Athletes Work to Change Hair Policy

MPU Vol. 95, No. 8 Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. Friday, April 30, 1971 HAROLD McELHANEY SAM TIMER Athletes work to change hair policy By DALE RADCLIFFE VanYahres maintained that the goal of their efforts was, "not to A concerted effort to obtain get anyone in the Athletic Depart- a revision in Athletic Department ment fired" but to challenge what policy concerning athletes with he termed an "unrealistic pol- long hair is being initiated. Spear- icy," Pointing out that other col- CONFRONTATION: CU Manager Tom Wells (rear, gesturing) talks to Association of Black Colle- heading the effort are junior Mike leges in the Presidents' Athletic gians President-elect Allen Huff (sitting on machine), who is also a member of the CU Cabinet, as VanYahres and senior Dick Conference have little or no re- about 30 other ABC members shout disapproval of the CU's action on a proposed soul dance. Greenbaum, both members of the striction on personal appearance, 1970 Gator football squad. Late last night, the situation was at least temporarily resolved. Va_nYahres felt that making short Yesterday VanYahres and hair and the absence of facial Greenbaum met with football hair prerequisites for athletic coach Sam Timer in an attempt participation forced the athlete to to convince the coach to allow CU-ABC dispute settled "compromise himself," "Play- students sporting long hair or ing ball at Allegheny is a privi- moustaches to participate in foot- lege in return for doing what_ ball next fall. They reported that Sam Timer wants you to do," the meeting had not been pro- after shouting match he exclaimed, adding "the only ductive from their point of view. factor in determining whether an Greenbaum declared that the By JAMES COWDEN athlete should play should be his The compromise worked out between Wells next effort will be to seek mas- ability, not his life style." and ABC president-elect Allen Huff substitutes sive student support in the form The pair feel that they have a A conflict between the College Union and of petitions and letters to the ed- a soul band in place of one of the two rock possibility of having their griev- the Association of Black Collegians, which re- itor of the Campus. He partic- bands scheduled for the all-night party. The ances resolved if they get solid ularly stressed the need for let- sulted in a noisy shouting match between ABC student support, and the admini- compromise depends on whether the CU can ters from Allegheny athletes sup- members and CU manager Torn Wells yester- stration is influenced. Both ex- reschedule one of the bands contracted for porting the right of all students pressed a willingness to partici- day afternoon, was resolved at least temporar- to participate in athletics. Feel- May 8. The visiting black students will be in- pate on any Ad Hoc Committee ily last night, ing that the crux of the problem vited to attend as guests of the college, and the that is formed, and anticipated lay with the administration's re- The dispute arose when the C.U. refused strong student government sup- CU expects that what Wells called the "pig tac- fusal to intervene on the part of to give money to ABC to hold a separate soul port. ASG President Frank Tad- tics of the college" in having an excess of pol- the dissident athletes, Greenbaum dance on May 8, since it conflicted with Col- ley has indicated his support for declared "We will petition the lege Union plans for an all-night party pre- ice at college social functions will not be used. the athletes. According to ABC president Yvonne Hobbs, administration. If they won't help viously made. ABC insisted upon a separate us, we will try to get individual Foo:ball coach Sam Timer the conference has been planned for three sLated that candidates for next dance to end a conference it is holding here athletes not to participate." months. ABC went out of its way to avoid year's football squad would be that weekend for about 100 black students Greenbaum emphasized that the publicity for the conference on campus, how- non-participation would only be from area colleges. a last resort. See ATHLETES, p.5 ever, and it appears on no schedule of events. Resulting confusion in the CU Cabinet over the date caused the mix-up. See C.U., p.8 From air castles to a Unity Center By KARIN ROMNEY "We think there is a need for a place where young kids can Freddie Harris aria co., a well- come for advice, recreation, and known construction company in education," says Harris, "And Meadville which builds air we want to have a 'rap* session castles, finally has one that's on each week for adults." the ground. Thus far, the