Vol. LIV. No. 12 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C. Thursday, November 19,1970 . University Cancels ..vt:.. ;y;;~: All Rock Concerts All University sponsored rock windows on the ground floor rooms concerts have been cancelled fol­ of the gymnasium, the entrance lowing the incidents during last doors to the gymnasium, and to the Sunday's appearance of Traffic at gymnasium's lobby has been McDonough Gymnasium. estimated at $3,000. The official announcement was In addition, major damage was made Sunday evening by the Vice reported inside the gymnasIUm President for Student Development, itself. One fibre-glassed backboard Dr. Patricia Rueckel. Her decision fell to the floor because it was came in the wake of the concert, being used by several individuals as following an evening marked by a vantage point to observe the excessive vandalism to the entrance concert. However, no inj uries were passage to the gymnasium. reported concerning the incident. In making the announcement, Dr. Rueckel noted that according to her estimates approximately ten percent of the audience was Drive Begins composed of members of the University community. "If ten percent of the audience were from To Register Georgetown University, I'd be surprised, " she stated. She also added, "I don't think Area Students we have a primary responsibility to Law students from George offer entertainment to all of the Washington University are heading teeny-boppers in Washington." a drive to register Washington area In addition, Dr. Rueckel recalled university students for the forth· the fact that the conduct of the coming ~Iections for a non·voting Traffic concert was to consider­ delegate to Congress from the ed a "test" for future concerts. To District of Columbia. that point, she observed, "obvious­ According to the co·ordinators, ly the test has failed." Steve Clark (ColI. '69) and Dave Dr. Patricia Rueckel, Vice President for Student Development, has precluded the possibility of future concerts The student development vice Cooper, both first year law students being held at Georgetown. This action has been taken in response to acts of violence, such as the window president also raised the concern at GW, the overriding purpose of breakings above, that took place during the Traffic concert. (Pictures by Pat Early) that the sponsoring of rock the registration drive is to support a concerts could represent a violation spokesman for student interests as a of the University's facility policy as candidate for the newly formed outlined in the G-Book. According delegate position. Campus Inactivity Nationwide; to this regulation, a "preponder­ Clark, one of the founders of the ance of individuals' at social events drive, noted that the "unique must be from the University com­ opportunities presented by recent munity." changes in the District's election Dr. Rueckel extended her laws make it possible for the Students Cool After Cambodia apologies to members of the stu­ student community to have a by Jim Duryea of student inaction during the further noted that "people are dent populace for the decision. massive impact on the outcome of Editor-in-Chief academic year was offered by the more concerned with leading their "Rock concerts of this nature are this election." Student lethargy during the editor of the Yale Daily News, own lives." Hallet underscored his consideced a meaningful experience For the first time, 18 year·olds current academic year is not merely Doug Hallett. Hallett stated that statements by noting that there was by a certain segment of the student will have the right to vote in confined to the Georgetown "people are turned off by the no strong reaction to the recent populace, and I am sorry for Washington. campus - it appears to be national political system, and now they are elections. "No one really cared," he them," she stated. In addition, District residency in scope. re-thinking their commitments." He stated. In addition, damage to the requirements have been struck According to student editors at down by a federal court ruling, universities throughout the nation, thereby allowing any 18 year-old a period of calm has set in at most who lives in the District an universities. Most student editors opportunity to vote in elections attribute this development as a Security Complications Force March 23. reaction to the events of last May. Clark asserted that the vote in David Hollander, editor-in1!hief the general election will be "splint­ of the Harvard Daily Crimson, ered among the two major parties noted that "after the Cambodian Cancellation Of Newton Speech and several strong independents." invasion students realized that all of Hence, Clark and Cooper both our efforts were wasted. " Hollander Complications over security concerning the University's speaker able to hear representatives of all believe that if large numbers of stated that as a result a mood of provisions have forced the cancel­ policy. sides of the political spectrum." students register