A NEW AGE OF LABOR REVOLT See Editorial Page Y Ink r~gF~ . 4bp :43 a t t ENERVATING High-55 Low-37 Increasing cloudiness, chance of rain Vol. LXXX, No. 154 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, April 8, 1970 Ten Cents Eight Pagps LSA unit votes on reprisals Urges committal of strike cases lo student judiciary By ART LERNER The LSA student govern-F ment's Executive Council pass-j ed a motion last night ex- pressing its belief that "non- academic" offenses, such as "class disruptions" should be considered only by all-student judiciaries. csJ drops complaint on Par sons By LARRY LEMPERT Central Student Judiciary (CSJ) decided last night not to continue consideration of assault charges against Robert Parsons, '70. Parsons was suspended last month by literary college Dean William Hays on the basis of the charges, but was later reinstated. Engineering Prof. John Young, director of the Engineer- ing Placement Service, claims that Parsons assaulted him during a disruption of General Electric Co. job interviews at the West Engineering Bldg. in February. Hays is also a party to the complaint. Contacted last night, Young said he "assumed" that the complaint would be returned to the literary college, where I Conflict ov An overflow crowd attempts School Board yesterday, but ing dealt with controversial districts. STATEMENT TO BAM lol 'to discus By W. Some 40 people met la to discuss the question of d c nt class strike supporting ovement (BAM). BAM leaders reiterated anyone facing charges ste strike-such as disruption, o Ron Harris, a BAM lea would try to issue a statem swill take to assist people f BAM has been under a for not holding out for amne 'U' bias casy postponed A presentation of arguments the discrimination case of LaVe Hill vs. the University was ag postponed by the state C .Rights Commission yesterd when the attorney for the Univ( sity failed to appear. The attorney, William Saxt thought the presentation scheduled for April 17, accord to a University spokesman. T oral arguments were postpor until May 19. The case involves Univers Hospital's refusal in 1965 to instate Mrs. Hill in her old p tion after she withdrew her res nation.- Mrs. Hill claims that was not reinstated because she black. 4 V The University denies charge, maintaining that a placement for Mrs. Hill had ready been hired. The Civil Rights Commiss held hearings on the charge b spring, and released a written port which found that no d Iprimination' was involved in hospital's decision. The case is closed, however, until the plain and the defendant present o arguments. Originally scheduled for Ma 17, the arguments were first po poned when the Civil Rights Co .nission failed to draw a quoru The motion also stated that the "LSA Student Judiciary is t h a proper channel in the LSA school for such cases and until it is oper- <;ating, that power is delegated to Associated Press the Central Student JudiciaryI (CSJ)." er redistricting Council members will present their position at a meeting with to enter 'a meeting of the Detroit LSA Dean William Hays tomor- were prevented by police. The meet- row. plans for remapping Detroit school The motion referred to a state- ment issued jointly by President - __-Robben Fleming and the B l a c k Action Movement (BAM) which )DAY* indicated that students facing charges related to the recent class strike would have the option of being tried by the normal disci- plinary mechanisms in the schools hearing officer appointed by Flem- e ing. ;s re ris3 s iIn its motion the council im- plicity labelled this procedure as inconsistent "with the basic ethic E. SCHROCK of American jurisprudence, p e e r tst night in the Michigan Union group jurisdiction." iscipline of participants in the re- The council alsokdiscussed ef- I forts to gain speaking rights at the demands of the Black Action LSA faculty meetings. Council President David Brand their stand that they will back said that the faculty could now ming from participation in the only take up that question in the r acts of violence. fall, since Dean Hays had told der told the gathering that BAM him the faculty does not meet in ent today on what specific actions the summer acing such charges. to various studentsfamiliar with ttack from some of its supporters the workings of the literary col- esty for strike participants. lege who were invited to last - The agreement between BAM night's meeting. and the administration outlines a The studentsddiscussed the ac- disiplnar' mchaism whih =tivities of students on various disciplinary mechanism which committees within the collegeand ofeing t ed throu h dicipin emphasized their willingness tok channels in each school or col- work with the LSA Student Gov- lege, or by a hearing officer ap- ernment. n ynThe council also passed a mo- Fleming tion introduced by council Vi c e-1 in Flei.e . President Brian Ford establishing rne The disciplinary procedures in a committee to study expansion of ain the academic units involve disci- pass-fail programs and make re- ivil plinary boards which are com- commendations to the LSA curri- lay, posed entirely, or largely of fac- culum committee. The motion af- ulty members. firmed the onil'sdire for stI thr:ucJ'.esr fr-t - -Daily-Jim Judikis Music on the Diag Students pause on the Diag yesterday to listen to Love's Alchemy, a band that performed as part of the annual Michigras festival. FRATERNITY SITE: Conflict grows over public By CHRIS UHL Plans to build low cost housing' units in one of the wealthier areas of Ann Arbor has led to a con- troversy between 16 of the area's residents and a public health pro- fessor. Public Health Prof. Max Shane charged that late last month a group of 16 