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piiiiiiMNiiiiiiin associated press miimiiiimiiiiiiiniii! For Student Senate Representation NewScope The World Students Air Seating Views S. Vietnamese Losses on the Increase posed ili.it .ippliimion'-. loi Senate ^e.its be SAIGON — The South Vietnamese army lost 479 troop: By CINDY DAVIS and STEVE SOLOMON Edward Bcckwith, president of the Inter- be an extension of the present election pio " oismi "led \n . • '' Cnn mnn we.ilih Crumisi's . killed in action last week, more than four times the U.S. tol College Council Board, said he assumed the ccdurcs employed for election to GSA Council Collegian Staff Writers ' and v :U ' P- hi n-Ui ,.t the Spnne. Cnn lerence and reflecting Saigon 's increasing combat role, the allied com committee s report meant election through the Jim Hardy, a GSA Council representeeu Students and faculty at an open University college councils." said that election by department provides the u Ineh i- attended !n repicseiit;itives ol the ln- mands reported yesterday. diud'i.ii Commonwealth Campus student American battle deaths were 113 , or 16 more than the Senate committee meeting last night continued Committee Chairman William Rabinowitz onh form of expression of srad'iate wide in has one debate over the most representative moans ol said that the committee's report didn 't specify terests and concerns ^ovi uimenl f.aeli e.uupus \<>tc week before but well below the weeklv average of 193 for the "Thc l eprc-enl.JKrs \m.uIH then he electing students to the Senate. election through the councils. "No college-wide graduate constituency ex- , year. The toll of South Vietnamese killed was the highest ir n'sponsibie to the Gene, a! Asscmblv Our reported as 3 013. The Committee on Committees and Rules Committee Report ists for the purposes of election to the Senate." nine weeks. Enemy deaths last week were . s ssteni ol tceaonal oreani'.i tion provides ex The South Vietnamese have taken heavy casualties in the heard proposals from student groups that back- The committee report states: "Each col- Harclv said ed election through various combinations of lege at University Park shall provide at least rwr * c „~ i rn~ l ellsi\ e Lonurulllealion. Benin It -aid past week in fighting about 5,000 North Vietnamese menacing OSGA* Suggests Plan ,-...„> the residential and college constituencies. In its one (1) undergraduate student senator. Ad- Chapman fiabtnowil, told the •. at the two camps north of Saigon. Representatives ol the Organi/.atiiin of Stu- eopnnittee November report, the committee had recom- ditional undergraduate student senators shall heginniiia m the meePnc '.' a t ni- • * * den t Government Associations stated. "We in then- mended direct election through colleges. be allocated to colleges at University Park on |,, ir i decide! to include -. piu\ision believe that the most .suitable \chicle lor pio- ¦• ,,r senators Initial Week of Arms Curb Talks Ends The Undergraduate Student Government, the basis of relative enrollment." ,-eport lm nidiicei c' ecimn student . in responsible representation . HELSINKI — The United States and the Sovi-t Union end proposing 36 University Park undergraduate The Committee also proposed that mem- vidin g adequate and ,f n K M.ued ii,iv-ntueiic\ is Inc..ted at more is the Spring Conlerence of the OSGA . " ed yesterday a cautious first week of arms curb talks and kepi representatives, recommended that 25 students bership in the Senate should not exceed 244 th,in ,,m eampu- Assembly." , how the in- the rest of the world wondering how the chances look for con be elected "through the offices of USG Con- members, apportioned as follows: 172 elected Thl elianc,,- clucsiM -ihviiv lace trolling the nuclear arms race. gress ," one each from the ten University col- members of the faculty. 36 students and 36 ex- OSGA Representative Chuck Bennett pro- direct eleitions would take p Both sides are maintaining absolute silence on matters leges and one ex officio membership—the USG officio or appointed senators. All would have discussed at their relatively brief meetings. president. voting rights. '¦ " ~ " ' ' ' "' r: " ' " U.S. and Soviet negotiators spent 100 minutes together at Residential Constituencies In its recommended changes in the Con f%%^f £i* .Wi - > the neoclassical Soviet Embassy. The only known result ws Student Senate membership through the of- stitution of the Senate, the Committee said this time at the that they agreed to meet again Monday, fices of USG, administered according to responsibility for educational pol icy "is * ^' *~r or - American Embassy. ° residential constituencies, would be open to any delegated to the faculty. ?'