(ffrmttprttntt !a% Campus Serving Storrs Since 1896 VOL. LXXI NO. 70 STORRS, CONNECTICUT TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1974 5 CENTS OFF CAMPUS Inouye cancels I UConn speech; Moffett to talk By DEAN REDFERN U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, 1)-H.iw.ni. a member of the Watergate committee, has canceled his speech which was scheduled for Wednesday night at Albert N.Jorgensen auditorium (ANJ). as part of the "Metanoia" day of reflection on the Watergate scandals. Toby Moffett, who recently submitted his resignation as director of the Connecticut Citizens Action Group (CCAG) will be the substitute guest speaker Wednesday night at the ANJ, according to Bart Russell, chairman of the Federation of Students and Service Organizations. Inouye's secretary, said Monday night the senator "felt a strong Who parked that trailer? According to a University spokesman, the trailer, belonging to the Anderson Fairoaks Construction obligation" to attend President Nixon's Company blew over on its roof at 6:08 p.m. Sunday. No damages or injuries were reported. (Photo by Wes Thouin) State of the Union Message Wednesday night. She said Inouye arranged the speech at UConn before Nixon announced he would present his State of the Union message on Wednesday. Lougee confronted in tenure case David Schumacher, an American Broadcasting Co. television news By DEBORAH EISENBERG could influence the dean's council's and support for Tony by blacks and commentator, and Andrew Pulley, a vice Student representatives of three decision concerning this Puerto Ricans." presidential candidate of the Socialist University interest groups presented reappointment." Karen Chapedelaine, a sixth Workers Party in 1972 are scheduled to Robert W. Lougee, dean of the college All tenure cases are considered by semester student who presented the SDS give speeches on the Nixon of liberal arts and sciences, Monday the Dean's Council following the petition to Lougee, read, "The administration's scandals along with morning with petitions protesting recommendations of the departments' anti-racist movement on campus is Moffett at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the ANJ Acting Department Head Jean Aigner's heads. under attack in the attempt to fire auditorium. recommendation that Anthony Kroch Lougee, president of the Dean's Kroch." Moffett submitted his resignation be dismissed. Council, said he forms his own decisions Chuck Landau, an eighth semester four days ago as director of CCAG Kroch was recommended for based on the departments' anthropology major and a former effective Feb. 15. reappointment in a 6-2 decision in recommendations and his own council's student in Kroch's course, "Mythology Moffett was director of youth December by the Tenure Committee of conclusions and then submits his own in its Social Context," said he was services in the U.S. Department of the Anthropology Department. Aigner, findings to the central administrative surprised when he read that Aigner Health Education and Welfare until who then makes recommendations upon committee. considered Kroch's teaching record 1969 when he resigned in protest to the the Tenure Committee's decisions, He said this committee reports its under par. Landau said, "As a student I American invasion of Cambodia.Moffett opposed Kroch's reappointment. own findings to UConn President Glenn know that when I judge him with other then became an aid to Sen. Walter F. Among the 15 students attending W. Ferguson. Ferguson finally presents social science teachers, I know I highly Mondale, D-Minn. the 11 a.m. open session were members his recommendations to the Board of regard him." A panel discussion on impeachment of the anthropology club, black and trustees at their March meeting. In At the close of the meeting Lougee proceedings will be held at the ANJ Puerto Rican students, and presenting his petition to Lougee, told the group, "I assure you that the auditorium at 3 p.m. by Robert Bard of representatives of the Students for a Carlson Montgomery, representing black material presented at this meeting will the Yale Law School, Gerald Sazama, Democratic Scoiety (SDS). and Puerto Rican minority students, be sent to the Dean's Council." UConn associate professor of Richard Stephani, an eighth said he feels the issue hits closer to his Asked as to what recommendation Economics; and three professors from semester liberal arts student, speaking group than others. he will make to the Dean's Council in the UConn law school. for the anthropology club, said the Montgomery said, "This issue is a regard to the reappointment of Kroch, A panel discussion on the Sociology purpose of the meeting was to "present direct threat to us. Not only to us, but Lougee said, following the session, "1 of Watergate and Related Issues will be the petitions on behalf of the to our parents and members of our am in no position to comment. I have held at 10 a.m. in the Student Union reappointment of Tony