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RHUU From page member for three years. THREE OTHER former union members agree with Blakely that staff domination was a real * problem. Niles Reese, secretary of the union until he resigned fall 1976, said, "The staff congregated among the staff and figured out decisions to hand down to the officers, including me." Carol White, former union momK^r onr) Tnnot? IIIVIIIWV1 UI1U 1UVUO UI1U lOOUCO committee chairman a year ago said the officers and staff squelched disagreement by dismissing any discussion of staff domination. A typical response, White said, was, "This is neither tho timp nr thp I pI '? mnuo on." Emmy Ross, who resigned as chairman of the Cinematic Arts Committee in fall 1976, mentioned to "psychological and very subtle" pressure to agree with the staff. She said the committee members didn't realize the discouragement some chairmen felt because most of them only came to their respective committee meetings. Blakely, Reese, and Irvi said they were dissatisfied with the direction the Union was taking. In his resignation letter to Cagan, Im.SM ...ma4a T f *? it v iti wiuic, nucu i ran ior me office, the union was a major concern , of mine. However, it is undergoing drastic change. The union I joined two years ago (1974) is a very different organization today. I am disenchanted by the entire direction in which the union seems to be inevitably going." YOU NEED loyal, old-time members," Irvin said. Blakely said that the weekly meeting of the officers and the staff separate from executive council meetings was another HEAVY COMEDY -Lsite Shows A Mirthquak^^EXSj from th? Tunnelvision | G*"*1 dp A SHOWS: 2:00 3:55-5:50 7:45-9:40 5 k. 1 attempt to influence underlings. The idea had been raised of letting the nine committee chairmen have a separate meeting themselves. Laatsch said, "No one's ever said this separate meeting was wmno Anvnnp rrmlH wimo fn fV?ie meeting. It's an additional time committment." Irvin said many union changes were a result of Laatsch's influence. He said that Laatsch has tried to make the Union more businesslike. Staff members, he said, often do the work formerly done by student volunteers. Irvin said, "It's worse this year than it's ever been because of her (Laatsch's) relationship with Lisa. We used to be able to stifle her policies." LAATSCH AND Cagan, however, maintain that officers and staff have little or no influence over committee work. E i At the National S your future ... be the future of th having a tear people. A develop, and t our nation's e ' cations and cc crucial defense i in technii equally vital ii ENGINEERS delve into un phase of the R & ] develop, test, recording, a and systems v still consid Some union committee chairmen said they were aware that some, people felt pressure from the staff but that they were not personally affected by it. "I don't see dominance because I', not afraid to talk to the staff. Some other people might be intimidated by staff," said Taylor. Ed McCall, -Ideas and Issues committee chairman, said of the staff and officers of the union, "They get along good with me because I make an effort to get aiong wun uiem. I try to see everyone's view. Nobody pressures me. It would be fair to say they pressure at times. But (it's because) they have a genuine concern." "I never felt pressure," said Paulette Inabinet, who resigned as chairman of the Trips and Expeditions committee during the fall semester. "I don't agree with a lot of their (staff) views, but maybe Engineers, Computer Sciei Think your I ecurity Agency we think about cause our own future and even is country's security depend on n of intelligent and imaginative t NSA you may help to design, est devices and systems vital to lectronic security . . . communi^mputer systems which convey nformation; or you may engage sal projects in support of NSA's itelligence production mission. rnc/Mcy. ci?* : (uu/ i'iij/, LJICV.UU111U tJiiymtsers ique projects which span every D cycle. They research, design, , and evaluate communications, md information storage devices /hose capacities and speeds are ered futuristic in most quarters. Rr fc it's because I'm older and that gives me a different perspective." CAGAN SAID she often agreed with the staff and that they didn't try to manipulate the officers. "There has been, a change in direction as there is any year with new officers. Eddy Blakely and Niles Reese were old-regime people who didn't like the new people's attitudes and physical changes." t^aaiscn said the staff felt they needed to stress the union concept because of the expansion of the Russell House building, to let students understand the total implications of a union. The union concept emphasizes that a member should work as a part of the total union, not just as a member of one committee. She said the staff "realized they were pushing it (the concept) too much and backed off. "There is a See RHUU, page 11 ntists, Mathematicians ... about Future. COMPUTER SCIENTISTS (B! experts apply their knowledge of sub-disciplines such as syste systems programming, operatu computer applications analysis systems. You will work with th hardware and software in exist quickly become involved in ma MATHEMATICIANS (MS): Mi needed to define, formulate an communications-related problc inamemaucs, matrix algebra an analysis are just a few of the toe NSA mathematicians. 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