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  • 4 VoL XXXVI, No, 44; Thursday April 8, 1971 Editorial Comment THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Editorials are from the Editor's desk unless otherwise indicated by the author's initials. Opinions expressed by the columnists do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper. Address correspondence to P. 0. Box 66, CuUowhee, N.C. 28723. THE SERViMGjS ^£T A UTTlt SfMALUIc r The new constitution: Making red tape work The revised Student Government Association Constitution proves, probably without intending to do so, that there is something wrong with the administra= tive treatment of bills after they are passed by the Student Senate. Under the present system when a bill is passed by the senate it moires to the administration where it is either dealt with by the Office of Student Development or channeled to the Faculty Senate. In either case approval from the administration is timely, especially if the Faculty Senate gets its hands on the bill. The bill, when it is placed on the agenda, has ehanceso lias chances of being tabled or being further channeled to a committee. If the Office of Student Development g«ts the bill, and passes it, it may return it to student government rather promptly. That is if the bill meets the approval of Dr. Reinhard, Dr0 Pow, and sometimes even the Board of Trustees., And during all this time SGA action on the bill is at a standstill. Student government cannot legally begin work on the bill until it has administrative approval. If the revised constitution makes it through the senate, though, as is anticipated, and if students vote yes on it, a new system will take over. The new system will make a bill legal WHEN THE SENATE PASSES IT. Of course, it will still have to be channeled through administrative red tape„ But the senate DOES NOT have to await administrative approval to begin work on the bill, or to begin abiding by it, It seems that the Rules Committee, and the senate has found a way to make use of time that the administration insisted on wasting with red tape. SGA even delayed seeking administrative approval of the constitution until it was passed by the senate and voted upon by the students because that admini= strative approval "wouli take too long," as Sagir Williams, chairman of the Rules Committee of the Student Senate said. Hopefully students will vote yes on the revised constitution when the time comes, so that the progressing Student Government Association can continue to progress, even though it is almost being red-taped to death. W.W.H TO GO PLACES AND DO THINGS THAT HA\TE NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE-THAT'S WHAT LIVING IS ALL ABOUT, —MICHAEL COLLINS The Western Carolinian Published twice weekly through tfle academic year, and once weekly during the summer session by the students of Western Carolina University, CuUowhee, North Carolina. "Member: U. S. Student Press Association, Collegiate Press Service, and Intercollegiate Press Service. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RONALD W. WILLIAMSON BUSINESS MANAGER WM. J. BYERS ASSOCIATE EDITOR W. WAT HOPKINS NEWS EDITOR CHRBTY G. MARTIN Managing Editor Gabe PeUey Copy Editor Melanie Pope Sports Editor Jim RoweU1 Photographer Bruce Cox Advisor .Dr. Gerald Schwartz Editor Emeritus. David Bock Whitten Naticaal Advertishig by Nattoml EUkeeetional Advertising Smrrtcm, sat. Ueal advert*** »*Ji. sTmUable «P« *- Phone 193-7317 after bssefa Wednesday*. mem. first floor Joyner; Phone M3-7M7. Malik* P. a Box M, CuDowtaee, N. C. Subscription LtieMeRs S1ROLUNGS That time of man By W. Wot Hopkins The games people play. Sometimes you wonder. This time of year is a good time to wonder about the games people play, It's election time. It's a new quarter. It's a new time of year, Four people filed to run for Vice-President of the Student Body. Sager Williams is running unopposed, No matter what the reasons of the other three, it was a game. One man stuck it out. Two men and a woman played a game. It's a funny time of year. And people are doing fanny tilings. For a quarter that's what I blamed it on—the time of year. I blamed the friction between people and groups of people on the time of year. I blamed lots on the time of year. I've finally decided that it's not the time of year, but the calibre of people. Somebody makes mistakes, whether it's as small as not looking someone in the eye when you speak to him or as large as a massacre in My Lai. It can't be blamed on the time of year any more. It can't be blamed on anything but people and the desire of people not to understand other people. It's not merely that people accidently misunderstand one another; it's the fact that people DO NOT WISH TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. That's strange. That's against human nature. To purposely cause friction, to purposely deliver misunderstanding is opposed to all laws of nature. Man is the only animal that does it. Man is the only animal that is illogical. Even lemmings are logical. When overpopulation Is occuring they march into the sea. All animals lower than man (or higher, depending upon where you place Man) understand their species. Call it instinct, but stUl it is harmony. Man. The only animal known that has the level of communication he has. The level of communication, though, ironicaUy causes lack of communication* And man's deductive reasoning, ironically produces lack of logical thinking. For Instance, why, when a man knows a statement or action wUl cause hard feelings, wiU he purposely continue with the statement. It is iUogicaL T H E S T R 0 L L E R Man, in less than a century has goneliteraUy from the horse and buggy to the moon. It may be a cliche, but it is true. From Ford to the Wrights to Lindberg to Sheperd to Apollo. In less than a century. Have you ever seen Cape Kennedy at launch time? Have you ever seen Houston when a mission has been accomplished? Better yet, have you ever spoken to a Floridian about the space program? Do so. Then compare said individuals to the ancient worshippers of the moon It is another of man's idiosyncrasies; turning from the natural to the mechanical. And when man turns to the mechanical he tends to become a machine. And if man becomes a machine, he can be replaced. Replaced by a machine that doesn't make mistakes. So logic (or illogic), that results from the civilized mind might not be worth the trouble. And communication (or lack of it) might not be worth the misery of misunderstanding. Write THE STROLLER Box 66
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