 |
 |
Editor,
I would like to comment on the recent series of articles about the Undergraduate Senate's possible law violation at the Sept. 11 meeting.
It is true that the Senate may have violated ASUA bylaws and the Arizona Open Meetings Law, but the Senate is also elected to best represent the students of the UA. Had the senators not taken an executive session before voting on ASD director Ann Fowler's, appointment, then they may have made a decision without fully considering all of the options and alternatives. Furthermore had the meeting been held in public view (i.e. with the ASD members present), then what our elected officials felt was best for the student body might not have come out.
I am not arguing for or against the actual approval of Ann Fowler, but rather to express my disappointment with the way the Wildcat has handled the situation. ASUA stands for the Associated Students of the University of Arizona and thus its primary function is to act in the interest of the student body. True, the violation of laws cannot become commonplace and it is the place of the media (the Wildcat) to point out such violations, but the Wildcat has taken this story beyond mere student interest. If the Senate isn't free to make the decisions that the student body trusted them to make, then the students will pay the ultimate price.
Derick Kurdy
criminal justice and psychology freshman
|
|
|