ftye JSufee Cfjronicle Volume 64, Number 44 Duke University, Durham, N.C. Wednesday, November 13, 1968 Students prosecuted for media protest The students who interrupted informed. may appeal to the President. the Symposium panel discussion No date has been set yet for the Appeal will be based "solely on the Monday night will be prosecuted hearing, according to Griffith. The record of the proceedings before under the Pickets and Protest defendants will be "informed as the Hearing Committee." policy. soon as the material is put Procedures for the one Bill Griffith, assistant dean of together," he said. non-academic employee involved, Arts and Sciences and assistant to The formal charges will be sent Jeff Van Pelt, are outlined in the the provost for student affairs, said to the Hearing Committee and a Personal Handbook, according to yesterday he is bringing charges copy of the charges will be sent to the policy. against the eight students and one the defendants, he said. No new Personnel Policy University employee involved. The Hearing Committee, Handbook has been published since They will be the first students to provided for in the policy, the new policy went into effect. be prosecuted under the new consisted of two faculty members, There is presently no written policy policy, which was approved by the one dean and two students. It is for non-academic employees, Board of Trustees in August. appointed by the Execu tive specifically for Picket &. Protest Griffith said he could not release Committee of the Academic violations, according to Richard Photo by Jesse Venable the names of the students being Council. Bindewald, director of personnel. Richard Schickel speaking at Symposium last night prosecuted until they had been Members of the Hearing The grievance procedure would Committee are Kenneth Pye, dean be used, he said, if action were 9 of the Law School and chairman of taken against a non-academic the committee; Hans Hillerbrand of employee because of a violation of 'Kapow panel voices history; Edward Jones of the policy. However, he admitted psychology; Carol Dornseif, that he did not know who would chairman of the Woman's Judicial take the action. Board; and Charlie Williams, "It definitely would not be a concern over media chairman of the Men's Judicial supervisor, he said." Board. The interruption came during By Ed Harrison more colorful and "disruptive" medium itself and the medium's If the Hearing Committee finds the panel discussion in Monday Staff reporter happenings. "The medium is not influence on politics. "I believe that the student defendants guilty, they (Continued on Page 8) "It would be quite hard to the message, but it has a mighty the media are very bad, and I don't follow last night's performance," effect on what the message will know what we're going to do about said Symposium '68 chairman Peter be." it," he said. English in introducing Tuesday Michael Arlen emphasized that Clark foresaw a "new repressive Democrats sweep night's session of KAPOW The television is "intrinsically period" in American life in regard Electric Media. Unlike Monday equipment, a system, an to freedom of communication and night, however, there was no invention." He outlined the reasons individual freedom. He called upon disruption of the program, as for the extraordinarily rapid growth the mass media: "The media will Durham elections Richard Schickel, Michael Arlen, have a major role because their very and Blair Clark discussed their of TV: the increase in national existence may be threatened by By Tom Scrivner George Wallace in the Presidential views of "The Media and Society" marketing, the development of a what I am predicting."_ Durham reporter contest. Richard Nixon, who but in Page Auditorium. commercial method of making David Paletz of the political While the Republican ticket North Carolina's electoral votes "I don't think we can talk about receivers cheaply, and the fact that science department, the program's made unprecedented inroads into into the GOP column for the first the media," said Schickel, the first it started as a mass media with moderator, closed the session with the solid Democratic political time in 40 years, finished third with speaker, "because of the different private support. "a way of looking at media." He tradition of North Carolina, 12,708 votes. psychological sets used in "Commercial television is doing pointed out that "everyone knows Durham county remained a solid Democrat Bob Scott carried approaching the media." He us a great disservice," said Arlen. what's wrong with it,', but noone Democratic bastion as the 1968 Durham County with 22,396 votes concentrated upon television, "It imperfectly displays the life of suggested any solutions. He election results are counted. to 18,811 for Republican Jim "because in comparison to the the nation." He complained of the suggested that there are two sides The secretary