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Vol. 2 I No. 20 Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut May 6, 1970
Two-Day Moratorium
Provides Teach- In
On Thursday, April 30, the student body of FaiDfield University
voted in favor of the two-fold referendum. The first point dealt
with the resolutions of the University Council and the important
Cox amendment. The second was concerned with the ending of
the strike in lieu of the present accomplishments. The results of
the voting were as follows:
Point 1 Yes 900
Point 2 Yes 818
Prior to the termination of
the strike, a two-day moratorium
of classes was held (April
29 and 30), to allow the University
to formulate it's ideas
and positions on the present
turmoil and the future of the
institution.
On both ·days two "teach-in"
sessions were held in Gonzaga
Auditorium and the Campus
Center. They dealt with topics
such as the present University
structure, admissions, Tri-Partltism
and it's future, and numerous
other issues and areas of
interest.
"The 'teach-ins' served several
different purposes," remarked
Fr. Joseph Devine.
"They provided a cooling off
period when the entire com-
Kuntsler Provides
Political Viewpoint
By KEVIN McAULIFFE
aad GEORGE BRITTON
Q: Do you think Bobby Seale
will get the electric chair?
A: I think about it from time
to time. I hope the case is quite
complete by now. It's really a
·technical question. What's the
difference?
Q: When did you ,first get in
the movement?
A: I joined in 1961 under the
Freedom Riders.
Q: What of the recent bombings
around the nation?·
A: The left has become so
bitter, they are willing to commit
themselves to karni-kazi
missions. Violence is the wrong
tactic. But you never preclude
it entirely.
Q: What about H. Rap
Brown?
A: He's missing.
Q: What about the Panther
movement?
A: Mitchell, Hoover - the
American people - are conspiring
against the Panthers.
It's a whole nation against
them.
Q: What about tactics ot
violence?
A: Flood the streets if you
have to. I never believe totally
in non-violence. At times it is
the only recourse of action, the
American Revolution and the
Boston Tea Party for example.
(Contllluecl OD Pap Z)
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No 239
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munity could meet in constructive
activities. The different sessions
c o n v e y e d interpretive
facts from authoritative sources
and stimulated v a 1 i d questions."
When aske<l if the "teach-in"
sessions were fruitful, Father
Devine responded, "If we base
success upon n u m b e r s the
teach-ins were failures. Several
factors were working against
us. But if we base success on
the fulfillment of the objectives
of the sessions (quoted in the
aoove statement) they were ex·
tremely valuable to those who
participated.''
On Thursday, April 30, ·the
University Council met and
adapted several measures concerning
the creation of a Neutral
Commission for investigating
the charges against President
Mcinnes.
The Commission will consir,t
of three members of the administration,
three from the faculty,
and three student members.
The tenth member, who will
serve as the chairman, shall
be appointed by the University
Council from outside the University
community.
The Commission's report shall
be presented to the expanded
Board of Trustees for their action.
Several other points of concern
are awaiting acceptance.
These include the free access
to the testimony and documentation
from any member of the
University community.
The Constitutional Convention
for the creation of a binding
Tri-Partite reseumed it's work
on Friday evening, May 1.
A plenary session of all four
sub-boards marked the beginning
of the third weekend session
of the convention.
The first task at hand was
the discussion of several vital
concepts directly related to the
Constitution and its operation.
After thorough discussion, the
delegates voted to form the
Planning Committee as separate
from the members of the
University Council.
This committee which will b<'
a strategic component of the
Council, will draw its members
from the three sub-boards (Academic,
Operations, and Community).
Fr. Mcinnes partakes In dlscusaiOD with student aad his
parents during Parents Weekend Activities.
Pr~sident Comments
On Student Strike
to supply the charges."
Secondly, Father M~es reproved
the sudden change in the
student government position,
making the following statement:
"Dennis Donovan said that they
changed their tactic-they were
no longer charging loss of faith,
but mismanagement. He ques-
(CoaUnaed oa Pace Z)
Coughlin Discusses
Faculty Pay Raise,
1970-71 Calendar
By PATRICK M. HOGAN
The hotly discussed issue of
faculty salaries is not deemed
as an adequate justification for
any student allegations or unrest
according Dean Coughlin.
The Jesuit Dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences, defending
the university salary
scale, quoted figures issued by
a national organization which
indicate that Fairfield ranks in
the upper third on this AAUP
scale.
Father Coughlin explained that
the American Association of
University Professors was founded
in 1959 and in that year
they established as · their goal
to double faculty salaries in ten
years because they assur.ned
that University teachers were
underpaid. This goal has been
accomplished by the Association.
Father Coughlin said,_that the
increases which will go· into effect
at Fairfield will remain
consistent with the AAUP projections
for the corning year.
This will keep the school in the
u~per third percentile.
The across-the-board increac;e
will occur on four levels; A
professor will receive a 2,000
dollar raise, an associate professor,
1,700 dollars, an assistant
professor, 1,350, and instructors
will receive 1,100 dollars
more than their present
salary.
"Some schools will rank higher
than us, granted, but a lot
more will be ranking lower,"
(ContiDuecl on Pace 2)
By TONY HEBENS'IlREIT
"When the freshmen class
first came, I asked them to
think for themselves. There are
a large number of students who
didn't think for themselves, who
didn't find the facts," said Rev.
William C. Mcinnes, in a recent
interview, concerning the student
strike. He also noted that
"for the large number of them
it was a position of feeling rather
than of thought,'' involving
"emotional, careless use of
rhetoric.''
While he did not pinpoint any
single cause for the strike,
Father Mcinnes viewed it as
the result of a "whole series
of frustrations" which the student
government "crystallized."
Concerning the actions of the
student government, he said,
"Although they didn't act irresponsibly,
they acted imprudently.
There was more frresponsibility
on some who atte'itded the
rallies than those organizing
them."
September 4 Deadline Set
For ~New Housing Project
However, Father Mcinnes
charged inconsistencies in the
position of the student government.
"First," he said, "It was
very hard for the group to specify
what the charges were.
The strike began before the final
list of charges were made."
Noting that he was presented
initially with a list of nin'2
charges, which was later increased
to 17 and then to 60,
he declared that it was "unfair
to call a strike first, and then
By CJJIRIS SUUIV AN
A deadline of Sept. 4, 1970,
has been set for the completion
of a new three-story dormitory
to be built in the area of
the campus just south of a point
immediately between Grauert
Field and the library.
One of the several points of
alleged intrigue on the part of
the University's administration
in the recent student strike was
the question of this new dormitory.
Dean Schimpf and Dr.
Barone have clarified the issue
in recent interviews.
Largely because of a "dramatic
shift in student preferences"
to on-campus housing,
which Mr. Schimpf attributed
to the liberalization of campus
social regulations and. to the
rising costs of and competition
for outside living quarters, to
which the Provost added the attraction
of co-education ne?Ct
year, the planne'rs. found them-selves
"short number of bed;;,··
as Dean Schimpf said-approximately
150.
