vol. xcm, No. 6 ALLEGHENY COLLEGE CAMPUS April 25, 1969 Faculty Proposal Outlined at Forum ASG President Paul Bielo- be placed in a pool. Those who capable of serving on any of wicz presented the proposal for have been placed in the pool them. The ASG president and the placement of students on fac- then express preference for com- his cabinet will then select from ulty committees, which was re- mittees; however, thev should be the pool those to be appointed cently passed by the faculty, to to particular committees. Ap- the students during this week's DORM POLICY pointees will be subject to two- Wednesday Forum. thirds vote of approval by the ASG. This was the first detailed The committees will be made presentation of the proposal to up of one-third seniors, one-third students. Under the new plan, DRAFTED juniors and one-third sopho- mores. Sophomores will be ap- students and faculty will have an After several closed meetings equal number of representatives pointed for a one year term, and an ad hoc committee made up juniors for two years. Sopho- on all committees, excluding Stu- of students, faculty, and adminis- dent Aid. This will replace the mores may, after a year's ser- tration has drawn up a propo- vice, be reappointed for two more old policy, under which students sal to eliminate women's hours were not represented on any com- years. The new committees will and one to establish regular in- go into effect starting next year. mittee. tervisitation in dormitories. Each department will be used In other ASG developments, the Although members of the com- positions on the Residence Af- as a base for drawing students mittee refused to comment on in order to obtain a wide variety fairs Committee were filled at any of the proceedings, the pro- the weekly meeting. This com- of members. Undeclared majors posal will be presented to Presi- and freshmen will be also eligible. mittee, to be known as the RAC, dent Pelletier this Friday. The will set the residence policy to Four representatives from each President will, in turn, present academic major will be chosen be enforced by the RAB. The this, plus his recommendations, members and their respective from among all majors in that to the trustees on May third. department and these names will constituencies are: Steve Mac- If accepted, the proposal will Arthur, fraternity men; Ginnie go into effect on a trial basis. Rae Rosvold, sorority women; At the end of second term next Stu Bretschneider, independent Yarbrough year the entire sy&tem will come men; Steve Rossman, freshman up for review. At this time a men; Chris Anders, freshman series of referendums, open women. The position of indepen- meetings, and reports from RA's d«-.,t we-nen's representative was to Give Concert will be used as criterion for re- without nominations and will be Versatile Glenn Yarbrough, vision as deemed necessary. filled later. whose repertoire contains works by Phil Ochs, Paul Simon, Peter Boyd and Rod McKuen, will be Touring Production to Play at the David Mead Field House on Friday, April 25 at 8:30 pm. this year. It will star Morris Car- During Yarbrough's current Meadville nosky and an internationally famous tour he has been acclaimed by "Lamp at Midnight," Barrie cast. The production will play an both audiences and critics. He Stavis' compelling drama about the 18-week one- nighter tour across is backed by two instrumental- 17th Century Italian Astronomer the United States prior to its ists who help emphasize his wide Galileo, will appear at the Meadville Broadway premiere. voice range and add depth to his Area Senior High School Auditorium "Lamp at Midnight" was present- performance. on Monday evening, May 5 at 8:00 ed in London by the Old Vic Com- pany several seasons ago with Peter Tickets are on sale at the C.U. p.m. O'Toole heading a superb cast of Desk and at the door for the The play will be staged by Sir PRODUCTION, concert. Prices: $2.00 for stu- Tyrone Guthrie, a noted director CONT. dents and $2.50 for non-students. who lectured at Allegheny earlier page 2 The CAMPUS is going to revive a long-dormant practice--the editorial board. The non-violent "revolution" in Allegheny's social and academic policy of the past several weeks has brought forth many editorials from varied editors. In order to take advantage of their collective comments and ideas, we have instituted a board of eight members — editor, managing editor, news editors, feature editor, E dltor Les Zlsklnd sports editor, copy editor, and production editor — which will be re- Managing Ed. Warren Kaplan sponsible for editorials. News JohnTaylor, Roger Klotz The board will have periodic, confidential meetings at which they Features Jan Slusmon will discuss possible subjects for editorials. After debate, the matter Sports Dale