ARHS meets behind closed doors

Editor's note: Last night, the Association of Residence Hall Students discussed the possibility of residence computer consultants being moved into all dorms without student input. The Daily Collegian considers this issue to be of some importance to University students, as it may result in students paying more money to the University.

But ARHS President Jolaine Gravish closed the meeting to The Daily Collegian.

ARHS members are elected by students to represent students. The Collegian editors believe that informing students about the activities of their elected representatives is an important function of a newspaper and an important part of the governmental process.

ARHS Vice President Larry Paseornek said he thinks ARHS members closed the meeting because "this is a younger council. We're building a strong council. It's not going to be good for our organization (to discuss the issue publicly)."

Another elected student leader, Undergraduate Student Government Senate President Mark Sosnowsky, said that he would never close a general Senate meeting. "We're elected representatives and we're ultimately answerable to (constituents). They should have a right to go and find out what we're doing."

The Collegian believes that ARHS, by closing its meeting unnecessarily, impeded the student-government process and deprived students of a discussion about an issue.

The blank space below is devoted to the article that would have been written to inform you, the University student, about this issue, had ARHS not closed its meeting.