NCAA probes North Carolina See page 9 Sir i au A4&1P 4:3att]Y PHOOIE High-4 Low-23 Generally overcast; light snow Vol. LXXIX, No. 145 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, March 27, 1969 Ten Cents Ten Pages d ' to press charges against SDS protesters By JIM NEUBACHER University President Robben W. Fleming announced yesterday the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n is preparing charges against "a number" of students who staged a , protest against military recruiting in West Engineering Building Tuesday., The students barricaded a Naval recruiter in a rdom for five and a half hours, - and prevented engi- neering students from keeping job interview appointments with him. Fleming, in a statement yester- day, called the protest disruptive. "This conduct wer .ld appear to be in direct violation of student government r u l e s, counterpart rules of the various colleges, and the civil law. It is also in viola- tion of the recruiting policy adopted a year ago," he stated. Currently, Student Government Council rules ban disruptive pro- tests and sit-ins. The University policy of recruit- ing referred to by Fleming was adopted last year after much con- troversy. It affirms that recruiters have the right to use University facilities to conduct job interviews in the interest of both the students and the University.. Students for a Democratic So- ciety and others in the community have condemned this policy, say- ing that it places the University in the position of "legitimizing" militarism when . it allows the Armedi Services, and other mili- tary-involved corporations to re- cruit here. Fleming said the students in- volved in Tuesday's protest, most of whom were members of Annt Arbor SDS, would be brought be- fore the Central Student Judiciary (CSJ), a nine-man body of gradu- ate and undergraduate students. Fleming said the actual act of filing charges with the CSJ would come in "two or three days." Cur- rently, "many" but "not all" of the students involved in the lock- in have been identified, he added. "As to those who are not identi- fied in the initial charges, they will presumably wish, since they purport to be acting on principle. to identify themselves so that their names can be added to the charge list," Fleming commented in his statement yesterday. He called the case a "test" of the CSJ. The case will determine "whether a Student Judiciary is prepared to deal with a question of this kind," Fleming said. The test case will have impor- tant effects on plans, now being drafted by an ad hoc committee of students and faculty, to establish a new all-student judiciary to hear all cases relating to Univer- sity-wide rules of conduct. This plan, which would also es- tablish a tripartite University Council to make rules, has received some criticism from faculty mem- bers who feel n all-student judi- ciary would mechanically acquit students brought before it. Thus this case comes at a ciu- cial time. Some members of the Student Relations Committee com- mented Tuesday night that undue pressure might now be put on the Central Student Judiciary to show "responsibility" by coming in with a conviction of the students in- volved in the Tuesday protest. While Fleming said the Univer- sity, acting on behalf of the En- gineering Placement Office, would go through the CSJ, he did not rule out the possibility that indi- vidual students might take action through the civil courts. Fleming also refused to rule out the possibility that the judicial bodies in individual schools and colleges might wish to discipline students from their colleges who were involved in the lock-in. However, Assistant Dean James W. Shaw of the literary college, who is chairman of the Adminis- trative Board of the college, cri- ticized any action which would lead to "double jeopardy." "I think this is an appropriate case for the Central Student Judi- ciary," Shaw said yesterday. "The administrative board could con- ceivably handle the matter, how- ever, I think that if the President chooses the CSJ for his court, he will stick with it." Shaw said the Administrative Board would have to consider the cases of any student protesters in the literary college if they are con- victed by the CSJ and penalized with expulsion, a possibility under the current rules. "I think we would have to re- view any case which ended in a recommendation for expulsion," he said. He said, however, he did not feel the board would otherwise insist on handling the case. "The board has never insisted on any absolute jurisdiction," he explained. Prof. Robert Knauss of the Law School, who is a major figure on the ad hoc committee drafting the new judicial and legislative rules, said he felt the double jeopardy question was a real problem. "We -have tried to eliminate it under the new system," he said. He also voiced concern that the Central Student Judiciary might be pressured on this case. "If they come back with an acquittal in 20 minutes," he said, "it might cause some concern." He said, however, that a "legiti- mate attempt" by the CSJ to con- sider all of the aspects of the case and make a fair ruling would be admirable, no matter what the decision. Poli Sci grads McLaughlin tops Nelson ii OK Stokesreport i close By CHRIS STEELE Political science graduate students last night endorsed the report of the joint faculty-graduate student committee on departmental procedures and rejected attempts to strengthen the decision-making portion of the report. r - However, there also emerged from the students' meeting last night the consensus that the report assures to student representatives at departmental and executive committee f meetings the right to vote, although the report never explicit- K d ly assures voting rights. King day The latter had been a point of contention between un- dergraduate students and other members of the department. A seven-hour sit-in was staged yesterday afternoon in the d e s1 on - department's lounge in Haven ,iec Hall to support the undergrad- S ii denlS uates' demand for