3 300 Participate in Moving Picket Line
lents they ping t of In Friday's International Strike Week By MARY GOTTSCHALK "not as effective as it should be." going to do much for the war." for the strike in a Volkswagen bus. Face Spartan Daily Staff Writer Another picket, Steve Crane, a Nancy Weir, senior social science Scott Woodworth, sophomore at 'The More than 300 persons formed senior political science major, dis- major, said in reference to the Blaney, said "I thought it was 'The a moving picket line around the agreed with Weintraub and called pickets, "they have their rights as something that had to be done." 0171- Friday from effective." He campus perimeter the strike "very long as' they don't bother anyone OBSERVE teral 7:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Most of them said there was "about 10 times as else." ega; carried placards urging students many people on Seventh Street as Rhonda Robles, a junior major- Scott Walling, junior at Fre- fall; and faculty members to strike for there usually are." Crane also said ing in occupational therapy and a mont, said "I didn't come to tato- ticipate. I came pha; the day iii conjunction with the he had heard there was "less than member of Students Against the to observe. It seems a lot of people ml International Student -faculty 50 percent attendance in classes," War, carried a sign saying, "The around here want peace and I don't see any- Strike Week. 'IT FIZZLED' World Is Worth Saving." Miss Pickets included SJS students, Robles said, "I think the strike thing wrong with that." Lauren Johnson, a junior major- some faculty members, and stu- today is a success because there Bill Sipple, a junior at Hayward, ing in looks to dents from local high schools. penology, said, "It aren't very many people on cam- said "I think it's right. More of me like it fizzled. It fizzled be- Strike organizers and partici- pus. Theta are many people who these things should be going on. cause so many people supporting N o r in a n Crampton, pants considered their activities just didn't come to class and are Fremont it are taking three-day weekends." successful while most non-partici- honoring it in their own way." sophomore said, "I came to inform pants looked on the strike as When asked "How is it going?" myself at first and I'm becoming a SIRENS "flop." non-striking students for the most more involved. I don't think a lot From two to four pickets were part answered, "It's a flop." Air raid sirens making their of people know how high school stationed permanently at campus "They know this thing happened. monthly practice injected a somber students are thinking and are in entrances and the rest moved in Therefore, it couldn't have flop- note in the picketing at 11 a.m. the know." lines around the campus and down ped," said Ted Weisgal, a strike They provided emphasis to signs The high school students all face Seventh Street, coordinator. saying, "Now Please Care," "One suspension for cutting their class- Dr. Stanley C. Benz, dean of Thousand Dollars Every Second. es. Walling said, "I'm willing to FEW ON CAMPUS students, said "I think it's been Just Think of It," "Peace Is pay for what I'm doing. I think Sandy Klassy, a junior occupa- very effective. It's brought some Groovy," "Who Ca r es What everyone should be willing to pay tional therapy major, said "When points home that need to be Color," and "We Must Live as for what they do." I walked to the strike this morn- brought home." Brothers or Die as Fools." Larry Cervelli, a strike coordi- ing I couldn't believe how few Bruce Day, graduate student in A non-verbal comment of sorts nator said, "We think a lot of Photo by Dennis Dougherty people were on campus. I think physical education, discussed the was made by six men throwing people know we cared and that's SONG OF PROTEST: Minstrel Rick Mastin sings after two speakers and was followed by a rock there's been a lot of support." strike, saying, "I think it's good frisbees on the lawn in front of the important thing." out his views against war, the draft, racism, and and roll band, giving the forum a carnival Peter Weintraub, a graduate in a way and bed in a way. Per- Tower Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Jarvis, both neglect of the underprivleged during Friday's atmosphere. student in psychology, was one sonally, I've gone to dames to- Twenty high school students sophomore art majors, and their "Day of Concern" strike. Mastin performed picket who felt the strike was day became my opinion is this isn't from three schools came to SJS (Continued on Page 8) * * War Strike College Secretaries At Colleges, 1 , hPARTAN High Schools Call Friday 'Normal' DA "We figured I LY students cut class "There's nothing unusual here to- Compiled