University of Cincinnati News Record. Friday, March 7, 1969. Vol. LVI, No
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New Represenlalives Wa"ch B'oard_ OK 'Beer- by David FeBland Booth -a member of fhe Board. the' students themselves, after one He felt that while ratification of , communicate in a responsible Rev. Booth felt the proposal to be year to determine the desirability , The UC Board of Directors has, the beer issue was a start, it was rather than a truculent manner- by unanimous vote, ratified a valid in light of the recent efforts and success of the program. ',' He no more than' tokenism. Where these attitudes have made it measure which will permit thesale of the Administration to stressed the ,Board's realizing the the Student Senate was practicing possible .at uc to' bring about understand' the wishes of the studentsvwillingness to take the ,yalid Improvements and anticipate of 3.2 beer in the University a "wait-and-see~'method, of , additional, improvements without Center by the Saga Food Service. student body, and the' Increasing responsibility for this program. __~aduali~;, it,' should have, he maturity and responsibility of Discussing afterwards, the said, asked, for .all that it really' the Iossthus far of a single day's The Directors' meeting, classes. ' attended for the first time by .these same people: , significance of the vote, Collins wanted: "The proposal was not , student / representatives Glen Dr. Langsam added that these stated that he felt it was strong enough. The.students really "Some reasonable student suggestions were initiated' by- ' "indicative of the, bureaucratic proposals were acted upon Weissenberger and Bob Collins, in wanted alcoholic beverages on hearing the beer proposal heard ','capable' students and faculty method by which decisions are campus, not 3.2 beer in' the favorably last spring. Other the first of a number of members" in an attempt., .to .reached long before the actual University Center" and they con s tr u c t i v e "s t u den t student-backed proposals up for changes the ideas in 'responsible ' Board meetings. " The student should have asked for it. " recommendations probably will ratification. Also present at the educational areas;,The~e' representatives had, he felt, no President Langsam, reporting on be acted upon favorably this meeting, were faculty suggestions, he said further, were real power -to influence a decision student relations to the Student spring; It has been made clear at representatives Thomas Bonner, being expanded to include social once it, had reached this stage. Affairs Committee, noted: UC that coercion has no place on Provost of, the University, and areas of University life. "The committees make the actual "A willingness by administrators a campus dedicatee! to teaching and Louis Lausche of' the Physics After the vote ratifying the decisions, " ,he said, "where' no and faculty members to listen, learning; but it also has been Department. ' p r 0 p 0 s a l , Wei sse nb erg er students are involved. By sitting at even to unconventional student emphasized'thatwe .have no room Beneath the, glaring floodlights commented on a significant part the Board meetings we only hear -ideas, and a corresponding for official apathy or the of local television news coverage, of, the, measure: "There would what has already been decided for readiness by most of the perpetuation < of' any rules whose the Board went about its business be, "he said, "an eValuation ~by us long before." ' co nc erned students to only justification is that they once much as usual 'after the opening fitted the requirements of another greetings, seemingly unconscious age. And the' general public, which of the presence of its additional readily accepts major style observers. changes in dress, food, housing, After discussion 'and voting on transportation, in business and the findings of several committees labor relations, social customs, concerned 'with budgets and 'and entertainment, should finance, Weissenberger raised a recognize the validity also of number of questions concerning changing outlooks in' higher the nature of the financing education., , involved. President Walter "Within this frame of reference, Langsam explained that this I wish to indicate that there has ' financing referred to that of evolved a responsible and earnest federal grants for university group of students who, with housing. fa cu 1 t'y' m e rn.b e r sand admipishitors,-are .at work Answering an additional query' drafting .a proposed charter of by the Student Body President student rights and responsibilities. about what commitments were The group: is under the leadership required on the part of the of the elected Student' Body University to' obtain such 'grants, President and represents a broad Dr. Langsam explained that it spectrum of views. lt has been would have togqarantee full charged by the Student Senate occupancy of campus residence with studying all relevant , halls (to insure a re turn to information and suggestions, investors) as a prerequisite for preparing a draft charter,' and receiving such grants. Assurance submitting this draft to a of occupied dorms, he