Tuesday, March 24, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine ,I;k, N '' ; A FACULTY COMMITMENT: Tues., March 24 and Wed., March 25 T-bA 1 m THE DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES PRES El Retablo de lay Maravi by MIQUEL DE CERVANTES (a one act farce by the author of Don Quijote) AND El Triciclo by FERNANDO ARRABAL (from the theater of the absurd) SP.M. Lydia Mendelssohn Them TICKETS: $2.00, $1.50 at Lydia Mendelssohn ticket office SENTS A I Si h1as Continued from Page 1) x University has far to go . . . in the support and retention of black students." Their statement urged Univer- sity-wide support of the strike "as a call for the University as a ' whole to do more than it has" in implementing the black de- mands. The Social Work Students' ter ;Union and the Concerned Stu- dents in Social Work supported a resolution stating they "back ful- ly the demands of BAM by calling for participation of all students - --- in social work in the strike of classes."~ They said striking should in- elude not attending classes, not using the library, not turning in papers, and not going to field placement, which is a part of the social work school's curriculum. rike support grows -W T Up to 50k attendance dro due to strike called byL ELECT The employes of the social work school's library, a group of student counsellors, and the West Indian students' group all issued state- ments expressing support of the BAM demands and the strike. "We feel that BAM is involved in a struggle necessary for the survival of the black people in this country and is an integral part of the universal struggle to op- pose white oppression," the West Jndian students stated. In its leaflet distributed yester- day, Radical-College stated the Re- gents' response to the BAM de- mands was "vague, non-committal, and inadequate." It said, "A fail- ure to support the strike could not be interpreted except as a tacit acceptance of the continuance of racist policies in the University. The College said it saw the BAM demands as "a beginning of the3 humanization of the University." Students and faculty in the pharmacy college met last night to discuss a position on the strike. One faculty member committed himself to holding classes outside of University buildings, and about 30 students drafted a statement which will be circulated within the college for signatures. The statement, which is ad- dressed to President Fleming and the Regents, urges "the negotia- tion of the BAM demands with the immediacy that this crisis de- serves." A group of about 150 women BAM to be used for legal aid or any other purpose BAM sees fit. The local chapter of the NCAAP last night expressed its support for the strike provided that every ef- fort be made in a legal and none violent way, that people are not physically prevented from crossing the picket lines, that it be under- stood that "many black in certain types of unskilled or non-profes- sional jobs may support the cause but can not afford the loss of pay' or loss of job which could become a reality if they do not go to work" and that efforts to reach an agree- ment with the University be pur- sued. SGC elections open (Continued from page 1) before addressing classes about the strike. In a few cases, instructors be- came upset by the demonstrators -apparently believing that the people wishing to speak were there to disrupt the class. BAM spokesmen- have empha- sized that they do not want dis- ruptions of any kind. Many people interviewed going to classes did so because they fear- ed the lowering of their grades. One engineering student said, "We got tests coming up, baby - no- body would cut tests." * LARRY MARKOWITZ * BOB BLACK RICHARD ROSS for LSA Executive Council Elect The Educational Action Committee Engineering school officials say 1t ected by the strike. Both the Unlimited Profit Selling NEW RECORDS Lona Playinq Albums-80c Each Top Artists-Top Tables Send Only $1.25 for Sample Album, 45 R.P.M. and Money Making Sales Plan (Please no curiosity seekers) NATIONAL RECORD SALES P.O. Box 176, Dept. 0-43 Forest Hills, N.Y. 11375 (Continued from page 1) quarter system, with the academic year to be composed of three quar- ters; or 3) initiation of a two se- mester academic year with a sum- mer session. Students may vote for one of the three options. Vice President of Academic Af- fairs Allan Smith said yesterday, "Referenda results are always relevant but not necessarily con- trolling." When asked whether he felt that a fee assessed by students on a referenda would be collected, he said, "The Regents have indicated in the past that they are reluctant was boycotted by one of three leading candidates. Students managing the election this year explain that changes have been made to clear up any possible sources of confusion on the election results. One change will be that ballots this year will be counted by a computer instead of the previously used card sorter. Also, there are only three presidential slates this year, while last year there were seven. Polling places include the Mich- igan Union, the Diag, the Fish- bowl, the Undergraduate Library and the North Campus bus stop. Also the following dorms will be open during meal hours for vot- ing: Markley Hall, South Quad, East Quad, Bursley Hall, Alice Lloyd Hall and Couzens Hall. In addition, polling will take place during certain hours at the, Engineering School, School of Ed- ucation, Medical School, School of Business, and the Law School. the protest at the engineering buildings had no significant effect on attendance. Iaw Law school Dean Francis Allen said, "We saw relatively few mani- festations of.the strike in the Law School." Further, he said that he believes "striking as a tactic has disadvantages at an educational institution." Some areas were totally unaf-; - a. for JewsT (Continued from page 1) r e s u lt of pressure generated abroad, Light asserted that Jewish cul- tural life has been driven under- ground throughout the S o v i e t Union. Wandering through Kiev, in the middle of the night, he said he overheard a group of youths singing Hava Nagila, a Hebrew folksong. He added that when they heard him approaching their door, t h e y immediately switched to singing Greek tavern songs. "In Moscow I was dressed up in the prescribed uniform," he said, "an El Al airline bag in my hand, a Yiddish newspaper in my coat pocket, an Israeli flag on my lapel. People were afraid to ap- proach us." Bikel, a noted Jewish folksinger and a long-time activist in the movement, spoke ' of "cultural homicide" and likened the plight of the Soviet Jew today to that of the black American. "Black is beautiful," Bikel said. "Jewish is beautiful." He claimed that the Soviet government is try- ing to deprive Jews of their her- itage. "The genocide being practiced by the Russians," he said, "is not genocide that is as cruel as that of the Nazi's" but it is "the cul- tural being of Jews, the ethnic being of Jews that is being mur- dered." Bikel said the Soviets had re- cently clqsed down the last re- maining Jewish seminary. There "are no Jewish schools, either secular or religious" anywhere in the Soviet Union, he claimed. i __ -- .