aTPYIATC T'ol7_7 71? r-,^ . '4 - 7 r-,r , c. r-dsts between the sera Lion and cortai ol , ?merts cat 4 ,Tho st , ldent seyerul days, ~ 'ody has widened t:7me come to try to clear ti - ir-s to. T. to - ol)t, 1-a t3 c and white the .. ; -,- :177 corc ord I ,, tr . Ycies of the prohiem a way that Clod, the camps, nnd the world woilld linderstand. But T find that omnipotence hac completely passed me hy, and in its stead remains a mellow, hurt, '..)nd some .rays confused recorer. fl, 1- )nt ciso o wcl: of somr?, -,lounded pr:Tde and respect, :310 2 , -, - seat (leal of ambir , :uity. '-ow can that be explained in blac and V.l c? The most I can to try tr) clar p2rt of the misun 7 derstandinr7, and. I Pcr those of you who do not I•now the sitHrtion up to this point, I'll lscc-trcelc a I. it, q 1.11- Lbvi.ously, my part of the story. C Orr: n ca t, Tt all started weeks aee when certain elements of the Academy Hie - h School student body rioted during; the lunch hour, and several students from D.C. decided to investigate the sitnatior, pruely and soley because of their desire to find the truth a - nont the situation, nrompted 1 .-y the eross inconsistencies between the information eiven or the news media, and reports given 1 y persons involved. Their pur poses were not to act as reporters incognito, or any other manipulative function. TI-ry gent on 7ood will, pi rely as ir.Lerested perties wanted to help. As fate would have it, '- , )never, two of the members of the above men tToned party happened to be in the newspaper office as this reporter was try to compile en editorial about the incident. After some discussion, it was deceded that those better informed persons should write the story, thus, the "Academy Story' which anreared in the Cub. T 1 -at hapnened next is, fortunately, history, 'nt reerettable scandle that ensued was certainly not anticipated, and wes not the T)nrpose - ror which we pnlllished the article. C'er ietentions were purely innocent, if not to present the truth es we sou it. ntended to slender no one. 7e , intented 1:0 prhllc jrstittior. 7owever, le story . T , TF7 irterpreteo that way, we rn.l - t 4 s nt o.7ms a7ninst vs, and .)71 , ;0 f;) Tc:l, Dean Lane and Dean rs, I.roced, they were lorvelous IoT. of pro -1,3. I Jeal it very necesry to make it extremely clear that the parties involved reth;:nr; pmt rr:rotitll:le and vnpreciation for bhe help, oro almost more fmnortant. the opnortimlty to learn from the experience without 1 - ein , T, Torced to "learn the hard way". You may he Trrorderlin , 7 at this point, just when the prol-lon comes ir. However hard I try, I don't thin' I shall be sncessful in l'...;1 1 ? - 10 I, ( - 11I'„ 1 1 - ,r( , I ; Tr , rl Trrit , se ITTI?t we 3-lave 17,ere is not only r r r rr,rl ^cle , r. explaining it with any deree The crediblity gap, and the horrl arose, I think, due to the fact that W'"3t T just said had never beDre been said. student parties involved had, in a way left the administration hanging, not knowi L that we were thinking about the situation, not knowing - what we - intended to do, not 'mowing if we understood or appreciated what they had been and were doing for us, and along that llre. rot irnowin7, if we had even learned anything from the expererce. As a result, each party involved approached this new problem in a different way, leading to conflicting oT 4- ,ions, ambiguity,and the like. The result was a credibility gap that did not hing but widen in the succeeding days, and was never directly dealt with. The situation at hard is not a workable one, and should be al tered at any cost. It would be a shame to let trite personal feeling dissolve all the rap port that has been developed throughout the year, over an issue that turned into a personal problem because of the age-old difficulty lieo pie have with efficient communication. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: The SGA has taken 3t upon itself to Mit a document to the Senate Rules Committee without submitting it to the student body for app-:.oval. This body of unelected offielals decided that the Behrend Campus studel - it rat interested in the constitution, or, ; giver t!le 2hcnce, would not vote 27, , T,r: , assqmptions are tru 'r rt:t relevant. What does mati - e3. SGA was i - yested with 4 ,he document, and the students thet thi power to them bave the right to ratify the document lefore it goes to th_ Senate. How can the SGA, in all honesty, submit a document to the Senate which is surlosed to have come from the Behrend Campus wler no one but the SGA voted on it? It appears to TO that the SGA is tahinc: much for uranted. It is a sad fact when a body of students, -:-ho have no legt.l jurisdiction to govern, can make a move such as this, doing it in the name Of the Cameus and the Campus is not consulted. Another excuse for this undemocratic ac tion is the time element. Mere is not enouh time to get a student mandate after final ar,p royal by Student Affairs. It is my understanding that when an issue of importance arises, tlle Student Affairs Committee can cull an emerency action to cope with it. Doeln't SGA or "Student" Affairs consider a student (rote on the Constitution important enough for an emer gency meeting to be called so that the students can vote on this highly pertinent matter? I am only one student, one of the nameless, faceless group, who believesfhcq-student govern ment should speak for the student body as a Whole. How in the world do they think that a E -, 3 • • T ice: th3t 4 .; • 1..
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