Kroch to the communities. There is a lot of interest not completed my study of the case." Ballroom. dean." In a Jan. 23 letter to the Federation of Students and Service Organizations (FSSO), Christina Smith, president of the anthropology club, wrote, "Mr. Minorities criticize hiring plan Kroch feds that the reasons for not recommending his reappointment are politic in nature. That is, Mr. Kroch is By MARK FRANKLIN Hagan said by showing surpluses in president for financial affairs, dean of an active participant in the struggle The University's new Affirmative some areas, the administration "implies the School of Business Administration, against racism on campus. He is a Action Plan (AAP) has been criticized they don't have to catch up in some dean of the Graduate school, and member of the committee against racism by two UConn minority studetU other areas." candidates in the department of political and the progressive labor party." organizations for allegedly using Hagan also said the AAP statistics science and the division of student The lettCT called upon the FSSO "to incomplete and obsolete data. are based on statistics compiled affairs. undertake an investigation concerning The statistical portion, released nationally from 1964 to 1968. He The only success Diaz has had so far the possible political reasons which Thursday, documents the labor pool claimed the statistics make no in her placement program was placing departments will use to set quotas for adjustments for an increased pool of Julia Ramos-McKay, a counselor, into a Nixon to speak on hiring women and minority group minority and women professionals. part time position in the counseling and personnel. Members of the Puerto Rican Testing Center. Ramos-McKay was hired Watergate affair Willie Hagan, a graduate student Student Movement (PRSM), also on the basis of a PRSM resume , Diaz CAMP DAVID . MD. (UPI) - and chairman of the Kitty Hawk Group, criticizing the statistics said they have said. President Nixon will discuss the said Monday that UConn should set found there are Puerto Rican William C. OIT, associate provost Watergate Scandal in general terms broad goals for hiring minority and professionals with doctorate degrees in said the statistics were compiled by when he delivers his State of the Union women personnel rather than have the New England available for positions at Dorothy Goodwin, assistant provost, on Address to Congress. departments set their own quotas in UConn. the basis of data from the U.S. In his fifth day of declusion today, hiring. The AAP states, "We have no data Department of Health, Education and Nixon was working on the final drafting Under the proposed AAP the on awards of doctorates to Puerto Welfare (HEW). of the half hour speech which will be departments set their own goals based Ricans." Hagan described the latest version of delivered (at 9 p.m. EDT) Wednesday. on approval by Bert Wilson, UConn Connie Diaz, an eighth semester the AAP as "worse than the very first Presidential aides consider it one of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) liberal arts student and chairman of the two things rejected by HEW." UConn is Nixon's most important messages since officer. PRSM supportive services committee, working on a new AAP, after an AAP it will be delivered to members of The statistical portion included cases said she has pcrsonnally recruited at submitted to HEW last year was Congress who later may weigh his where there were surpluses of women least 10 qualified Puerto Rican rejected. impeachment. It was the first time and minority personnel in some candidates from the New England area Wilson confirmed Monday night that Nixon has made a personal appearnace departments, such as at the branches. to fill UConn vacancies. the people who worked on the latest since June 1, 1972 when he returned Hagan said the "language is absurd to She said she submitted resumes of draft of the AAP were the same who from Moscow. imply that UConn has surpluses." Puerto Rican candidates for vice drafted the rejected AAP. OPINION we are concerned here with one of her showing of such films on state property, The bare facts particular interests - her interest in freedom UConn would be ideal for such a promotion. of expression. Besides, students could see it here at a We are distressed to learn that the price far less than anywhere else. University Administration recently rejected a And what about the interest of students? We are not saying every student has the promotional effort by a group of students to Let's face it, UConn today simply is not the latent desire to see Linda Lovelace and her show the film "Deep Throat" on campus. prototype for out-of-the-ordinary happenings. antics. We are simply saying that the Ostensibly, the Administration acted in It's a sad commentary on the state of our University should at least make the the interest of preserving a sense of decency social awareness when it takes an ice storm to opportunity available.