Westfield State University - Tekoa Yearbook (Westfield, MA)

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MAJORITY judging from past record I would be forced to say no unless the administration feels vulnerable enough to change. Kenneth Richards — Class of 1974 Do you feel that students and faculty have exhausted all legal channels to solve problems at Westfield? Legal channels is a question of semantics. According to the schools ' legal channels, yes. We have exhausted them. But according to the student ' s definition of legal channels we have not even taught what we consider to be legal to oust. Tom Staltare — Commuter — 1972 No. There is always appeal. The exhaus- tion of all legal channels to solve all prob- lems is just a rationalization for their actions and this will never justify violence of any degree. Richard Walsh — 1974 Legal channels do not work effectively when people don ' t trust each other. Howev- er, apart from trust, when the Board of Trus- tees control all legal channels and are as much a part of the unrest as those on this campus, then how can we hope to utilize these channels effectively? Joe Bernier — Pres. Class of 1973 Tom Staltare

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THE SILENT Do you believe the current unrest is justified? most certainly do! As far as I am con- cerned people can be pushed just so far and then they react. Joanne MacDonald — 1973 Yes. Academic and Personal Freedoms are Stifled. Fernand C. Auclair — 1973 The unrest is justified but the way in which they express their feelings is not justified. Emotional responses are a ways rash and maybe some logical thinking would help. Richard Walsh — Commuter — 1974 Yes. I feel that the students on this campus are finally concerned with college gover- nance and that the lack of partnership in it is the major cause of unrest. It has always been my belief that democracy is worth fighting for. Terry St. Jean — Pres. Senate Yes it seems obvious that most student demands are reasonable, necessary, and also that not enough is being done. Carol Mennier — 1974 Terry St. Jean Richard Walsh

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