and vote in the "depression" had descended upon lation of a speaking engagement on Dr. Rueckel stated tha~ she had The conflict between the student election the endorsed candidate the northeastern student populace. the Georgetown campus by Huey P. disapproved of the Newton appear­ leaders and Dr. Rueckel could could win. Hollander's remarks were echoed Newton, the Defense Minister of ance. "I have always said that as far conceivably jeopardize the speaking The drive's leaders are presently by Marshall Kilduff, the editor of the Black Panther Party. as I am concerned we could not engagement on campus of Berna­ recruiting at various area campuses the Stanford Dally. Kilduff asserted The speech was scheduled for have Huey Newton," she stated. dette Devlin, who is planned to to initiate local registration that "a dull feeling that organiza- this Sunday. In explaining her position on the speak at the University in February. campaigns. " tional activities have no effect" was According to Mike Thornton, matter, Dr. Reuckel referred to the witnessed at Stanford. He also president of the undergraduate University policy concerning speak­ mentioned that the rampant acts of student government, the speech was ing, as outlined in the University vandalism to University property cancelled when representatives of G-Book. She cited the "dear and that occurred during the past the Panthers raised fears that present danger" clause enunciated academic year had decreased adequate security measures would on page 93. "On that basis," she significantly. "I would characterize not be provided. Student govern­ said, "I could not approve." the mood on the Stanford campus ment leaders had planned on Dr. Reuckel also pointed up as frustrated inaction," Kilduff holding the speech at Kehoe Field. security problems. "We cannot said. Thornton also noted that the control a crowd not predominantly Even the hotbed for radical possibility of using McDonough from the Unive-rsity community," activity since 1964, the University Gymnasium for the speech had also she asserted. of California campus at Berkeley, been considered. However, In addition, the student develop­ has not witnessed any of the Thornton added that "the events of ment vice president also expressed massive demonstrations that mark- last Sunday evening precluded that misgivings "about providing Univer­ ed the campus in the past few possibility." sity funds to support the Black years. "It is certainly a slow time, The speech was to be co­ Panther Party." things are very quiet here," remark- sponsored by the Undergraduate Dr. Rueckel's position met with ed Bruce Coon, the editor of the Studel1t Government and the Black strong reaction from the under­ Daily California. "The summer Student Alliance. graduate stud'ent president, Mike cooled off spring's activities, and In addition, the Newton speech Thornton. Nixon's token moves in Indochina could have caused a breach between Thornton stated that he was took a lot of steam from the the student government officials concerned with the matter of "free Huey Newton of the Black Panther Party will not appear here as movement," he said. and the Vice President for Student speech". He mentioned that "the scheduled. The cancellation was attributed to complications over security A more positive interpretation Development, Dr. Patricia Rueckel, students of Gerogetown should be provisions. Page Two THE HOYA Thursday, November 19,1970 WGTB's Tom Hoffmann Holder Of White House Press Pass by Harry McFarland so he did all he could to help the anyone alse cleared for 24 hours. The possession of a White House station. Hoffmann stated that he uses his press pass has made WGTB's News According to Hoffmann, just pass to cover major stories and to Director, Tom Hoffmann, unique before Easter he went down to attend at least one of the two press among college journalists. speak to Whellian who arranged for briefings Ron Ziegler holds every Hoffman said that WGTB first him to have visiting newsman day. He says that the "White House became aware of the need for status. This status enabled the press briefing is nearly incompre­ access to the White House last station to arrange for anyone to hensible to anyone but the pro­ November when the station carried cover the White House for a day. fessional journalist." He admits: "It continuous coverage of the The greatest use of this privilege took me a while before I could Moratorium. He began trying to was during the Cambodian crisis really understand what was being gain this access by writing letters to when someone from WGTB was said. When Ron Ziegler says some­ a number of people on the stationed at the President's resi­ thing, the people familiar with his President's staff. This tactic met dence for five straight days. style can detect all sorts of with no success until his request Hoffman said that at this time meanings and implications." came to the attention of Bruce Whellian told him that he had Hoffmann believes that each Tom Hoffmann (ColI.