Radclltfe will come to a vote. A consensus of five concurring opinions will de- Copy Paul Gleason fine the editorial position on that issue. If a meeting can not be ar- Composition Dawn Vrooman ranged, a proposal with six signatures of the members of the board Diane Sutter will be considered the editorial opinion for that edition. Ruth Irvin On a staff which represents almost every shade of the social-poli- Production .....Jim Cowden tical spectrum, dissent will inevitably occur. Provision will be made Business Mgr Kathy Jason for this by allowing those in the minority on a particular vote (inclu- Photography Jim Castle ding the editor-in-chief) to express their views in the paper, usually Advertising. -Ken Heckart through an opinion column. We feel that the editorial board produced an active and socially conscious editorial policy several years ago. It can and should fufill that same purpose now. Retraction There were two mistakes In the article regarding the Student-Facul- Harvard, Berkeley, and San Francisco State may be **where the ac- ty Committees Proposal in Monday's tion is" but, in academic matters at least, Allegheny is increasingly paper. The article stated that stu- where the action is at. The passage of the new Judicial Policy ana the dents would have membership on inclusion of students as full voting members on College standing com- the Student Aid committee. This' mittees are reflections of an admirable and exciting new attitude among is not so. This committee deals students and faculty alike. with a large volume of confidential There seems to be a new spirit and interest emerging on campus -- information regarding parents' in- a real desire for community and responsibility on the part of students come, which is to be used by pro- and a desire to learn from students and accept them as young but en- fessionals only. It was also report- thusiastic intellectual peers on the part of faculty. The traditional ed that students would not have pedagogical- authoritarian relationship is definitely on the wane. equal representation on some While we admire the courage and determination of student rebels committees. This is not so. Stu- all over the nation who have occupied buildings and called strikes In dents will have equal representa- the face of reactionary administration, trustees and public officials, tion with faculty on all commit- and while we regard their actions as right and appropriate in those tees' with the obvious exceptilon circumstances, we feel especially proud and privileged to be at a col- noted above. lege whose faculty and student body are quickly developing a mutual respect and ways of working cooperatively to create an exciting edu- cational environment. One remaining irritation, however, can not be ignored. While stu- dents help decide academic policy, judge their own peers on a student Pre-registration for the 1969- judicial board, participate in an academic honor system and take on 1970 academic year will begin numerous other adult responsibilities , the embarrassing and de- May 7 for next year's seniors. meaning maze of social regulations stillhangsover their lives. All other students may begin The administration and trustees of this college are only harming pre-registration May 10. Packets the school by continuing these obscenities. They should realize that and directions may be picked social restrictions are one of the major remaining factors which up at the Registrar's Office stifle the growing sense of community; many students are so alien- from 10 a.m. until noon and ated by these limitations and their enforcement that they shut them- from l;30 p.m. until 4 p.m. selves off from meaningful participation in the growth and develop- All pre-registration must be ment of the College. completed by May 28 or a At any rate, we of the Campus wish to congratulate the faculty for ten-dollar fine will be imposed. extending its hand to the student body in a spirit of friendship and e- quality. We recognize the heavy responsibilities Inherent in these privileges and intend to fulfill them, to the benefit of all. page 3 LETTERS TO Forum EDITORJ To the Editor; at least, is worthy of criticism. ing to resolve certain problems. I would like to make several In view of the continued problems It failed, however, to show the comments in reference to your on the campus—Columbia again types, range, and extent of the recent article concerning last this week--I feel some comments problems very completely. But week's Wednesday Forum. on the CBS special "Turmoil more importantly, it appeared to The article began-- "Antici- on the Campus", which was many students that CBS was at- pating a discussion on drug use, broadcast on Tuesday, April 15, tempting to simplify or gloss over most every head on campus are necessary.