Western Washington University - Klipsun Yearbook (Bellingham, WA)

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A STANDOUT IN ANY CROWD

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resid nt Flora Editor's note: The following is an interview be- tween President Flora and Dan Windisch, assist- ant editor of the Klipsun. Increasing student in- volvement, PhD programs, Huxley College, and student apathy are covered in this taped inter- VICW. Dan: This year has shown a tremendous energy on the part of students for a role in determining college policies pertaining to themselves. What are your opinions on the new desire to share in the decision making? President Flora: Western' Washington State Col- lege should be regarded as a community. Now it is a community of scholars, but it is a community. Now, this community involves various segments. There are some very large segments that we are all quick to realize. There are the faculty, there are the students, there are the administrators, and there are what I refer to as the staff employees. Now, most people don't understand the term staff employees. That involves the secretaries, ground keepers, technicians employed in the sci- ences, etc. Nearly 400 of these people who are members of this community. I think what we should try to do in this college is to develop a single college government. One gov- ernment-we can call it a senate or we can call it whatever we wish. But whatever we call it, it should involve the word college or community to give the idea that it is a government that relates to all segments of the college. If you are going to have such a government, it is clear that the various ele- ments contained within the college must be repre- sented. And I feel very strongly that faculty in significant numbers, students in significant num- bers, administrators and staff employees must be