Four possible resolutions of
the problem were : to find
enough private residences at
which students could board; to
have "all freshmen live threein-
a-room"; to rent "large
blocks of housing" nearby; or,
to find a reasonably economical,
quickly available new dormitory.
After d o i n g considerable
"background work," in Dr. Barone's
words, the first three of
these were seen to be unfeasible,
and with time being such
an important factor, .a decision
was made to look into such
forms of construction as the
"module-type," various prefabricated
forms, and others.
When the Unitec Corporation,
a national concern w i t h a
branch in Manchester, Conn.,
(eo.tlllaed • Pllp I)
Page Two
Convention
For Third
Meets
Round
The Constitutional Convention of a Binding Tri-Partite Government
met in its third round of plenary and committee sessions
May 1-3, gave conditional acceptance to two committee reports,
paved the way for a rewrite committee, and will convene again
on Thursday morning, May 7.
The Governance Committee,
chaired by Dr. John Barone, bers (5-5-5) with jurisdictions
University Provost, foresees a such as these:
University Council of 15 mem-
Billy Taylor
Rend~ers Jazz
By PAUL CUNNINGHAM
"If you really are concerned,
then show it" is the name of
an original jazz number by Bil·
ly Taylor. As the blue stage
lights softened the setting in
the gymnasium on - Saturday
. evening, April 18, Mr. Taylor
played this tune on the piano
as a highlight to his emphasis
on "blues" jazz. It also marked
the theme of this benefit concert
because all the proceeds
go to the black students' scholarship
fund.
The concert was sponsored
by the AfrO-Am society and the
chief coordinators were Mr. Aliison
Bryant, Mr. Wayne Gibbons
'70, Mr. David McNulty
of Public Relations, Mrs. Ann
Marie Samway, Assistant Dean
of Resident Students, and Audrey
Thompson.
Approximately four hundred
persons attended the concert
which was consiqered by many
to be a lesson in jazz. Billy
Taylor introduced each number
and explained the mood of each
composition. Bobby Thomas on
the drums and Paul West on
the bass fiddle accompanied Mr.
Taylor and each did their own
spectacular solo renditions in
particular numbers.
Wayne Gibbons of the class
of '70, said that this concert
will serve "as a type of 'catalyst'
for future cooperation as
to contributing to scholarship
funds. Soliciting contributions is
the concept of our fund."
Mr. Gibbons said that a benefit
concert-lecture will soon be
planned. It will serve the double
purpose of supplementing the
fund and providing interested
students an education as to the
history, philosophy and music
appreciation of jazz."
At the close of the Billy Taylor
concert, Rev. William C.
Mcinnes, University President,
·announced to the audience that
one of the university's scholarships
for underprivileged students
"will hereby be called
the Dr. Billy Taylor scholarship."
Mr. Taylor was made an
honorary alumnus last year.
The persons in charge of the
concert claimed that popular
opinion was very favorable as
to the Billy Taylor concert.
"With the aid of a special
event such as this for our fund,"
commented Mr. Gibbons, "especially
in a pluralistic environment,
all parties concerned can
make it a more learning experience,'~
The ~~~c~rt committee would
like to · thank the Knights of
Columbus and the Cardinal Key
Society for their assistance. A
list of special patrons will also
appear in the next issue of The
Stag.
"Responsibilit~. . . to establish,
revise, and/or reaffirm all
the standing committees" . . .
"members . . . concerned with
the good of the University rather
than with strict representation
of any segment" .. . "open
hearings" . . . "initiate policies
and legislation when a neeti
... exists" ... "when con-flicts
exist between . . . committees.
. . or sectors · . . . the
University Council wm identify
. . . authority" . . "·seek . .
representation . . . on . . .
trustees."
The Council will oversee legislation
of the Boards beneath it,
-to veto, it must reject by twothirds
witbin a month. As for
the President and Trustees, it
can disapprove ap action by either,
and by two-thirds vote
override it.
Special commi~ees-on Conference
with the Trustees, which
the report anticipates shall be
~eatly liberalized beyond the
University Council's recommendations
- and on Planning. are
also envisioned.
The Operations Committee devised
a Board of Administration
(5 Adm.-3-3) with sub-committees
on finance (projections and
priorities), Operations Policy
(division's head policies), University
Relations (public relations
p<)Iicy), and Appointments.
The Board's veto or its committees
shall also be on a twothirds-
within-30-days basis.
Major hurdles remaining before
the six-week-old Convention
include:
1. Election procedures by sectors.
2. Inclusion of non-voting freshmen
observers.
3. Status of Graduate Schools
in the Council.
4. Several conflicting preamble
versions esp. between the
Committees on Governance and
Community Life.
'5. Schema of the Constitution.
A schema devised by Dr. Lisa
Perkins was . adopted Friday
night. Another style wa~ used
by the Operations Committee.
The Rewrite Committee shall
be free to adopt its own format.
6. The attrition rate of the
extended workings of the Convention,
noticeable at the April
10-12 sessions and very obvious
this past weekend. Absences
caused by work loads, conflicting
schedules, and possibly
disinterest a r e effecting all
three segments.
As things stand now, the Rc·
write Committee shall bear an
extraordinary load and the document
will not be ready before
the end of May.
STA&
Members dellberat~ during Saturday's U. c. Meeting.
New Housing Project
Dorm Not 'pre-fab'
(Continued from Page 1)
that deals in four-month construction
of just such building:>
as the one being sought, came
into view, the Student Services
Dean said, "everything fit tvgether."
The "situation looked
reasonable enough," said Dr.
Barone, and, as they "had to
act," the University's housing
planners expressed an interest
in Unitec's offer.
The company handles the architectural
planning .and ·actual
construction of its buildings,
· which seemed to Fairfield's
Provost, a "more efficient way
of geeting things done," which
"might also save money."
Unitec's proposal calls for a
three-story, brick veneer building
housing ninety-three students.
Each floor would contain
sixteen rooms, with two
students in each, and every pair
of these would share a private
bathroom, forming what Dr.
Barone terms a "social subgroup
of four" in each pair of
rooms, and of 32 on every
floor.
He says that the dormitory
would not be "a pre-fabricaten
piece," that there would be only
some pre-cast concrete for the
floors, which would be carpeted
inside the rooms hopefully,
and definitely in the corridors.
While the structure would be
1970 - 71 Calendar
"not quite as attractive on the
outside" as some of Fairfield's
other residence halls, it would
be a "more livable building insire,"
and one "better for the ·
students."
Inside the rooms, which would
be approximately the size of
present rooms here, .such conveniences
as sliQ.ing beds which
could form couches when not
in use, and built-in desks and
bookcases would create a "sitting
room" atmosphere, says
Dr. Barone. Unitec Corporation's
proposal also includes
plans for a three-story student
lounge adjoining each floor of
the dormitory.
