University of Cincinnati News Record. Friday, April 3, 1970. Vol. LVII, No
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Un;versity ,of 'Cinoinnati NEW S:,"RE COR D ,~ ,Published Tuesdays and Fridays during the Academic Year except as scheduled. Vol. 57 Cincinnati, Ohio-Fridav, April 3, 1970 ~ Student seledors relate views, lYR staff protests nomination, opinions of MSU Ombudsman Senate: lq investigate procedures by Nancy Franks know about the office, but many by Joe Brown the long hassle over the. ear .muffs NR Staff Reporter of these don't know how to use staff assem bled Tuesday NR Staff Reporter for Rifle, Club was ~ended. afternoon at a -two-and-one-half it. " Senators approved the budget Nominations for the position of Harr iso n Blackmond was hour meeting to listen' to the The Student Senate held its request, including $120 for the University Ombudsman are due primarily ~concerned with the candidates and then vote .on their first meeting of the quarter ear protectors. choice. before April 16, 1970. Ombudsman's relationship to the Wednesday night. Carryover Night's major issue Nominations, including, lists of the black students. He said that, \ The decision of the Board of matters from "previous sessions The night's major, issue nominees' qualifications, can be "from the students' point of view, Publications not to reveal the included the SDS constitution, centered around the Board of submitted to' Dr. David Lipsich, the Ombudsman seemed to be just results of the vote, along with the and the Pistol and Rifle Club's Publication's nomination of Mitch 304 Physics Building. another man of the nomination of Shapiro; prompted budget request. Shapiro. for Editor-in-Chief of The ombudsman will serve as a administration." He learned from some protest by staff members of After some brief ,-technical· next year's News Record. source of information for students Rust that not many black the newspaper at the Senate objections voiced by. Senator John Four individuals submitted meeting. who do not know who to contact students came to him with Fisher, senate passed the petitions to the Board seeking the However, this action of not to get their problems solved. He problems. .' I constitution submitted by editorship, they were; David Litt, will deal with University None of the black students releaSing, publieally the votes is ~: , Students' for a Democratic Society Lew Moores, Cliff Radel, and personnel on all levels of faculty '(Continued on page 7) not a new policy for the Board. - (SDS). And, with similard!~I?a!C?h~ Mitch Shapiro'. The News Record They have followed a similar and' administration, and with the .;::~;---- students. ' policy in recent years . A selection Board of one Student Senate voted to Administrative Representative, become a committee of the whole Dr. Lipsich; two faculty members, to listen to charges of Dr. Warren Huff and Dr. Herbert improprieties from' News Record Cuny, and three students, John ' staff members,. as 'well as Baron, Dennis Hoak and Harrison ,comments from board members. Blackmond, pave been appointed In response to the Board's to choose one man for the refusal to, release the staff vote, position. As, a part of their Senator Larry Bonhaus said, "This research on the background and is the News Record-its the various aspects of the office, the st~dent publication-and there's committee traveled together to just no way that we wouldn 't have Michigan State University, one of the responsibility' to see, that the the first Universities to hire an Board of Publications has done ombudsman. their job. " • There, they interviewed the Several News Record. members Ombudsman, the Student Body stated that they were not President, and several challenging Shapiro on. personal ,'!P administrative officials. grounds but that, " ... his John Baron observed that the qualifications and his technical administtativepeople have a great ability to put this 'paper out leave deal of praise for the office, but serious doubts." he was not very impressed with Pres:ilt .editor Richard Katz the Ombudsman, James D. Rust, stated however, that "The Board upon meeting him. He said that made a fair decision. It believed the office "smacked too much of ' Shapiro to be competent in ,~is , Administration." He reasoned 'abilities to handle the paper. that Rust is too closely linked In other actions, senate-listened with the bureaucracy, having to a representative from Students taught at the university for 30 'sENATORS MARC RUBIN, Organized Against Pollution years previous to his appointment. Seven lo~atio~s open for student elections; . Joe Kormos and Tad Duemler (S.O.A.P.) who reqllest~d that However, the three students took part in the, discussion ·their -eonstitution be considered, found that the MSU hnger vote<rturnout expected April 14, 15 Wednesday night when Senate and passed following the required administration and the students sent the Board, of Publications one week tabling. have very different feelings about, Student Body elections will be Ohio