n ' COLLEGE LIBRARY' RECEIVED THE TRINITY JAN a 0,1973 -"in i YT\T TUESDAY JANUARY 30, 1973 TRINITY COLLEGE HARTFORD, CONN. VOLUME LXX1, ISSUE 16 Announcers Strike WRTC Black announcers at WRTC, the campus (TCB's statement is re-printed in its radio station, have begun a strike against entirety on this page.) the station over the question of who will The letter also protested the "un- decide on programming "black experience" compromising decision" of the station shows. managers in blocking out program time for Reginald Martin, an announcer for the announcers who do music, talk, and public station and chairman -of the Trinity affair shows relating to the black ex- Coalition of Blacks (TCB), said, "WRTC perience-jazz, for example. will not be on the air either until this thing is Martin said the letter grew out of con- settled." He said the announcers had "legal versations between "individual announcers methods" of stopping the station from who happen to be black" and represen- broadcasting--but he would not say what the tatives of the station Sunday night. group had in mind. Martin, who does a radio show each week, He said he expected some sort of set- said the black announcers at the station had tlement of the dispute by the middle of next worked out an agreement last semester with week. Kevin Gracey, then station manager of Meanwhile, in a letter to the editor today, WRTC, and Timothy Tilson, program signed "Trinity Coalition of Blacks," TCB director, under which black announcers got accused the management of the station with a block of 22 hours each week to program as trying "to deny the development of creative they wished. He said this arrangement had and legitimate programming geared to the worked out well. Black community of Greater Hartford." (Continued on P. 3) t mwwmm& ~ , ^.« „ ^)fi& Photo by Alex Trocker WRTC's directors (from the left, Charles Ward, station manager, Timothy Tillson, program director, and Ridge Evers, director of development) sit in the radio station's studios. Black announcers are on strike at the station because the three Tripod Policy allegedly want to deny blacks the chance to program their own shows. The directors say the black announcers misunderstood We want to make it clear that the TRIPOD has an editorial com- their position. mitment to give all interested parties a chance to respond to allegations made against them by others. In the case of WRTC and TCB, we received TCB's letter to the editor on a Sunday night. Because of the allegations made in it, we revealed the charges to WRTC's board of directors and asked them for some background and any comments they might have. TCB Statement Having received a statement from WRTC we told what they had to say r to TCB spokesmen-which we thought was only fair. To the Editor: ' We learned, however, that TCB had not wanted us to reveal the letter to We the Trinity Coalition of Blacks recognize the move of the WRTC anyone until today and felt that we had violated a trust in revealing the managing staff, specifically Chuck Ward, Tim Tillson and their advising content of the letter prematurely. And because no one was supposed to cohort Ridge Evers, as being instrumental in the continuing attempt to know what they had said yet, they requested that we should not run deny the development of creative and legitimate programming geared to WRTC's reply. the Black community of Greater Hartford. We protest their un- Given the extraordinary nature of the situation and willing to concede compromising decision and will not allow such to stand!!! that in this case we may have been indiscrete, we decided not to run The eradication of Black Programming is stifling the creative ex- WRTC's statement at this time. We can assure our readers, however, that pression of Black people on this campus. We recognize their refusal to a full exposition of the station's position, as explained to us with regard to acknowledge the request of the people for more relevant programming as the meeting between station representatives and black announcers one of many attempts to deny any and all efforts by Black people for Sunday night, is included. adequate Black programming. The decision was not an easy one for the editorial board to come to and t This exemplifies the inherent injustice in the handling of policy making we wish to apologize to WRTC for the action. We will run their full procedures in the communication media on a national level, i.e. the at- reaction to TCB's statement next Tuesday. tempted extermination of Black Journal and other relevant programs. As For the future, however, no group or individual may assume that a a body we acknowledge this is a part of the struggle with other brothers letter to the editor, which is to appear in print, will be kept confidential if and sisters to maintain a voice within this institution of an oppressive it contains charges or allegations of such import as to require a full public society. On thatnote we will not allow outselves to be muted. debate. Trinity Coalition of Blacks Outlines Of The Vietnam Truce A cease-fire throughout North and' South may stay. North Vietnamese troops can stay • An international commission from commission within 60 days. Vietnam went into effect on January 25 at 7 in the South, but there can be no troop Canada, Hungary, Indonesia, and Poland, is The U.S. and North Vietnamese agreed to p.m. There was heavy fighting between the replacements. No deadline has been set for to supervise the release of prisoners, troop respect "the South Vietnamese people's two sides preceding the truce, the withdrawal of foreign troops from Laos withdrawals, elections, and other aspects of right to self determination." The present Henry Kissinger, the principle, American and Cambodia. the agreement. government of President Nguyen Van Thieu negotiator, said he expected a cease-fire in The Pentagon also began receiving a list A joint military commission, with forces will remain in office, pending an election. Laos soon. - of American prisoners from the Vietnamese from the United States, South Vietnam, the Although no date has been set for the The United States began removing or de- Communists in Paris, Saturday. The names National Liberation Front and North Viet- election, it will be supervised by a National activating mines on the Vietnam coast will be made public after the families have nam, is to conduct preliminary in- Council of National Reconciliation and Saturday. been notified. All of the prisoners will be vestigations of violations and report to the Concord, consisting of members from the All Americans involved in combat must released at intervals of 15 days each, during international commission. The U.S. and South Vietnamese Government, com- leave within 60 days of the signing, except a 60 days period. North Vietnam will withdraw from the joint munists, and neutralists. for economic advisers and technicians who Draft Ends Tripod Hearing Today The Student Activities Committee (SAC) events and to find out how to get more The military draft is over announced airmen, and marines. The use of the draft will hold a hearing today on a complaint coverage. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, Saturday. has ended." from the Mather Hall Board of Governors Luxembourg said that MHBOG will According to the New York Times this will Men born in 1953 and after will not be (MHBOG) that the Tripod has failed to give provide more free events but "If students, allow President Nixon to achieve his goal of subject to the draft said the New York them proper coverage. don't know about them, they won't go." an all volunteer military force six months Times. The same applies to men born before The immediate cause of • the MHBOG As an example, Luxembourg pointed out ahead of the June 30 deadline. 1953 who have not yet been drafted. complaint was the Tripod's failure to in- that Bill Baird, a national figure in the Laird said,"With the signing of the peace Congress mandated that Reserves and clude more than a sentence in last week's movement to legalize abortion, received no agreement in Paris today, and after National Guardsmen must be called up issue aboutthe David Buskin free concert at publicity in the Tripod and only 75 people receiving a report from the Secretary of the before the draft can be reinstated. Men will the Washington Room, according to Norman came to see him last semester. I Army that he foresees no need for further still be required to register when they turn Luxembourg '75, MHBOG chairman. "It's frustrating to put together a good inductions, I wish to inform you that the 18, and will be assigned lottery numbers Luxembourg said that the purpose of the show and then have nobody show upt" armed forces henceforth will depend ex- based on their birthdays, said the New York complaint was to find out why the Tripod Said Tripod editor Matt Moloshok, "I clusively on volunteer soldiers, sailors, Times. was not giving advance coverage to their agree." "I: I Page 2, THE TRIPOD, January 30, 1973 Viewpoints On LBJ Perspective The Symbols of Manhood By Michelle Toomey According to Theodore Sorenson in these voices the most respected and allowed to seem too high. What was of war while the peace he so desired was Decision Making In the White House, worthy of confidence? To answer that human life compared to the need to prove being proclaimed. Twenty-one gun "the only way to assure good presidential we might ponder our traditions and and maintain manly valor and superior salutes, military bands, a flag-draped decisions is to elect and support good myths.