Variable cloudiness and cool through tomorrow with light showers pos sible tonight. High today near 62, low tonight near 42. High tomorrow near 58. Fair and warmer Thursday. The chance of rain is 20% today, 30% tonight, and 20% tomorrow. Vol. 70, No. 114 “ —We demand that the University support the freeing of Bobby Seale and provide funds for the New York 21 and all political prisoners.” Kathy McAnally, a member of the Legal Defense March to Washington Committee, will present objections to the legality of National student groups including the New the three-member panel which will hear the cases of Mobilization Committee have called for a march on the arrested students. The panel was set up by Washington, D.C., Saturday as well as for the nation- University President Eric A. Walker as directed by wide strike. The march emphasis is on three major « the University trustees. points: opposition to the invasion of U.S. troops into CX m h —ME ,m m it~T • Jon Wineland, a member of SDS, will present a Cambodia, support for Bobby Seale and opposition to -ygß B It Its dfCTt nil 111 B M Iflfl tc case history of repression against the Black Panther political repression in the United States, and a call W Hsm B ®*9 b p ar t y relating particularly to Bobby Seale. Seale for the ending of university ties with the military. _ was an original founder of the Party and is currently The Coalition for Peace is making arrangements _E- B Z B _ M B _ _ on trial in Connecticut on charges of murder and kid- with bus companies to organize transportation to the nl IIIIICH nPCjI.CC K,u napping. march on Washington. More information on transpor prU Vllwß I VB JJ ■ VIwUwC Rick Colville, a member of SDS, will report on tation arrangements can be received by calling Strike ■ ■ the rally held in New Haven, Conn, to protest the Central in the Hetzel Union Building or the Peace By CURT HARLER specified penod of time prejudice the cases in subse- Don Sassoon will talk on the Cam- Cen A r <:ommon editorial will be printed today in the Collegian Staff Writer dismissed 1 ° “ defendant bodian situation, providing background on that newspapers o! 11 northeastern colleges, urging the A number of participants in “ !XUniversity should take revlaled to the nWnHffc in Southeast Asian nation. ' entire academic community of this country to engage the April 15 demonstrations other disciphnary action as the [hosetrials,”lhe statemeS Jim Duffy, also a member of the Strike Com- in a nationwide university, strike, on protest of the have received notification of a panel deems appropriate. read. “This is not even close to-, . • „ | . ■ • l Af\ . I . fL I violating University regula- appear at the hearing, the The students also objected to V , ~, , hearing will proceed in their the fact that the board was _ „ „ _ . m B The hearing will be held at absence, and they will be chosen, and the hearing pro- AA B jS A Bj[ S BS S S vLTeilS’conftrence Center [he fi “ l deClS ‘ on ° f W6re Written ’ by the M# 4% f £SkU CT fB fUC f* ff f #2l C The students involved in the The letters also advised stu- Not a Neutral Panel Jf Jf O gU BS V* B B B l 9 B %JB BBS W ■U B 'jSS disturbances were advised to dents that they have the right “Charges can only be “ " appear at that time to defend “to be represented by legal presented by one side; the stu the charges brought against counsel or other adviser of dents cannot indict the Ad «m'i ~ r . J' our choosing at this hearing, ministration—it’s not a neutral A letter from James A. You also have the right to con- D anel ” the statement read „ „., „ . . , , ... Rhodes, dean of the division of front and cross-examine objecUons rais- 1116 Woodside Commission yesterday announced the student standards, informed witnesses who testify against ed because the University has rules it will follow during the hearings of 40 students the students. The charges you. You further have the right not appointed lawyers for those charged with disruptive action by the University, against you will be heard by a to call a reasonable number of w h o cannot afford them , panel comprised of at least one witnesses with relevant because the hearing is not The three-member commission, formed by the Board of the following three in- testimony to testify in your opent and because there is “no of Trustees to handle University judicial procedures after £h S V h Y °c will provided with right to app eal.” disturbances occurred on campus from April 14 to April Blalt and WilHam reguTa'Jfons con 23, wiU hear the cases of students charged with disruption T._ Coleman. Jr. duct of this hearing as soon as •those of the rdlhitiff have pre- and make recommendations to.tha University regarding ‘'' rhis P a , nel ~ has D b ? e n ,' the sa me is available.” judiced the hearings! Also they disciplinary action. . authorized by the Board of Statement Issued i-tj «,,» fnr n f the . ... . - „ , , _ , ... Trustees of the Pennsylvania The students presented with charees—including assault and Members of the commission are: Robert E. Woodside, State University to hear the hearing notices, issued a state- battery the University “has former Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; case and to make recom- ment last night which raises