This plan would }?e similar
to that of a group of dormitories
built by the company at
the University of Rhode Island,
with which, Dean Schimpf says,
the student residents· are highly
satisfied.
The location for construction
was one of the options of a
long-range building plan, and,
says Dr. Barone, "it opens up
a whole new area of the campus
for the students."
If a hoped-for federal interest-
subsidy is gained through
the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, and additional
93-resident wing is proposed
for construction in 1971.
Barone A·ssures No· Conflict
(Coatbl11fld from Pap 1)
according to Dean Coughlin. He
also stated that consensus or
the faculty showed that they
were generally satisfied with
the approved raises.
Assuring that the students
will know whether or not the
revised calender will go into
effect next year by the conclusion
of the present academic
year, Father Coughlin explained
the · history of the Calendar
changes.
demic Council in late March,
and therefore bears approval of
all segments of the University
community.
The only obstacle to absolute
implementation is the worry
that it will interfere with the
construction dates of the new
dormitory. The Dean says that
classes cannot be reconvened
until the dormitory is completed.
"The calender can go into effect
any time-the only question
is, whether it can be recon-
The revised calendar, which ciled with the Housing Pro]ect,
would start school earlier and and Provost Barone assures me
have exams before Christmas that it can," ·explained Father
has been approved by the Aea· Coughlin.
May b, IY/U
Kuntsler
(Oolltlaaecl from hp 1)
I was in the Army for 30 years,
I'm not a pacifist. World War
II was racist against the Jat>anese,
but it was a good war
otherwise.
Q: Are you glad you became
a lawyer?
A: I'm very glad I became
a lawyer. The system as a theoretical
ideal is a good one. I
have faith in judicial due process.
Q: What do you think of Foran
as a prosecutor?
A: The question is academic.
He's like any others. Just Daley's
whipping boy. The trial
destroyed him.
Q: What were your tactics in
Chicago?
A: Tactics? For the defendants
to give their life styles,
their reason for coming to Chicago.
Legal statutes were not
the important thing.
Q: Are we now suffering
from reverse polarization?
A: We are polarized now. It
will continue for a long time. I
don't want to live in this state
of intenseness. The left has an
enemy - they know who it is
- and it's not themselves.
Q: What are your views on
Capitalism?
A: Make it work fairer or
overthrow it. Either reform it
or revolutionize it.
Q: Do you mind going to
jail?
A: Of course I mim~ going to
jail.
Q: Do you fear losing ~
life?
A: That's not too crucial.
Q: What is the purpose of .
8$king questions to prospective
furors such as, "Do you know
what 'Right on' means?"
A: We wanted jurors who
were sympathetic to the defendants.
We asked them que~ions
of that nature to get a source
of social awareness.
Q: What is the badge on your
lapel?•
A: It's an equality of raees
button. Red, brown, blaek,
·white and yellow. Someone gave
it to me on the way in.
Teach-In
(Continued from Page 1)
presented by two delegates to
the convention:
"The ideas and work of the
Tri-Partite constitution are complete,"
stated former Student
Government President AI Mariani.
"We have been moving
fast but we are concerned with
the quality of the task. The success
of tri-partitism lays not
only in the hands of the Convention
but in the attitude and
energy of the entire community."
"The acceptance of the binding
tri-partite constitution will
create a new Fairfield. But let
us not take our present accomplishments
for granted," claimed
Minority Leader John Harrington.
"We, the eommunity,
must be extremely cautious and
observant. Wait for acceptance
or rejection of the five resolutions,
the Neutral Commission's
report, and the Constitution,
then act as a eommunity sees
fit.,
May 6, 1970 ,.,.Three
Class of '7 2 Officers •
ID Dispute
Trio Claim System Inefficient;
Resign and Present Alte~natives
We, the following class officers
of the Class of 1972 of
Fairfield University, hereby resign.
We do so recognizing the
inefficiency of the present class
officer system, but, at the same
time, recognizing the potency
and validity of an alternative
system.
The function of the class officer
system at Fairfield University
is primarily, if not exclusively,
social. It is believed
by some to have some political
power. However, the President
of a class has absolutely no
place to officially s p e a k his
mind or to take action of any
topic as president of the class.
There should be no political
structure which has no political
power.
When a student decides to run
for a class officer position he
does so with a grand illusion.
He feels that he can "do something
for his class." He believes
in a "betterment" of the university.
Soon he is faced with
the reality that he is, in one
way or another, a social director.
The class officer has
absolutely no avenue of power,
nor should he. Yet, to justify
his own presence he organizes
mixers, intercollegiate d a y s ,
and possibly, if very daring, a
concert.
To financ-e such events the
class officers can and usually
do take up some form of class
dues. Thus the student supports
the student government through
his activities fee and a class
officer system through class
dues. This results in an obvious
and unnecessary conflict which
is unfair for the student. There
are presently enough clubs and ·
organizations to supplement the
social activities of the student
government.
To be honest with ourselves
we should admit that there is
no such thing as "class spirit."
If there were such a thing as
"class spirit" on a university
campus it would be more detrimental
than beneficial. We are
not in high school. Students
should recognize that they are
primarily members of a university
as an intellectual community
and secondarily members
of their place of residence
-be it off-c.ampus or in a dorm.
Being students at a university
we should be organized into
one power structure and that
is the student government. We
do not b e m o a n the loss of
"class spirit" but look forward
to the realization of true "student
spirit."
We propose that the student
government take complete control
of all social events and
that the dorm councils realize
the potential which they now
possess. Through our proposal
the dorm council could establish
its own social events. This
can be accomplished once the
student realizes that his allegiance
should be to his student
government and a 1 s o to his
dorm council and not in any
way to his class.
only necessary alternative.
The following is our alternative
to the situation. This recommendation
has b e e n forwarded
to the student government.
Social Committee
A) The social committee is
a standing committee of the
student government.
B) The chairman of the S'.)cial
committee is appointed by
the President of the Student
Government pending legislative
approval and is responsible to
him for the actions of the committee.
C) 1. The social committee
shall consist of 12 members.
The breakdown s h a 1 1 be as
follows:
New Dorm-2
Regis- 2
Campion- 2
Gonzaga-2
Loyola-2
Off-campus- 1
Commuters-!
2. All nominees of the social
committee shall be interviewed
by a board which shall consist
of four representatives from
the new legislature and three
members of the out-going social
committee plus the chairman
of the social committee.
The board shall send its recommendations
to the student legislature.
D) 1. The members of the
particular dormitories on the
committee shall form a subcommittee
in conjunction with
their dorm council which shall
initiate t h e i r different dorm
events.
2. The budget presently allocated
to the classes will be
appropriated to the dormitory
councils to be used to enhance
the quality of the social life on
campus.