residents living within two blocks of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity purchased nearly two acres of that fraternity's property housing project to prevent low cost housing on the site. The property is located on the corner of Hill and Onondaga St. and is flanked by $60,000 and $70-000 homes. Prof. Harvey Brazer, chairman of the economics department and one of the purchasers, along with G. W. Sallade issued a statement yesterday saying: "The neighborhood group as a whole has agreed to consider any of all possible uses of the site that er- on. was ing the ned sity re- osi- ;ig- she is the re- al- ion ast re- is- the not tiff ral rch ast- mi- umi. Some people have criticized BAM for not securing the admin- istration's agreement to trial of students only by student. courts. Harris said last night that he resents "the accusation of sell-out that some members of the white coalition have issued to The Daily." Although it is not part of BAM's written agreement with the ad- ministration. Harris said that both groups understanad that "Flem- ing appoints the hearing officers with the advice and consent of BAM." BAM member David Lewis said that a list was given Saturday to Fleming of people BAM recom- mends and that additional names have been added by AM since then. Thus far charges have been brought against Peter Denton, Grad, and Marc Van Der Hout, '71, for class disruption during the strike. Jim Forrester, a University jani- tor who was active in the strike, has written a letter to President See 40, Page 8 dent parity on that committee. New course in biological science to replace Zoology 101 next fall are deemed to serve the public in- terest including, of course, public housing." Brazer went on to emphasize that the group favors scattered low cost housing. "We want the neighborhood to be attractive for those living there as well as for those who move in," said Brazer. Brazer said he believed thata socio-economic intergration of the neighborhood could occur if 10 low cost housing units were on- structed, instead of the close to 20 units that federal recommenda- tions call for. "A density of 20 low cost units on a site just under two acres would seem excessive from every standpoint," said Brazer. Brazer stressed that the group is not opposing low cost housing in their neighborhood, but "op- posing the practice of clumping large numbers of low cost housing units into single areas." And Brazer also said that the group is not homogeneous in their approach to the problem. "The group of purchasers ranges from two who want no low cost housing on the site to several who want at least ten units constructed." Shane, who sharply opposes the action that Brazer and the other co-purchasers took spoke on the issue last night at City Council. "These people had no right to do what they did," he said. "This is a matter to be decided by City Council. If they want to come down and picket to express their views that is okay but they See CONFLICT, Page 8 it was originally filed. Under current LSA disciplinary procedures, the cases would be forwarded to the administrative board, a six-member-faculty body, with non-voting student members. Dean Hays declined to comment last night on the future of the complaint. In other action last night, CSJ scheduled for Sept. 8, a pre-trial hearing for nine students charged with disrupting interviews by a recruiter from DuPont Co. in Jan- uary. It also scheduled a pre-trial hearing on the same day for Stu- dents for a Democratic Society, which is charged with participa-1 tion in the same alleged disrup- tion. On March 7, Hays summarily suspended Parsons for the alleged assault on Young, but lifted the1 suspension March 12 when new evidence was presented to him which cast "sufficient doubt" on Parsons' guilt. In a later letter to CSJ, Hays asked the student court to act as "a hearing body to establish the facts on the case" and to make a "report on its findings of facts." CSJ said it would consider the request only in the form of a com- plaint by a substantially affected person. Young then submitted his complaint against Parsons. The complaint did not ask ,CSJ to rule on the case or to take dis- ciplinary action. On Monday night, CSJ said that the complaint by Young was un- acceptable. CSJ members said that the court normally operated by considering a case, making a ruling and then acting on that ruling by determin- ing a penalty if called for. The+ court could not, they maintained, act as an investigating committee for the literary college. Acting on behalf of Young and Hays, attorney R i c h a r d Ryan wrote to CSJ Chairman Ed Kussy yesterday, and said the complaint would not be revised and that CSJ could accept or reject the com- plaint as it stood. Several members of CSJ made statements expressing strong, dis- approval of "political maneuver- ing" which they said surrounded the complaint. "I find it reprehensible, to say the least, that this court be used as a political ploy," said, Kussy. In scheduling one preliminary hearing for Sept. 8, CSJ tentatively combined two separate cases. The engineering placement com- mittee and the literary college had charged that the actions of nine literary college students on Jan. 29 interfered with the interviews of a DuPont Co. recruiter. Earlier the engineering place- ment committee and the executive committee of the Engineering Council had charged that actions sponsored by SDS were responsible for the alleged disruption. Postpone decision in IHA case By HARVARD VALLANCE Central Student Judiciary last night deferred a final decision on a motion by residents of West Quad's Chicago House clling for the dissolution of Inter House As- sen~bly, the