a better remedy-at-law ” They Miss Genevieve Blatt, former state Secretary of Internal mendations concerning it, to several legal objections to the also charge d that' the Affairs and William T. Coleman, Jr., a Philadelphia at the president,” the letter con- hearings. University has asserted that tinued. . . Ybe ex post facto establish- not appearing at the court is y ’ One of Five Decisions ment of the court and punish- (Continued on _ coe five) According to a release by the University, the hearings The group is authorized to ments were attacked m the 1 v-oiiran.ueo on page jivej & make one of five recom- statement, as well as the 9 fl afß mendations: court’s “lack of subpoena Bar I ■ _ „ J... —the University should take powers.” The students also ob- [A Mlflf R iniWtJfVITM K B.H no disciplinary action. jected to what they termed m W I ll< V • W —the University should “double jeopardy," since most discipline the students short of of the defendants are facing • B • n suspension or dismissal. similar charges in civil or K IBT Bain Kuut * ■ iff ]■ I —the University should sus- . criminal court. 89 1 d 11 CT W VIII lill I VIV vfl ■ ■ pend the student for a “This hearing will seriously B Posters for sale The Coalition for Peace last night an- pression. “The democratic right of _ • ■ ■ ■ ■ nounced that they will sponsor a black arm- irr’ the United States “is being crushed, tne V mnni ITtAP T<n n KOCOM I* band movement in memory of the four Kent release said. III 111 I. IViW Iw Ul vJWIII State University students shot to death, yes- . ... TTndoreraduate Student c . r Npn/!TA nttirA MAm I npae tional Luardsmen. port of the black armband movement. Call wVl BU& w V/1 I ILC 1 IUI 11 S 1 |VW9 Black armbands will be available to ing the death of the four students as a students at the foot of the Mall and on the cause for alarm and concern on the part ground floor of the Hetzel Union Building, of students everywhere, Antoniono re according to a Coalition spokesman. quested that students support the armband movement showing. an “individual form of Four students and 11 other persons were pro test against senseless death not only on injured, four seriously, when shooting started campuses, but also in Cambodia and Viet after a rooftop sniper reportedly opened fire nam.” on the guardsmen. The shootings came after guardsmen moved in to disperse a rock- The Coalition also announced a memorial throwing crowd of approximately 500 stu- service, conducted by Fred Reisz of the dents with tear gas. Lutheran Campus Ministry, for the Kent State students 2 p.m. tomorrow on the Old The Coalition statement deplored the Main lawn. James Petras, assistant professor “increasing reliance on violence to deal with 0 f political science, is scheduled to speak national and international problems,” the about the Cambodian situation. Kent State murders by the Ohio National .Guard, as well as the Woodside Panel estab- The Coalition also will sponsor a work lished to investigate recent campus dis- shop on Cambodia at 7:30 tonight at the turbances. Peace Center. Bernard Hennessey of the political science department and William J. Saying that the panel “denies the de- Duiker, assistant professor of history, will fendants their rights as guaranteed by the speak. , U.S. Constitutipn and is outside -the estab lished judicial channels of the University,” A Coalition spokesman announced an the statement expressed solidarity with the orientation meeting at 7:30 tomorrow night defendants to “refuse legitimacy” to the in 22 Deike for persons interested in can panel. vassing State College about Cambodia and discussing the planned' strike and march The Coalition mentioned the U.S. troop to Washington protesting the invasion of entry into Cambodia as a “continued” re- Cambodia by U.S. troops. By TINA HONDRAS Collegian Staff Writer The Nominating Committee of the University Senate will present its slate of nominees for chairman, vice chairman and secretary at the Senate meeting today. Thomas F. Magner, associate dean of research and graduate study in the College of the Liberal Arts, and Margaret B. Matson, professor of sociology and present secretary of the Senate, will be nominated for chairman. Vice chairman nominees will be William H. Gotolski, pro fessor of civil engineering and Robert F. Schmalz, associate professor of geology. Rosemary Schraer, assistant professor of biochemistry, and Betty van der Smissen,. professor of health and physical education, will be nominated for secretary. Additional nominations may be made from the floor. Expresses Concern The Senate Committee on Undergraduate Student Affairs will submit to the Senate a resolution expressing concern over the Board of Trustees’ rejection of the Senate-approved pro posal for a University Judiciary Board. The resolution asks that the board initiate consultations with a Senate ■ committee appointed by the Senate chairman. The purpose of the consultations would be to learn the board’s specific objections to the Senate UJB'proposal, and to draft a new plan which would be acceptable to both the board and the Senate. ' ■< The Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs has proposed the establishment of a Grievance Panel as an all-Universify