The last two days have brought a flurry" of activity to
this campus some welcome and some disgusting to
rerhember. The students have shown two^flvihgsr^theJr
ability- to act, in certain cases irrationally, without
obtaining those facts.
Granted when the Senate decision was revealed Monday
night, there seemed Tittle or no justification for it since
most of the supporting evidence was submitted during the
closed session. Students were confused because they did
not know the reasons why the classification had been
changed This, however, was Tittle excuseJor the violent
actionsand physical haun to Senate members "whiefr took
place following the meeting. Senators were physically
assualted mCone Ballroom, putting one in the emergency
room of a city hospital and another in the infirmary.
thankfugy, white students asked questions in an effort to
learn exactly what had happened. At least that action was
civilized.
However, die students rose up in mass to attend the
regular Senate meeting held last night In their urgent
"3esirc toteam-the-facts.of the Monday Ttight meeting, they .
made a compicte-tsiockeiy of the Senate' The gallery-was-
unrully, loud and inconsiderate, of the Senators as well as
of the proceedings. - ~"- - ,
In the past, students had expected their Senators to vote
as they thought best since they showed little interest in
government proceedings or made little effort to tell
senators bow they felt about them. The Senators
judgement apparently was good enough then. However,
Tuesday-night students, were demanding that senators vote
the way they were told despite what they thought.
Obviously, the senators were again the better informed and"
better able to make decisions. "'
It was demanded by some that the constitution be
suspended to divulge information concerning a closed
session. This woujd have to be done by a campus
referendum. Senators wfib-liave in the past been highly
ruie-concious were suddenly calling that rules were
unimportant or meant to be broken. One SGA official
used her position to influence the body rather than
perform in her duties.
In the end, the behavior of the gallery and certain
Senators was so bad that the meeting was forced to
adjourn and no further business could be considered.
It occurs'to us that the students haye not_oeen told all
the facts about the session Monday night, but the
information is to be released soon. In the meantime the
students, ignorant of the reasons for the decision, have
acted violently, irrantionally and quite inconsiderately. It
interestea in ~ obstructing the judicial process than
promoting it. r-
