5:1 A CASE STUDY 5.1A A Raid on the Student Activity Fees Fund Imagine yoursef a

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5:1 A CASE STUDY 5.1A A Raid on the Student Activity Fees Fund Imagine yoursef as a magazine editor on this board whase pu blication activity fees fund to refurbish the student center Because this fund is the sole source of money for may be threatened by the proposed budget cuts: What would be your fundsstudent government's allocation committee, it is that the UP Board budgets would be dramatically cut After the meeting, members talked among themselve and with others about how the Board should handle potential cuts. Some members stated their positions explicitly as they discussed the consequences of when you realize that there may not be sufficient to support all of the board's publications? The Undergraduate Publications (UP) Board at a midsized university was responsible for overseeing five student-run publications: a weekly newspaper, an annual yearbook, and three magazines-a literary magazine, a political review, and a science journal-each published eliminating one of the magazines, reducing the length of the yearbook, or other choices. once a semester. The Board was created by the Through these discussions and through recollections of how individual UP Board members have felt in the past, members began to anticipate the suggestions that would be made to deal with the cuts. Because members sensed that preferences differed, an awareness f opposition mounted a it would mean to make any of these choices. The editors of the threatened magazines began to assess how much support from the Board they and the magazine had and who their potential advocates and opponents were. university to ensure comprehensive coverage of campus ife and student accomplishments. Composed of two representatives from each of the publications (generally the editor and a senior staff member), plus a faculty advisor, the UP Board met monthly to discuss a wide variety of issues. Together they made decisions re advertising and editorial policies, selection of the following year's editors, hardware and software purchases for the Board's shared computers, and garding s the UP Board considered what nominations of individual writers for national collegiate writing awards. In addition, the group collectively determined the budgets for each of the publications, working from a lump sum allocation made to the UP Board by the student government at the beginning of each semester. As these issues were discussed, Board Discussion Questions Why does the term "latent conflict" describe the situation that existed on this board? What could make this conflict move out of a latent stage and into an open conflict? What examples can you give of latent conflict stages in other situations (e.g., family conflicts you have members' assumptions about the relative importance of each of the publications became apparent. At one Board meeting shortly before the semester's allocations were made by the student government, the faculty advisor mentioned that the university's administration was considering raiding" the student hborhood disputes, internati conflicts you have followed)?

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(1) Latent conflict is described as an inevitable power differential between two or more groups or individuals. Unequal access to political powers and economical inequality among groups often culminates into latent conflict. This stage of conflict is marked by underlying tensions experienced by one or both parties that have not evolved into a defined dispute. The situation in the above paragraph is very similar to this. Here everyone is worried about the consequences of budget cut and trying to minimize the effects on themselves.

(2) Any issue imerges as an open conflict when the wish of some group or individual is not fulfilled. In the above situation, if the UP board remains unresponsive to the needs of any group be it a magazine, and a strong group which has connections with the board is given advantage; there would be chances of an open conflict.

(3) There are mainly four stages of a conflict. (1) Latent conflict: In this stage the factors that could become a cause of potential conflict exist.(2) Emergent conflict: In this stage of conflict, issues in contention have been defined, and the parties have been identified and are aware of the dispute. (3) Menifest conflict: In this stage groups or individuals involved in conflict face prolonged dispute and try contentious tactics. (4) Conflict aftermath: Any conflict may have positive or negative effect on the involved groups depending on how it was resolved and how a party accepts it.

These stages of conflict we can see at the time of property division among the members of a family.

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