The Courier Volume 3 Issue 21 Article 1 4-2-1970 The Courier, Volume 3, Issue 21, April 2, 1970 The Courier, College of DuPage Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.cod.edu/courier This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at DigitalCommons@COD. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Courier by an authorized editor of DigitalCommons@COD. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Student Senate throws out Administration's publicity code By John Alexa The tabled publicity code will be “I would like to congratulate the pointed the A.S.B. Senate the C. To appear before a faculty- brought up at today’s meeting. Senate on its emotional response power to review any appeals made student group, Dean of Faculty An administration-sponsored towards an important issue. I urge by people who were not allowed to and Director of Student Activities. publicity code drew a stormy Because of the newspaper’s the senate to be rational on this distribute printed matter. rejection from the Student Senate deadline, The Courier was unable issue,” said Roger Whitacre. If clearance to speak is denied March 12. Sen. Fred Robinson, to cover the March 12 meeting and The outside speakers policy that then an appeal may be made to the who led the opposition, said the bill did not come out the next week Ernest LeDuc, director of was passed states the following: president. should be sent back with the words because of finals. Student Activities, got up to speak “Go to hell” printed on the front of about the administration code, but Outside speakers may be “The College Administration it. The Senate received this the meeting lost all forms of order cleared to appear on campus by may seek from any outside publicity code believing that it will and went out of control. the following College officials in speaker agreement on the In its place, the Senate proposed go into effect on April 1 and that the following instances: following provisions: its own publicity code, tabled it, the senators had no powers The meeting was adjourned and and then passed an outside reject it or change it. the senators went to consult Dr. A. To appear before a general 1. Because the Board of speakers policy on March 19. Rodney Berg, college president; student audience, Director of education is ultimately responsible Sen. Robinson said if the student John Paris, dean of students and Student Activities. for the operation of the college, government has no power at all LeDuc about the publicity code. B. To appear before a general speaker clearance may be then it should be abolished. student, faculty, and community reviewed by the President of the Text of administration- The new student publicity code, group, Vice President- College and-or the Board of sponsored code for distribution of This bill should be sent back and drawn up by Ed Marx and Bruce Community Relations, or where Education. printed material is on Page 2. we should write a new one, said Senneke, differed from the ad¬ applicable. Director of Student Sen. Andy Morgan. ministration code in that it ap¬ Activities. continued on page 2 COURIER Volume 3 No. 21 April 2, 1970 Student douses Expanding DuPage eyes bookstore fire College of DuPage is grateful to 'cluster' college concept Peter Houghtaling, 617 Fairview Ave., Glen Ellyn. By Linda Almdale One of the alternatives to our Houghtaling, a student, was present system is the “cluster about to leave school at 2:30 p.m. Concern about the present college.” The concept is basically Monday, March 16, when he organizational structure of College many small colleges within a large noticed smoke rising from the roof of DuPage which was expressed at system. An individual college of the college bookstore. He im¬ a week-end meeting of ad¬ would have perhaps 1000 students, mediately raced from the parking ministrators, deans, and depart¬ 40 faculty, and one administrator. lot to the building, where he at¬ ment heads led to an open meeting Perhaps each college unit would tempted to smother the flames. of faculty, students, and ad¬ have a theme, such as. The College With the aid of other students, he ministrators Tuesday. of Urban Life. Prospective used a fire extinguisher to control students would enroll in the college the blaze until the Glen Ellyn Fire Although the meeting was not of their choice, and would spend Five students hung a dummy in the Campus Center Friday, March Department arrived. well-publicized, the college’s two years in that unit. 13, supposedly representing both John Paris, dean of students, and largest lecture room was filled to Ernest LeDuc, director of Student Activities. The action was taken as Houghtaling not only prevented capacity. Students were the first to The problem which both Berg a protest against the administration's proposed publicity code jointly serious damage to the bookstore, arrive. They filled the first two and Anthony stressed throughout authored by Paris and LeDuc. Photo by Dave Denk but undoubtedly saved hundreds of rows of seats, and faculty reaction the meeting was that C of D was dollars worth of textbooks. was surprise, to say the least. It begun with the primary goal of was amusing, and perhaps keeping individual concern about Charity drive enlightening, to observe faculty the individual students. Both walk into the room, gaze in administrators felt that the college proves success astonishment at the student faces, had gone far away from its Noted ecologist back out of the room shaking their original goals. heads, check out the room number, By James Elias Dr. Rene Dubos and walk back in. Berg asked the following questions: “How do we get away Do you remember being jostled In the absence of Bob Brockob, from a mass of students and by students asking for money at to speak April 22 who was to be the discussion faculty and give them faces Park Blvd. and Roosevelt Rd. or in moderator, Dr. John Anthony, again?” and “Is there a way to the Campus Center March 17? dean of faculty, and Dr. Rodney relate a group of students with a By Pat Douglas Berg, college president, directed group of faculty better than we It was for a Muscular Dystrophy the discussion have been?” Anthony stressed that Drive, a charity picked at random Dr. Rene Dubos, world- we are presently on a research- by Emil Goellner, Greg Van Dreps renowned ecologist, will speak at Dr. Anthony has recently been oriented structure, and this is not and Dan Gurski, coordinators of an all-day teach-in April 22 in the traveling in California observing the proper structure for a com¬ Campus Center. College of the drive. cluster colleges in operation. DuPage Environmental Council munity college. Anthony predicted a student body Gurski said the drive was a great (CODEC) has organized the of 22,000 and faculty of 600-700 here Faculty and students raised success and that even with the meeting. by the year 1980. Anthony pointed questions about the presently competition of other colleges in the out College of DuPage has brought planned facilities and the area, C. of D. collected $361.81. Dr. Dubos studied at Rutgers and has worked continuously at in innovative faculty who have feasibility economically of having Rockefeller University, except for been stifled by the department DuPage was awarded the first continued on page 2 a two»year period on faculty of structure now in existence. place trophy by the Muscular the Harvard University Medical Dystrophy Association. School. He is a noted author, and he received the Pulitzer Prize in “No one ever again can say that 1969 for his book on man and the our school doesn’t care about the environment, So Human An problems in our community,” said Animal. Gurski, “and to all of you who helped in any way, by collecting, Dr. Dubos will speak at 10 a.m. contributing, or showing interest Following him in the afternoon will — Thank You.” be several other speakers in¬ cluding a representative from INSIDE Commonwealth Edison. President's List for Dave Malek, council president, scholarship. Page 6. said he hopes this program will Nanci Alumbaugh, A.S.B. Auto World was at the big introduce more people to the goals President delivers denunication of Florida race which Mario of CODEC. It will be open to administration’s proposed Andretti won. Page7. everyone whether they are publicity code. Nanci described Breakdown of student ac¬ students here or not. the code to students and went on to tivities budget, Page 3. The council did not hold a tell students that they should stand Strong letters this week. meeting last week. Beginning this up for their rights to freedom of Page 5. week it will meet every Friday at speech and press. The address, A student with a civil rights noon. This week it will be either in given Friday, March 13, drew the slide presentation has attracted Students, faculty, and administrators listen to discussion of "cluster J-131 or J-133, and all students are college" concept being considered as a possibility for College of attention of most students in the much comment. Page 6 campus center. invited to attend. DuPage. April 2, 1970 Senate opposes tone and context of Senators press college brass for details on code By John Alexa replace the inadequate policy that dean of students, and presented come up with something?” he proposed code we have now.” the problem to him and asked him asked. “In the last three to four After the Student Senate for the administration’s viewpoint.