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Letter Rectification

Council will also try to determine
whether a rectification of the letter is
necessary and if so, what action should be
taken.

A possible solution, according to Mr.
Collier, might be to fund letters written by
other groups with opposing views.

Mr. Collier said he hoped Student
Council could reschedule elections during
the meeting.

Regarding the elections' postponement
Mr. Collier said, Student Council thought
there was enough question as to the effect
of the letter to justify postponement.

"The members of Student Council
wanted to determine the extent of the
effect of the letter and decide whether
they felt it might be detrimental to any
groups involved in the elections," Mr.
Collier said.

"I have enough faith in the people on
Student Council to believe that they will
put aside all personal feelings and
hopefully reach a proper decision," he
added.

Honor Committee vice-chairman Pat
Whitlow said he thought postponement
unjustified.

"If the letter had included any political
support for single-sanction I could see the
justification in postponing the balloting.
As it is, I definitely don't think Student
Council's action is justifiable," Mr.
Whitlow said.

He also said the action "only will
further cloud" the overall situation.

"I definitely think there's a great
chance that students on both sides may
become polarized and thus lose much
interest in the elections" he concluded.