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is often lonelyScott Lancelot is a senior Political Science majorand has been active in student politics since hisfreshman year.- Scott LancelotAU SA PresidentThe Senate that was elected in January took theiroath of office facing some difficult tasks. Afterreviewing the mood of campus politics prior totheir inauguration, it is easy to see why. The previousSenate had been torn with internal dissention anddisinterest after summer cooled the passions ofWoodstock West. Nearly one-third of the Senateresigned before the term of office was over. Thoseremaining in the skeletal structure fought with eachother, relived past successes, and jockeyed for positionin the January elections, while wallowing in a sea ofcurrent failures. About the only thing they did wellwas give money away or lose it. The other projects,ideas, and impetuses of Senate were allowed to wither.The Academic Affairs Committee, the prime moverfor academic reform, died under the inaction of JimHirsh and Ray Hale.As the end of Fall Quarter approached, an unpopularandtired Harry Poindexter, who had performed magnificentlyunder pressure but had been criticized anddiscredited too many times by armchair leaders,prepared to leave campus politics. Being President ismore often lonely and tiring than exciting. Manystudents will complain about problems, but few willhelp. Consequently, no one leaves the office ofPresident as popular as he was when he entered. Onlyone who has served in this office can talk with anex-President about what the job is like because onlyhe can know. Potential aspirants can only guess andhope.At the beginning of January, we were faced with aninteresting picture. For the first time (in theinterests of ecology) candidates could not plastertheir posters on trees. Being forced to actuallycampaign, rather than litter, was a new twist. Mostaspirants showed that they really didn't care enoughto bother and, as a result, few students even knewthat an election was taking place.249