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MAY J. ·• -· ...., The -eULS Vol. Lll CINCINNATI, OHIO, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1968 TEN CENTS NQ.24 BOARD TO SE·E PROPOSAL .... - _ .:·->·'Students Push for ROTC Statement By MIKE HENSON, News Managing Editor The Voluntary ROTC Proposal is now being offl- concerning the proposal; we hope cially considered. At press time, Wednesday, May 8, that this statement will come by the twenty-first of this month. If we the proposal was to go before the Academic Council. hear nothing by that date, SDS ·~ !.·:'";~ r On Wednesday, May 15, it will go before the Board with other groups will organize a :1fiilt~r.~ substantial rally and demonstra- n:~?:~;: of T.rustees for final consideration. -;:t· tion in which all students and The Academic Council will con­ pressure for a definitive word on faculty members can show their sider problems of pass-fail and the question. concern for the need for a complete voluntary program." accrctidation, and present recom­ Some students had considered mendations to the Board of using the annual President's Review The SDS statements never saw the light of day, however. They Trustees. The Reserve Officer on May 3, as the occasion for a had been placed in every class­ Training Corps contract with the demonstration of student opinioq. gov~rnmcnt is signed by the Board; Jim Hickey, Students for a room in Alter Hall by SDS mem­ bers, then taken down by an thus they set the policy. Democratic Society spokesman and unidentified person or persons. "I Their options are several: They one of the organizers of the demon­ got up at 6:30 to put up the state­ can approve the recommendations stration, said that it had been called A sure sign of ElectionsWeekistheentrance to Alter Hall, a popular made by the Academic Council; off because a large amount of the ments," said Hickey," and when spot for the plethora of signs pushing the several candidates for office. They can veto the proposal alto­ support for the demonstration I got to my 8:30 class, someone gether; They can ask for a longer would have been involved in the had torn them down." investigation. As to which way they review, and because the occasion Linus Bicliauskas, chairman of SC Elections End Today will actually turn, "I frankly do was inappropriate. An SDS state- the Student Council Voluntary not know," reports Fr. Paul L. ment that went out explained, "Our ROTC Committee, greeted the pro­ Voting for this year's Student President of Student Body, have O'Connor, President of the Uni­ organization feels that any demon- . posed demonstration as "a rational Council elections ends officially to­ had a busy week of campaigning versity. "In talking to some of stration against President's Review move on their part. I was very would be ill-timed, since the Volun- happy they made it However, in day at 3:00p.m. around campus. The election them, it doesn't seem that they're promises to be a tight race. one way or another." tary ROTC proposal is now before talking to Fr. O'Connor~, I don't The votes will be counted by • the Academic Board. Fr. O'Connor think the statement will be ready Consideration of the- proposal hand in Alter 207 immediately While there will be no official has promised a definite statement by the twenty-first." following the closing of the voting press conference announcement of is faced with rising student booths. All the candidates and any the winuers once the votes have other interested students are invited been counted, Randy Freese, Chair­ to attend the vote-eounting man of the Elections Committee, proceedings. will announce the winning can­ STUDENT DISCOUNT IN EFFECT didates via Dyers distributed in The two tickets of White­ By CHUCK TREISTER. · the cafeteria. More Dyers will be Bieliaukas and Beaupre-Gay, distributed on 'Monday. candidates for President and Vice- 17,000 Student Discount books will be distributed Merchants who do take part in to the.students of Xavier, U.C., O.L.C., The Mount, the program will receive publicity and Vdla Madonna on next Monday, May 13th. from the schools using the discount ASN Report On Way Under an agreement with 114 program wiD receive a Student Dis­ books, by means of the campus participating merchants, discounts count booklet listing the names radio stations, campus newspap­ By JIM ARANDA, Editor-in-Chief will be allowed to students who and addresses of the merchants ers, leaflets, posters, and ads in local newspapers as well as feature present their official college J.D.'s. participating and explaining the The Alpha Sigma Nu The task of gathering materials to the participating stores. The.dis- program and the type of discount articles. and opinions and then putting the· Annual Report to the Pres- counts will vary withtheindividual. offered, which varies from 5 'to The program has the complete ident will assume new result in writing is being handled merchant. 