from the AP today to go to the beach, not to day, but of course Friday is our Student demonstrations a nd the strike," said a secretary in dullest day, especially in the after- SAN JOSE the Art department, Friday. STATE COLLEGE boycotts spread to six colleges noon and especially when it's hot." A cc. and at least 20 high schools in New A Spartan Daily survey found The secretary in the philosophy York City Friday at the beginning class attendance on Friday nor- department said she had had sev- one sin! 55 .55 SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95114, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1968 No. 113 of a one-day strike against war mal, eral teacher reactions to the un- and racism planned on campuses One of the librarians noted, usually good attendance in their Es- from coast to coast. classrooms. an- Several buildings on the campus Everything was "normal" in the tc.. of Columbia University have been Science Prof Wins ROTC building and the secretary Bob Minch Trustees Explore Demands closed by students sitting in the in the. history department told the 43- hallways. They are also protesting Daily that most people attended the construction of a gymnasium National Citation classes. winch svbffRil take two acres froth It was the same story in the Seeks Post Of Faculty in Chico Meeting a park used by Harlem children. One of four "Distinguished drama and language departments; The entire university was closed Service Citations" awarded na- nothing unusual just a regular Wary Bob Willich, 26-year-old political over the weekend to permit fur- 95. Faculty demands for reducing some school departments have al- their position saying a lighter unit tionally went to Miss Edith Se- day. science major, has announced his ther talks between faculty, stu- its teaching load plus a new plan ready reduced the number of load is necessary so that teachers Striking students did not con- candidacy for the office of ASB dents, and Mayor John Lindsay. berg, SJS assistant professor of rn- to help economically disadvantaged courses the faculty members will will have enough time to study up sider it a usual day. They gained Attorney General. Willich, a Thus far there has been no vio- natural science, at the recent Na- persons gain entrance to college, teach each semester or quarter. on the vast amounts of new ma- early encouragement when one of 13X- senior, is presently a member of lence. tional Science Teachers Associa- were explored at a meeting of terial which has been accumulated the food trucks supplying Spartan the SAB (Student Activities REORGANIZATION There was 78 percent absentee- tion annual conference. 58. Board). the State College Board of Trus- since 1950. Cafeteria honored their picket One example given was the ism in some New York high The line According to Willich, "If tees and two teacher groups, in Turning to student matters, group commended Miss Se)- and did not deliver its con- all elected Economics Department at San schools. ASB Attorney General Chico, Thursday. trustees took direct action to help berg for her "personal achievo- tents. I will work Diego State College, which recent- In the Bay Area, no unusual own toward an The Association of California underprivileged youths get into ments in science and dedication to Michael Dolan, manager of the independent student ly reorganized itself so professors signs of absences were recorded at judiciary. I will work toward State College Professors and the college by easing admission re- the advancement of science edu- cafeteria, said "Only one truck the teach only three courses of three Stanford or UC at Berkeley. No removal of American Federation of Teachers quirements in these special cases. cation." would not cross the picket line the voting faculty units or the equivalent instead of figures were available front SF members of the student judiciary. (AFL-CIO), in a rare move, an- She received a framed document and then it finally came back. I the standard four - course load KNOCKED OUT State. Only about 100 Oakland I feel that we, as students, are re- nounced they will jointly conduct and a block of crystal inscribed wasn't upset at all." taught by most state college fac- high school sttalents met at the sponsible enough a campaign. The professors them- Knocked out for these indi- with the citation, This is the sec- to handle these ulty members. Alameda County Courthouse to A student communication dis- matters by ourselves." selves reduce teaching loads in viduals only, was the requirement ond year the award has been given. tributed at the Faculty spokesmen said they demonstrate in behalf of Huey afternoon rally by "My opponent runs on a their departments. that a college applicant be either Miss Selberg, who