Ba N on Police Demanded

Vol. 13, No. 68 Son f ernondo Volley State College Wednesday, Morch 12, 1969 Ba n on police demanded By Jim Link lars, acting college president, confrontation here." and the administration has made that are "truthful of black ex STAFF WRITER asked them to leave the campus. Several minutes later the po progress in solving these pro periences in this country," bet An Open Forum rally staged Sillars then asked as a ''per licemen, followed by a group of blems. ter counseling, expansion of the Tuesday calling for a boycott of sonal favor " that all plain student onlookers, retreated to Following Dr. Sillars, twoBSU jwlior college system, and that classes here in response to the clothes police leave the area. their car parked near the rear tri-chairmen, Uwezo and Carlos all charges against those involved alledged police brutality at Car The policemen did not leave, of the cafeteria. About 20 of the Jones angrily condemned police in the Carver incident be drop ver Junior High School ended in however, and Sillars admitted students remained buttherewere for their tactics and issued a ped. a heated cry for the administra that he did not have the power to no further incidents. series of demands as a result In their speeches, Uwezo and tion to ban police from campus. order the police ofi campus, of the carver incident in which Jones called for "instant ac "According to an attorney ge Just a short while before the About mid way through the pro disturbance, Sillars said in a five black students were injured Jones called for "instant action'' gram--in which the Black Stu neral referendum, police have wd allegedly hospitalized for to solve problems before it hap the right ot come on campus for prepared statement that he would dents Union issued a series of do everything in his power to wounds received from police. pens again. demands as a result of the Car purposes of surveilance," said These demands include an "Every black person that dies Slllars. "We can't do anything avoid bringing police on campus. emergency board of commwlity ver incident--two plain clothes ''I cannot say police won't be is worth more than any black immediately; we must talk with and educational representatives policemen were recognized in used," he said, "but I believe if studies program at this or any the police department first." to determine who has the power the crowd of about 200. the present dialogue continues, other school,'' Uwezo said. This only made the crowd grow to call police on campus. Si they won't be needed." "We're not afraid of a police At this point, a large number more unruly, whichpromptedDr. milar boards were also called uniform. We're ready to move.'' of people surrounded the police Sillars to make a plea for calm Dr. Sillars also said he feels for to determine curriculum and Jones added that they are or men while BSU and Students for ness. "We have to bring about it necessary for the college to the hiring of teachersandadmin ganizing the community of Pa a Democratic Society leaders change," he said, "but let's doit solve its own problems and that istrators. coima to make sure this kind demanded that Dr. Malcolm Sil- through dialogue, not through a recent dialogue between the BSU Other demands call for courses of violence doesn't happen there.'' President and p la inc lo the sm en Acting College President Malcolm Sillors turns away ofter speaking to two ploin c I oth es policemen (fore ground) who refused to iden tify themselves at Open Forum rally Tuesday. At one point in the rally Sillors publicly requested all plainclothes officers to"leave the campus~' Dally Sundial photo by Graham Slack 1 ,.y.J·,:-:· ::;:::::::~:::::·:~:'ij/ ::. t:::.\::❖• :.:. -:::::-:::•.• :. ~~-, < -::::::}t::::::::t?:=-?•· ::¥){?~ ..:~-.~,-;!.~,?.$ -•-·l.:1,.: ..,.:_?.I~,[;.:·i.'\.f ~,~.~-:.ft~.-,·.i~,f.=.,.l.:.i.t.·:.?.;.~_~.:i.~.~.=.~.-.·.'.f.~.~.~'.,·,:: .•.... ~'.j·~.=.~,'..:,~.~.:.·=:::~.~.·.·r.~.~.r,~.,T<t.~.r.f.t.;,~.;.t.=.:.l;.;.::.: .. :.',.:.: ..: 31.®.:,J.,f-.~.ir.. '.("%(»t.r.:.~.:::=,:~., .. ·.-:-.r'.: : .•, :: ==·=+ % , ., i:;:;~!;ii~Z/itf:Zk£,;,ii,,, .....;;,.; . ·w.A&;,;L,. w\., _..· , ..,,,.,.. •·o , "' .... • • •• "" .~ •• ,%,,,,.• .. }( ' By Ron Chappell support from the Valley State for their failure to act on the )W( s TA FF WRITER administration. Health Center. >.'