EHE CADRE, TUES., FEB. 26, 1974 Page 6 
     
    
   
   
    
     Criticizing the 
     
    

    
     Let's now assess the candi— 
     
     dates arguments. 
     
    

    
     First, all candidates det- 
     
     ermine that the problems are 
     
     apathy, financial incompet- 
     
     ency, poor communication, 
     
     insufficient use of campus 
     
     media (Cadre, CSUR), student— 
     
     faculty gap, gap between SU 
     
     executive and committee he- 
     
     ads. And they are right. 
     
     However, in identifying the 
     
     symptoms, they have neglec- 
     
     ted the disease —- Capital- 
     
     ism! Furthermore, but con— 
     
     sistent with their shallow 
     
     insight -— they all propose 
     
     immediate solutions to the 
     
     immediate problems. Granted 
     
     they can see poor usage of 
     
     funds and propose to clamp 
     
     down on this: but they must 
     
     fail because to concentrate 
     
     on the immediate situation 
     
     is to neglect the real pro- 
     
     blem —— which is the val- 
     
     ues, aims, beliefs, etc, 
     
     which give rise to these pr- 
     
     oblems in the first place. 
     
     Until they identify the true - 
     
     soUrce of the problems they 
     
     will be left with "hand-aid" 
     
     proposals and, of course, 
     
     will remain in the dark and 
     
     "in the red". 
     
    

    
     They all see apathy as a 
     
     problem -- and all propose 
     
     to deal with it. Again they 
     
     fail to see that you cannot 
     
     "deal" with apathy in a 
     
     community as representatives. 
     
     Apathy is for each to work 
     
     outwfor himself -— no comm— 
     
     ittee in the world can over- 
     
     come my apathy° The candi- 
     
     dates(1ike everyone else) 
     
     see apathy as a problem -- 
     
    
   
   
    
     Fun & Games It the 
     
    
   
   
    
     Platforms 
     
    
   
   
    
     but do not see it as a spi— 
     
     ritual (not in the religious 
     
     sense) problem of our age 
     
     and, thus, do not realize 
     
     that you cannot legislate 
     
     away the problemo 
     
    

    
     No candidate has noticed 
     
     the relationship between 
     
     apathy and incompetent exp— 
     
     enditure. Disinterested & 
     
     aleniated students have fa- 
     
     iled to appreciate (natura— 
     
     lly) the significance of the 
     
     SU and the treasury and, as 
     
     a result, treated these as 
     
     infinite sources of money. 
     
     Apathy is integrally tied 
     
     to poor expenditure. Stude- 
     
     nts who don't care, will 
     
     abuse the Student Union. 
     
     It's why they don't care th- 
     
     at should be the object of 
     
     ’pursuit. 
     
    

    
     The candidates for (presi- 
     
     dency) are not the most im— 
     
     pressive, with the exception 
     
     of Barbara Stevenson. Gordon 
     
     Campbell can easily identify 
     
     the problems (at the super- 
     
     ficial level) but gives you 
     
     the impression that he has 
     
     no ability to deal with the 
     
     responsibilities these prob— 
     
     lems imply. He is incompet— 
     
     ent in argument, uncertain, 
     
     and too easily persuaded to 
     
     assume a firm stand on an 
     
     issue. 
     
    

    
     Bruce MacDonald also iden— 
     
     tifies the same problems 
     
     everyone else does, but can— 
     
     not put forth concrete al— 
     
     ternatives —- he's a band - 
     
     aider. Furthermore, he imp- 
     
     lies lack of tact and confi- 
     
     dence in the sturdy, rigid 
     
     means whereby he intends to 
     
     smarten-up executive. Viol- 
     
     ence is the tool of the in— 
     
    
   
   
    
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     competent. He gives you the 
     
     impression he knows little 
     
    

    
     or nothing about people -— 
     
    

    
     examine his platform on the 
     
     front page. . , 
     
    

    
     The third candidate -e Bar- 
     
     bara Stevenson -- is by far, 
     
     more secure, confident, ex— 
     
     perienced and intent than 
     
     the others. Her performance 
     
     on Senate is (as I can per- 
     
     sonally attest) of consider— 
     
     able quality. She gives you 
     
     the impression she knows wh- 
     
     ere she's going —- and that's 
     
     what the SU needs. Brains 
     
     are important but amount to 
     
     nothing without character. 
     
     Barb has, in my opinion, mo- 
     
     re strength of character th— 
     
     an the other candidates. To 
     
     be sure -- she has much to 
     
     learn —— but she knows this. 
     
     To know that you don't know 
     
     is a mark of wisdom -— and 
     
     wisdom is the medicine our 
     
     SU could do with —- not just 
     
     brains, force of personality, 
     
     or rigidity, such as the ot- 
     
     hers possess (and even then 
     
     I overestimate theml). 
     
    

    
     Should Barb realize (as I 
     
     think she does) that a full 
     
     scale plan is not the answer 
     
     (though important) but, rat- 
     
    
   
   
    
     'her, a person of resolute 
     
    
   
   
    
     character who will meet each 
     
     situation as it comes and 
     
     endeavour to resolve it on 
     
     the basis of a concientious 
     
     will —- she will no doubt 
     
    

    
     do this campus a great ser— 
     
     vice. Sometimes one must tu- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ,rn one's back on one's peo- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ple in order to do justice 
     
     by them. 
     
     Stan Dalton 
     
    
   
   
    
     Girls! Want to help your 
     
     government cut down their 
     
     cost per prisoner ratio. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Here‘s how! - ~ 
     
    
   
   
    
     We had one female prisoner 
     
     in here last week. Guess how 
     
     much it cost to keep her 
     
     here? 
     
    

    
     She wouldn't pay a $40. fi— 
     
     ne so the judge gave her 30 
     
     days. Out of the 30 days she 
     
     would have to serve 20. 
     
    

    
     Now, when there is a female 
     
     prisoner, a female matron 
     
     must be on 24 hours a day. 
     
     She has to be paid and fed 
     
     as well as feeding the pri— 
     
     soner. ' . 
     
    

    
     I feel that $60. a day is 
     
     a conservative estimate of 
     
     what female prisoners cost 
     
     to the department. Over 20 
     
     days, this comes to $1200. 
     
     dollars that it WOuld cost. 
     
     Plus the $40. fine that the 
     
     woman wouldn’t pay! 
     
    

    
     Perhaps the department got 
     
     wise to that woman's plot 
     
     of cheating the government 
     
     out of $1240. because they 
     
     let her out after only 12 
     
     days. Good thinking guys!! 
     
    

    
     we have two female prison- 
     
     ers now so the cost is al— 
     
    

    
     most out in half. Imagine 4