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\ Vo. VII, No.6 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. WASHINGTON, D.C. Friday, September 28. 1913 D.C. Zoning Board Puts Off Decision by Mark von Hagen The conflict centered on the The D.C. Board of Zoning board's acceptance of University Adjustment delayed action on boundaries outside of Healy gate. Georgetown's master plan after The boundaries extend George neariy seven hours of testimony town jurisdiction beyond the 37th from University officials Tuesday. Street boundary sought by the The B.Z.A. will schedule an citizens' groups. October meeting to complete cross-examination. Attorneys for Boundaries Approved the Citizens' Association of The boundaries claimed by the Georgetown, the Georgetown Cor University were approved by the poration and the Commission for National Capital Planning Com the Preservation of Historic mission in 1966 and reaffirmed as Georgetown will present their University officials presented this photograph of Georgetown in the early 1900's at a Board of Zoning late as May 1973. The N.C.P.C. is objections at the October meet an advisory group to the zoning Adjustment meeting Tuesday. Fr. Ryan ~id that the University helped develop the once slum ing. board. neiFborhood. "The board certainly was im "The University has conducted pressed by our presentation and nursing classes at the hospital on by what the University has done N Street since 1903 and the G. U. Campus Residents to improve the Georgetown area," hospital itself was opened in Executive Educational Vice-PreSi 1898," Fr. Ryan said. "We've dent the Rev. Edmund G. Ryan, been outside of those boundaries S.J. said. for over 70 years." Lose Parking Suckers The board heard testimony The University master plan from University lawyer Norman includes proposals to build a by Barry Wiegand ment and the University Traffic Kellner said. "We decided last Glasgow, Vice-President for housing project to house 540 A recent decision requiring all Department devised a priority year we didn't want to pave the Planning and Physical Plant students. TTle zoning board must campus residents with parking system for assigning decals to athletic field. The price we have to William Miller, architect Dean approve the construction of the stickers to return them has pro students. pay is insufficient facilities." Price, landscape engineer Lester project in the single-family resi voked bitter reactions from many The system established three Kellner seemed determined to Collins and traffic consultant dence zone. The proposed housing students. levels of priority. The first group (Continued on page 21 Steven Petersen. (Continued on page 10) The decision to recall campus includes all off-campus students residents' stickers was made after living more than one mile from a discovery that nearly 200 the University who do not live P,otests P,edicted commuters were unable to get along the newly established decals because of a clerical error. shuttle bus route. The error led to dormitory resi Second priOrity students in dents receiving stickers before all clude all other off-campus stu Fonda Will Speak Here the commuters who needed decals dents. The third group of students had received them. includes all resident students who Antiwar activist Jane Fonda ing tour of New Jersey universities Ms. Fonda recentiy returned Vice-President for Planning and were to receive passes on the basis will speak at Gaston Hall Thurs and churches this week. The from a summer tour of Southeast Physical Plant William Miller tem of their school year. day afternoon, the Student Lec Indochina Peace Campaign tour Asia. In a press release, she claims porarily rescinded that decision The new parking space system ture Commission announced. will travel to 25 cities across the that "there has not been a day of late yesterday. Miller decided not has compounded this problem. Ms. Fonda, her husband Tom United States. peace in South Vietnam and the to revoke the stickers until it is This year cars of the same general Hayden, folk singer Holly Near The group's aim is to "mobilize greatest bombing of the whole "absolutely required." size will be parked in the same and former South Vietnamese public concern with the plight of war rained down on Cambodia. He has ordered traffic officials zone. This system created nearly prisoner Jean-Pierre Debris will the 200,000 political prisoners in "We have a responsibility to to step up their towing effort to 370 new spaces. speak as part of a national the jails or the U.S. supported struggle for peace as long as remove cars without stickers from Since some car sizes have more campa~:!D "to expose the con Saigon regime." American advisors, American dol the jiarking lot. Miller hopes that spaces than others, certain resi tinuing crisi:i :!' Tr:dochina." Debris, a speaker on Ms. lars, American