choice. The problem we have
right now is that the information
isn’t even getting out. We need to
do a better job in our office of
organizing so we can run effective
letter writing campaigns. Sheer
numbers do make a difference
when we get people involved. But
it has to start here.
How do you think the ASUO can
increase voter turn out?
Clark: It is as simple as this. We
can put voting booths in the resi
dence halls and dining halls in
Hamilton, Carson and the Uni
versity Inn. These are residents
halls that serve nearly 3500 stu
dents.
What about the average apathetic
student that doesn’t live in the
residence halls?
Clark: There are off-campus
booths. The booths at Amazon
and Westmoreland were put in
place the year I was elections
board chair. When we put them
there they failed miserably. I
don’t think the turn out was
much better this year. Voting
shouldn’t be a political issue. I
would just like to make the
booths more accessible to the
students living on the fringes | of
the university community|. We
just need more voting booths.
The residence hall governance
committee was willing to bring in
booths and willing to staff the
booths but it wasn’t done and it
should have been done. An in
crease of voting booths would
cover a large extent of the univer
sity. We also want to do a rather
large article or commentary in
the Emerald talking about the
importance of voting and when
the deadlines for filing are in the
middle of winter term. We want
to get more people interested and
involved in the process. 1 think
the Greeks very much proved
that they are a strong voting base
for sheer numbers. And in
creased voting can happen every
year not only with the Greeks but
with residence halls and other
organizations.
What are your plans for the
Women’s Center?
Clark: No specific plans yet. Hut
we do intend to keep it going. And
the programs within the
Women’s Center will stay. Scott
and I are going to receive recom
mendations from the stafT there
as to what to change.
I low do you plan to deal with the
problems that are happening be
tween Council for Minority Edu
cation and the ethnic student
unions and the minority affairs
coordinator position?
Clark: The minority affairs coor
dinator position has failed mis
erably for two years. The prob
lem lies in that you have one
individual thinking that he or she
may talk for 1200 students of
color. In my office, the represen
tation from the ethnic student
unions will lie of their own. What
I have proposed is a council of
representatives from the Ameri
can ethnic student unions that
would talk directly to Scott and I.
Maybe we can get a basis as to the
needs of students of color so we
can make a proposal to the ad
ministration. 1 want to know
exactly what their needs are as a
group.
Now with the break down
of communication with CMK,
people are going to have to sit
down and swallow some of their
pride. Because what is happen
ing is that some empathetic
people on CMK and good people
in the student unions are being
turned off. And this is not good
for people of color.
The CME and the student unions
need to work together deal with
all of the issues on this campus.
And the ASUO will help in the
communication through its rep
resentatives from the student
unions. The council [of student
unions! will serve as the replace
ment for the minority affairs
coordinator in the ASUO office.
What do you think of the pursuit
of political parties on campus l
Clark: Political parties have
every right to exist on campus. I
see it as students coming to
gether to express their views.
But the problem is that it is not
views of all students but is just
those of the party. For the pur
pose of our campaign the political
party system was useless. I think
the representation of students in
the political party system is small
on this campus.
This must dispel the rumor that
you were actually part of SNAP?
Clark: Yes, I hope it does. We are
not affiliated with that political
party.
Wycoff: I have never even seen
their platform. So if we have
molded ours and it happened to
look like theirs that’s great, but
we are not part of the party. It
seems that one of their big things
was funding of the athletic de
partment even at the expense of
student groups. Andy and I never
stated anything like that in our
platform and do not want to see
any student groups fall by the
wayside.
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