(tottrrttrut iatlij Qkmjma Serving Storrs Since 1896 VOL. LXXVIII NO. 47 STORRS, CONNECTICUT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1974 5 CENTS OFF CAMPUS DeHaan cites panel with conflict charges By KEN LUCAS housing since the administration Staff Reporter announced the revised policy in Conflict-of-interest charges were mid-September. brought against a University Senate David Ivry, acting director of subcommittee Monday for its academic planning, said DeHaan recommendations regarding the insinuated the senate was selfish and administration's revised policy for lacking in initiative in its report. University-owned housing. In other business, DeHaan said the Richard J. DeHaan, vice president for University will run out of funds finance and administration, charged a allocated for fuel in January. Bills will conflict of interest among two exceed appropriated funds by $500 subcommittee members who wrote the thousand. report because they live in He aaid $600 thousand is available for University-owned housing. possible transfer from the Personal The subcommittee on housing policy Services Appropriation account. A of the Faculty Standards Committee motion was passed to delay debate of a issued a report Monday recommending possible transfer until the next meeting. that "an appropriate University official A report presented by the senate assure present tenants that they will not Growth and Development Committee be forced to leave in June 1975. showed only 13.6 per cent of student The subcommittee also fees paid at University branches return recommended the appointment of an there. Of $605,175 paid in student fees, advisory committee to make an in-depth $82,556 returned to the branches last study of the housing policy for faculty year in equipment, services, and and graduate students. financial aid, according to the report. DeHaan said the report inferred that A motion to provide a long-term goal inequities in the University's housing of a 100 per cent return on student fees policies had come to light only this year. paid at branches was defeated. "Inequities in housing were known long before this summer," DeHaan said, " and this report does nothing to correct Coal miners strike it." DeHaan liberated the report because it may last 2 weeks recommended deferral of action until a new committee is appointed to study WASHINGTON (UPI) Miners housing policies. struck the soft coal industry at midnight Subcommittee member Jcrod Heiss, Monday, beginning a production CRIBBAGE COMPETITION - Residents of Stowe A compete in a partners professor of sociology, said DeHaan was stoppage of at least two weeks that cribbage tournament Monday night seeking a case of Heineken beer for their misinformed because one subcommittee appeared likely to worsen the nation's prize. (Photo by Randy Philippi) member moved out of University economic plight and produce outright hardship for some industries and public services. Negotiations for a new contract to replace the old one that expired at midnight continued through the day Coed living differs with dorm Monday without success, and Arnold Miller, president of the United Mine Workers of America, said it was a By SUE OK.ULA on alternate floors in 19 dorms on women, but "it was nice to see them "virtual certainty" the strike would Staff Reporter campus. around." stretch at least two weeks. Mine owners While living in a small coed dormitory Undergraduate dormitories on operators shared that estimate. leads to less sex-conscious friendships Kim Haflic, a first semester liberal campus can house 4331 men and 4208 The strike, which was foreordained and more interaction between the sexes, arts student living in McMahon, said she women. two weeks ago, will be a day longer for residents living in large coed dormitories liked coed living. She said most each day without a settlement. UMW have little contact with the opposite sex, A fourth semester liberal arts student relationships between men and women constitutional rules require contract according to several students living in in McMahon Hall said the men and were of a brother-sister nature, although coed dormitories this semester. women do not make many friendships she knew of some sexual relationships ratification - a 10 day to two-week Men and women live on the same with members of the opposite sex in the among residents. Living in a coed dorm process — before work can be resumed. floors in alternate rooms in the dormitory, unless one particular floor as a freshman does not bother her, she Government officials kept close Intentional Democratic Community starts to socialize with another. said. watch as talks continued but (IDC), formerly Rogers A and B, while He said he and others livign on his A third semester physical therapy intervention seemed unlikely so long as about 1228 women and 1083 men live floor did not know many McMahon Continued to Page 3 there appeared to be progress. Sexes split over textbook revision By DEBORAH EISENBERG McGraw-Hill