was retired as strike slogan know of at least five more de- Newton, Black Panther accused of organizers stated, "Tim of objectivity. I feel that the of- Against such a a high school graduate or at least a professor emeritus front Colo- Richardson, secretary move, the trus- partments which have taken sim- killing an Oakland policeman. of the team- fice of ASB Attorney 21-years-old, In addition they in- General tees directed Glen S. Dumke, state ilar actions. San Francisco showed little evi- rado State University in 1962, is sters local number 84 from San should be more than objective; he college creased from two per cent to four now in her sixth year at SJS. In Francisco, told chancellor, to "take all To justify their actions, the dence of absenteeism, although his men servicing should be pro-student. It is the necessary steps" per cent the number of students 1965 she received the Science Edu- SJS that they to prevent the faculty members said there is no Mayor Joseph Alioto said that the need not cross the students who elect him and it is faculty who may be admitted without hav- cation Recognition Award for her picket from cutting the load law or administrative order stat- strike-oriented absences were "in- line protesting war, racism, their rights th at he should unilaterally. ing t It e normal requirements. excusable." devotion to classroom teaching." and the draft." ing how Mitch a professor must protect. It was disclosed, however, that Again, this applies only to special teach. cases. RESOLUTION San Francisco State College In a resolution the governing President John Summerskill said, Three body then however, the major problem is not Will Seek Write-ins warned the teachers, Carnival Air, Seriousness one of admission requirements but Mark any faculty action might lead to budgetary retaliation against the It is one of an economic nature. For Class Rep Positions colleges. He stated financial aid should be provided to needy students. Mike Rutz, Grady Robertson and shale the little we know, to tell The two faculty groups an- Trish French have announced they it as it is." nounced they will ask their mem- Also at the meeting, the trus- Friday's Seventh Street Protest will respectively seek graduate, Miss French, 18, freshman rec- bers and sympathizers to sign a tees turned dowel a state senate pledge for junior and sophomore representa- reation major, says, "It has be- a nine unit load. The bill to transfer the state college By BILL (IALSTAN in summer attire listening to teer in the German army during tive positions as write-in candi- come clear to me student govern- pledge declares the signer will not headquarters from Los Angeles to Spartan Daily Staff Writer speeches and songs denouncing so- WWI. dates in this week's ASB elections. ment in its present condition is not accept a teaching load in excess Sacramento. It looked more like a carnival cial ills in modern America Hermanns said that during the Rutz and Robertson told the representative of the 23,000 stu- of nine units, beginning with the Los Angeles was defended as the than a protest rally Friday on everything from racism to the war. Battle of Verdun, with his com- Daily Friday, "We are touched dents on campus and is not con- spring 1969 semester. best location because of its acces- Seventh Street. Immediately adjacent to the panions falling under Allied fire, by the closeness to pertinent is- cerned with the important issues Faculty spokesmen explained salinity to most state colleges. Scores of students lolled about speaker's platform the Associated he made a vow to God that "If sues and intensity so far reached of today's generation." Women's Students had set up their He saved me, I would devote the it reminds us very much of a Miss French was ''surprised" Women's Week booths. They sold rest of my life to peace." Cap- high school home loom election." when learning there are only four cupcakes and Cokes and cotton tared by the French, Hermanns They continued, "We are tired candidates for the four sophomore candy to protesters, passersby, wrote a letter to the Kaiser, tell- of the lack of concern and aware- representative positions, all of hippies and straights. ing him that he was placing con- Computer science Reg 1969? before duty.