..' Conference sources said this first phase of the talks could University Park undergraduate desiring to run Senate — Faculty Body last anywhere from several weeks up until shortly before [or a seat. "The Senate must be primarily a faculty SSSs Christmas. It is billed as preliminary, but substantive issues Nina Comly, president of the Association of body. The effective discharge of the Senate's could be discussed. Women Students, j s proposal. responsibility requires the advice and par- ' re ected USG' A main stumbling block would seem to be Moscow s op- "Interests in the colleges have been ticipation of administrative and student position to inspection for insuring that an agreement was de-emphasized for too long. USG's proposal representatives." honored. A member of the Soviet delegation said in private would undermine their prestige because they The Graduate Student Association proposed conversation there would be a flat no to inspection if it was would only be electing students to a body," 'hat its representatives to the Senate be elected brought up. she said. [rom departmental constituencies. This would • * * Lebanese Troops and Guerrillas Clash BEIRUT , Lebanon — Arab guerrillas and Lebanese troops Ellis Calls for Meeting waged a gun battle in the southern town of Nabatiyeh yester- day, shattering the calm restored earlier this month in a secret peace pact. Lebanese military spokesmen said three guerrillas were killed and six were wounded, while six Lebanese soldiers were Reject 'System , one seriously. Blacks wounded The fighting in Lebanon was the first reported major By BILL BROADWATER coordinator, said in regard to "solidarity day:" clash between the guerrillas and the army since a secret "We set up solidarity day to reaffirm out peace agreement negotiated in Cairo Nov. 3 ended two weeks Cof leoion Staff Writer nationalistic character as black people." of clashes in which more than 60 persons were killed and more The Black Student Union held a closed Speaking for the BSU coordinating com forum in the Hetzel Union Building yesterdaj than 100 were wounded. mittee. Cultural Coordinator Ken Waters said. The shooting occurred near a refugee camp housing some to reassert the unity of black students at the "We are pleased with the seriousness and University. ),000 Palestinians. Many of Lebanon's 15 refugee camps have determination of the people who attended the ' During "Black Solidarity Day" about 250 been reported still under guerrilla control since last month s forum, and the depth of the discussion that went students were present to discuss issues and fighting. on." hear speeches by members of the University's Ellis agreed. "It (the forum ) represents a * * * black community. good opportunity for blacks to carry on a Most of the speeches centered on the dialogue," he explained. "I was pleased w ith development of a black value system, and a The Nation the type of dialogue I heard. There were some reaffirmation of unity. very mature and worthwhile comments, " he Senators Pick Sides on Haynsworth Issue A press release issued immediately follow- WASHINGTON — Two more senators d e c 1 a r e c jection added. A MULTI-MEDIA presentation of the writings of Dag ing the forum expressed a complete re The text of the BSU press release follows. themselves—one for and one against—yesterday on thi " " in deference to one that Hammarskjold will be presented Sunday morning in the of the system "The concept that we have turned to is a HomiYICItskiOIci Supreme Court nomination of Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. Bu' " values and dignity as speaks for our needs, complete rejection of racist, i n h u m a n e ' Music Recital Hall and Monday evening in Schwab. The the outcome continued to rest with members whose position! " African descendants. Americanism and the setting up of a moral presentation is based on Hammarskjold's book, "Markings," may not be known until the roll is called today. Meeting of Blacks RefJI GmDGfGCl base that relates to us as African Decents. published shortly after his death in 1961. Republican Charles McC. Mathias of Maryland, calling i Edward Ellis, bl ack associate dean and one of the hardest decisions he has had to make in nine years professor in the College of Human Develop- 'Black Revolution' in Congress, said he will oppose the nomination. ment, spoke to the group, "We need to have a "On this basis we are waging a revolution Democrat Jennings Randolph of West Virginia said he wil meeting of the representatives of all black based upon a black value system that has com- vote to confirm because he believes Haynsworth would servi groups making up the black academic com- plete alternatives relative to us as black peo- on the court with "fidelity, high purpose and compassion." munity, that is, the BSU, black graduate stu- ple, because this system has never and never Suggests us as African Decents. Congressman Shaw The declarations brought to 45 the number of senator! dents and black faculty." he said. "To this end will meet the needs of publicly committed to vote for confirmation, according to ar we have scheduled a meeting for Saturday af- This nation was founded and is perpetuated Associated Press poll.