E) The soc i a 1 committee
shall meet at least once every
two weeks and at the discretion
of the president and the
chairman.
F) The chairman shall appoint
a secretary whose duties
will be both that of recording
and corresponding.
G) 1. The expenditures of the
social committee s h a 11 be
through the student government
treasury.
2. The social committee shall
finance its own activities and
t h o s e of the dormitory subcommittees.
H) Those funds allocated by
the government and any incoming
profits except those from
mixers shall be available to
the social committee. In addition,
the committee shall be
allowed access to other government
furids with the approval
of the student legislature and
the appropriations committee
for the purpose of making down
payments and long range plans.
These funds shall be returned
as soon as possible upon the
completion of the event for.
which they were appropriated.
The student legislature shall be
formally advised of all such
loans.
I) The social committee exists
to develop, organize, and
coordi.nate the social activities
of Fairfield University.
J) The soc i a 1 committee
shall:
-make a 11 necessary arrangements
to insure the success
of events under its jurisdiction.
-initiate and/or run any
events deemed necessary to provide
an adequate social atmosphere
for the campus.
-schedule all social events
sponsored by student organizations.
-make all arrangements for
dormitory subcommittee events.
-jointly sponsor or grant autonomous
control over social
events to student organizations.
-publish a complete sociel
calendar during the academic
year and provide adequate publicity
for all events concerned
with the committee.
- survey the student body's
entertainment preferences at
least once per year.
Respectfully submitted,
Joseph B. Moore,
President
William J. Tiemey,
Secretary
Gerard P. Kelly,
Treasurer
As previously stated we believe
that the function of the
social. Therefore, a social comclass
officer system at Fairfield
University is primarily
mittee should prove to be the
Parents and students watch bueball a-ame attentively during
Weekend activltletl.
V. P. Berardino Favors Reform
Yet Maintains Need of System
There is a motion on the part
of three of the sophomore class
officers, to abolish the present
class officer system and replace
it with a social committee that
will regulate all social life. The
dorm councils are to be used
as more of a social body and
hence eliminate the need for
the class officer system.
Basically, I am in concurrence
with their solution, i.e.
the organization of a m o r P.
comprehensive social committee.
However, I have some reservations
concerning t h e i r
means of achieving unity in the
school and it is for this reason
that I have declined to accompany
them in their joint resignations.
In the following paragraphs
I would like to indicate
my reservations to their position.
The class officer system is
primarily a s o c i a 1 position.
resently, there is no power in
the political sense at all. Rather
the class officer system fulfills
a basic need for the individual
students. It gives every
student whether or or off-campus
a feeling of unity, of belonging
to something else but
Fairfield University. Admittedly,
the "student spirit" is to he
desired in this university. However,
there is also a need o!
class alignment and unity. The
authors of the proposal in question
have proposed that there
is a more fundamental unity
to be provided by the dorm
councils than by the class-officer
system. I contend that this
is not accurate. eople tend to
associate with those in their
respective classes rather than
those outside their Individual
class. Therefore, a class-officer
system should be retained to
cater to this class awareness
that I contend still exists and
should be maintained.
One claims that there is little
tradition at Fairfield. If one
analyzes the main events here
at Fairfield; e.g. Orientation
Week, Homecoming and Dogwood
Weekends and Senior
Week he will realize that each
of these is run by an individual
class for another class (as iu
Orientation) , tor t h e i r own
class (Senior Week) or for the
entire student body (Homecoming
and Dogwood).
Admittedly each of these
events would be run by the
proposed social committee but
I contend that this is not necessary.
These events are primary
expressions of class unity. Although
the running of Dogwood
does not in itself justify the
presence of four class officers,
it does point to the problem
I am questioning. Without this
class-officer system there will
be a de-emphasis in what Fairfield
bas unconsciously found
most of its unity in class participation.
Also, without the class-officer
system their will be both a political
and social vacuum at
Fairfield. The social and political
orientation of the school
will be the Student Government
and will be as good or bad us
that government and its members
are. Fortunately, the last
government and ,this present
one are efficient and will run
things well. However, with nothing
to compete with or to counteract
w i t h the government
might get lax and if that happens
the students. have nothing
to turn to in either the political
or social realm.
Therefore, I propose that the
latter part of the statement I
am questioning be adopted as
I am confident it will be. This
social committee should have
as its sole purpose to "develop,
organize and coordinate the social
activities of Fairfield University."
(Section I). The dorm
council members s h o u 1 d b~
elected to fill their legislative
seats and to oversee the dormitories.
The class officers should
act as a counteracting force
with the student government by
either supporting or defending
its positions and should take
some of the pressure off the
social committee by running its
own activities.
I feel that this structure distributes
more equitably the responsibilities
of social and political
life here at Fairfield and
enables more of its members
to participate in the university.
For the above reasons! could
not in good conscience sign my
name to the above statement.
Respectively submitted,
J08eph F. Berardino
Vice-President of the
Sophomore Class.
Balla·ntine Still Av·ailable
To Sponsor F. U. Concerts
On April 15th the Doors Concert
scheduled for May 9th on
campus was cancelled by Belkin
Productions. There has been
some controversy over the fact
that Ballantine & Sons, Inc.,
sponsor of the concert, would
blacklist Fairfield University in
the backing of future concerts.
This report is erroneous.
In an interview with Mrs.
Samway, Dean of Women, it
was learned that on the day
after the cancellation, Thursday,
April 16, Ballantine contacted
Mrs. Samway and said they
would be happy to sponsor fu-ture
concerts at Fairfield. Dur~
ing the conversation with Ballantine
Mrs. Samway asked if
a large seating capacity was
needed in all of the Ballantinebacked
concerts. The representative
assured her that a large
seating capacity was not needed
in all their sponsored events.
Future plans for concerts are
now being considered for next
year. One possibility is a double
concert, which would consist
of two separate shows by
the same group on the same
night. Mrs. Samway added that
different possibilities for the
conducting of future concerts
are being explored.
Page Four T H E S T A G May 6, 1970
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Off The Deep End
Mr. Nixon has finally shown his true colors. -
Mr. Nixon felt all along when the Johnson Administration escalated
the war in Vietnam that the war was wrong -but only because
the United States was simply not going far enough. In 1968, he campaigned
as a man of peace - not because he was sincere, but because
he knew he could not win without somehow co-opting the
grasstoots peace sentiment for Senators McCarthy and Kenndy and
exploiting the discord that came with it. As President, he has indeed
withdrawn American troons- but always with an eye towards not
peace but the polls. Mr. Nixon has left open his "option" to keep
'American troops in Vietnam forever, even though he knows that lack
of an American proclamation to leave completely keeps the war
g-oing. He keeps his "timetable" secret, even th'0ugh he knows by
doing so the Paris talks stay on dead-center. Even his program for
"ending the war" - Vietnamization - is a proscription to have it
continue indefinitely with proxies.