- music school and ihe nursing school deans Said that th y did not n know that the strik was go- ing on. Virtually all of the 23 introduc- tory psychology 171 classes were cancelled in support of the strike. Many discussions of the black demands took place in the large lecture halls. Geogr:uhy P r o f. John Kolars uasoneof several professors who r to turn his class over to BAM spokesmen. Kolars said he believed class- room dialgue ws anore effective approach thian striking,. "I don't agree with the philosophy of strik- ing" hes said. "80 per cent of the students umuld sleep in and it wouldn't be a matter of choice." A3 liv"_ e 40 inute question and, anwe period followin. Astudent in the back o f thedclass asked defensively, "What do youi think your strike is accomplishing a n - way." Joan Nichols of BAM snap- ped back that "the strike will ac- complish nothing as long as you remain in this cas" "This is your University," Miss Nichols said. "Yet' you are not getting an education. Education means en- countering different people, dif- ferent modes of life. If there are no black faces, there is no educa- tion. You can't get an education through racist opression." In 'English 374 taught by Prof. Bert Hornback, a BAM spokesman told the class that "the University spends more money on janitorial sunlies than on black people." He said that he thought "black people are more important than Honors Convocations and similar activities in which much money is spent." In Math 286, one student said that his class had normal attend- ance. He was ane of the few peo- ple interviewed yesterday who said "I don't particularly feel that the demands are just and I don't agree with the tactics." Large numnbers of pople inter- viewed said they had a better awareness of what happened at the Thursday Regents meeting and what BAM is all about. Members of two sociology cours- es, meet ing- with H3AM people in a~ "liberated school" in the MUG, said that they "learned a lot" from talking about the issues. Some said they would man picket lines the rest of the day. GO6ING TOEUOP Pick up a hew Simca 1204. Use it while you're there and bring it home for less than you'd pay for one here. Or lease it and leave it there. LOWEST RATES ANYWHERE European MiotAorServie1 331 S. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor 663-0110 also met and expressed support of to impose compulsory assessment the strike. They formulated plans fees on the basis of referenda." to educate women employes with- Last year's SGC presidential in the University to gain addi- election result was obscured by tional support for the strike. errors in the ballot and ambigui- The Pilot Program voted last ties in the procedure used to night to donate a total of $575 to count the votes. A runoff election UNNE SUMMER EMPLOYMENT Classic Crafts Corp. is now accepting applications for its summer college program. Positions available as company representative. Challenging opportunity for ambitious individual who enjoys travel. Must have use of'car. Salary: 000 for summer with all expenses paid. Mr. Eshleman will be interviewing at the Summer Placement Office, 212 SAB, on Thursday, March 26th-0B A.M. to 5 P.M. PHONE OR STOP BY FOR APPOINTMENT M, ._ ~ -- Rebuttal To Daily Endorsement II"° - -- ------- March 22, 1970 To the Editor: We have four strong objections to the Senior Editors' editorial per- taining to our candidacies in the LSA Student Government elections. Our views were seriously misrepre- sented. The information on which the judgments were based leaves their validity extremely question- able. 1. The editors criticized us for espousing "the old lobbying tactics which failed in the past." This im- plies that we feel lobbying tactics are the onily -acceptablel means of bringing about change. The editors ignored the fact that we both indi- cated that the use of confrontation tactics is justified in some instances, and that we both were among the few candidates for Council who par- ticipated In the Bob Parsons sit-in. 2. The Senior Editors stated that "neither candidate understands the discipline problem." But during our Dail yinterviews we were asked onlly our solutlions to the discipline prob- lem and not questions pertaining to our knowledge of all aspects. We are fully cognizant of all the issues raised by the disciplinary problem. Our platform is clear: For academic offenses, students should be tried by an Administrative Board con- sisting of an equal number of stu- dents and faculty. For non-aca- demic offenses, students must be guaranteed absolute protection from doublel jeopardy. Where college dis- ciplilne is called for, students should be tried only by peers. 3. We object strenuously to the fact that one of us was interviewed only by a sophomore reporter and not by a Senior Editor. If the Senior Editors are going to make endorse- ments, they have a responsibility to get the information on which they base their endorsements first hand, rather than relying on someone else's notes. 4. Andy Weissman's experience in dealing with problems in the Liter- ary College appears to have been totally neglected. Weissman has cre- ated a student-faculty committee to revamp introductory courses, the Course Mart committee, and the Planned Change-Leadership course. This is indicative ,of an important ability to get projects beyond the planning stage. We call upon the Senior Editors to reevaluate their endorsement. -Andy Weissman -Ann Grover The Women of Alpha Xi Delta State the Following: The Alumnae members of our Corporation Board did not consult the chapter in their deciiscn not to pro- vide housing for the Phi Epsilon Pi women. The Alumnae were under the impression that University Housing would take care of the matter. They did not use the term "immoral" in anry way. We regret the misunderstanding ever occurred. I I r MONDAY, APRIL 6-7:30 P.M. 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