continued, referendum for approval or would take .priority over more disapproval at the next regular liberal off-campus housing Student' Government election in policies. ,This is in conflict with April. several points included in the " recent student bill of rights. "This whole procedure itself represents an experiment - a The beer proposal itself came as res p o nsib Ie, ed u ca tional part of the business of, the ' experiment. And surely the very Student - Affairs Committee, BOB COLLINS (left 'center) and Glen WeissenbE!rger,student representatives to the Board of Directors, listen progress of humanity is based, at involving, Weisenberger and Rev. attentively' as the beer proposal is discussed. ,,' ..!, ' _' , . : ~,.: ' Ieast-in part, onexperimentation ><'<';,",'1 ",., (NR photo b'y Chuck Kennedy) in u~~Y~I"~it'y-:setti!igs." '. V~CEN""'~ 'e- University of: ~ O;U'" , ";£':../ c1-1- C/) , ~ \ 150·} "'Published Tuesdays and Fridays during the Academic Year except as scheduled. ' ~ '-~19 .•.,\9{j Vol. 56 ' Cincinnati, 'Ohio Friday; March 7, 1969 No. 33 Longest Me~ting Of Year " ,Senale Marathon Approves C 0 AS tll'u ·Iion D,ra'" Senate Wednesday, after the'way for its placement on the student represenatives.] government 'since his 'annOU1'lce.d of procedural rules for Senate and laboring four hours and twenty campus ballot of the elections on One which requil."es, Boards candidacy was not very successful. ammended Sections III' minutes,considered, challenged, - April 15 and ~6. (The complete under its jurisdiction (i.e. Boards These suggestions and others of (concerning Senate committees)' ammended, and finally passed its" text of the new constitution, as of Budget,- Publications, his' were. not included in proposed and VI (concerning Election rules) 0<'-; -new proposed constitution. passed by Senate, .Is : carried on Orien tat ion" 'Elections, and constitution. • ,: . of the by-laws. The constitution's passage paved pages 14 and 15 of this issue.) Student Activities) to "conform More coverage on these changes Before' the final draft can become to any general or specific (Senate) , Besides 'passing the constitution, can be expected when they come official though, it must be legislation. " the committee approved anew set-' to 'a final Senate vote. approved both by the student One which gives' Senate the 'electorate and the Board of exclusive power. to "charter all Inside' Directors. ' student organizations under 'its Controversy Expected On Powers jurisdiction 'and to. revoke or Articles in the proposed Senate suspend such charters." Story guidelines which are expected to Before the vote was taken, the raise the' most controversy include Semite-ratified constitution was the' following powers: discussed by a 'committee of the One which would give, Senate whole Senate body, avbody that the exclusive power to allocate dWindled in size' as the discussion, funds to' student organizations wore on. A number of different through its constitutional control amendments to the- final draft over the Board of Budgets. w~re defeated in that committee. ' O'ne which eliminated the Candidate O'Brien Unsuccessful stipulation that a Senator, the ,\ One of" the most' active Vice-President, or' the President proponents for change in the new must be a student "in good guidelines was Jim O'Brien, standing" in their respective candidate for Student Body colleges. President, Some of his proposals The elimination .in the by-laws included opening up the student of the requirement that a voting body and Senate to candidate for student office must graduate students, and have a minimum of a 2.-3accum. substituting the Vice-President. for (Ed. Note: Both these changes are the Speaker as ,. the presiding THIS STRANGE OBJECT in the.sky is not a flying saucerj Its a basket indirect 'opposition to the officer of the Senate. 'rigged up to, a l Iow the men in Sawyer Hall to University policy. regarding Unfortunately for O'Brien; his exchange· pleasantries?- with the Scioto women. minimum requirements for first encounter with student - . (NR photo by Todd Bardes) Page Two ,~ THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI March 7, '1969 NOWHER'E~' C'mon Along - News. Briefs Brunner Views Lunar MissioliUndef Way Monetary Policy Monetarypolicy and the control ·Nancy Gregory"" of .money supply may be the e f f ect iv e w e ap o ns against Houston:' the tests that are all important to America's plan to land inflation, suggested Dr. Karl man on the'" moon this summer are underway. Apollo-9 commander Brunner during his lecture James McDivitt and astronaut rookie Russel Sehweichart are aboard the Tuesday in the University Center. lunar landing module that is to land man on the moon. David Scott Dr. Brunner, currently at Ohio remains on the mother ship. State and past professor at'UCLA, On Wednesday a few problems arose for the crew. The prime recovery told his. audience that inflation ~cl ship for the mission was hit in the morning by a fire which broke out in must be stopped through the the boiler room otthe USS Guadalcanal as the carrier steamed about restriction of the money supply 32Q miles south of Bermuda but the blaze was quickly extinguished.