Western Washington University - Klipsun Yearbook (Bellingham, WA)

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estern is many things to many people. To me it is an alarm clock ringing in the tired darkness of a morning. It is a line, one long continuous line, into the Registrar's Office, into Carver Gym, at every meal. It is Fall, when piles of golden snow drift against the trees. It is a shelf of library books that I've never read. It is a reading list I can never hope to finish. It is an evening in France, Germany, or Poland via the foreign films. It is cool nights, clear, or foggy days. And rain. It is a pro- fessor who convinces me that I like science. It is an impulsive, Let's go to Gus's. It is long nights studying. It is a class let out early. It is Christmas caroling and finals, the Snow Festival and finals, the Spring Sports Informal and finals. And finals. It is the roommate who leaves you notes. Iris weeks without mail. It is a house-mother's welcome when you're late. It is laundry every week with the washers always full. It is walking by the rain-forest on a warm Spring day. It is finally understanding why two things of equal weight land at the same time, if you throw one out and drop the other. It is measuring beans, writing French papers, ad- libing answers, and memorizing lists of dates. It is an accumulation of lists, stuck on the bulletin board, do homework, go to concert, read for tomorrow . . . It is the knock on the door when the girl down the hall wants to talk. It is both success and failure. For now it is my life. As a memory, who knows how glorious it might become? f ix by-.. 1' . . . fl f. , I Eh' ,, if . 4' Q I uf l a 1, - W . f f N 'lik X X 1 Q f X,5'i1- ' will X X X - 1- f . lv -if I I .,.., ss I l f ' Q' Z IW fi Ig . xc I -

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,I .kk F i I ,W- Neil MUEFHY Judy Shaw Terry Gallagher Mike Boring Noel Cimino Linda Green A- S- Pfefidwf A. S. Secretary Executive V. P. Program V. P. Acting P-resident ommittees, controversy and a dash of comedy could be found in full swing any Monday afternoon in the Viking Union where Associated Student legis- lators held their weekly meetings. Led by A.S. President Neil Murray, the men and women in blue kept the air circulating with debates over such topics as disaffiliation with the National Stu- dent Association, investigation of election procedures, and handling of money in the Student Contingency Fund. Beneath all the furor, however, a quiet but influen- tial change was taking place that created an entirely new system of organization in the legislative branch. The two key elements of the new system, which was created according to Murray to make the government more responsive and receptive to students, were the establishment of a five-committee legislative grouping and the creation of an independent judicial system. The five committees, set up by Murray, were de- signed to group legislators under a specialized organi- zation. Thus each lawmaker was given more time to devote to his particular area instead of having to concen- trate on all areas covered by student government. The first of the committees to yield substantial suc- cess was the Academic Standards Committee. By the end of fall quarter that group had succeeded in setting up a school-wide Student Tutor Society with some 40 student tutors offering academic aid in 28 areas. Equally successful was the Constitution Revisions Committee. It played a major role in securing an amend- ment to create an independent judicial system for the first time at Western. 12 espite some petty bickering student government had one of its best years. fi'