ness which comprises the philos- by them males. "Obviously it wouldn't Seventh Street looked almost ophy of the incumbents. hurt to have a female as part of By PAT REEB Kurtz said the job of the Task ning a computer system are very like the Santa Cruz boardwalk as "When the THREE POINTS terminal problems of the quartet of reps." Spartan Daily Staff Writer Force is now to design and im- complex. men stripped their shirts, coeds bigoted racism threaten to burn us Academic Council gave the green plement a program to meet the "We want a system with the sported shorts and one displayed Hermanns noted three points alive, immature and unaware re- light to computer registration last needs of SJS. This means con- least element of grief for both a tiny blue and green striped which often come in conflict with actionaries on Student Council More Candidates week, with the spring semester of verting the CBCLS system to fit faculty and students. Long Beach bikini. conscience. "Whenever military couldn't even allocate 39 cents 1969 as the most probable date of SJS. had problems the first year. It is But, for all the summer gaiety expediency comes in conflict with toward the eradication of the tra- initiation, Kurtz explained the complex an efficient and effective system, of the scene which was punctuated public opinion, military expediency ditional evil," Robertson and Rutz In Queen Contest The system will be similar to problem involves adopting the and we want to do an adequate with folk music, there was a sense wins out. declared. The number of SJS International the system at California State system to the institution, and the job," he said. of seriousness. Two s pea k er s "Whenever a craving for power Saying they had not planned to Queen candidates has grown to 113, College Long Beach. This was in- institution to the system. "It is MEET WEEKLY mounted the platform to attack comes in conflict with conscience, run, Rutz and Robertson added due to a Spartan Daily error and spected recently by the Academic reasonable to expect it by spring Task Force will be meeting militarism and arouse student con- power wins out. And whenever they changed their minds "because two new entries. Council's Task Force subcommit- of 1969." weekly to get the program started, cern. And in this way, SJS finished established values comes in con- WO are not afraid of the truth and Two additional candidates were tee, concerned with investigation Currently the committee is Kurtz said. Changes will have to its Day of Concern student strike, flict with new values, the new want to say what we feel and presented during a special Thurs- and implementation of computer roughing out a calendar to plan be made in the current scheduling part of an international program values are called anarchistic." day evening tea for all Interna- registration, said Steve De Lucchi, initiation of the program "At procedures, as an earlier schedule where students were encouraged The professor said that only tional Queen contestants on cam- student member of the committee. Steve De Lucchi's suggestion we of classes is necessary, he said. to cut classes in order to protest through making views heard can Time Out! pus. They are Cam Thanh Phan 'NO CURE-ALL' are working on a time concept A critique of the Long Beach against social wrongs, the question of morality first be Irons Vietnam and Eleanore Ration Did you wake tip at the usual "The system under consideration rather than actual dates," he said. system was given to Student resolved. from the Philippines. KEYNOTER time this morning, shower, ho xi' is not a cure-all for SJS," Be "Steve is pressing to activate the Council in a special report by Be The other speaker was John Joyce Ann Gorham, 20, a senior a relayed breakfast and arrive Lucchi said, "Such a system would program by this fall." This would Lucchi several weeks ago. Friday's keynote speaker was Thorne, San Jose attorney. occupational therapy major who be financially impossible. But this leave the possibility open, he said. The report explains that stu- attacked at that 8:30 class Just as it was Dr. William Hermanns, a profes- Thorne the draft, say- has lived in Japan, was inadvert- will make STS's registration being dismissed? You probably much Kurtz was hesitant to make a dents make up two programs from ing it's a device to control lives, antly omitted in Thursday's Daily better, answering sor of foreign languages at SJS I weren't alone. Happy Daylight many student firm commitment on an actual an early published schedule. They and counseled: "Hang tight, hold for more than Savings Time! ,irticle announcing the queen gripes." date of initiation, because he ex- pay fees when they pick up their 20 years before he In there, and turn on everybody candidates. Task Force vice-chairman, JaMeS platned the problems with begin- registration packets, retired. Het-means was a volun- that you can." 2 SPARTAN DAILY Monday, April 29, 1998 Battin Down PA RTAN DA I LY the SAN JOSE STATE COLLEGE Hatches A newspaper can illuminate many paths. It is up to the traveler to decide By RICHARD BATTIN which route, if any, he decides to take. I met Dick Gregory for the first tin Wynn Cook Editor kIan Koch Advertising Mgr. in 1963 when I was a junior in tug