Mr. White should be
ashamed of himself for displaying such
unwarranted arrogance.
The full senate as well, should have displayed
more professionalism and seriously analyze
these changes before impetuously approving
them. Is this well-thought-out decisi
making?
Lessons in civics teach us that those in
public office strive to serve the public, with its
best interest in mind and that a governing*body
is for the people and by the people. With these
latest dubious actions of the ASI, one has to
seriously contemplate what this student
government stands for.
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LETTERS
Sampson not telling the whole truth
To the editor,
Lynn Sampson is a fraud and has no
business writing musical critiques (or any
publication. The music department at
CSUF has no record of him as a graduate
or undergraduate student, nor does the
journalism department. Fresno Pacific
College has a record ol' him on file
wishing to take classes, but as of Spring
1989, he is registered for no classes and
has never taken any there.
There is no reason to believe Sampson
knows any more about music than the
average student, and no offense to most
students, but musical critiques (for (but is
what Sampson's article should have been
labeled, not a review) should be written
only by qualified people having formal
instruction in music.
There is no such thing as a "universal
rule" in art, for where rales are applied,
creativity breaks them. And who is he to
, say that Butler should have ended his
piece differendy, when much more qual¬
ified people, such as publishers, believe it
is perfea just the way it is.
Sampson seems to think all music
should be performed allegro, mezzo-piano
and in a major key. How boring. I hope
he attends more concerts, but learns more
about music before he criticizes it and
displays his ignorance in prinL
The Collegian should lake more time
to leam wheiher or not their writers arc
BLOOM COUNTY
qualified to write on the subjects they
choose.
Sincerely,
Kristin Lee
by Berke Breathed