February 5, 1976
Term System
To Stay Awhile
Dr. John W. Oswald,
president of the University
told the University Faculty
Senate of his intentions to
continue the present term
system, for a five-year
period, beginning with the
Summer Term of 1977 and
extending to the fall of 1982.
He said such a calender
would include the following
basic elements:
—A term system, as at
present.
—The academic year open
ing with Fall Term regis
tration and orientation prior
to Labor Day with the first
day of classes the day after
Labor Day.
—The Fall Term completed
prior to Thanksgiving with
the Winter Term providing,
as nearly as possible, three
weeks of instruction prior to
the holiday break.
—The Spring Term ending
about the middle of May with
commencement in the lasi
week of May; and
—A six-day period sched
uled for final examination
after each term, in accord
ance with the President’s
interpretation of the Senate’s
recent action requiring final
examinations in essentially
all courses.
He said there seems to
be no consensus among the
faculty on the semester-term
issue but students have
overwhelmingly stated pref
erence for the term svstem.
Dear Otto,
My boyfriend is giving
me a lot of trouble. He says
I’m crazy. He never calls me.
He tried to poison me the
other night. To top it all off I
think I have venereal
disease. What should I do?
Lonely.
Dear Lonely,
Give IT to him
Otto.
Dear Otto,
What would you do if
your roommate asked your
best friend, who happens to
live in the same house, to
call your girlfriend one very
cold night?
Frustrated
Dear Frustrated,
Tell him skiing can be
dangerous.
C.C. Reader
Easy Come
Easy Go
Dear Otto,
I hate Capitol Campus, i
can’t find a girl who will go
out with me. I go to bed at
night alone. Besides that,
I’m growing hair on my
palms. What should I do?
An Old Man in the Heights
Dear Old Man,
Look for the red light on
3rd & Cumberland. I’m sure
your problems will be
solved.
Dear Otto,
My roommate has a
problem. She’s constantly
inviting strange men over to
our house at odd hours of
the night. She entertains
them by doing these crazy
dances. Also, she has a
fetish for balloons. What
should I do about this?
Ethel.
Dear Ethel,
Bust her balloons
Otto.
South Stirs Up
SGA Conscience
In what would have been
an other wise routine and
sparsely attended S.G.A.
meeting, a bombshell was
dropped on January 28th by
James South, director of
student affairs.
South interrupted the
meeting after there was
already discussion on the
floor relating to the future
goals of the S.G.A. organi
zation.
South stated that if
S.G.A. was concerned with
it’s goals it should consider
making the eradication of
racism on the Capitol
Campus one of them.
From that startling be
ginning, South proceeded to
enumerate and elaborate on
some local horror stories in
human affairs and (for
details see story, page 1.)
appeal to the body as whole
to take some sort of action
to prevent any further
incidents.
“I would encourage you
to join with me, Mr.
McDermott (provost), Troy
Buster (Pres, of Black
Student Union), and the
B.C.A.C. in defeating this
attitude,” said South in
reference to the air of White
racial superiority which
permeates some quarters of
the University. South later
refered to this attitude as
being “anathema” to the
By John Stanchak
Asst. Editor
ones prevelant in today’s
society.
After South’s address,
many S.G.A. members ex
pressed surprise at the
existence of any racial
problem on the campus and
lept into a lengthy discus
sion of remedies to the
problem.
While the discussion was
going on, Scott Deardorff,
S.G.A. president, helped in
drafting a resoultion de
crying racist behavior on
Campus.
This resolution was
passed with a resounding
Aye.
Further solutions were
discussed, with more ideas
to be presented at later
meetings.
Other goals discussed
before the raising of the
campus Racial problem,
were the establishment of a
Free University, a search for
new student leadership and
more support for Black
Cultural Affairs.
The meeting ended on
the same serious tone when
Jack Henry (S.G.A.) made a
motion for the Impeachment
of S.G.A. secretary, Becky
Rebok for neglect of her
duties.
The motion passed with
the retainer that Rebok may
resign before impeachment
proceedings begin.
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