Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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administration was full of h. However, In my experience with him. he has always been willing to listen to both sides of a matter and he will thoroughly research all sides of an Issue before making a decision. In tny opinion. Hellewcll and the entire Executive Council were very decisive and effective this year . . . certainly more effective than previous WSC student governments. The Council's decisiveness was displayed very well by its quick derision to dismiss Ombudsman Chairman Brad Post. Under the direction of Ken Lowe, Student Services Vice President, the Executive Council fired Post in one of its most controversial meetings this year. The aforementioned Post was Informed that he would be dismissed ten minutes before the Council met. The reasons Lowe gave to the SIGNPOST and the Executive Council for requesting Post’s dismissal were that Post was “ambulance chasing . Post had “the wrong philos- ophy about the Ombudsman office and that Post enticed student complaints . In further explaining Post’s enticing students to sign complaints. Lowe used the 24 hour open house issue (see page 80) as an example of Post’s entreating students to sign complaints. In a SIGNPOST In- terview. Post in turn stated that “Ken Lowe bragged about his suc- cess in getting students in the dorms to sign complaints against not having a 24 hour open house policy . Post also stated that ’’neither myself nor any of my staff ever directly or Indirectly coerced any student Into signing a complaint . Throughout the pro- ceedings before and after Post’s dismissal, the SIGNPOST did not give equal time to Post to answer Lowe’s al- legations until one month after his dis- missal. According to wveral witnesses, many of Lowe’s allegations were false and were not based upon all available evidence. However. Post was still dismissed from his position. Ron Ray. an Executive Council member was the only Council member absent from the meeting at which Post’s dismissal was discussed. Ironically Ray was Ombudsman Chairman the year before Post was appointed, yet he was not at the meeting to defend Post. Rost's trouble with the Executive Council went back to u'hen he was appointed Ombudsman Chairman in the Spring 1973. At that time, several Executive Council members that they felt that Post was too radical and too vocal. Some of the Council members expressed their feelings that WSC students might be afraid to come to the Ombudsman office with complaints for the reasons mentioned above. I feel that although some of the charges brought against Post might have been correct, he was hastily and unfair- ly dismissed. In my opinion. Post was not given a fair chance to defend himself. He was granted no interview In the SIGNPOST until after he was dismissed. I also feel that the reasons given for his dismissal do not seem serious enough to warrant such a swift dismissal. To me, the timing of his dismissal was also unfair. Post was dismissed right after the last issue of the SIGNPOST for Fall Quarter had come out. Therefore Post and other WSC students were not given a chance to speak against his dis- missal until one month after it had occurred. Garrison M. Carter was appointed to the position of Ombudsman Chair- man in January. The other candidate for the Job. Steve Ericson, found that he disagreed with the Executive Council’s philosophy on what the Ombuds- man's purpose should be. Carter said that he found no philosophical disagreement with the Council. 1 think Carter hard- ly ever found any dis- agreement with the Ex- ecutive Council be- cause his philosophy agrees with the Council’s. In other major student government actions this year, a new student government coordinator was hired, a committee was formed to re-write the WSC Student Handbook, budgets were changed and people were fired. Although this year’s student government was neither revolutionary, nor radical, they made several important de- cisions that affected all WSC students. ‘(The opiruofts npiewd in ihlt Atiklt do not nrcessArily i«4ni the vVw» dl I he rest of Retrospect'» or of the «tudmtbody 11 Comment: Government

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M? Upcxr left Proper drainage iw a lacior lo be considered when bulling the road» on Weber Stale campus Upper right Parking miters were installed at sever»! choke parking spaces lo help Insure a (aster parking turnover. Center The enemy crisis inspired a change Hr Weber Stale parking rules u-ith the institution ot better parking places lor those who rode In car nooh. Middle left: Construc- tion of roods anil buildings was a comnsoo sight at Weber Stale again this year. Middle right Helping students keep track of time, the Stewart bell tower also chimed out songs at 8 OJn.. noon, and 5 pm louer left Tire access rood teas bollf lo fake some til the student «raffle oil Harrison Boulevard 13 Construction