body under the direction of the University Senate. The committee proposes that the panel consist of nine mem bers elected by the Senate—six from the faculty and three from the Council of Academic Deans. For a particular case, the committee suggested the establishment of a Grievance Board of two faculty members, and one dean to be chosen from the panel, , Presents Report A report on the Senate Committee on Resident Instruction on the relationship between research and teaching is to be presented. The committee concludes in its study that its sources of information were ambiguous and inconsistent, but added “we tend to agree....that the fact that they are often paid to do one job (teach students) while their ability or per formance is assessed on the basis of how well they do another (research and publication).” The committee recommends that “the three-fold responsibilities of the University's charter” (residential teaching, research and continuing educational and investigative service) be kept before the citizens and officials of the Commonwealth. If suggests that colleges improve pro cedures for course evaluation and that all colleges "devise ap propriate informational surveys of current and past students for the purpose of evaluating program objectives and teaching • effectiveness.” A report of the Senate Committee on Curriculum will recommend the amendment of Rule M-5 of the Senate Policies and Rules for Undergraduate Students. The report proposes permitting grade deferments to be made “over a period as generous as possible.” The committee suggests that cases be granted “routine treatment" rather than requiring special letters from the dean of the college involved. Rather than allowing three weeks after .the beginning of the succeeding term for deferments, the com-' mittee recommends the deferment period not extend beyond the sixth week of the-succeeding term. Upon adjournment, a meeting of the elected senators will follow. The Faculty Affairs Committee is to submit a list of nominees for election of two members and two alternates to serve on the standing Joint Committee on Tenure. Additional nominations may be made from the floor.’ 8 Pages MEMBERS OF THE Black Student Union will be selling posters on the Mall this week as part of the Black Arts Festival, running Wednesday through Saturday. The poster on the right inset is one of four different designs. Wtxt Uatlg Collwji —Collegian Photo* by Plerro Bellklnl wins by 32-19 margin Easley takes GSA presidency By FRANK ARCURI Collegian Staff Writer Mike Easley (graduate-regional planning- Levittown) was elected president of the Graduate' Student Association by a margin of 32-19. Klaus May, rules committee chairman for GSA, announced the winners of the elections for the Senate committees. The winners, who will take office Monday, are: —Thomas Hartsock (graduate-animal in dustries-Duncansville) —Robert C. Rickardsfgraduate-economics- Muncy) ‘ .—William Banes (graduate-animal nutri tion-University Park) ■ —Dennis Rhen (graduate-political science- Lebanon) —Gary Sykes (graduate-political science- State College) and John Patt (graduate physiology-University Park) tied for one of the posts, Mdy said, and a runoff election will be held Monday at the GSA council meeing. There were no candidates for the office of executive secretary and treasurer. May said the task of filling those offices will be the first order on the agenda for the council meeing. Conservatives Control Vote Commenting on the outcome, May said the conservative students had major {OllOOOO2 on the committee elections because “they all Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pa., Tuesday Morning, May 5, 1970 Strike called this week; Cambodia protests build By PAUL SCHAFER Collegian Staff Writer The Strike .Committee last night called for a stu dent strike Thursday and Friday “to protest the in vasion of Cambodia bj> American troops and the illegality of the Woodside Commission Trials.” The Committee also planned a rally for noon today in front of Old Main. The Coalition lor Peace will sponsor a similar rally tomorrow. Speakers today will discuss recent developments including the sending of U.S. troops to Cambodia, last weekend's rally in New Haven. Conn., to protest the trial of Black Panther Party leader Bobby Seale, and will present concrete proposals for implementing the four demands placed on the University April 15 by the Students for a Democratic Society. Geoff Sili, a member of the Strike Committee, will read the charges placed against him by the University at today’s rally. Objects to Panel By JIM WIGGINS Collegian Staff Writer voted.” If the liberals had voted, he claimed, the results for the Senate committees may have turned out differently. “It was a fair election,” May noted, “everyone had been notified of the nominees and there was one week in which to vote.” Easley said he was pleased with the elec tion results and hopes to meet with the newly installed members of the Undergraduate Stu dent Government and the Organization of Stu dent Government Associations as soon as possi ble. “I wish to acclimate myself with my job and the people I’ll be working with,” he said. Communication —Major Problem According to Easley, communications