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The B-G News Serving a Growing University Since 1920 # Friday, February 16, 1968 Bowling Green State University Volume 52, No. 61 New Housing Policy Set Onceln Dorm, Can't Move Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 By GARY KOVACS application is valid for the entire state assisted schools and stated Staff Writer Academic Year (3 Quarters), or that Kent State University, Ohio University students will find for the remainder of the above University, Miami University and more than the quarter system new school year at the time of appli- Ohio State University all use the to them in September 1968. cation, and that special permission yearly contract procedures to al- Robert G. Rudd, director of must be granted before my re- low for maximum use of resi- housing, announced that students quest can be accepted for any dent facilities. planning to reside In on-campus term(s) short of that period. The contracts will encourage students eligible to live off-cam- housing facilities at the start of I understand also that I will the next school year will be faced pus to make their decisions prior not be permitted to cancel this to the start of the school year. with a new housing policy. application for the purpose of com- Under the current contract Once a student has moved on- muting or moving off campus. By campus he will not be permitted policy a student may sign an ac- signing this application I accept ceptance agreement one semester to move off-campus so long as the financial obligation to Bowl- he Is enrolled. at a tlm». This program allows ing Green State University for students to move off-campus be- The new system should help Academic Year Housing Accom- curb the overslgned occupancy tween semesters and usually modations, or for whatever portion causes an excess of vacancies in which exists at the beginning of of the year remains at the time the year since It would ease the the residence halls. of application." The new resident hall policy demand on fall term residence calls for a yearly housing con- It is hoped that this new plan facilities, said Rudd. tract and contains the following will alleviate the vacancy problem. Fraternity and Sorority houses clause- "I understand that this Mr. Rudd personally visited all will come under the same con- tract requirements stated Rudd. Johnny Marine Stan Gets The yearly contract should help eliminate the vacancies often found In these houses during the spring Council Passes semester. The new acceptance agreement 0 For 3; That's will be an advantage to the stu- dent In that each student will April Viet Week minimize mass moving and will give residence halls more contin- uity in their programs, activities By MJKE KUHLIN tem of only one vice official. The and government. 'Celebrity' Story Editorial Editor executive vice president would University students who must and JIM MARINO preside over Council meetings; student teach away from the Bowl- Asst. Editorial Editor perform the duties of the pres- ing Green area will only be charged for the time that they reside In By ROGER HOLLIDAY ident when he Is unable, succeed- Editor J. Jeffrey Auer, the authority ing him if the office should be the residence halls. on parliamentary procedure, would An individual may change re- Three concerts, three contracts and three cancellations. vacated during a term, and be That was the record of the Celebrity Series for last semester, have wondered what he created adviser to the president concern- sidence halls between quarters if he attended last night's Stu- ing all Council business. with acceptance from the housing as Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, Johnny Mathls and Stan Getz all dent Council meeting. Through a office. cancelled their scheduled visits to be replaced by John Davidson, The president would serve as Louis Armstrong, and Jlmmle Smith. maze of amendments, objections, an ex-offlclo member to the gov- Letters of Information which voting on previous question, re- explain the new plan in detail Having the unenviable position of trying to explain his 100 per erning body, promoting his own cent record, Richard Lenhart, director of Student Activities said discussing amendments after they programs and activities; alllev- will be sent to each student who had been passed, and the like, is presently living on-campus in "Bowling Green Isn't the only school that has cancellations like atlng him from much of the "red this. Marietta, Michigan State and a whole host of schools find them- Council managed to discuss four ( continued on page 6 ) March 1968. constitutional changes, defeat one selves In a similar predicament." The problem, explained Mr. bill and pass two resolutions. Lenhart, lies In the fact that because of the heavy demand for per- Does it sound confusing? It was. formers, contracts have to be signed with the agent of the artist The absence of Bruce Nyeberg, as early as a year ahead of the performance date and a lot can hap- Council's parliamentarian, did not 2 Arrested Here pen In that year. help any. Furthermore there are two clauses in the contract that allow Despite this, however, our stu- the artist to cancel out. One clause gives the artist a 30 to 60 day dent government officials resound- cancellation option and no reason has to be specified. Another con- ingly passed a resolution declar- In Theft Ring tract clause allows the act to cancel up to the day of the perfor- ing April 20 through the 30th mance for reasons of Illness or acts of God. as a time for discussions and In this second case, the agent usually tries to re-book or substi- programs in an all-campus in- A campus-wide theft ring invol- Charged with the breaking and tute an artist. "Things get pretty tight at times," said Lenhart, quiry on the Vietnam War. Pass- ving perhaps as many as nine entry of the Delta Upsllon Fra- "Several years ago opera singer Roberta Peters cancelled the day ing by a 39 to 3 margin, the students was reported broken Wed- ternity House on Feb. 4, Is Theo- before the performance and we couldn't get a replacement. In a case motion, originally thought up by nesday according to Capt. Robert dore Humphrey, 20, of 241 N. like this the ticket holders get a refund. In every cancellation case Students for a Democratic Soc- C. Achtermann, Campus Security Main St., Bowling Green. If con- however, it Is the performer who cancels and not the University." iety (SDS), establishes a Student Investigator. victed Humphrey could face a life Council committee to coordinate Two arrests have already been Imprisonment sentence fo r the the program; and calls for the made. Charged with possession theft which netted an estimated Ella's Coming To Town ruling body to urge campus organ- of stolen goods is Richard M. $1000 In personal property from Ella Fitzgerald will be appearing on October 13 at the the fraternity house. izations and housing units to or- M alien, a student who dropped University, announced Dick Lenhart yesterday. She is the out of the University at the end ganize programs dealing with the Capt. Achtermann stated the ring first performer to be signed for the 1968-69 Celebrity Series topic of the first semester. A stolen gained access to several Univer- Other voting saw the unanimous film projector was found In his sity buildings through the under- approval of establishing a com- home, 1413 Walbrldge Ave., Tole- ground tunnels which house steam mittee to study the prospects of, do. and electrical piping. Places re- The Celebrity Series performers are chosen by a student com- and producing a system of pre- ported struck were the B-G News mittee of the Union Activities Board. They usually pick 15 artists reglstratlon course selection. The office, Life-Sciences Building, U- and then Lenhart and assistant Peter Vail start considering per- bill calls for four students, the nlverslty Hall and several other formers for the following year. academic deans, a representative The No's Had It fraternities. Som? $2500 in stolen The list of 15 Is soon whittled down as It is found that a group or from the registrar, computation- More than 100 students re- goods is still missing, the cap- performer Is out of the price bracket that the University can af- al services and the office of the sponded to the first News' tain said. ford. "An average fee paid by the University," said Lenhart "Is President to work out details. New Opinion Poll. Results Working closely with city pol- between $4-7 thousand dollars a performance and some groups And an attempt to divide the showed: ice, Campus Security recovered today demand more than we can give. "Most of the rock and soul city of Bowling Green Into two —79 per cent voted against much of the stolen merchandise groups like the Supremss, the Four Tops, the Association or Peter precincts, to elect two new com- the question of the U.S.