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Photo; Club Controversy Comments from Mark Rock
It appears the S.U. ex— ecutive still has its head in the sand. The only po- sition in the photo club ever resigned was chairman; the original reason photo printing stopped was be— cause a purchase order for fixer was refused, at which time 3 gallons were borrowed, used, and still have not been replaced by your honest executive. Some member's property was removed from the dark— room, and the door locked and sealed. That's how photo club members found out they had resigned. They have not passed in resignations, and would be willing to work under a new treasurer.
The 1975-76 yearbook is practically lost. There is no editor, no pictures except grad pictures. There are two members of the ex—photo club gradua— ting and who would like a yearbook. By now it will take a month and a half before the two months or so work in the darkroom is even started. But for council, it would be fin—
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To me, the purpose of a Student Union function is to attempt to benefit as many of the people within that union as possible. The Photo Club was not accomp- lishing this. It is a fact that on two occasions that I know of,(and who knows on how many other occas— ions) students were dis— couraged from joining the Club. They had such a tight little clique that it was impregnable. The main purpose of the Photo Club was not so much to take pictures, but to give interested students a chance to learn about photography. This simply was not being accomp— lished. '«
The Photo Club trys to justify their existence by the pictures they Produce for the Year— book and the Cadre. These could be produced more économically by having _1t done professionally. 30 the mere existence of a Photo Club is question— able in my mind, given that it is not benefit- n¥ more thanta hand— full 0f students.
This brings me to the point 0f the budget. The COuncil offered the Club abudget of $1,400. The
h°t0 Club said that they
ished now. Any new club formed will produce pic— tures for the yearbook, starting about March 7 or so. People studyiny in the library is really hot yearbook material. , While your Student Un— ion administrators sit back and try to place blame for this fiasco on club» members, the chances of having a photo club or a yearbook grow more and more remote. Why? "Well I'm too busy right now with exams and everything but maybe after Christmas..." And speaking of Ray, in reference to his statements on the radio, I hope he's no business major. The way he worked out the sup— posed $300 per print cost for the club was to count 150 published pictures in the yearbook, excluding grads. This took no acco— unt of approximately 600 pictures asked for that weren't used, besides Cadre pictures (about 100). When you work it out right, it comes out under $2.00 per print, doesn't it? TFlnally the people who were disco—
needed at least $2,056
to run. The budget comm- ittee then said they could supplement their given budget with money they earn. Here is where the real issue comes in, the Photo Club felt.that anything they earn should go into their pockets.
I strongly feel that this handfull of students
.should be willing to
do the work they do for the Student Union. fig other activity of the Student Union on campus can use
the Student Union resources‘
to make money for them—'
selves. Otherwise we would have
bartenders selling their own beer and keeping the profit, we would have the Social Committee making the money off the bands they booked, etc.
So when the budget comm— ittee told the Photo
The Cadre, December 2, 1975, page 5
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ion kept in there, no one could have been more dis- couraged, and no amount of talking could get them back.
uraged from joining the club. It can't be denied that they were discouraged. When they were shown the equipment the student un—
Interpretation
It would have been a grave mistake for the executive to succumb to the Photo Club. To read trash like Kip Puiia's which evades the real issue, and is only try— ing to make someone look bad, to make himself look knowledgeable re—
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ings to achieve the budget they needed, they replied with a flat no
they wanted, they would quit. I The'student Council ex— ecutive then decided they would accept the resign— ation. The Photo Club was trying to put council over a barrel by saying that if they didn't get what they wanted, they were going to screw up the Cadre and Yearbook. Right now, it stands that the council refuses to be put over a barrel. Instead they are making attempts to get pictures through other means. They may not have all
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