of the North Gardner in a bitterly fought contest other media it is an H-bomb, the elevation fo journalists to the rank to mass media, particularly Carolina Democratic Party and for the North Carolina statehouse total weapon." of "semi-preists" of the mass television: "It soothes and resident of Durham, Mrs. E.K. in which Scott emerged the final Schickel discussed the effect of media. revolutionizes." Powe said "Durham's Democratic victor. TV on our thinking: "It is the new The New Yorker critic expressed victory in every race except one opiate of the masses." He said that his concern about the inverse seat on the County Commissioners These results, plus the neck and television affects our buying habits, growth of popular interest in Correction should put Durham in a good neck victory of Nick Galifianakis in because of its emphasis on politics and the lessening of the position of leadership in the state the new Fourth Congressional "consumerism", and also our logic, power of politics to alter the lives The group which and in a very good relationship with District by over 4,000 votes assured because of thousands of rapid of people, compared to that of TV. interrupted Monday night's the national Congress." the primacy of the Democratic images which we receive from it. Arlen concluded optimistically: Symposium panel discussion In a record turnout of over Party in the Durham area. A cusion This emphasis on images, and "Television will adjust it self, by its was not sponsored by the 45,000 voters, which led to long of over 3,800 votes in Durham also slogans, has influenced our own regulation." Southern Student Organizing lines up to three hours long, Hubert County carried Galifianakis to concept of "participatory Blair Clark also focused on Committee as the Chronicle Humphrey gathered 16,433 victory over Fred Steele, and democracy", Schickel said, in the television's effect on our thinking, reported yesterday. Durham County votes to 13,542 returned him to Congress for a way TV news presents only the discussing it from two sides, the for former Alabama governor second term. A heavy black vote elected Asa T. Spaulding, retired president of the North Carolina Mutual Life US may negotiate without Saigon Insurance Co., to the Durham County Board of Commissioners. (C) 1968 N.Y. Times News Servic. He is the first black ever to serve on W A S HIN GTON-Secretary of Saigon government and of seriousness" the shelling of the board and led all vote-getters Defense Clark M. Clifford warned representatives of enemy forces. about 30 South Vietnamese with 20,815 votes. The board will South Vietnamese leaders today At the same time, Clifford put province and district capitals since function for the next two years that unless they agreed soon to Hanoi on public notice to be the bombing cessation. with four Democrats and one participate in Paris peace talks, The careful that its military activities in But in neither set of Republican. United States may feel compelled the South did not jeopardize circumstances, he said, has a In last Tuesday's balloting. to proceed without them. movement toward meaningful talks "pattern" been established Durham County voters The Johnson Administration, he and a continuation of the American indicating that North Vietnam was overwhelmingly passed a $20 said, could properly discuss with bombing halt of North Vietnam. unprepared to live up to the million hospital bond issue, the first North Vietnam "military matters," He characterized recent artillery understanding that it would not passed by Durham voters in two including a de-escalation of the war and rocket firings from the take advantage of the bombing halt years. This was the first hospital and mutual troop withdrawals from demilitarized zone against by abusing the DMZ or shelling the bond to pass in 18 years. South Vietnam, even if the South American and South Vietnamese major cities of the South. At the same time, the Vietnamese government failed to units as a violation of the Paris Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, companion Raleigh-Durham participate. understandings that led to the commander of American forces in Airport bond issue was narrowly In that event, he said at a bombing halt and the scheduling of Vietnam, has informed the Richard NixorTs support of the defeated by 1671 votes in Durham Pentagon news conference, political broadened negotiations. administration that he believes such present administration is seen County, while resoundingly questions would be left for Similarly, Clifford said, the enemy activities to date have not strengthening Johnson's hairi in rejected in Wake County, by almost subsequent discussion between the administration viewed as "a matter (Continued on Page £ dealing with Saigon. 9,000 votes. Page Two __ yhe Duke Chronicle Wednesday, November 15, 1968 Voters want to abolish See the Corbin look in sport jackets and trousers.