be tween students and administration is the major problem facing the University. He said he will discuss this with members of other campus organizations in the hope of effecting some meaningful intercourse. Increased financial aid and better medical services for married student's families are Easley’s next stated objectives. Easley, who will be installed Monday, said he hopes jo interest more graduate students in the functions of GSA. “We need more people to do a better job,” he said. “GSA has done as much as it could flolhis year with the man power it had,” Easley asserted. Steve Lucas (graduate-speech-Chola Vista, Calif.), the candidate opposing Easley, was not available for comment. mittee, plans to speak on the nationwide student strike, which was called at Princeton University. Proposals Concerning Demands Steve Weiss, an arrested student, will present concrete proposals based on the four demands placed on the University by the Students for a Democratic Society April 15. The four demands included the following: —“We demand open enrollment for everyone seeking a higher education. “-—We demand an end to all University ties to the U.S. military machines, specifically the Reserve Of ficers’ Training Corps, the Ordnance Research Laboratory, military recruiting and other defense research. “ —We demand an end to Administration in timidation and repression of student political activity by injunctions, suspensions and other coercive mechanisms: ail police agents and institutions off campus. will open at 10 a.m. Thursday and will be held in the J. Orvis Keller Conference Center. The rules adopted by the commission are the following: —Written notice of the specific charges and of the time and place of hearing must have been given to all persons charged prior to the commencement of .the hearing on the particular case which is being heard. —The charges must be signed by a rep resentative of the University or by a person who saw part or all of the offense. being, committed and shall be in sufficient detail to set forth clearly the charges against which the person has to defend himself. —Those charged may be represented by legal counsel or other qualified adviser. Hear Testimony —Testimony will be heard by one or more of the members of the panel. Testimony will be stenographically re corded. —Witnesses shall swear or affirm to the truthfulness of their testimony. —Representatives of the University shall present relevant evidence in support of the charges. Those charged shall have the right to hear and cross-examine, by themselves or representatives, the witnesses presented against them, and to present relevant evi dence on their behalf subject to cross examination by University officials. —After the evidence has been presented by both sides, each party shall have an oppor tunity to argue orally before the panel. These arguments should not exceed 20 minutes each. To File Report —lf the panel finds that the charges have been sustained, it will file a written report with the President of the University stating its findings and recommendations for discipline. This report will be made availr BSU calls Woodside Panel illegal; 8 blacks to refuse to appear By KAREN CARNABUCCI "This lack o£ concern for with the panel on April 27—did Collegian Staff Writer ' h , um ® n ri ? hts of P € °P>, e “ bein e he suggest a verdict? clearly demonstrated through _“ 39 students will be heard The eight black students ar- a lack of regard of legal rights in three days—an obvious rested in the April 15 Old Main by the “Blue Ribbon Panel.” railroading; sit-in will not appear before We charge the panel with —“normal University chan the Woodside Panel, according being a mockery of human nels could be justly used but to Black Student Union concern for the following they are not. Why? Political Activities Chairman reasons: —“guilt, has been presuppos- Vince Benson. —by peers is ignored; ed by placing the students on The three-member panel .was , —“the plaintiff picked the probation before any hearing, appointed by the University judge and jury; legal or otherwise. Board of Trustees to _—"the hearings are closed to investigate campus distur- the public: In a letter to the editor of bances prior to April 23. —“the hearings will pre- The Daily Collegian last week. The BSU statement said, judice the civil courts proceed- BSU said the panel “was set “We will not permit our ings; up for nothing more than a brothers to be individually —“Walker met privately modem day lynching.” brought before a panel (no matter how distinguished) on I i S r MM T ol*ols CQU TOf not one.” ■ Benson, who was arrested at • £ I 'Tnega'r"’ lan I and C saW** SU SOOSIOH OT CIOSSOS guilt was already “presuppos- * ed because students have been put on probation until the hear ing,” Benson said the University had established the illegality "even within the University’s own legal system.” Saying the University was “ignoring” the nation’s basic law codes, .Benson added, "The plaintiff never picks the judge and jury and never has private meet ings with the judge and jury.” They (the University) are the outlaws in this code.” Attempting to .make a clarification of the BS U position, the statement read: “First, let it be