voting p rights for student representa- ex a to tives. - .Proposals were offered at the By HAROLD ROSENTHAL testiL1 l i graduate students' meeting which A decision will be made today would have strengthened the voice on whether the University w i 11 given students by the report. ThecaellsesArl4sprto report of the committee, chaired an cartas Authr 4 as pa.re of C on1 ress by Prof- Oahald Stakes, "a11s fr 'Day graduate and undergraduate rep- Will Smith, assistant vice pres- resentatives who would be allowed ident for student services, yester- WASHINGTO7N (CPS) -The to attend "many" faculty meet- da ad ntin sdfnt. presidents of the two largest rep- ings. However attendance at these Smy said, nothing is definite resentative student organizations .meetings would be at the discre- cancelled and a program held it testified yesterday before the tion of the chairman. Ewould probably include only local House Subcomitte on ducs Several amendments were offer- people. "I don't expect any pro- ion's hearings on student unrest. ed to strengthen the position of gram to include outsiders," he ff for presidency of SGIC White wins presidency of senior cass By MARTY SCOTT Marty McLaughlin and Mark Van Der Hout were elected SOC president and vice president in a close runoff election yesterday. McLaughlin received 1336 of the 2582 votes cast. Of the remaining votes, Bob Nelson and Mary Livingston received 1178. The other 68 ballots turned in were invalid because neither of the two candidates were marked. In the election for LSA senior class president, Panther White won, receiving 248 votes to Mike Farrell's 186. Elections director Dale Jurcisin called the turnout "ex- cellent considering that we only had about 3000 votes per day in the regular election' ---_- nooert Powell of National btu- dent Association (NSA) and David. Hinshaw of Association of Student Governments (ASO) gave pre- pared remarks on the causes of possible solutions to campus prob- lems. Following the prepared speeches, Powell - and to a lesser degree Hinshaw - answered questions from subcommittee m e m b e r s, mainly Edith Green (D-Ore.) who chaired the session. Hinshaw outlined the reasons he felt students feel frustrated in bringing/ about change on and off- campus. He suggested effective student governments on campus as one possible remedy. He then described his organi- zation as the type which would serve as "a strong, national, non- political research and program oriented organization." This or- ganization, he said, does not com- mit student governments to "po- litical philosophies which might not be truly representative." Hinshaw outlined a proposal his, group is making to President Nixon on a "non-political advisory councif on youth." The purpose, he continued, would be to collect' student opinion and relay it to the President, and to relay back the President's response and his ra- tionale. Powell, in his testimony, called today's campus disturbances "an2 expression of student powerless- ness." "We must be clear about where' we place the responsibility for the disruption and turbulence now wracking our campuses," he said. Powell referred to the crisis in higher education, saying, "That crisis, like so many others pro- voked by our inattention, malevo- lence, and plain stupidity, will not go away even if you manage to silence those who are bringing it to your attention." At the conclusion of his pre-, pared remarks. Powell outlined the kind of university he tehought col- lege students wanted. It included decision making by the people whose academic and social lives O,.C n ffPP+Pri hVx }.}'1P rpprlln fill s student representatives by elimi- added. nating the discretionary power of The request for the memorial the chairman to determine attend- day activities was originally ane hywr eetd o-brought to University Pr'esident :-:' "; ' "'." ever, and the group then voted Robben Fleming by the Black Stu-: unanimously to endorse the Stokes dent Union (BSU), r'eport in full. "We proposed this to Fleming A resolution was then offered to last January," said Ron Thomp- A clarify the document by stating son, BSU president. that graduate and undergraduate Thompson claimed the request representatives on executive and for dismissal of classes April 4thD monthly faculty meetings would had been granted in January as 'arty McLaughln and Mark Van Der Hout be full members except for ques- part of approval for the entire -- - tions of hiring, advancement and concept of memorial day services. BLACK salary of professors. It passed. However, Fleming did not con-' and the weather was much worse this time." "The turnout shows student in- terest in SGC is still at a high level even though, officially, some organizations boycotted the run- of ff," he said. After he had been declared the winner McLaughlin said, "My im- mediate reaction is relief that the politicking is over. SGC has a number of issues that face it and require immediate action; I would hope to get involved in these as quickly as possible and leave the election in the past." Members of Panhellenic Asso- ciation, Inter-Fraternity Council Stokes then responded to the firm or deny Thompson's claim. resolution by saying the document Fleming indicated that he was means what the resolution said unaware of any such definite con- and was unnecessary. firmation, but he said he was, He went on to say the report, as "amenable" to the idea of a Uni- he interprets it, would allow stu- versity-wide holiday in honor of dents to vote on anything that Rev. King. might come to a vote while they The King memorial day coin- were present. cides with a proposed nationwide Another vote was then taken on boycott of classes and war re- the just-passed resolution. It was search called by the Rev. Ralph AfoAeia scheduled for next s defeated overwhelmingly. Marc Grainer, a co-ordinator of the Undergraduate P o l i t i c a l Science Association, said this in- terpretation of the Stokes report was "unacceptable." After the graduate students' meeting Grainer said the matter of voting