College ' of Applied Science nomination for editor of the News The controversy over the living the Ombudsman. According to held Tuesday and Wednesday will also open polls with balloting Record' for next year, to their conditions at French Hallreceived Intergovernmental affairs Dennis Hoak, "the administration April 14 and 15 at seven locations times, to be scheduled another airing in: Senate Bill S. committee for investigation. ' thinks, they, have done a good job as opposed to last year's one. independently. ' Counting of all 516. The French Hall Government of publicizing the office, but they Ballots will be cast at the Great votes will begin at 7 p.m. (NR photo by Barry Kaplan) (Continued on page 2) are wrong." Hall TUC, the Fieldhouse lobby, Wednesday. The three students spent an , Sawyer Hall lobby and Siddall Sal Scrofano, chairman of the entire day interviewing, students Hall lobby from 9 a.m. to B p.m, ' Elections Board, expects ,a larger on the campus. Said Hoak, Proctor, Hall Lounge, the voter turnout because of the ',"maybe one-third of the students . Raymond Walters Branch and the, addition of Raymond Walters and OCAS students as well as the six new' voting locations. Around ~ 2,900 more students will be Faculty elects members eligib~e to vote and Scrofano expects a rough increase of 10 per- cent over-the 30 per cent turnout to all-Uri iversltv Senate -of last year. Any. students interested in by Nancy 'Franks, University Senate. These members working in the elections can do so NR Staff Reporter' will take their place with the 15 .by signing a list to be posted at representatives of the various the Student Government offices, At a special meeting of the colleges that were recently Room 222 TUC. University faculty at, 12:15 elected.} yesterday, five faculty at large After presenting the names of ROTC proposals members were elected to the the 11 candidates nominated by the faculty executive committee, President Walter C. .Langsam sen.t to Congress called for nominations from the floor. Two were received, and the by Defense Dept. Inside, story faculty proceeded to vote on 13 The Defense Department has candidates. proposed ' to Congress certain SPRNG ARTS ... presents The results of the election, major changes in the Reserve ••Activating the Creative determined by a simple plurality , Officer's Training Corps that Process. " ' are: Ruth M. Bunyan, associate would allegedly increase PAGE TWO professor of Nursing and Health; enthusiasm for the program. Carl ~ H. Osterbrock, associate STUDENT BODY The proposals resulted from an CANDIDATES ... professor of electric engineering; investigation conducted by .a offer their view points Dabney a. -p~rk Jr., assista~t panel appointed' by Secretary of pAGE THREE professor of history; W. DaVId Defense, Melvin Laird. The panel Srn ith;: assistant professor of "reported that enthusiasm for the LITT '... opens his mail psychology'; and Gene D., Lewis, ROTC Program' has had some PAGE EIGHT· associate professor of history; decline." At the same time, the These five senators are to serve report continued, the members RANDY NEWMAN ... the an interim term on the University "expressed confidence that all great undiscovered Senate until Sept. 1, 1970. personnel requirements could be composer Elections, for full' term for easily met." SENATORS JOHN PURCELL and Ri~k J~spar.w?tch intently at the PAGE NINE representatives will be held .in In response to these findings, proceedings at Senate's meeting Wednesday night. May. (Continued on page 2) -' (NR photo by Barry Kaplan) Page Two THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI NEWS RECORD April 3, 1970 ~:::;::eSshi~chu1edStudent .Senorecommitree s report I :~~~1~;~~::n';:(J'cademicinteg' rity', conternp lated legislative measures to Congress, " " , One of these proposals would (Continued from age 1) increase the subsistence allowance P -Schnurels bill- would make each' student aware Students are obligated to report for Junior and Senior Cadets for has! compiled a lengthy research .Senate· also received a copy of a of his responsibility to maintain such actions to the Office of the the present $50 a month to $100 re~or~ on. the conditions of the bill proposed by John Schnl\re academic integrity. Such Dean of the' appropriate College or more. building, and the Senate Bill puts that would charge the Facilities violations are cheating during or School, or to the Dean of exams, ;falsifying records, and Also stipulated In the proposed' the body on record as supporting ~nd Services committee to Students office. ;.:; legislation are 'provisions to reques~ of French Hall residents !n ve s t igate and designate plagiarization would be violations. increase the' number of for action on their problems. A Inadequate walkways around the' scholarships available to those in vote is expected next week on the campus,with particular emphasis each of the military services. At matter. on those between the bookstore Panel, tediscuss !creative processes' the same time , the army has J •.