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RHUU-t^W 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 member and Ideas and Issues 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 the time or the place. Let's move 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 CAmO nho fnlf K/vn o ir?/\ ovanv vnuu iiivu ten wwaUJU IIll/Ol 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, Irvin wrote, "When I ran for the 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 llf A MirthquakJW^J from the Tunnelvision Gong! gj \ SHOWS: 2:00 ! 3:55-5:50 7:45-9:40 V. 1 attempt to influence underlings. The idea had been raised of letting the nine committee chairmen have i a separate meeting themselves. Laatsch said, "No one's ever said this separate meeting was wrong. Anyone could come to this meeting. It's an additional time committment." Trvin cniH mnnu nninn nhonrtoc 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. I i i At the National S your future... be the future of th having a teai people. A develop, and t our nation's e 1 cations and c< crucial defense 1 | in techni equally vital ii delve into un phase of the R & develop, test recording, e and systems v still consid N Js 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 stan ana officers of the union, "They get along good with me because I make an effort to get along with them. 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 Sciex Think your I Security Agency we think about (cause our own future and even is country's security depend on n of intelligent and imaqinative t NSA you may help to design, est devices and systems vital to lectronic security . .. communiDmputer systems which convey nformation; or you may engage cal projects in support of NSA's ntelligence production mission. (BS/MS): Electronic engineers ique projects which span every D cycle. They research, design, , and evaluate communications, ind information storage devices _1 i * vnose capacines ana speeas are ered futuristic in most quarters. lMn Hgw?n? 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 oiucers. tiaay Biakely and Niles Reese were old-regime people who didn't like the new people's attitudes and physical changes." Laatsch 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. 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