was not important. But, he noted, the report does not al-I low full representation on person- nel discussions. Abernathy, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Abernathy succeeded King as head of the SCLC following the assassination in Memphis last year. Although no decision has been made yet, students in some de- partments, most notably sociology, have considered holding a teach- in and other activities in line (vith Abernathy's proposal. By LYNN WEINER The Afro-American Studies Pro- gram will be introduced next lall with a survey course dealing in American black history. Informa- tion will be released this week in the couseling offices so interested students can pre-register for the course. The course, entitled Afro-Amer- ican Studies 201, will cover domi- nant trends and personalities in black history in the United States from,1620 to the present. It will also include brief descriptions of Sub-Saharian and North African history during the same era. Prof. Nellie Varner of the polit- ical science department, a member of the LSA subcommittee formu- lating the program, says enroll- ment may have to be limited. Class size will depend upon the success of the recruitment of qualified teaching assistants. A room with a capacity for 200 students has and Engineering Council encour- aged their members not to vote '.-,cla ss in today's election. Engineering Council President Chris Bloch, '70E, said last night, "I still maintain that the election em st rwas unfair and invalid. If Council officialy supports this then it is tentatively been reserved for the 4ry likely that we will withdraw course, our recognition of SGC and, with The course, which will serve as a that, our ex-officio seat." social science elective as well as IFC president Gates Moss said a prerequisite for concentration last night, "I saw McLaughlin aft- in the program, will consist of a er the election and I assured him lecture and recitations. The lec- that IFC would be willing to help turers will be varied experts in him in any way we can." He add- the field. ed, "We did not support the elgc- A committee is being organized tion but Marty has been elected I that will administer and develop and we will recognize him as. the program. Visiting Honors Prof. Council president." Harold Cruse, author of The Crisis Candidate Howard Miller and of the Negro Intellectual, will co- his running mate, Mark Rosen- ordinate the introductory course baum, said last week that they in the fall. planned on resigning their at- A second and third course, large Council seats if a three-way which will have no pre-requisites, run-off were held. They were un- will be implemented for the Win- available for comment yesterday ter 1970 semester. Afro-American after the election. Studies 202 will deal with the cul- They refused to take part in the tural history of the Afro-Armer- three-way run-off called by SOC ican. It will emphasize religion, last Thursday and upheld by Cen- philosophy, music, and art. tral Studient Judiciary Tuesday Afro-American Studies 203 will night. encompass the contempoary socio- -- # economic problems of the 'lack community, and will analyze the influence of American racism on i these problems. sa According to Miss Varne-, the t Afro-American studies program will be interdisciplinary and flex- The student-faculty committee ible. incorporating courses and named last week to select a vice teachers from other departments president for student affairs is- New, plans prepared bySDS By ROY GORDET and SHARON LOBERT Students for a Democratic So- ciety met last night to discuss the results of Tuesday's naval recruit- er confrontation as well as stra- tegy for the near future. In justifying Tuesday's inci- dent in the West Engineering Building, Don Rotkin '70 said "it is important to see how the Uni- versity reacts to these direct con- frontations." Criticizing The Daily for re- :using to acknowledge the inci- dent as "a political confrontation," Rotkin said, "Violence is not our aim, we went in for a political point, and we must not allow The Daily to. sensationalize it." In the open discussion, the dia- logue was directed toward the growing militarism on the Amer- ican- college campus. Referring ,to the confrontation as a "valid and necessary step," many members felt it important to solicit cooperation from poten- tially antagonistic groups like en- gineering students. "The engineers misinterpreted our actions," one member asserted. "It will be to our benefit to hold forums to ex- plain our position." Rotkin resumed his attack on "militarism at the University," specifically, the ROTC program, war research, and recruiting for defense industries. "We must question the function of the uni- versity in serving American soc- iety," he said. In decrying the ROTC as racist, Rotkin asserted, "We must un- derstand how to make our attack really political and really strong." . With the floor open to sugges- tions, an SDS member, who pre- ferred to remain anonymous, re- commended that the SDS begin to MOVING T H E BOOKS Library meets funding pressures By SHARON WEINER Third of a series The Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library will be ready to open sometime next win- ter. But the State Legislature is not ex- pected to appropriate additional funds to pay the cost of moving books into this new extension of the General Library, "The likelihood of us getting what we ask- ed for is small," admits Frederick Wag- man, director of the library system. But library into the overall University system, says Wagman. In addition, the library staff will have to perform the massive task of changing G 'U and the blipd'et squeeze' may have to make reductions somewhere." Besides funding for book transfers, the requested increase includes money for staff increases in the General Library and the 'Technical Services department. The department "is the heart of the li- brary system," says Wagman. "Unless the books and journals are- acquired and cata- loged, the library becomes a disorganized warehouse."