Mr. Nixon, some claimed, was finally putting the Pentagon in
its place by barring germ warfare. bringing troops home, and announcing
·a "low profile." But Mr. Nixon's true head is shown by his
statement that Vietnam is our "finest hour." by his hysterical speech
at the Air Force Academy. by his simultaneous veto of the HEW bill
in favor of a new ABM. by his auiet divorce from his goal of beating
Clark Clifford's timetable to withdraw.
Now, it is a brand new war. We have invaded Cambodia and
resumed the bombing of North Vietnam. We have violated the neutrality
of a nation whose g.overnment, recently installed with possible
help from the CIA, attacks us for it. Not only that, we find no one.
Not only are we aggressors, we are amateurish aggressors. Over the
skies above the 17th parallel, we have destroyed 26 months of states-manship
and diplomacy. .
Mr. Nixon's Orwellian speech of last Thursday night can be
synopsized in one symbolic act. Towards the end ·of. the calm. cool
operator lost his place, halted, sat mute. and in near-panic shuffled
his papers. Mr. Nixon's famed, reliable staff had failed him, and he
c·ould not react, could not summon the strength from anywhere within
him to ad lib. At length he continued -with a predictable outburst
about great universities going down the drain, etc.
Mr. Nixon cannot help it. Like a TV dinner, he has been thawed
out by troubled Middle America when it was hungry for plasticity,
simplicity and stability. Now, some are w'0ndering if the right temperature
and flavor were chosen. Mr. Nixon is a prisoner of his generals'
pet theories, trapped in the "bums with bombs" cliches of
Agnew and Mitchell, a uniter of his enemies and a divider of his
friends.
This week students strike again against a war that flared and
to-ok American lives. while they were still in grammar school. No,
there is no hope. The Moratorium Committee is dead, the American
juggernaut rolls on into the jungles of Asia, Richard Nixon holds
court in the White House, and life-and death - g'0 on and on.
Time To Adjust Part II
The Stag supports the continuing work of the Constitutional
Convention in the belief that through a spirit of tri-partite the Convention
will produce a workable document resulting in binding tripart.
ite that will bring this community back together. one that will
make Fairfield more of a home for students, instead of a type of job.
The students have shown that they are a powerful V'0ice on this
campus. In the past two weeks. they have struck this University, and
struck it hard. Now it is essential that they support with equal enthusiasm
the ideas and works of the Constitutional Convention if its
spirit of tri-partite, vividly seen within the walls of the C'0nvention,
is to do away with that structured monolith. and result in a model
university. With a BINDING TRI-PARTITE, through the work of the
Constitutional Convention, all ·of Fairfield University is victorious.
Those that share in its victory are the community, a community that
cares. not just the students who have returned to the fold.
In closing, it should be n'0ted that to achieve this cohesi~ community
and its binding tri-partite shall require delicate negotiations
and willing respect to the uneasy truce that exists between the two
presidents, the one whose office is in B-21 of the Campus Center and
the other whose office is in Canisius 101. Fr. Mcinnes' appearance
before the parents on Saturday evening represents a slick, partisan
attempt at sniper fire when diplomacy and statecraft would have
been in proper taste. We urge a restrained Student Association not
to copy the poorly-timed performance of Fr. Mcinnes but to c'0ntinue
to heal the Community's wounds.
_J T£G
Letters To The Editor
Peace
To the Editor:
So; Fairfield is in it deep (re: April
8, '70) ? Now we all know where those
tall basketball players come from.
By the way, Big Bill, diarrhea of the
mouth can be boon to a sports fan but
constipation of the mind may really
bring you down.
Peace
BUI Bertier
In a "Huff"
Dear Mr. John Huff '70:
I am writing in response to your letter
which appeared in the last issue of
The· Stag. It was concerning the "Rag"
issue, and the "callous, shallow, insecure
pseudo-Individuals'• who wrote it.
Let me begin by saying I was one of
them and I take your insinuations as a
personal offense. You don't even know
who I am and therefore I don't find your
statements very valid. (By the way, no
one who knows me has ever called me
callous, shallow, etc. - and these people
do know me!)
I also feel sorry for you Mr. Huff, in
that you could not find it in yourself to
laugh at the stories in the "Rag," as
90% of your "sacred little community"
laughed.
Although I do not know you, I imagine
you were probably one of the 94 pussycats
that voted not to strike.
Right-on Mr. Huff -
L. H., alias "The Riot Queen"
Scientific Inquiry
To the Editor:
In the wa.ke of the recent strike on
the Fairfield University campus, I was
forced to re-evaluate my opinions of the
Physical Science professors. Three positions
on the strike inevitably arose, SUPport,
opposition or neutrality. Neutral
classes, as the name implies, allows the
professors to adopt a neutral policy (at
least extrinsically) concerning the crisis
while still being afforded maximum
teaching facilities.
However, certain facts stand inexorably
blantant and cannot be ignored. Not
one science teacher initiated neutral
classes during the course of the strike;
in various science classes fifty to eighty
percent of students abstained from regular
classes in support of the strike.
Being neither supportive nor neutral, I
am, therefore, impelled to believe that
the science professors opposed the strike
in Its entirety including the points which
it strove to effect.
My criticism now turns somewhat
more subjective but vindicative. One
element necessitated the opposition of
the strike and the continuation of regular
classes in the eyes of the science
professors - this being that pragmatic,
scientific thought superimposed any
ephemeral.~ emotions. I contend, knowledge
of life includes the abstract. But
in the science departments on this campus,
the contrary persists. Instead .of
our science professors ruling science,
the despondent fact remains that science
rules these men. Such an iniquity can
be alleviated only when these men realize
the presence of the sweeping humanistic
Renaissance which is attempting
to blend scientific thought with human
rights and welfare.
· Peter Schuessler ''U
THE STA8
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EDITORIAL BOAJID
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. .. .. . . . . . . . Robert Burgess
MANAGING EDITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. • .. . .. . . . . . . . Timothy Grace
EDITORIAL MANAGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin McAuliffe
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT .............................. Thomas Dunn
ASSOCIATE EDITOR ................................... John Leddy
ASSOCIATE EDITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Cunningham
ARTS EDITOR: Patrick K. Long. PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR: Gordon
Andrews. ADVERTISING EDITOR: John R. O'Neill. BUSINESS MANAGER:
Thomas Sldie. ART EDITOR: Joseph Azar. CIRCULATION EDI·
'roR: Paul Gallois.
NEWS: David McVittle, Duane McDonald, John Roberto, Vince Ray, Bill
Dillon, Jim Hurley, Bob King, Dennis ~annon, Ben Capelle, Pat Dorsey.