representative body of students living in the residence halls. After hearing three and one- half hours of testimony from the Chicago House Residents., CSJ scheduled a final hearing for next Tuesday at 9 p.m. According to CSJ Chairman Ed Kussy, the court "will definitely" make a decision at the hearing. BULLETIN SAIGON (RP) - Radio Phnom Penh said today that Cambodia has turned the hijacked -Amer- ican munitions ship Columbia Eagle over to the U.S. govern- ment. U.S. officials said earlier that the, ship's captain, Donald Swann, and the 13 crewmen who stayed aboard the v e s s e 1 would be allowed to sail with it when it was released. Members of the Chicago House Council have charged that IHA has "consistantly violated" both the Student Government Council Constitution and an SGC voting rights resolution of April, 1969. The Chicago House residents are seeking to form a "Residence Halls Union" which would replace IHA. On March 12, the Chicago House resident obtained a tem- porary injunction from CSJ bar- ring IHA from spending funds and electing officers and repre- sentatives to the Board of Gov- ernors of Residence Halls pending yesterday's full hearing. CSJ proceedings were adjourned last night at 11:30 p.m. after the residents of Chicago House had concluded their testimony. The court decided against hearing the defense's testimony, because it would have prolonged the hearing into an "inordinantly long ses- sion," Kussy said. He added that the defense will present their testimony at next Tuesday's hearing, and "we will sit until it is finished." In the complainants testimony last night, members of the Chi- cago House Council charged that See CSJ, Page 8 By ART LERNER This is the last term that Zool- ogy 101 is being offered. After finals are over, the course, which serves as an introduction in zool- ogy for non-science majors, will no longer exist. In its place will be a new course -Botany/Zoology 100 - which its backers say will be "More pertin- ent" to non-science majors than Zoology 101 was. In addition, the course is expected to cover a! broader curriculum, since it will include botany as well as zoology. Interviews with many students' who have taken Zoology 101 in- dicate no particular regrets that the course is being withdrawn. Opinions on the course range from cause the course to become even mild approval to extreme dissatis- "more meaningless" to some stu- faction, dents. According to some students, the Some students reserve their crit- existence of Zoology 106, which icism of Zoology 101 to the exam- is elected by students planning to inations. They say that a change major in a scientific field, has in testing methods might possibly led to "indifference" on the part have made Zoology 101 a more in- of students taking Zoology 101, teresting course. and the faculty members teachingI "They mean well," says one stu- n it. dent. "It's just the way the tests 1 - are. Everyone has to memorize "It's a joke to everyone. No one animpone mato meorize puts any effort into it," says Rick unimportant material which pre- Ozer, '73. vents them from gaining any deep However, Bill Miller, '70, disunderstanding," he adds. Howver Bil Mlle, '0, is- Concerning the forthcoming agrees, saying, "For non-science- Conrninge foroming oriented people like me, it does all course change, a number of stu- righ ingettng cros baic on-dents feel that it is a "good move." right in getting across basic con- But one student quickly adds, cepts. Most kids in Zoology 101 "I just hope it doesn't have the just aren't very interested in the Istopemsn"t material since they are just taking same old problems. it for distribution" he adds. I LIllU)1 UJ 1, 11 . Students have complained t h a t Zoology 101 is too technical a n d forces them to memorize trivia which they soon forget. "It's a high school level course," says John Pollock, '72, echoing the feelings expressed by a number of students. AddsJay Rynek, '73, "If they taught something constructive that could be applied to the rest of our education, it would be good. I'm just not thrilled about gestions like, 'how many append- ages does a squid have?'" Greg Fino, '73, says, "It's a wast- ed course all little trivias. I didn't learn a thing, except how to cram for a trivia test." However, both Rynek and Fino, who took the course last fall. CSJ VS. FACULTY BOARDS Judicial controversy, heightens By LARRY LEMPERT Daily News Analysis Controversy breeds confusion. This seems to be the verdict in the case of the present judicial system in the University. The controversy is basic: Who has dis- ciplinary authority in cases not directly related to academic matters? It is punctuated by other difficult ques- tions as well: -Are academic and non-academic valid riis-nntnnc to provide answers to the other questions. CSJ has always claimed that it is the sole court with jurisdiction over non-academic offenses committed by students. That claim has gone unchallenged but remains unproven. CSJ has handled a number of cases, some of them involving disruptions, but the administration, the Regents. and the faculty do not see this as a definitjve precedent for sole jurisdic- tion in these types of cases. has asked the faculty of, the graduate school to do the same in Denton's case. The students were informed that they had two choices-to be tried under faculty disciplinary mechanisms or by a hearing officer appointed by President Robben Fleming. But Denton and Van Der Hout elected a third alternative. They appeared before CSJ Monday night and asked the court to assume jurisdiction of the cases. CSJ accented the cases, scheduled a pre- .. ....................:. : : ::::i....'-i:::.':}":':: : : i :.:::i t": ::jC