is making, but said one "wholeheartedly approves" of the eliminating sexist biases. Assistant News Editor single chapter, book, or publishing textbook changes. According to Marncy Collins, a Professional views on the impact company cannot change traditional She said children especially are teaching assistant in the English of eliminating sexist assumptions sex role images. sensitive to implications in writing department who has taught Women from textbooks seem to differ along Changes in socialization within the and diagrams. Hochreich said the in Literature for the last three sexual lines. classroom and at home, and changes potential impact of the restyled texts semesters, said the restyling of texts McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., a in the media are needed to reshape is great if accompanied by changes in will dissolve sexist role connotations. leading New York publishing house, attitudes, according to McEwen. teaching methods. recently revised textbook guidelines McEwen said he and Gerhard John Breen, associate professor of She said impact will be greatest in to present equal treatment of the Hanneman of the University of journalism, said eliminating words in courses such as economics where sexes in its publications. Southern California, co-editors of texts will not eliminate sexism. texts depict women as "housewives The guidelines are aimed at Communication and Behavior Breen said he approves of the buying four pounds of peas." encouraging a greater freedom of attempted to do what McGraw-Hill is textbook revisions on the basis of Sociology Professor Seymour thinking for all individuals doing. He said they reworded certain what it will do to language in general. Warkov said McGraw-Hill's guidelines concerning personal interests and portions of their book, a required According to Breen, the abolishing of for equal treatment of the sexes are career opportunities. text for the Introduction to phrases such as "sweet young thing," not an independent development. He Assistant Speech Prof. William Communications course,to change and "better half" will force writers to said the elimination of stereotype McEwen said Monday book implied or explicit references to come up with more telling references are part of a larger set of companies generally reflect rather traditional sex roles. descriptions of individuals. social developments evident in the than generate attitude changes. He Dorothy Hochceich, assistant He said a change in attitudes rather feminist movement and the said he favors the attempts psychology professor, said she than word changes are crucial to mass-media. ^-OPINION for their criminal actions that prosecution was Richard Nixon has been implicated for his started against them. authorizing hush money and cover-up of Crime and punishment Sure, the Ohio Guardsmen were poorly evidence in the Watergate burglary. He trained and frightened that rock-toting received full pardon from his successor after There seems to be a clear, new legal students might pelt them with rocks and leaving office in disgrace because he was precedent being set in 1974. Crimes, from other injurious objects. But they had loaded President and not just an ordinary citizen. burglary to murder, committed on behalf of weapons to volley, not rocks. When they We know that Nixon has had severe the state will be forgiven. pulled their triggers, they knew what the emotional problems since vacating his office. In one day last week, we saw two sets of ramifications would be. They were dupes of He suffered the embarrassment that any other murders, one committed on behalf of the the state — one group of young men sent to person in his situation and status would. But state of Ohio and the other on behalf of the fight a group of students. Nixon did what he thought was right for the U.S. Army, either forgiven or treated as We are aware that Calley's company in nation. He was acting to protect national gentleman's crimes. We have also seen Vietnam was wary of the Vietnamese and the security, not just the Republican Party. burglary and perjury pardoned when Viet Cong amongst them in particular for the Why are these men treated differently? It committed on behalf of the Executive branch horror and dread of any soldier — ambush. appears that a new standard is being set up. of our national government. Other Americans killed other apparently No matter how evil an action, if it is Eight Ohio National Guardsmen who were innocent civilians in that war. But Lieutenant committed on behalf of the state, it will be among a group that shot and killed four Calley's excessive actions were quickly forgiven in time. student demonstrators at Kent State pointed out to superiors and to the press and Let's hope that our system of justice is University in 1970 were believed by the U.S. he was tried and convicted by a military reexamined so that crime and punishment will Justice Department to be responsible enough tribunal of mass murder and imprisoned.