SPOR-TS: Frank Armada, Jim Clarke, Steve Daur, Robert Maher, Michael
Leary, Gary Marzolla, Frank Carollo, William Warnken. ARTS: Doug
Menagh, Rich Jones. PHOTOGRAPHY: Bryan Smith, ·Pat Long. COLUMNISTS:
Bob Ellis, Kevin Kelly, Si1non Harak, Rich Zogal CIBCULA·
TION: Greg KellY, Richard Cullen. ,
The opinions expressed by columnists and reviewen are their own and in no way
reflect the Editorial Position of THE STA6.
Published by the Student Government of F.airfield Univenity until May 31, 1970,
according to a resolution of the Univenity Council passed on April 23, 1970.
Guest Editorial
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following ia part of an editorial from
the May issue of Ramparts Magazine. It ia presented here because
it provides a different perspective on the concept of "Earth
Day" and because it cautions the reader to take a closer look
at the environmental improvement movement, ita future, and at
the results of such "grassroots" m.ovementa of the more recent
put.
The environment may well be the gut issue that can unify a
polarized nation in the 1970's, writes Time magazine. The Hearst
Press sees it as a movement "that could unite the generations." And
the New York Times solemnly predicts that ecology "will replace
Vietnam as the major issue with students."
The wishful thinking of a frightened Establishment? Perhaps.
But the organizers of the officially-sanctioned April 22 Teach-In
movement are doing their best to give life to the media's daydream
about the co-optive potential of ecology. If they succeed, thousands <>f
young people across the country will engage in a series of environmental
extravaganzas, embellished to capture the excitement of the
original Vietnam teach-ins, but structured to encourage the young to
forsake the "less important issues" and enlist in a crusade to save the
earth.
We think that any analogy between what is supposed to happen
around April 22 and the organization of the Vietnam teach-ins is
obscene. We think that the Environmental Teach-In apparatus is the
first step in a con game. that will do ·little more than abuse the environment
even further. We do not think it will succeed.
The· originators of the Vietntm teach-ins worked at great <>dds
and against the lies and opposition of government, university administrations
and the media. They raised their own money and had offices
in student apartments or small store-fronts. "Earth Day" came
to life in the offices <>f Senator Gaylord Nelson, received blessings
from Nixon's Department of Health, Ed~cation and Welfare, was
funded by foundations, and has worked out of facilities lent by the
Urban Coalition.
Vietnam protestors had to create their own reading lists, fact
sheets and white papers; they had to work again~t the "expertise"
of Southeast Asia scholars. The Environmental Teach-In comes prepackaged;
a well-paid and well-staffed national office sends local
organizers an official brochure which avaids menti<>ning the social
and economic environment with which Mother Nature has to cope.
Friends of the Earth (FOE) provides, through Ballantine Books, a
semi-<>fficial "Environmental Handbook," which insists that saving
the environment "transcends the other issues" and that we should in
non-partisan fashion "support a man from any political party if he
is a true Friend of the Earth."
Never mind if he's a racist. Don't worry about whether or not he
supports American imperialism. This spring the Nixon Administration
is busy undoing 15 years of struggle for school integration; the police
continue to murder black people in the streets; the American judicial
system is disintegrating and, in the eyes of the State, every radical
has become a conspirator; the war machine in Washington has made
clear its intention to stay in Vietnam indefinitely and to spread its
war to Laos. All this - and the Teach-In organizers want to banish
everything but environment to the back pages of our minds. They
must be blind, or perverse, or both.
How can anyone in this dark springtime believe kind words -
about environment or anything else - from the men in power? Once
we might have been able to believe that because a President had embraced
the civil rights issue, apartheid in the Deep South was dead.
But such illusions can hardly be sustained any longer. The Open
Housing Act, the chief legislative victory of those years, finds use
this season only for its "H. Rap Brown Amendments" - the interstate
travel ban on which the Justice Department hung the Chicago 7.
Lyndon Johnson promised that We Shall Ov.ercome. Now Richard
Nix<>n promises to clean up America. Even TV's "Laugh-In" knows
the punch-line: "If Nixon's War on Pollution is as successful as
Johnson's War on Poverty, we're going to have an awful lot of dirty
poor pe<>ple around."
Haven't we learned after a decade of social struggle that major
problems like Vietnam, Race, Poverty - now Environment - can't
be packaged separately, each protected from contamination by "other
issue"? Even the Kerner C<>mmission realized that white racism was
systematic, structural and linked to economic and social institutions.
Even the most determined skeptic has now been shown by t~e Nixon
Administration that the Vietnam war was no honest mistake, but the
result of a long hist·ory of American expansion into Asia and a longterm
policy of subjecting poor nations to the imperatives of American
investors. To understand why Washington has persisted in its genocidal
war in Indo-China, d<>n't look at the politicians who come and
go ; look at the structures of power and interest that remain.
On Ca·mpus
B7 lORN G. LICDDY
The Failure of Tradltlooal
C011.1ervatlam: U.S. Asian Polley
il Stevensonian transformation
occurred on our television
sets last Thursday evening as
Richard Nixon announced the
U.S. invasion of CambOdia : the
beaming face melted into a fur·
rowed and beetled brow; the
fixed smile was replaced by a
pursed mouth and heavy jowls.
And somewhere in a state of
self-imposed intellectual euphoria,
William Buckley, Jr., descended
a few degrees from absolute
boredom to say : My
gosh!, old Dick's back!
Tell a mind of Buckley's propensity
and callber that America's
stodgy old order has ernbarked
the country on a road
of ruinous imperial adventurism,
and you will be cut to
the quick: }lrnerica's commitment
to the exercise of a power
commensurate with her resources
was a g o a 1 set and
attained under so-called "liberal"
or "forward looking" presid
e n t i a 1 administrations (you
would be told), we entered World
War I under Wilson, World War
n under Roosevelt, and southeast
Asia under Kennedy and
Johnson.
Jlll were Democrats, all bad
c a t c h y phrases, "New Free:dorn"
to "Great Society," to
describe their domestic goals.
The only way to prevent yourself
from eating your pencil
with frustration and succeeding
in turning the tables on the
clever escape strategies of today's
tired conservatives is to
shift the grounds and return to
a closer definition of our well
worn political terms. I engage
in such an attempt in the be-.
lief that conservatism has a vital
role to play in the increasingly
complex world of U.S.
foreign policy.
This effort is aimed first at
Dr. Jekyl, who has unmasked
himself to show that he has
really been Mr. Hyde all along.
But more importantly, it is aimed
at the truly "effete" conservatives
of the modern day,
who have mistaken their role
as a defense of official policies
which were not arrived at by
the closely discriminating analysis
and reasoning which they
and any serious thinker of whatever
political stripe are sup.
posed to de.mand of the articles
of their own credo.