·:'= The Chancellor's Office may Other changes were recommen, On educational issues, these it\~;.. grant more financial power to the ded directly by the senate Tues nate adopted and passed a reso Associated Students Senate if the day. In the same meeting the lution requesting the extension office adopts the Student Policy senators expressed optimism of final exam week. If the pro Committee recommendation to in the Chancellor's Office and posal succeeds , Valley State Chancellor Title Five. they also castigated it. would add an additional two days In a rare move, the Chan Using their strongest langua to the present five. ge of year on the topic, the cellor's office adpotedanamend The resolution requests that ment reccomended by the policy senators c r it i c i zed Chancellor classes not be held the first committee. The amendment will Glenn s. Dumke ''for his failure to three days on the second to may boost be included with other resolutions support" needed changes in the last week of school. It also re that will be voted on when the Student Health Center. commends that finals begin on office conducts its final revisions Gary Snyder, A.S. attorney ge the Thursday, the second to last• of Title F ive on March 26, at neral told the S en ate that Dum week of school and end on the A.S. power Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. ke "lied" in telling him that the Friday in the last week of school. The Policy Commitee, chaired center would be placed on the by lower-division senator Rand Chancellor's agenda this month. The resolution will be forward Pinsky, requested that all stud Citing the impending resignation ed to the Educational Policy Com ent body organizations be grant of Director Dr. Addie Klotz, who mittee for recommendation and ed the power to spend money is due to quit this month if funds possible enactment. in ways not already designated for the improvement of the cen The Senate did, however, refuse in the old Title Five. ter are not alloted, Snyder ac to allow students to add an ad "By this the Chancellor's Of- cused Dumke of deceiving him ditional class per semester on fice is making changes asked for and the personnel or the center. the Credit-Fail system. Instead by the students," Pinsky said. The senate passed a resolution it deflected the proposal to the He added that the change re condemning both the Chancellor's Academic reform Committee for commended has already receivec Office and the Board of Trustees further investigation. Page 2 Valley State Daily Sundial EDITORIAL Fresh approach Acting President Malcolm Sil has intimidated most administrat lars' first appearance in the Open ors to the point that their relat Forum Tuesday was a welcome ionship with students is a warden change from the hibernation of prisoner one, where the president his predecessors. of a college might first request LU:lRe While past presidents of this body guards befor meeting with or O~'ThoS~ college scarcely ventured out of addressing a student rally. the Administr ation Building and Dr. Sillars' answers to questions \<oU-eY1 among the students long enough Tuesday were not completely weU COh'lt\\E ~ to get a suntan, Dr. Sillar s spent acc~pted by any faction at the Open s two and one-half hours listening Forum. He was not dogmatic nor and participating in the rally Tues did he attempt to engineer the day. Black Students Union-sponsor ed Better yet, he assured the crowd gathering, something students have of further attendance at such ga come to expect of the stereotyped therings. administrator . On one hand it is asinine that a college president be commended But Dr . Sillar s is a former for meeting dir ectly with masses faculty member --he is not an ad of students; that is an action no ministrator and it is refreshing, one should have to demand. in a strange way, to have a presi But the climate on campuses dent who doesn't act like one. Definition of amnesty 'perplexing commentary' LETTERS TO THE EDITOR It is a perplexing commentary on the current To the Editor Amnesty, in this modern resurgence of racial scene of campus revolts that some of the instruct and religious tensions with nations pitted against ors are actually paid to incite anarchy resulting each other and youths rebelling, the term amnesty in mass mayhem, wholesale arson and the dis ladies of SDS, BSU ruption of qualified students in the serious pursuit is fraught with many diverse sematic implications. of their studies. The dictionary informs us that this controversial word in the news stems from the Greek root, The havoc cry for amnesty, after all of their amnestia, (amnesia) which literally means, not to premeditated pillage and flagrant defiance of society remember. The preferred definition is : "forget is beyond the pale or comprehension of the most have failed miserably liberal-minded person. fulness; an overlooking." The secondary meaning is: "an act of sovereign power granting oblivion The evolution of man on earth took milenniums To the Editor: or a general pardon for past offenses.'' to evolve and the small hard core of 20th century Once again, The Students for a Democratic Society in their Almost a centry ago Ambrose Bierce, who was extremists cannot expect to achieve a Utopia over usual emotional way, have proven themselves incapable of under noted for his intensive observations of human nature, night by irrational violence.

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