planes and artillery the spaces freed by the towing dents would have been able to "I was informed of planned Fonda's program, is a French are being lavishly given to dicta park their cars on campus even if will alleviate the shortage of demonstrations by the George schoolteacher arrested in Saigon torships in Indochina. There is no spaces. no error had been made. Some town and George Washington in July 1970. He was released peace and no honor to this day," Traffic Administrator Law· residents have complained that chapters of the Young Americans from a Saigon jail Dec. 29, 1972. she added. rence L. Lorch, in a letter sent to their roommate or close friend for Freedom," Mike Meotti all residents with stickers, said, received a decal while they had (SFS'75), director of the Student "In order to rectify this error, it is not. Lecture Commission, said. Young necessary that those students In addition to a number of Americans for Freedom is a living on campus who inadver residents legitmately recelVlng nationwide conservative student tently received parking decals stickers, nearly 200 residents were political organization. must surrender them." Lorch has granted passes because of the "I don't expect any disrup asked these students to bring the "clerical parking error". A tion," Meotti said, "but we're not stickers to the traffic office by number of resident students had going to allow anyone to ap Oct. I. listed their home addresses in proach the stage." Student Body President Doug Maryland or Virginia rather than George Washington Y.A.F. Kellner said that the move is their dormitory addresses. President Dennis Pickens denied designed "to postpone the revok Student government officials, any planned demonstrations by ing of stickers." The Oct. 1 dead Off-Campus Student Dean Bill that chapter. "We're not planning line is temporarily ineffective. Schuerman and Lorch met recent any demonstration at all," Pickens The current controversy arose ly and decided to issue the recall said. this summer when student govern- letter. Georgetown Y.A.F. chapter Many residents with stickers officials did not deny reports of a said that they paid for their planned demonstration at Ms. inside... stickers after they had received a Fonda's speech, however. "Therp note this summer. The note could be some kind of demonstra Student Corp. Announces explained the priority system, but tion," an unidentified source said. Charter Flights ...• Page 2 said that students who did not "We're definitely not going to HOY A Stand apply for a sticker within twenty do anything to stop her from Against Abortion ... Page 11 days would lose this address speaking or interrupt her while Ice Hockey Comes to priority. she is speaking," the source said. the Hilltop ....... Page 14 "The purpose of that twenty "As Libertarians, when we say Administration Consid... day notice was to try and we believe in freedom of speech, • Foott.ll Reforms .. Page 16 determine how many students we mean it." Antiwar activist Jane Fonda will highliFt 8 Student Lecture would apply for each priority," Ms. Fonda completed a speak- Commission program in Gaston Hall Thursday. Page 2 The HOVA Friday, SeptemlMr 28, 1973 A.F. R.O. T.C. Unit Future Undecided by Greg Kitsock R.O.T.C. would not affect stu The future of Georgetown's dents who have already signed up Air Force R.O.T.C. program cur for the two or four-year programs. rently is uncertain. Lt. Col. The Georgetown unit would dis Charles Karczewski, director of continue all recruiting efforts, the Georgetown unit, said that he however. has received "no official word" Currently 30 cadets are en from the Department of the Air rolled in the Air Force R.O.T.C. Force about the proposed termi program. Karczewski said that this nation of the Georgetown pro represents "an insignificant gram due to insufficient enroll change over last year's figures." ment. The director added that the "We are basing our actions on proposal to grant academic credit staying here," he said; "and we for certain R.O.T.C. courses are continuing our recruiting ef "might be a factor" in boosting forts." enrollment. Dr. James P. Gilligan, Air "The student will not be as Force Deputy Reserve Officer for hard-pressured to take R.O.T.C. Air Force R.O.T.C. Director Lt. Col. Charles Karczewski conducts classes. The future of the Georgetown Affairs in Education, recom courses and maintain credit re detachment is uncertain. mended termination of the quirements at the same time." Georgetown detachment in a Feb. Gilligan requested discontinua Co,p Announces 16, 1973 letter to University tion of the Georgetown detach President the Rev. R. J. Henle, ment because of cuts in the S.J. defense budget and the demand Fr. Henle persuaded the Air for officers. Charter Trips Planned Force to grant Georgetown a Air Force regulations require one-year period to increase R.O.