Conservatism probably took
its first firm footing in western
political thought when Aristotle
promulgated his version of the
principles upon which a society
must be established. In the
Polltlca he recognized the essentially
political state of man
in society, and the need for
time-spanning institutions which
would stabilize this relationship:
stabilize rn e a n i n g normalize.
concretize and facilitate - not
construe, abstract and impede.
Aristotle studied and- venerated
constitutional government
because, while it empowered
the agencies of the people, it
also clearly enumerated thoo;:e
powers and limited their extent.
Two thousand years later, a
political obsetver could see the
vindication of the ilristotelinn
ideal, as best as was humanly
possible, in the British constitutional
monarchy of the late
eighteenth century. Even when
those contemporary monarch'>
had our modern day militarist
penchants, such tendencies were
discouraged by the financinl
powers of the two Houses: in
1780, George m was prevented
from continuing to prosecute a
repression against the rebellion
of the American colonies by a
conservative House of Commons
which had been keeptn& a fearful
eye on the economy.
And this was not the only
Issue; representatives who were
elected to exercise a constitutional
function found it increasingly
difficult to oppose the efforts
of ernrnigrated Englishmen
whose chief demand was
for the r i g h t s they already
possessed under that same institution.
And so the venerable Edmund
Burke, from whom Mr. Buckley
appears to claim direct political
descent, could rise to the floor
of Parliament and question the
unconstitutional excesses of the
king, and condone resistance to
such excesses.
Placed next to these respectable
historical figures, the "conservatives"
of today appear to
be totally lacking in the ideal
and the function of the role they
are supposed to be playing.
John StenniS of Mississippi defends
the invasion of Carnbodin
as vital to the hazily de.fined
and implemented p o 1 i c y ot
"Vietnarnization."
John Tower of Texas calls
the logic behind the extension
of our commitment "unassallll·
ble," without bothering to question
the logic of t h e original
commitment. Dozens of "conservative"
Congressmen f r o rn
every area have continued to
defend U.S. ilsian policy, citing
most often the need to "support
OW' _president. • • This is not
their function! It is not why
they were elected.
No }lrnerican can claim to be
acting with conservative good
sense if he supports the unconstitutional
concept of an all powerful
president. This idea is as
dangerous and as deluded as,
that of the fire-bombing "radical"
of the 1970's.
The wild-eyed imperial adventurists
of today are the real
radicals in our society. Hard
pressed to found their life-sal'
plng "commitments" in fact,
logic, or history, they have recurred
desperately to our·· cherished
patriotism, twisting it into
an unrecognizable rationalization
which the discerning eye
of the true conservative should
have branded "false as hell"
years ago.
No society in a nuclear age
CJI.n afford to be so lacking in
moderation. It is time for those
conservatives who still preserv~
a measure of ideological integrity
to rise against those who
profane the very institutions
they cherish. Corne out of your
cocoon of witticisms and lethargy,
William Buckley-America
is falling all around you.
Page Six THE STA&
Who's He???
'Please Rise, State Your Point'
By GAjRY McCARTHY
In the midst of the turmoil
and confusion of the past few
weeks there emerged on the
Fairfield campus a man, previously
unknown to many students,
who helped add an air
of legality to the student strike
by allowing parties an equal
chance to voice their different
opinions. The cries of "Order
please!" and "please rise and
state your point" are still being
echoed throughout the campus.
The man I speak about is
Allan E. Kaulbach, President of
the Student Legislature.
during the meetings showed
them that they could work with.
in the system in order to changa
the system.
these recent meetings would
bring the Student Legislature
into its proper role in the community.
The fact that studenta are
allowed to attend lecWat~ve
meetlnp (except when Ole Pre·
aldent of the Ulllw.nlty deHven
a apeclal mea.age concerning
unlvenlty appolntnHmta) w a •
also brought out durlnr our
meeUnr. 1bls fact, be felt, waa
Httle known by atudents In the
pu1 am be hoped that they
would take full advantage of It
In the future.
Regardless of an individual's
personal convictions concerning
the strike, one can't help but
marvel at the remarkable way
in which he conducted the Student
Legislative meetings, held
b e f o r e the unprecedented
crowds attending the two meetings.
Students especially owe
a debt to Allan. His leadership
The Robert's Rules (Parliamentary
Procedure) that were in
effect during these meetings
proved to be very workable conditions
because as Allan put it,
"they insure order and they give
everyone a chanc~ by not allowing
any one party to monopolize
the discussion." This point was
strongly stressed bf Allan and
he was glad to see the large
numbers in attendance at both
meetings. To him, this ~ave the
students an opportunity to see th~
legislature working as a serious
body. He hoped that this might
"cure the student apathy toward
the government." "Last year,"
he said, "the students · tended
to play down the legislatur~
because it tried to work through
the system," and be hoped that
For the past three years,
Allan has also been an active
member of the Connecticut Student
Legislature (CISL), serving
recently as President of the
Senate. Hls immediate plans after
graduation include going to
the Georgetown University Law
School in the fall, after which
he hopes to enter politics.
President of Student Senate, AJ1&n Kaulback during laat
week's special aeuloo.
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Board and staff and conflicts ter Stag office and demand re- promulgate new ons t u ton. orm .
with its official "publisher," the traction of article by Mr. Cou- Quorum for that m~ting does valid and tlhat Gofveirnment wtll re~gp~ ~t. Mr Fishman as
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interests of informing the Messrs. Bu~ess and. M~Auliffe, . March 24 - Dean Schunpf meeting Paul Gallois is elected poses publication of Stag ''as a
community the reasons for our stressing mcoll_lpatibihty of informs Dennis Gallagher •. Stu- Circulation Editor; Messrs. Me- sign of good faith.'' Fr. Mcin-missing
three entire issues and Board membershtp, call for new dent Government Prestdent, lifi B D d nes in counterproposal holds
going six weeks wi.t hout report- ·e 1e ctl.o ns b Y Boar d ftMd dit th t ha bee officlally Au e, urgess, unn, an • • 4
" e ors a paper s. . n. Leddy inform Mr. Dzurec of out for tri-partite Editorial
ing news we print a chronology beneath Board. All tentatively closed by Administration. d al . his
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ti Board Mr Schimpf tells Mr
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of the papers difftculties. ag_re~ to o so an orego March 25 -. Dean S~pf and their recognition of Mr. Burgess University lawyers ten-
February 2 - The outgoing pnntmg March 11· . ~lls Mr. McAuliffe ~at Admin- Burgess as Editor-in-Chief as a tatively urge non-compliance
Editorial Board (Patrick Long, March 9 - At Board meeting, tS~ation merely wishes to see result. By a disputed 10-5 vote, with Council resolution.
Editor-in-Chief; David Dzurec, Mr. Baker announces reversal Editor elected. He asserts that a constitutional amendment is April Z1 _ Mr. Schimpf reManaging
Editor; Ric Baker, of agreeing to elections and in- Mr. McAuliffe may overs~e re- passed banning editorials from verses position, publicly releases
Assistant Managing Editor; tention to print on March 18 lease of annual .s~tire ~sue, the newspaper. Three members St&J funds.
