Comment: News Wrap Up by Kim Cooley WSC elections procedures came under fire this year when elections for Homecoming queen were held. Ombudsman Chairman, Brad Q. Post, received complaints from Weber State College students charging that the Homecoming Committee did not advertise sufficiently that Homecoming Queen nominations were being taken. Students also alleged that an average student did not have an opportunity to nominate a Queen contestant because candidates had to be sponsored by some campus organization. The Ombudsman case was taken to the ASWSC Supreme Court. The Court voted not to take the case because Homecoming is an administrative function; the Court denied jurisdiction over the matter. Other election procedures were questioned during the election for Academic Assemblyman. A Supreme Court injunction was issued prohibiting the Elections committee from counting the ballots. The injuction was issued after Ombudsman Skylar Wilson filed a complaint charging that the ballots were invalid because students' majors were not properly checked off a computer list prior to voting. Apparently the Supreme Court thought the election procedure was unfair because they invalidated it in a unanimous decision. The WSC newspaper, the SIGNPOST, printed an editorial stating the Supreme Court had overstepped its bounds by invalidating the election. The editorial also stated that no election rules were broken. One week after the injunction, Academic Assembly-were elected. (See pg. 91). Later Ombudsmen Skylar Wilson's complaint backfired on Post. Post was dismissed from his position. One reason for his dismissal was that he "enticed student complaints". It was alleged that Wilson's complaint was enticed and therefore illegal. WSC had many concerts this year, including Mary Travers, the Lettermen, and Carpenters. SIGNPOST Editor Emeritus Cantwell received much criticism for her negative review of the Lettermen. In her review Ms. Cantwell alleged that the Lettermen lacked style. The SIGNPOST received several letters to the editor critizing Ms. Cantwell's review. Campus construction was very prominent on Weber's campus this year. Seventy-five parking meters were installed by the Library, the Union Building and the Technical Education Building. The meters have 30 and 60 minute time limits. According to WSC Security Police & Chief William Carver, the meters were installed for student convenience and for quick trips to stategic campus areas. 114 News Wrap Up Many students complained about having to put money in a parking meter, because technically they should be able to park in any student designated area on campus with a parking sticker. The Education Building was completed this year. Both the Ed. Building and the Social Science Building were dedicated this year with Governor Rampton, President Bishop and the Mayor of Ogden in attendance. Plans and money for a Special Events Center were obtained this year. The Dee Special Events Center is schedule for completion during the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976. Construction of a new library addition was begun this year. Weber State's accreditation was threatened when it was discovered that not enough books per student could be housed in the present library. Construction of the new addition is now underway. In curriculum and grading changes this year, the Family Life requirement for females was abolished and failing and unofficial withdrawals were eliminated from student grade transcripts. According to Dr. Jean Kunz, Chairperson of the WSC Family Life Department, the Family Life requirement was abolished because it was discriminatory to female students. The grading policy change was approved by the Admissions and Academic Standards Committee. Dr. George Crawford Chairperson of the Committee, said that unofficial withdrawal and withdrawal failing grades were eliminated because of the punitive connotation. Promontory Tower Residents and WSC Administrators locked horns earlier in the year over a 24 hour open house policy. Residents of all WSC dormitories are allowed to determine their own open house hours, subject to approval by WSC administration. In this case, PT's request was vetoed. Karl Wood, Director of Housing, said that some schools with a 24 hour open house policy had problems with rape, robbery, and other crimes. He also said that the 24 hour policy would cut down on privacy and quiet. WSC President Joseph L. Bishop denied the 24 hour open house policy request because he felt it was not in line with Weber's "image" and that it might "jeopardize future donations" to WSC. He also felt that the community of which Weber State is a part might misinterpret a 24 hour open house policy. Bishop met several times with WSC students to discuss the 24 hour open house policy. Because of these meetings, Bishop visited the dorms and received complaints about no new drapes, no soap in the rest-rooms, and a leaky roof in the Cafeteria. Steps to remedy these matters were undertaken. Another result of these meetings was the waiving of the Freshmen residency requirement. According to a SIGNPOST survey, most of the WSC students felt that students should be allowed to determine their own open house hours. In a month or so the issue died down. The 24 hour open house policy was never granted. Several WSC administrators were reassigned duties or dismissed this year. Dean Alan J. Dayley was removed from the office of Dean of Students and made a special assistant to President Bishop. Dean Dayley's former duties were assigned to Dr. Richard Ulibarri, Director of Admissions, and Darnel Haney. assistant Dean of Students. Haney was made an Assistant Dean prior to Dean Dayley's reassignment. Jan Tyler, another Assistant Dean of Students, was informed in December that her contract for the coming year would not be renewed in June. Jan Tyler was not informed of the reasons for the non-renewal of her contract by President Bishop. However, Bishop had informed several people other than Ms. Tyler of the reasons for the non renewal of her contract. In April, Bishop suddenly changed his mind about not renewing Ms. Tyler's contract go to press, her contract should be renewed changes desired by her are made. Curtis E. Smout, former Coordinator of Student Government left in July for a new position at Utah Technical College. WSC Administrators wanted to disperse Smout's duties among existing personnel. The Executive Council wanted Smout replaced, rather than to have his duties shared among existing personnel. In October Smout was replaced by David Rich As we go to press, a new development has arisen in Bishop's revamping of school administration. Bishop and his Vice Presidents decided to reorganize the School of Arts, Letters and Sciences. At this time, Bishop announced the concept of rotating deanships yearly. All present deans were removed from office as of June 1, 1974, with the except-tion of the Dean of Allied Health Sciences. He was in office only one year. This is all the information available to us at this time. There were three student publications this year. One of these was a new publication and the other was a resurrected one. The LOWER LEVEL was the new publication. Published and written by and for WSC Dormitory Students, the paper attempted to establish inter-dormitory communication and unity. A student publication that had been dead for a year was resurrected by seven very determined people. The yearbook came back to life this year, only to probably return to the grave next year because of missed deadlines, staff problems and inadequate funding. Ask any Executive Council member if he feels WSC should have a yearbook. He will probably tell you no. Ask any Executive Council member if he did all he could to support the yearbook. He will probably say yes. The Executive Council questioned the validity of the yearbook, yet they claimed to support it. The SIGNPOST, the only student publication not fighting for its survival, obtained a UPI wire service in November. Because of it, many previously unavailable national stories were made available to WSC students. The SIGNPOST also obtained a dark room adjacent to its office. Fred Barta, SIGNPOST Head Photographer designed and helped to build the darkroom. The removal of the UPI wire service by the Executive Council elected Spring '74 was indeed a slap in the face to the SIGNPOST who had worked so hard to obtain it. This year has definitely been a renaissance year for Weber students publications, and with a new form of student government, Weber is just beginning to grow.