Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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 Upper Uft The iNtnln] atmosphere In I he Executive Council oAcn pnaMnl that o4 Seaame Street In finding new wax» to teach leadership. Middle left Mike Steve». Ken t owe. and Ray Myers gave Weber State College I heir rendition o the good, and bad. and the ugly, touer left HcIW-uell Read»? Upf r right: The rest off he studeotbody ottcer llW to put the point across to Mike Steve», touer middUr Jack Mrlgeten came out 4 hfc cubbyhole oifice to attend an Executive Council meeting. Lcurr right Kristy White represented Otyokwn at an Executive Council meeting. Opposite page, upper right: Kay Myers prnfKned a (OWt to the person who )u i asked ihat the meeting be adjourned. Middle right: Wasatch I tad representative . Debbie Rmaschl. Cindy Page, and Tereasa Cleshuk attend- ed an Ixevxittve Council meeting to avk ior a pool table hi» the dorm , lower left Student Service vtrr-prr ldmi. Ken I owe. discussed the current problems on campus. tower middle: Ron Ray thought about Tooalwdl during a lull In the meet • log Lower right: Brent Johns was armised at a motion brought before the cosmcU. 9 Stud». ntbody Officers

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r Studentbody Officers S«ud «bo K’ o®c r compowd I hr «w of Weber Sum C«Ufgf'i student government and met m a group In IjifnilK Council. Thr mw member Fjuc- utKe Council and lh« Supreme Court mw thr h t) integral port cf a new system of government voted In by las year'» student . Thr new system replaced an In- rOrirtM Senate and executive branch with a tingle governing body, the FatcuiKv Council, that executed both executive and legislative function . Executive Council ««• chaired by studentbody president Read Ifrlleweil. a member of thr Blur Key Honor Fraternity and former ASWSC chief hotter Hr nvm also mpomlble to be chairman of the Union Policy Board, to represent I he Council and Mudmtbody at Administration n reelings and commtatitv Junctions and to make trcommrncfotion to All certain ASWSC corn milter office . Vice-president In charge of dtffrrmt area of student interest comprised the remainder of the Executive Council. Becky Sparkman. Communications Vice- President. served as chairman of the Media Board, as co-chairman of the Fine Arts Convocation Committee and as coortfinator of student concern. Activities Vice-President was MM St ever, a Theater Arts major. Stevee's duties included serving on the Union Activities Board as chairman, making recommendations throughout the year. The vice-president Ul position over the financial matter was held by Ron Ray. Some of hk responsibilities were to ad as chairman for the Finance Board, evaluate monetary request from ASWSC organization , conduct inventories of proptfly held by ASWSC and oversee all financial affairs of the Associated Students Brent Johns. Blue Key Honor Fraternity member has been extremely active In student government and varforn college c on unit- tee in past year and Is now serving as Academic We-President on the Exec- utive Council In addkksn to acting as Speaker of the Student Academic Assem- bly, Johns served on the faculty Academic Council and chaired the Academir Board. Student Service Wc-Pr evident. Ken I ms, had the tesponsibllity' of over- seeing CLIC (Campus listening and Information Center) and Ombudsman offices. Ills concern ranged met many facets of campus hie. Including volunteer services and doemkorie . Interacting with high schools and the general public. Public Relations Vice-President. Jack Helgesen. went out Into the community to pro- mote Weber State College and inform people of the services WSC make available to them. Working behind the scenes to regulate student concern , the student body officers In Executive Council made hundreds of decisions which didn’t really catch studentbody attention. Of those that did catch special attention were, the firing of Bead Post Iron» the position tA Ombudsman, the restructuring of Campus Volunteer services under Ken I owe and Executive Council and the revision of the Awards and Honor Committee. Other actions Included using surplus kinds from last year'» budget to sponsor Issues '74 . a week of special convocation on the economy and the appropriation of funds for a UP! wire to be used by SIGNPOST and KWCR stalk and the non-renewal of funds to continue It. 8 Studentbody Officers

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Comment: Government by Kim Cooley NATIONAL Watergate was one year old this spring. Everyday there seemed to be a new development concerning It. Indictments were handed down to most of President Nixon’s aides. Ac cusations and counter-accusations were made. At this moment a special Senate Judiciary Committee is investigating the possibility of impeaching the president. How the Watergate affected the American people? Ac cording to pollsters more Democrats are being elected, because of the American people’s disgust with Watergate. Indications are that the American people are losing respect for America and its government. Here is an example: at Marsh Valley High School in Idaho, students refused to stand when the national anthem was played. Another topic of major concern to the American people, the energy crisis, has left its mark on Weber State College. WSC Blue Key Honor Fraternity instigated a car pool policy that would encourage WSC students to conserve fuel. This policy allowed students who drove to school with three or more other students to have preferred parking spaces in the Fine Arts Center parking lot. This car pool met with some annoyance among WSC students who argued that since they paid $6.00 for a parking sticker they should be able to park anywhere on campus. In another move to conserve energy. Nixon ordered all thermo- stats on buildings and homes to be turned down to 68 degrees. In following this policy. WSC administrators set temperatures in campus classrooms from 55 to 68 degrees. The WSC administra lion also turned off hot water heaters in all campus buildings except the gym and the dorms. LOCAL In financial matters this year. WSC finally obtained al- locations from the Utah State Legislature for its library addition and money to complete its peripheral road. Allocations for WSC’s new Technical Education Building were dropped from second to thirty-eighth on the Utah State Legislature's budget list. There are forty Items on the list. According to WSC President Joseph L Bishop, the State Legislature is on the thirty-seventh item now. The WSC Library has often been subject of controversy because of its inadequate book supply. According to an article in the WSC newspaper the SIGNPOST, the library should seat 30% of the studentbody. The present library seats only 500 students instead of the required 2.500. Also, the WSC Library should have 50 books per student. At present it houses only half the number of books that it should, stan- dards being set by the Northwest Accrediting Association. According to a SIGNPOST article. Weber State College faces accreditation probation by the NAA if these standards are not met. STUDENT A new form of student government was initiated this year. Gone are the absent senators and legislators of last year. In their place is the Executive Council. The Executive Council includes Read Hellewell. Associ- ated Students of Weber State College President: Brent Johns. ASWSC Academic Vice President; Ron Ray. ASWSC Finan- cial Vice President: Becky Sparkman. ASWSC Communi- cations Vice President: Jack Helgesen, ASWSC Public Relations Vice President: Mike Stever. Activities Vice Presi- dent: and Ken Lowe. ASWSC Student Services Vice President. Hellewell was well noted for his conservatism, and his 10 Comment: Government