Val 7 a THE STupryIs’ Yoicm NovempeR 19% | ION s Eve Un FAIR, Nani Varo NENTS Fhe 1 AC OROING To SGA by Jack Fingerman SGA President Dennis George and Treasnrer like DiSanto charged tiie Lion's Lye with printing "negative 11eWS "The editor changes every airt- icle, charged DiSanto, it is his article," Disanto said that he would like to see stories tht involve every stu- dent, instructor, and administrator in the paper, "Every ¢harge that the Lion's Bye has made 1s false," said DiSanto, "We must have activities to unite tt ¢ students, sald George, but we have limited facilities in which to work," George said that t.a stadents can communicate with the 3Ga through tiie Gripe Bux, This is a box that is located in the SGi office and is open for suggestions, improvements, and individual problems. Only a few students have used this service, #The freshmen do not feel alien- ated," said DiSanto, we took a random survey of 25 freshmen to prove this point," "We need more time to carry out our promises," said DiSanto. =» The tern is only 2 months old and the students should be more patient,® he added. "This campus will have 3 social functions. The Sui is in the process of renting tile upstairs rolling rink {for the November All .ctivities ay. i si tri) is being planned and we WiLL have a semi-farmal in toe spring," George said. "Byory officer is carrying oub the duties of his office," said George. He said that the students should be blamed for the apathy and not the officers. " The students just don't by Jim Delfini Past failure of the Common Free Period (CFP) and the expense of lost courses were major reasons given for the administration's rejection of the proposed CFP by Campus Director John D. Vairo during a heated 45- minute discussion with students Fri- day morning in the lounge. "An educational institution's primary obligation is an academic one, "Vairo said, “We do provide opportunities for students to meet here and in the community.” Vairo explained it costs $15.95 per student per hour for this educa- tion. "The first year we were here the CFP was used as a lunch hour by the students and faculty,” Vairo ex- plained, "The next year the students didn't even want one." “If you belong to four clubs, it will still be difficult to meet with all of them in one common hour,” he said, "The history of the CFP is one of the major factors in our decision.” Vairo outlined the reasons for the rejection in a letter to SGA President Dennis George which he "agsumed was widely circulated by SGA." George said, "The letter seemed invalid in many respects,” Fred Franklin, a sophomore asked, "If you weren't going to abide by the results of a vote, why did you let us have one?" Vairo said he was given no notification of the proposed CFP and knew nothing about it until the day of the vote, "I wouldn't have stopped the vote anyway,” he said. Franklin shouted, "What's the use? Discussion with you is impos- sible," then walked red-faced Lut _ of the louncge. cont. On page- 6 cont. on page 6 v cman § CCW TWINNWE pw PALI DLAETUD, il Jun iE TEL 2 Je
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