Unity Center has Three months ago it was a con- scheduled a number of tentative demned red brick monstrosity programs. with no floors, walls, roof, heat The first is a summer session or electricity. But through the for kids aged nine to fourteen. efforts of Wayne Fredericks, a Adult volunteers and paid coun- student at Allegheny, sixty-eight selors will supervise recreation others and $4800 in donations activities, cultural outings, and from the Allegheny faculty, town- arts and crafts from 9:00 to speople and Meadville industry, 4:00 each day with a meal at the old wreck has been revived. noon. The summer program will The historical society has had last for fifteen weeks and will no hand in this. It's been the work be of no cost to the children in- of certain people in town who volved. The financing will be would like to see Meadville as handled by the churches of Mead- AIR CASTLE to reality is the story of Meadville's Unity Center. With help from about 70 people more of a "community" in the ville and the United Fund. Unity and $4800 in donations, the Center will begin offering programs this summer for children. It will rea' se Ise. They have named the hopes to have funds enough for structure the Unity Center in the be open to people of all ages, however. approximately thirty kids. hope that it will live up to its See UNITY CENTER, p.8 name. Page 2 CAMPUS Friday, April 30,1971 President Jackson? Revolution: dues unpaid Although he has not officially announced his candidacy, Wash because it's exactly that inane cycle of get- ington Senator Henry M. Jackson is said to be waging a serious By MICHAEL TROMBLEY ting on top and then shitting on people we battle for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination. Labor want to break. During the past weekend's antiwar demon- leaders and the long-dormant Southern wing of the party are said And what about the entertainment stration in Washington, D.C., protestors tore to regard Jackson, a longtime Vietnam hawk and booster of the aspect of the demonstration, the rock perform- up the backs :of! benches surrounding the military in Congress, as the most desirable potential candidate. ers and frills and the ice cream and peanuts. Washington monument and burned the wood- A recent convention of American newspaper editors surprisingly It's no wonder that no intelligent man can en slats in bonfires to warm themselves during agreed that Jackson was one of the two likeliest Democratic believe in this "revolution"; everyone is • an all-night concert. They also blighted the nominees. The other (in a double blow to progressive elements out to have a good time and how in the monument grounds, leaving behind tons of in the party) was Senator Hubert Humphrey. hell can you take it all seriously? No one is trash and burnt ground where the fires had Senator Jackson's campaign brings to mind (ironically) the "paying any dues" as Bob Dylan might put been. 1964 nomination campaign slogan of Barry Goldwater: "Not it. Decent, property-concerned people all over a choice but an echo!" That the national Democratic party would Now, granted I am over-emphasizing the the country, especially people in D.C. who even consider nominating for President a man of Jackson's views vandalism and the concert, making cosmic have witnessed the , childish, senseless sort must inspire horror in liberals in the party, who remain the only mountains out of scarcely significant mole- of destruction after other demonstrations (this hope of Americans who have watched Nixon continue the Indo- hills with the above. But that is the artistic past demonstration was the least harmful), china war, if on a smaller scale. Lyndon Johnson defeated Barry license and, if in the end such a practice dir- Goldwater on the promise that American boys would not be sent are going to be turned off by such actions ects the reader towards the truth perceived to do the job of Asian boys, and once in office escalated the con- and I cannot help thinking rightly so. When by the writer, then the hyperbole has not flict. Running against Humphrey, Nixon cast himself as a peace the Washington Post chose to run photographs been wasted and the truth is simply this — candidate with a "plan" to end Johnson's war, and once elected of the ruined benches and polluted grounds, the present American revolution has no balls. he too proved that the_ war was a nonpartisan folly. Now, with I did not think that the editors were strict- It lacks integrity in so many aspects that the prospect (however dim) of the Democrats nominating a Jackson, _ly seeking a sensational or inflammatory effect.

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