The year in review 1971 -72 Acorn news summary: By E. Brent Jepperson It is the opinion of the editors that a summary of a year cannot be totally representative if only the good or positive aspects of it are reported. However when reporting controversial issues that were not completely resolved it is extremely difficult to filter fact from rumor. We have attempted to discuss the news events of the year with as little bias as possible, but because of the nature of some of this material we feel it only fair to label this summary as an editorial so the reader is aware that we are reporting the issues as we see and understand them. The student leadership for the 71-72 school year was established in a cloud of controversy in the spring of 71. The race for president was between Dan Hunter and Glen Curtis. Hunter was declared the winner of the clash after a decision for a revote was reversed. According to Election Committee Chairman, John Ferrara, a cardboard box, instead of a locked ballot box was used in Promontory Towers. The election procedure was challenged because this box should have been delivered unopened to the Elections Chairman. Instead, the box had been opened, the ballots counted, and then left in the office of the Student Government Coordinator. A serious question arose when the results showed that if the controversial box was thrown out of the election, Glen Curtis would have won by 27 votes; with the box added to the total, Dan Hunter would be declared the winner by 21 votes. A decision for a revote was made by the Executive Cabinet, the Elections Committee and the presidential candidates. The decision was reversed by the Executive Cabinet declaring Hunter the winner. Hunter had previously been the chairman of the Ombudsman Committee. He was succeeded by Brad Q. Post. Under Brad, and with some support from the Executive Cabinet, the Ombudsmen became one of the most powerful student organizations on campus. Brad and Activities Vice President Tom Davenport were sent at the students expense to California during the summer to collect information from the schools there. Brad's purpose was to gather information about the Ombudsman activities on the various California campuses. If the success of the Ombudsmen in developing their organization and programs can in anyway be related to the California trip, the cost of the trip may be justified. On the other hand, Tom's purpose was to gather information concerning student unions, activities and publications. Improvements in student activities or innovations of the student union were not apparent throughout the course of the year. The only exception we observed was the remodeling of room 280 of the U.B. into a coffee house by the Music and Talent Committee. As far as the publications materials that Tom supposedly gathered, not one printed or spoken word of it ever found its way to the publications groups. The only evidence available that he did indeed gather any information was the usage of part of a publications act from one of the Californian schools in the Executive Cabinet's rewrite of the revisions to the publications act recommended by a revisions committee. The Ombudsmen Committee started the school year out with a bang, when they made an attack upon the married student housing on campus. The Ombudsmen, responding to a complaint filed by a tenant of the small housing complex, charged that the housing area was a fire hazard. The complaint filed was that the tenant, John McElhanon, had put out two grass fires during the summer. Mr. McElhannon reportedly made requests to Wallace Baddley, Supt. of Buildings and Grounds, Officer William Carve Campus Security and the Ogden City Fire Department for permission to have the tall flammable grass removed. No response was received of this request according to Brad Post. According to Mr. Baddley, the request was acknowledged, however some of this tenants had gardens that they didn't want disturbed, which removal of the weeds might have caused. The Ombudsmen conducted a survey of the 11 families then living in the complex. The survey asked about fire and safety hazards and security services, etc. (continued on page 118) Were making a lot of waves.. but are we going anywhere? KAY'S NOODLE PARLOR _ 2437 KIESEL Trash of The Thirties A spoof of the worst of the troupes and features of vaudeville transformed the Fine Arts Auditorium into a 1930 vaudeville palace October 1. "Trash of the Thirties," a nationally touring show, performed live the acts that made vaudeville ... and killed it. The comedy concert featured a mixed cast of Professional comedy characters and local performers. Master of ceremonies the show was RaMonde LaRue. Tne concert employed comedy sketches, "the very trashiest 'B' flicks of thirties," and audience participation to create the evening of entertain-