crystal clear to all concerned that the black community has not and will not forget the basic needs and issues. The basic issue is that the University does not meet the needs of the people in the State. This is why demands must be placed upon this university repeatedly in order for it to even begin to recognize the human rights of people. _ unwarranted and illegitimate decision to send American combat forces into Cambodia and to resume the bombing of North Vietnam.” Newspaper editors of Columbia, Brown, Penn sylvania, Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Cornell, Rutgers, Bryn Mawr, Sarah Lawrence and Haverford have expressed support for the editorial. Strike leaders at Rutgers University said last night they will send representatives to Washington tomorrow to talk directly to Congressmen concerning the Indochina war. Leaders there rejected going to Washington on the nationally called march Saturday. They added that Douglass College (the college for women at Rutgers) has already gone on strike with faculty support, and that they expect the faculty of Rutgers to follow suit. The Coalition for Peace rally scheduled for Wednesday is still being planned, but is is known that James Petras, assistant professor of political science, will discuss the Cambodian situation at the rally. The Strike Committee is also trying to contact several students recently returned from Cuba to speak Wednesday. While there, they helped the Cubans cut this year’s crop of sugar cane. The Workers' League, which had called for a march on Harrisburg Saturday to fight possible University budget cuts and a tuition increase, said last night they would support the march on Washington, “with the war as its central focus.” A spokesman added. “We have to fight the ‘student power’ conception of the march,” and noted that "students cannot fight the injunction or troopers as students: all these struggles must be fought in a class way.” The march on Harrisburg, which the League termed “politically the proper thing to do,” was in tended to be a step toward a nationally sponsored Workers’ League march on Washington on Memoria' Day. able to the person charged. If the panel finds the charges have not been sustained, it will so report. —The hearings shall be open to the parties, their counsel, and advisers and wit nesses in reasonable number, and to such other persons as the panel many designate. —The panel will follow generally the rules of evidence, but like Pa. Administra tive Agencies it will not be bound by tech nical rules, and relative evidence of reason able length may be received. Reasonable ex amination- and cross-examination will be per mitted. Briefs and memoranda will be wel come. —An administrator acting for the panel, will assist the parties and counsel in de termining the probable order in which the cases wiU be called and an estimate of the time when the case will be reached. —The majority of the panel shall con stitute a quorum but any member of the panel has the right to request that no action of the panel, other than purely administra tive, be taken unless all members thereof are present. —The panel will follow practices and procedures and apply the above rules in a manner that will assure fair, orderly and expeditious hearings. Commenting on the above rules, Vice President for Student Affairs Charles L. Lewis said he believed they would provide fair hearings. No "Double Jeopardy" On the question of “double jeopardy,” students being tried for the same offense by both a civil and University court, Lewis said, “there is no question of double jeopardy involved.” Explaining his position, Lewis said the (Continued on page five) Several members of the Department of Mathematics are circulating a statement within the department calling for suspension of math classes Thursday and Friday in "protest of the policies of the Nixon Administration in Vietnam.” The statement also calls upon “all faculty and students everywhere to suspend their academic activities” on those days. According to Donald C. Rung, associate professor of mathematics, support at yesterday's meeting indicated that about 15 professors and 40 graduate students would endorse the strike. The statement reads: “We the undersigned strongly protest the policies of the Nixon Administration in Vietnam which first gave us Viet namization as a means to peace and now gives us the In dochina war. "As a measure of our conviction, and as a symbol of our protest, we announce the suspension of our classes on Thursday, May 7. and Friday, May 8. We call upon all faculty and students everywhere to suspend their academic activities during this period. “On Friday,-May 8, we ask for all to fast in atonement for the victims of this war, and furthermore we pledge our salary of May 8 to the Committee of Responsibility to Aid War injured Children.” Rung said inspiration for the statement was taken from the Ivy League schools. “We would also like to show our solidarity with other universities which have begun similar ac tion." he said. He said he hoped other departments at the University would follow suit. _ Crucifixion Time —see page 2 Seven Cents Talk to Congressmen Determine Order
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