George Britton, News Editor; over objections of Messrs. Bur- financed on advertismg, wtthout of the Editorial Board-Messrs. ----------
Kevin McAuliffe, Editorial Man- gess and McAuliffe. (Under Con- objection. Dzurec, Couture and Cunning- Councl"l Consl"ders ager) selects the new Board - · stitution, five-man Board votes April 1 - Mr. Schimpf mails ham_ announce their.intention
Ric Baker, Editor~in-Chief; Jack must be 4-1 to be binding.) Mr. letter officially closing Stag. to print the following week al- Comml"ssl"on Rules Couture, News Editor; Kevin Baker also announces he has Attaches personal letter to Mr. though the other four Board
McAuliffe, Editorial Manager; visited Dean William Schimpf McAuliffe, asserting "I have members are in opposition.
Robert Burgess and Timothy to arbitrate dispute. Messrs. changed my mind" and inform- April 10-Chief Justice Coyne
Grace, Associate Editors. Dis- Couture, Burgess and McAulif- ing him that "publication of The issues a restraining injunction
putes occur over whether Mr. fe oppose his intervention; Mr. Stag" is "inappropriate." against the latter pending a
Grace had been officially agreed Grace expresses wish to see April 4 - Mr. McAulifl'e mails Student Court case brought by
upon prior to that date, and Board continue. Mr. McAuliffe reply challenging propriety and the four other Board members.
who should become Managing is asked to submit draft for a right of administrative inter- April 11 - Mr. Schimpf inEditor.
Accordingly, no one is new Constitution. vention and asserting that sa- forms Messrs. McAuliffe and
chosen for the post but rather March 10 - At Board meet- tire issue shall be released any- Burgess he is dissatisfied with
two Associates are picked. ing, Mr. McAuliffe presents new way. the new Constitution and insists
Feb. 18 - Mr. Baker demands Constitution. Mr. Baker objects April 6 - New elections un- on changes in it.
apology by Mr. McAuliffe for that it gives no privileges to der new Constitution are held.. April 20 - Messrs. John Harcomposing
an editorial without ·Administration as publisher; Timothy Grace is elected Edi- rington and Albert Mariani work
prior board meeting. Mr. Me- also insists on prevention of tor-in-Chief; Robert Burgess, out a settlement in the presence
Auliffe replies that emergency Stude.nt Government members Managing Editor; Thomas of editors and sub-editors. Fr.
conditions existed a.nd his best from Editorial Board and re- Dunn, Editorial Assistant; Paul ·Mcinnes, at President's Acainformation
told him Board ap. quiring Editorial Manager to Cunningham and John Leddy, demy, asserts libel was cornrnitproval
would be forthcoming. author editorials he opposes. Associate Editors. Two amend- ted in April 8 issue.
Mr. Baker asserts that as Edi- Mr. Grace objects that new Con- ments are ratified. Mr. McAu- April 21 - Mr. Burgess Is
tor-in-Chief he Is personally re- stitution does not specify pa- litre is asked to read his letter elected Editor-in-Chief in place
sponsible for paper and reserves per's obligations to the com- aloud; Mr. Couture offers res- of Mr. Dzurec. Amendment
right to censor material without munity. Mr. Baker informs ignation, it is agreed that satire banning editorials is repealed.
Board consensus, holding other Board that Fr. Mcinnes has Issue shall be approved by Edi- Proposed amendment prohibiteditors
"responsible" to him. ordered $500 taken from Stag torial Board before release. ing prefects from Editorial
March 2 - Mssrs. Baker, budget for not printing. Later that evening, Mr. Grace Board fails of necessary two-
Couture and Grace decline to March 18 - Mr. Baker sui; informs Mr. Burgess he intends thirds. Mr. Sehimpf gives Board
accept editorial draft endorsing mits r esignation to Dean to resign. Mr. Couture with- paper to sign; says Board paper
17 Student Government de- Schimpf, blaming "lack of draws resignation. committed libel on April 8 and
mands. No editorial Is printed goodwill" within the Board and April 7 - David Dzurec is that it may shut down until aeon
the subject. Mr. Baker in- absence of guidelines articulat- elected Editor-in-Chief in place countability is specified. Board
forms Messrs. Burgess and Me~ · ed by Administration as pul; of Mr. Grace. By vote of 5-2 rejects signing document.
Auliffe that John Leddy inter- Usher. (Mr. Dzurec, Mr. Burgess, Mr, April 23 - University Counview
with ex-Dean Griffin has March 19 - Chief Justice McAuliffe, Mr. Dunn ·Mr. Leddy cil votes that Administration
been given back to writer for Coyne of Student Court informs vs. Mr. Couture Mr. CUnning- give remaining newspaper funds
condensation and printing in Mr. McAuliffe that Mr. Baker's ham) satire issue is approved. to Student Government, latter
that issue. Mr. Leddy finds ar- resignat;on makes new Constitu- Deans Sehimpf and SamwaY. to serve as interim publisher.
ticle in mailbox that night and tion valid by making number visit Stag office receive new Vote is 6% (Mr. De Fronzo, Mr.
is unable to get it printed of signatures the two- thirds Constitution; release funds for Kelly, Mr. Mariani, Mr. Me-
March 4 - Mr. Baker, at required for adoption. satire issue. Timothy Grace is Auliffe, Mr. Horan, Mr. DaVis,
board meeting, informs Mr. March 23 - Dean Schimpf appointed Sports Editor. Mr. Mr. Fishman, Dr. Farnum, Dr.
Leddy that article was person- tells Mr. McAuliffe he wishes Dzurec informs Mr. McAuliffe Dykeman) to · 4 (Fr. Mahan,
ally withheld because 'of pos... to see Board to establish guide- in parking lot he has cllanied Dean Murphy, Mr. Hickson,
The most recent meeting of
the University Council, on April
30, established skeleton procedures
for the neutral commission.
A lengthy proposal by Mr.
Paul Davis was difl'used into
the following rules:
1. The commission shall number
ten - thre students (members
of neither the Student Senate
nor the University Council),
three faculty (members of neither
the Academic Council nor
the University Council), three
administrators (members of
neither the Administrative
Board nor the University Council),
and a chairman from outside
the academic Community.
The University Council shall
appoint all ten commissioners.
2. The Commission shall have
subpoena powers on all members
of the University community,
shall have all university
Council tapes of last weekend
at its disposal, and shall present
its report directly to the
trustees. The trustees will in
turn issue a report for publication
to the community.
The Council adjourned hurriedly
without completing guidelines
or selecting a chairman.
It planned to meet on Sunday,
but the Constitutional Convention
ran overtime and it did not.
It tentatively planned to convene
again on Monday. No
deadline on the report bas been
set.
