G. U. Food Service Dispute Leads to Boycott Proposal

, , - ~l ' .- r.... I' 'I.' ~ Vol. Ln, No.3 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASIDNGTON, D.C. Thursday, September 26, 1968 G. U. Food Service Dispute Leads To Boycott Proposal A motion to clear the tables of provide the Yard with "permanent pertinent to the operations of the New South Cafeteria was tabled and complete access to all infor food service. In addition, lengthy by the College Student Council mation ... relating to the food discussion was held on the rejec meeting Sunday night. Sophomore service," to ask the food service to tion of the Yard's request for a representative Mike O'Leary asked inform the student body "of all beer license which was denied by the Yard to back a proposed boy information pertinent to any the administration of the Univer cott of the Food Service to pro changes in cafeteria prices or serv sity during the summer recess. test "high prices and poor quality ices both now and in the future," In order to lay the ground-work exhibited so far this year." to request the designing of "a vol for the discussion, Mr. Rich out . , untary board plan to be submitted lined the financial situation of the Although balking on the boy to the Food Committee for ap food service, an operation which cott, O'Leary's fellow members of proval within a reasonable length has had declining revenues since the Council were agreeable to of time," and to ask the Rev. accumulating a $47,844 surplus An empty South Cafeteria is not ltn empty dream if sophomore press the administration as far as Gerard J. Campbell, S.J., George during the 1966 fiscal year. In representative Mike O'Leary has his way. His boycott proposal was budgetary matters and board plans town president, to "reconsider his (Continued on Page 14) tabJed by the Yard Student Council. -, were concerned. action in refusing a beer license The Food Service, the subject of for the grill area of New South." a·.1 exhaustive study made by the The motion, which passed, was a 'yard last year, was debated ex prelude to a much more forceful Examination Causes Rage; tensively before, during, and after measure advanced by O'Leary. an appearance by Mr. James Rich, assistant University vice-president The second section of his mea for business, and Mr. Skip Duarte, sure was a resolution stating: "Be it further resolved that: 1. The Forced Signatures Blamed director of the food service. Yard Council endorse and sup The appearance of the pair was by Norm Roger Convention at Chicago. Which of and their views on who should port a student boycott of New the following describes your views prompted by an invitation extend South Cafeteria to take place on Having submitted to the bevy handle the administrative affairs of a university. Going further, ed by O'Leary. O'Leary later in the Thursday, Sept. 26, 1968 to of tests, tours, dances, speeches, " meeting submitted a resolution to show support for the goals and and religious events hurtled at The choices ranged from com the test asked why the student aims stated in this resolution." them during orientation week, the plete accordance to complete dis chose Georg<'town and what his freshmen still found strength to agreement, with one selection al fears were in respect to the Uni Encountering opposion during de versity. bate, O'Leary moved successfully voice a loud objection against one lowing the testee to indicate he ,to table the motion, pending the of the questionnaires administered was unaware of the situation. The problem was not only that outcome of inquiries directed to to them by the University's Psy Other questions asked the stu the University was probing into the administration on the subject. chological Services Department. dents which faction they would such areas, but even more so, The test, distributed nationally have favored in the disturbances the fact that the student was In answering questions posed by at Columbia University, what ac made to identify himself. members of the Council, Mr. Du by the Educational Testing Serv ice, was "designed to furnish ad tion they would take if they were As a result of the feeling gen arte and Mr. Rich responded to drafted into the armed forces, (Continued on Page 10) student reaction to the rise in ditional information about student food prices which has occurred populations" and to compile a na over the summer. tional profile. Although the bulk of the test was made up by ETS, Leading the questions was Mike one section, A-J, allowed the spon Proposal Calls For O'Leary, the Council representa soring institution to incorporate tive of the Class of '71. In ques ten questions in order to gather tioning them O'Leary advanced information for its own use. arguments for possible boycott of I Because of the test's nature, 'C the cafeteria, an idea he put into 'Co-ordinatingBody' the questions asked were of a action later with a motion sub highly personal content. The sec Tom Napolitano and Art Mur mitted to the Council. 'Super Council' . If we can tion written by the ETS involved phy Sunday evening submitted to get the two councils together, then Throughout the discussion the such questions as the family's in the Yard a resolution calling for we can talk to the Nurses." questioners attempted to delve in come, the parents' marital status, "a coordinating body" to be cre Murphy said, "eliminating the MR. RICH to the reasons behind the actions and other information of that ated between the Walsh Area NurSing School as a hinge, it bent. The section written by the Student Council and the Student would force the two councils to University, however, delved not Council of the College. In present deal with each other across the only into the students' personal ing the measure, Napolitano em table." Debate Continues lives, but dealt also with their phasized that the proposal "is not Reaction among Yard members political leanings. What the fresh confederation, and not unification. was mixed, and Pierce O'Donnell men took exception to was the It is an effort to open communica offered a motion to table the pro unusual fact that they were made tions among the councils. posal until it could be examined to affix their signatures to the "We need a body such as this further. Tom Schroeter, after On Bill Of Rights score sheets. for meaningful, formal, and offi O'Donnell's motion passed, took by Wes Clark Hill, president of the junior class Among the questions asked by the cial communication." exception to the actions of the The University Senate will con and chairman of the East Campus University's Psychological Services He went on to explain that their Council, and the junior class vene for the '68-69 session this Bill of Rights Committee said that Division was one concerning the idea advanced eliminated the council representative moved that afternoon. Up for consideration at he felt the demise of the first draft students's views on Chicago. "The Nursing School Student Council a committee be established to this meeting and succeeding ones stemmed from the need for more American people have different because "our problems are nine study the measure. This motion will be the proposed Student Bill vvork and also the failure to in views with respect to the Demo out of ten with the East Campus. vvas tabled once again on the in of Rights. corporate faculty opinion in the crats at the recent Democratic This is to prove that there is no itiative of O'Donnell. To date, the first three articles document. One unusual aspect to the even of the bill-Admissions Policy. October marked the introduc- • ing's consideration of the possi Academic Policy, and Student Re tion of the "Statement on Student bilities of cooperation between cords-are the only sections of the Rights and Freedoms" on campus councils was the participation of ten that have been fully approved by the Rev. Thomas R. Fitzgerald, three non-college students during by the Senate without major re S.J., academic vice-president. The a ten-minute suspension of rules. vision. The bulk of Article Seven, statement was a joint document Dave Hill and John Kelly, both of which concerns disciplinary proce adopted by five national education the East Campus, and Sue Pit dure was accepted and adopted for al organizations and published by terrich, president-elect of the use in the "G" Book. Article Sev the American Association of Uni NurSing School council, gave their en vvas taken out of sequence so versity Professors (AAUP). views." Hill and Kelly spoke fav orably of the Napolitano-Kelly that it could be included in the Complete Text on Page 13 revvritten manual. Article Four, motion, while Pitterich mentioned Co-Curricular Affairs will be con- Late fall signaled the formation the possibility of including the - sidered next. of a new joint student committee nurses in the proposed program. Georgetown University's Student to consider drafting a bill of rights. Next week's gathering in Cop Bill of Rights has a history dating The earlier draft plus the AAUP ley Lounge will be a good indica' back to the spring of 1967 when a document helped serve as models. tion of whether the motion will draft of student rights was made. By spring this year the commit ever leave the Yard's table. One Two students from each student tee of the three Student Councils student observed, "Its a stopgap < council participated, the East Cam was meeting regularly with the measure. They ought to have .

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