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IV, NO. 88 Serving the Notre Dame and S-at-,._n_t_M:-:--a-ry~·s-C::::l-J/~Ie_og_e-;-C;-o-m._n_1_U_n7"ity~------------:T:;:;::;HURSDAY, MARCH 5, 197C Thrasher opposes SG Prof. Nutting elaborates on Krashna seeks forum handling of racism Free City idea as legislative council by Steve Lazar by Bill Carter program, according to Thrasher, Winingfi explained that the re would be more effective for it "I think we've really got to Student Body Presidential structuring of student govern by Steve Hoffman would influence not only the face the fact that perhaps the Candidate Dave Krashna pro ment was an essential change if and Mark Day actual students involved, but 'great University' is obsolete; it's posed last night that the Student the voice of the student body Student Body President candi also the people with whom these trying to do so much that Senate be abolished and that it was to become more effective. be replaced with a new body "There's just too much red date Tom Thrasher charged that students are in contact in their perhaps it can't do anything very called the Student Fomm. tape involved now," Winings Student Goernment had failed daily lives. In order to do this, well including teaching." The Forum according to said. "We don't need any more in dealing with racial tensions on Thrasher says, the money now Professor Willis D. Nutting, once Krashna would be "hall based" political games with one person campus this year "by allowing intended for monirity recruit referred to by one of his and would consist of Hall Presi having more power than a isolated incidents to drift into ment, plus additional funds, colleagues as a "prophet," dent and Off-Campus represent nother. We have to do away with prolonged unsolved problems." would be used. addressed these words to a full Referring to "Students audience last night in the ·atives who would serve as a new this petty stuff. We are out to His statements were made in legislature arm to translate the· Against Racism", Thrasher de Memorial Lirary A~ditorium. change the whole atmosphere, to campaign appearances in Cree demands of the hall residents get the halls intimately involved and Bren Phillips last night. lie fined the basic idea as a "good Prfessor Nutting, who cur rently is the object of a student in government so that ideas can also promised to work to trans really get somewhere." form the Senate into an active, faculty campaign to make him President of Nore Dame, spoke Krashna and Winings see their positive force within Student Forum as holding meetings once Government. last night of his theory of education which he called ,'The or twice a week in different Thrasher was questioned at Free City." halls. "Ideally we'd like this to length on the problem of racial The Free Ciy, a community be as informal as possible," tensions on campus, and the of teacing and learning, he said, Winings added. "We don't want racial issue in general. According would be a place where the to see things get bogged down in to the candidate, Student incentives would not be grades, parliamentary procedures all the Government failed on this issue, but "the love of the community time; so there could be these in that it has "allowed isolated of life," a place where teachers informal sessions with no quo incidents to drift into prolonged, would be "older brothers," rum regulations, nobody walking unsolved disturbances." In order where students would become out or anything like that. The to alleviate this problem, accord the teachers and teachers stud forum would be open to the ing to Thrasher, Student Govern ents. entire University so the students ment should have been acting as Tom Thrasher "I call it a Fre City because Dave Krashna could confront the people that an "impartial mediator" it' free in the sense that as into action. are supposed to be leading between the opposing factions. and desirable" one, but said that many opportunities as possible One of the basic premises them." the approach of the. anti-racism from which they have launched Krashna and Winings list of • One example that Thrasher are there. AI the ways of committee has angered and dis their candidacy for SBP-SBVP priorities also includes advo specifically mentioned was the coming to know in this com illusioned many people. He con is the feeling that some of the cating morerepresentation on. concentration of blacks in sec munity would be offered to the tends that the organization student, and the student himself most fundamental structures of the SLC for students and re tions of Alumni and Dillon · could be restructured, with would be free to choose the one~ student government have to be moval of the Board of Trustees' Halls. lie believes it was wrong emphasis on a more personal (continued on page 2) completely reformed so that the absolute veto over the actions of for Student Government to level of approach with the bureaucratic mass of confusion the SLC. As they see it, the "armtwist" the Hall govern Student Body. Thrasher con that surrounds student govern atmosphere of the SLC is much ments into doing this, for it Peterson - Baruth tended that this would be a slow ment can be eliminated and re too polarized to accomplish the succeeded in fragmenting stu process, because "you don't seek unification placed with a ne}V system that things that are important to the dentsupport. legislate anti-racism; you cannot will function in the best interests students. Thrasher stated that it would change bias with laws." Accord in hall autonomy of the student in the university. "There are a number of other be just as wrong now to ing to Thrasher this approach Krashna pointed out that the things we feel we should concen "armtwist" the Hall govern by Rick Smith should be natural and gradual, Student Senate could no longer trate on," Winings said. "We are Calling themselves the "candi ments to abolish them, for it and it should be extended to work for the students. "The calling for a vast minority re reach persons of all back dates of the general students" would create · more bitterness Student Senate has become cruitment program to break and disclaiming any ties to poli and disillusionment among the grounds, colors, and religious non-functional because the SLC down the racial tension on the tical machines or factions, Pete students involved. beliefs. In this way, Thrasher has really taken over its role," campus. We feel co-education is Thrasher suggested bringing stated, all of the students of Peterson and Rory Baruth are Krashna said. "And we believe an absolute must and we have basing their campaign on the disadvantaged monorities to Notre Dame would come closer government should be in the definite plans for immediate issue of campus unity. Notre Dame· instead of sending to a community atmosphere. halls. The Student Forum, as we change in that area. That has to individuals to different high Thrashere observed that he One of the ways in which see it, would coordinate hall come, we have to have that kind schools. In this way, they could has seen the student Senate at its Peterson hopes to achieve unity activities with overall campus of a change in atmosphere a ',experience in a more honest lowest ebb within the past two would be through a referendum activities. Student government. round here." involving numerous issues of im way" the life of a Notre Dame years, but emphasized that the would exist in the halls where it "We are interested in aca port in the fields of academic student. Thus, the recruitment (con tinuecf on page 7) belongs." (continued on page 2) reform, studnet life and services, and student government. Cusick and Way seek The referendum would be fol Tracey- Gorman stress lowed by a stud net assembly, Christian community similar to that held by student by Mary Kay Davey body President Chris Murphy more hall council power three years ago. The assembly, by Anne Therese Darin Carol Cusick and Susie Way, dorm with the possibility of hall conltmted with their immediate which would be open to all the Speakmg to McCandless Hall SMC candidates for SBP and environment. judicial boards and a greater students and would probably residents last night SMC-SBP SBVP, presented their views on In the area of academic number of elected offices on hall last several days, would mainly candidate Ann Marie Tracey and campaign issues in Regina Hall reform, Carol and Susie hope to boards." concern itself with those issues SBVP candidate Jean Gorman last night. expand the pass-fail system to In order to achieve a more which were voted on in the advocated bringing student The basic premise of their include requirement courses. An effective hall government, Ann referendum. government to individual stu platform involves working all college major providing for Marie and Jean, as senators on After the student assembly, dents "so that each student has a towards the ideal of the evolu "broader individual selection of the student affairs council suc there would be a second and voice in what's being done." tion of a true Christian commu courses" was also proposed. cessfully instigated a proposal final referendum to decide the To accomplish this objective, nity at SMC. Carol stressed the An educational program on conferring student assembly various issues. Ann Marie and Jean proposed need for dialogue between stu racism is a specific academic senatorial status for hall presi Peterson said he hoped that that: dents.