25* at difl'erent stores. backing of the student councils of scope and depth this year. by a. Cent~al Cordina~ng the five schools who have also Comm1ttee, cha1red by sen1or Ray Blush, the Student Cour1Cil The program will run ori a trial agreed to encourage members of Denny Meeker and staffed by senior representative or the sophomore basis from May 1, 1968 to Septem­ While past reports have tended the student bodies to patronize the Robert Thesing, ASN President, class, has worked hard to put the ber 30, 1968. Next year it is the to be narrow in scope and brief and junior Paul Ebacher. committee's intention to bring into merchants and other establish­ in content, generally focusing on program together, along with the program U.K. Northern exten­ ments participating in the program: one or two main issues, this year's John Harmon of U.C., Nicki Cas­ barro from O.L.C., Tom Holley sion and Ohio College of Applied ~eport will cover almost every "1'he t • d' of Villa Madonna, and CarmiGer­ Science. aspect of university life from tlie repor IS procee mg Listed below are the merchants parking facilities to coeducation. smoothly at this point," said aci of the Mount. Ray, comment­ ing on the program had this to participating in the- New Student The investigation is broken down Meeker earlier in the week. "With Discount Program: into six categories: the University a little bit of luck, .we should have say: "Under this program, full­ profile, University goverrunent, the. the report on the President's desk time, undergraduate students at­ Ace Camera curriculum, student life, student early next week. tending one of the above schools Adams Shop, Inc. services, and the university and the can purchase merchandise from Albert's Men's Shop community. businesses in the Cincinnati area Andy Soellner Plumbing Co. at reduced rates". Arthur Murray Dancing School The students participating in the Artway Cleaners Bahama Cleaners Baum Pharmacy Ben's Dept. Store Berconi's Pizza Muskies Man Freedom Schools Besse Pharmacy, Inc. By DENNIS REPENNING, News Reporter Bohrer Brothers Burtschy Flowers Answering the call for personnel to teach in Free­ The black students asked for the Canter Apparel Shop dom Schools in the Cincinnati area, some thirty-five classes. gven though the boycotters Charles Wiebell Jewelers faculty and student body members of the Xavier aren't actually in school, at least College Dry Cleaners community joined forces with other concerned com­ we are providing them with the Crest Cleaners l!lunity members to teach in this temporary school opportunity to learn something." Charles Butschy Flowers Sophomore Larry Krauss felt that Crosstown Bookstore system._ the "spontaneity of the boycott Dales Shoes '!'he Freedom Schools, institpted provide some of the needed man­ made perfect organization of the Ray Blush, Student Council Dave Edwards l''lorist by the The Black Student Union power for teaching in the Freedom Freedom Schools an impossibility; Representative, prepares for stu- Did You Remember l<'lowers but the schools did accomplish UlC and the Avondale Community Schools. AI, assisted by George dent discount orders. Delhi Auto Wash Council, were set up to provide l~der and John Hussell, recruited desired task." Delhi Comet Service Station compensation for the classes that at least thirty students, including And one Xavier sophomore The day-hops should benefit Delhi Paint Store the boycotting students had missed. 10 members of the Afio-Americ~n appeared to sum up a majority greatly by the program, for they Dclfair Bowling Lanes A community leader and former , and seven faculty members concensus by saying, "It is un­ will have complete use of the stu­ Dcnigan Florist English instructor here, Fr. James to participate in thetcachingduties. fortunate for all concerned that the dents discount throughout thesum­ Diehl's Floral Shop Bowen,S .• J:, contacted 1\l Gay, J•:cler pointed out that "the Cincinnati newspapers did not mcr. It will be their job this Dorland Fern Florist chairman of tlte· Community He­ purpose of the l?reedom Schools is provide objective coverage of any summer to patronize these mer­ continued, lations Coordinating Committee, in to provide classes so the students one of the many facets of this chants and to start the program off page ' order that the University might won't fall behind in their studies.