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tz TMH relates views on Violent student Reverend Theodore Hesburgh where the president speaks up or C S C. was interviewed on the nobody speaks up. This isn’t the topic of student disorder by kind of thing to be written by a THE Hugh Downs and Joe Garagiola committee. You have to say Sr. yesterday morning on the what’s in your heart about the TODAY show. institution and you know you The focal point of interest have the support of the during the early morning community.” broadcast was Hesburgh’s recent Father Hesburgh pointed out OBSERVER. Serving the Notre Dame and St. Mary ’* College Community statement decisively condemning that it is essential to preserve the university, because it is an open the use of violence in student VOL. Ill, NO. 85 society where problems can be FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1969 protest. discussed, and that it is the place Hesburgh was asked why he where “th? style of life is issued the statement in spite of rationality.” He added, the fact there is no major “Violence is against everything student unrest at Notre Dame at the university stands for.” Student leaders meet in present. He replied that it was The television interviewers “time to establish rules for our were anxious to know if he own order or we are to be thought his statement could be Joint session-discuss honor ordered from the outside and applied to other institutions as that will mean the end of the well as Notre Dame. Hesburgh university.” replied, “Yes,... What I have said Yesterday a joint meeting of Monday. He explained that this student under 21 will be warned Questioned whether he should be applicable to all the Student Senate, the Hall report will be incorporated in a of the consequenses of their thought his statement was universities. Every university President’s Council, and the bill that the SLC will act on. actions, but the University will hardline, he said “1 didn’t think should be able to talk and student members of the Student Rossie then explained that the leave enforcement of the law to it was that tough. I thought it communicate freely.” Life Council was held in the bill contains three sections. The civil authorities. was fairly rational....I think you Hesburgh was asked if he was Student Amphitheater of La first section establishes a Each hall will be allowed to have to think through a situation the existence of an outside Fortune. Student Body Tripartite Hall Review Board as determine its own parietal hours, before it happens.” threat to the university. “Unless President Richard Rossie a subcommittee of the SLC, within a certain limit. The bill The university president went universities control themselves explained that the purpose ofcomposed of two students, two restricts parietal hours to on to say that although young they will be controlled from the the meeting was to discuss the administrators, and one faculty weekends, between 5:00 p.m. on people have a lot to be upset outside,” he replied. recent actions of the Honor member. Each hall will be Friday and 8:00 p.m. Sunday. with today, in addition “the He went on to say that it was Council and to inform the re q u ire d to submit a hall Parietal hours will also be world has a lot for the middle a small proportion of the students of the Hall Life Bill constitution, a list of all hall excluded between 1: a.m. and age and older people to be upset students creating the scenes on pending before the SLC. officers, and a list of all Judicial noon on weekends. Finally, each with.” college campuses. Most students, Tom Voss, head of the Honor Board members to the Review hall will be lim ited to a total of Council, explained that the Board. 24 parietal hours per weekend. Answering a question about he emphasized “are better than recent action by the council was The Review Board will have The final section of the bill public response to his recent ever from every point of view. motivated by the council’s belief no legislative powers, but will be deals with the enforcement of statement, he said there has been They are more motivated, better that the Honor Concept and the able to review actions taken by a hall rules and the roles of hall 269 letters and telegrams sent to educated, more interested, and honor system were not working hall council by a hall if it is prefects and rectors. him, all expressing approbation more sensitive to spiritual and at Notre Dame. This belief was asked to do so. The Board will Enforcement of hall rules will of his action. The only dissenter, moral issues of our times.” prompted, he said, by “letters study the actions and be left to students and prefects Hesburgh noted, was the student Hesburgh concluded his from faculty and students saying recommend a solution to the within the present framework of body president, who felt the interview stressing the point that that there are flagrant violations problem to the proper authority. the judicial system. The role of students should have been more all scholarly institutions are of the honor code in certain The second section of the bill the hall rector will be restricted involved with the letter. strongly against violence and infringement of other people’s classes.” deals with student drinking and to spiritual counseling and the In defense of his statement, rights, and that this factor is the Voss explained that the parietal hours. The present rule day-to-day administration of the he declared, “ 1 think we’ve come important one, for “Statements Council’s leave of absence was on drinking will be changed to a hall. to the point in the university per se, don’t solve anything.” “to promote an air of crisis” so statement of the Indiana State continued on page 2 that the students themselves Law. This means that any would be forced to confront the REACTION : h onor system. This confrontation is supposed to promote dialogue among the Fr. Hesburgh’s office was one from SBP J. Richard students and this dialogue is deluged with letters and Rossie, the other from Robert supposed to resolve the problem. telegrams yesterday after he Sam Anson, a former The students are supposed to appeared on NBC’s “Today” OBSER VER editor. realize, said Voss, “that the show to discuss his “get tough” From what was reported to be honor system means the student policy, threatening suspension, one of the heaviest volumes of must take responsibility for the person next to him. Only then expulsion, and arrest to all mail ever to be received at a can they truly say, ‘Yes, I want die-hard demonstrators. Notre Dame President’s office, the Honor System.’” Voss The President’s office came messages from nearly every explained that the students can’t reported that within 48 hours state and bearing the signatures take responsibility only for after the policy statement was of trustees, parents of students, themselves because the faculty issued, 269 telegrams and letters alumni, groups of students, will not accept that type of were received, only two of faculty at Notre Dame and other system. which were “critical or negative” schools, and the general public. Those attending the meeting were critical of the Honor SMC considers policy Council’s opinion that the honor system was not working, and were especially critical of the On demonstrationsCouncil’s unilateral decision to The Student Affairs Council also recognizes the student’s take a leave of absence without of Saint Mary’s College began right of appeal.” first informing or consulting consideration yesterday The policy which the council anyone else. afternoon of a formal policy on determines will be that on which However, those at the meeting campus demonstrations. The College President Msgr. John J. concluded that the Council’s council will continue discussion McGrath will act. The council action could not be reversed and g r v r * v\ “ r r * ' a in the near future in order to studied Father Hesburgh’s policy the only course of action would irerhv-r. vwr-v."? determine the college’s official statement on demonstrations, be to re-evaluate the Honor policy. Student Body President but took issue with parts of it. Concept. Therese Ambrusko, a council Miss Ambrusko said that she did The course of action will m e m b e r, said that she is not agree that the Dean of involve three parts. The student “determined to uphold the Students should decide on what leaders will hold meetings with students’ rights to free speech, constitutes a disruptive the students and gather their demonstration, due process, and demonstration. ideas about any changes they e # appeal”, in the council’s The ad hoc committee on have in mind. These leaders e deliberations. student seating on faculty along with the Honor Council, On The Inside The council released a committees also met yesterday. would then draw up statement yesterday on its They will complete work next referendums incorporating these -Federal Grant of $ 1,800,000 for new Bio building pg.7 position toward demonstrations week on a proposal to have ideas. The students would then until the formal policy is students seated on a number of vote on these referendums -D on Hynes replies to Hesburgh’s letter pg.4 determined: “During the interim committees. Their proposal will within two or three weeks. period, the Council recognizes be submitted to the Faculty The second part of the Sacred Heart Church-Renovated Romanesquc(?) pg.7 the responsibility of the Assembly.