Day of Pride'
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UConn celebrates 'Day of Pride' By MARK A. DL PL IS "Day of Pride" praising the history is written a hundred years attended the banquet and will be honored was the deputy speaker HARTFORD — With minority- achievements of minority gradu- from now, it may very well be said the targets of follow-up recruit- of the state House of Representa- student enrollment showing only ates and urging the top of the that the turning point came Sept. ment efforts, said Frederick G. tives and a community college a fractional increase this year, state's minority high school stu- 25, 1976. at the Day of Pride Adams, vice president for student vice president, both black. UConn Saturday night took its dents to at least consider attend- banquet." affairs and services. "Remember, black is beauti- case to the people, honoring ing UConn after they graduate The program was organized by "It's only one night a year like ful." said UConn Trustee Otha N. minority graduates and making a next spring. the University's Office of Student this that we get to see the end Brown, also chairman of the pitch to bring more minority "May this be the day that Affairs and Services and geared product — the excellent product Connecticut Caucus of Black De- students to the state university. commences the struggle for to honor minority graduates and — that a university produces," mocrats, who added, "but only Gov. Ella T. Grasso. UConn greater human decency both at give minority high school stu- said Trustee Carl W. Nielsen, beautiful if it is in action and not President Glenn W. Ferguson home and abroad," Athanson dents more information about who offered the regards of the devoted to self appreciation and and Hartford Mayor George A. said in an emotional address that attending UConn. Board of Trustees to the gradu- self-love." Athanson joined a crowd of 550 stirred the predominantly black High-ranking students from ates being honored. Several students who attended persons for UConn's first annual crowd several times. "And when high schools throughout the state Among the graduates being Continued on Page 4 Ghmnerttrttt latin, (Eantpu* Serving Storrs Since 1896 VOL. LXXX NO. 15 STORRS. CONNECTICUT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1976 |^ Wilson rejects bid for memos By JOHN J. KWOLEK which might lead to a decision, at The student government chair- that time the matter will be man and the administration will opened to discussion, and all who square off before the Freedom of have an interest may contribute to Information Commission next that discussion," Wilson stated in month to determine whether his letter. memos written by the Program "1 could not. either ethically or Review Committee should be logically, release the PRC's re- released to the public, the student ports of last year to you. And if I government chairman said Sun- were to agree to release all future day night. reports, then these would no William Finch, chairman of the longer serve our initial advisory Federation of Students and Ser- puropse. and I'd have to find vice Organizations (FSSO) said he another committee to do the job received a letter from the com- which at present we've given to mission informing him a "show the PRC. cause" hearingwill be held Oct. 8 "I shall therefore not allow you in Hartford, when the review access to PRC's reports." Wilson The Sidelines committee will be asked to justify stated. its contention that a series of Finch has said the committee's The cheering and spirit-generating equipment of the UConn Huskies sits quietly with team supporters memos sent to various UConn suggestions are being used to Saturday in New Haven, where Yale blew the spirit of the UConn enthusiasts 21-10 [Staff Photo by Buzz officials recommending program formulate an academic "master Kanterj. changes should remain confiden- Continued on Page 4 tial. The administration has contend- ed that the committee's recom- mendations are advisory and Academic deadlines near non-binding and thus should be confidential. Finch sent a letter to Kenneth By JOHN HILL III lieve the faculty intended to claimed showed students were G. Wilson, vice president for Students wishing to drop a permit my staff to assign acade- abusing the pass-fail option. academic affairs, Sept. 14, re- course or put one on pass-fail mic grades." questing release of the memos have untilTuesday to do it and i. Under the old rules a student Burke said- of the second and stating his intent to request a they decide to drop two courses, could drop a course or put it on dropped course getting an F- "A hearing with the commission if one will draw an automatic F, pass-fail up until the ninth week simple problem was made com- Wilson refused. according to new academic regu- of the semester. The new rules plex by adding the penalty grade Wilson responded in a letter to lations. cut the nine-week period for of F and the required signature Finch last week, in which he Thomas J. Burke. UConn's add-drop and pass-fail to four aspects." called the committee "advisory to registrar. Friday strongly criti- week into the semester. the administration" and said he cized the new rules, citing the The Scholastic Standards Com- The new rule also says students would not release its "informal small staff in the registrar's mittee justified the shortening of who have taken a course on reports" to the public. office, a lack of critieron for the period students have to pass-fail may change back to the "I have repeatedly assured you deciding which course is to re- decide if they wish to put a course regular grading system by the that if a PRC suggestion appears KENNETH G. WILSON ceive the F and the difficulty in on pass-fail by citing evidence it tenth week of the semester. to warrant further investigation keeping track of how many drops and adds each student has had in the add-drop period. Burke said his staff did not have the proper resources to check Carter drop follows debate through the number of add-drop transactions each student com- pletes. Burke said last year 3,200 By VIVIAN MARTIN 2-1 margin in students' views of who did better in the debate. students were serviced in the and In the race for Connecticut's seat as the state's junior senator, ninth week of the add-drop period MATTHEW LIGHT incumbent U.S. Sen. Lowell P. Weicker. R-Conn.. maintained his by the registrar's staff of six. The impressive 12-point lead Jimmy Carter held over President earlier lead over Democratic challenger Gloria Schaffer. although the Democratic Secretary of the state cut an earlier 41 percentage Burke criticized the University Ford in a recent straw poll Sunday withered to a single point margin for the Democratic nominee in a Daily Campus poll of 200 point margin to a 16 per cent lead. Senate's lack of provisions to In the Senate race. 27 per cent of the students said they were show the difference between an UConn students. The President's popularity did not move from its earlier 34 per undecided as to whom they will cast their ballot for in November. academic F and an administrative Seven per cent said they won't vote at all. F on the students' records. cent point, but rather the number of students who said they won't vote at all or will vote for other minor party candidates lopped In the presidential race, the results were: Ford. 34 per cent: In a memo to the Scholastic points off Carter's earlier score. Carter. 35 per cent: Other Candidates. 7 per cent: and No Standards committee, the com- A weekend after the first of three presidential campaign candidate. 10 per cent. mittee from which the new rules debates, four-fifths of the students polled said the debates did not The Senate totals were: Weicher. 40 per cent: Schaffer. 24 per came. Burke said. "I can't be- affect their decisions in the election, although Ford commanded a cent; undecided. 27 per cent: and no vote. 7 per cent. focus Goodbye dye Maraschino Cherry Association Washington, D.C. September 27, 1976 Gentlemen: I would like to express my condolescences to you for the recent ban on tie red dye which you used to wwiowfo color your cherries. Soon, drinkers of whiskey sours and Singapore Slings will be eyeing their dirt-orange cherries with suspicion, wondering if they were stored too long in their jars. Not good for business. W,ISAII But when they start writing you letters, asking you where the red cherries have disappeared to, blame it on the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA). Maybe that is unfair, though. I remember reading somewhere that Red 4 — the dye your companies were using — was banned by the FDA in 1965, except in the cherries. I realize the Food and Agricultural Organization- World Health Organization joint committee had called Ford vs. Carter = zero the dye in 1964 "harmful," and that it "should not be used in food," but the FDA still empathized with you. After all, what is more important — saving your I knew the Great Presidential Debates were going to be a $IOO-million-a-year industry, or banning a potentially let-down when Jimmy Carter Excuse Me dangerous chemical from your product? Your repre- attacked President Ford for his sentatives did say in 1965 that very few people eat a stand on amnesty and Ford great enough number of the cherries to suffer any side replied that he agreed taxes were Tony Cronin effects.