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Opinions
Tear Out a liallot
The referendum on student rules will be
presented to the student body in next Tues
day s Red and Black so that students will
have time for thoughtful consideration to the
proposal before voting the next day. Wednes
day. April 24
It is essentia! that all students express
their opinions through this referendum
If it seems that the revision calls for too
many changes or if it is not compatible with
your preferences take* this opportunity to let
the SiiA and the University know
If you agne with the alterations. OR if you
fee! they are not everything they could be. say
so — through your vote
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The Student (Government Association has
put a great deal of time and effort into this
revision A great many comparative studies
were made, and the opportunity for discussion
was provided
After talking with many people students
at U(iA and other schools, as well as adminis
tration and faculty SOA compiled the* refer
endum as it now stands
If you don't like what was produced, then
tear out a ballot from the April 23 Red and
Black fill it out and deposit in the* appropri
ate ballot box on April 24
It you approve and agree with the* called
for revisions, let it be Known, follow the* same
directions
It low-Up at Brumby
The* Brumby Hall blow up. tin* disorderly
evacuation and assembly of women after a
bonier malfunction did not happen
Better still. Monday night s evacuation and
mivliamcal disorder did not happen
They couldn't happen
And if they did happen the University
surely would have closed the* dormitory until
all systems had been completely investigates!
And the University wouldn't have stopped
there either It would have ceased to regard a
mechanical malfunction as an im|iossibilitv
An inspec tion of all dormito
ries would tie called lor Of
course, inspections hike* money
But then so do injunctions
A plan for evacuation and as*
fesembly would be* introduced and
' tested to lessen chaos bv let
ting women know where they
were supfiosed to go
What, after all. is most im-
(Nrtant. getting away from
danger or signing out ''
Athens Tops and Campus (.’ops. so eloquent
in running their sirens and flashing their
limits would direct everyone away from the
building
Instead, those* with uniforms pushed stu
dents in several directions, none* of them far
enough away to save* onlookers from debris
should the building explode
This eon tributes! to the* success of the pantv
raid If the crowd had been dispersed, mob
action would not have grown
It is hard to accept that mechanical acci-
ctanti wm Ms d naturt CMd H be that
the product was inferior and wouldn't perform'*
(1*1 Id the design be at fault? Or could it be
that inadequate maintenance was to blame'*
Who knows? Certainly not the building in
stigators. the* one’s who declared the build
ing fit after the first incident
Is it unfair to question the necessity of hav
ing a head count when a building may ex
plode? it unfair not to be convinced by mild
assurance that a building is safe, minutes af
ter it had been e vacua ted
Hiese days protection of women's rights is
in order Protection of women should be first
IHVII) GINN
Real Life Drama
ANOTHER NIGHT AT
HHIIMBY HAU, AND ELSE
WHERE, a short-short story
based entirely on fact, by Da
vid Ginn. Monday night, after
curfew, milling around the
Brumby-Russell grassland A
JOK I I I St II
A II eek To Remember
Seldom in the life of a college student does a week such
as the (ini' just |>ast occur Especially in the life of a Universi
ty of Georgia student
For many the week's events began Tuesday with the fu-
iHTal of Dr MarUn Luther King Jr in Atlanta Never in the
history ol the state have so many dignitaries visited at the
same time Tile eyes of the world watched, and Atlanta con
ducted herself like a lady
The funeral itself was something to see and remember.
People of every kind from every place were there Mothers
with babies who tisik naps under shady Iris's Old men who
lound it necessary to retire to more secluded spots for brief
rests Strapping young men and immaculate young women
who evidenced the new pride that the Negro race has devel
oped White people who. the first time for many, were in the
minority
But, all these traits were dissolved in the strains of We
Shull Overcome." showing that there is hope lor this society.
Then after returning to Athens, students witnessed the
lirst panty raid on the I .corgia campus in some seven years
Anri, even this on*' had to have outside motivation
The healing-air-conditioning system at Brumbv Hall ex
plodod forcing a thousand women into the streets This, of
course, brought out the men. ami the lun started
After surveying the situation the men moved to nearby
('Teswell Hall where residents were paring out the windows
Someone yelled We want panties " Ami someone within res-
pondtxl with an undergarment Then more veils Ami more re
sponses
Finally, things settled down Brumby girls were sent to
any [dais' they might (iml room to sleep, and the "souvenir-
hunters" returned to their donor
The talk of the campus next day centered around the activ
ity of th*' mghl More However another event was on its way
to ideal th*’ conversations The t’oe*l March
For several weeks the march had tix-n planned, but few
l<«* it as seriously as it really was Some 501) participated in
th*' march to th*' Academic Building and many decided to
make a night of it.
For the first turn' in th*' history of th*' University, students
held a sit-in demonstration It wasn't one of those where stu
dents were demanding a stronger voice in the operation of the
university, it was one in which the students were asking for
rights
Approximately 2U0 students, both male and female, en
camped in the halls of Ole Academic to make known their dis
favor with th*' rules for University women
Throughout the night there were hard games, singing
groups, study sessions, sleep sessions, and a general "esprit
de corps" which is extremely uncommon in most activities on
a campus of such size
The real showdown was to come at 7 a m Thursday when
th*' building opened Th*- clock ticked on and nothing
Still, that afternoon nothing had happened. People came and
went "just to see what's happening That mgnt. however
things began to pop
Univesity officials demanded that students get out of the
building Phi Kappa immediately came to th*' demonstrators
rescue and offered their building lor the protest A fire mar
shall rut the number left in Academic to th*' maximum "safe"
number, and the rest adjourned to Phi Kappa
Somewhere in there a new facUon appeared. Hicklers
They moved in veiling ami shouting at the demonstrators.
But.the movement continued Friday morning it was back to
Academic
At I p.m. Friday the demonstrates called a temporary
halt to their plans in view of the fact that Easter was just two
days away Th*' University retaliated later that afternoon with
a restraining order putting a temporary end to th*' demonstra
tion
Th*- showdown was to come Monday at 2 p.m when the
two opposing forces met in the Clarke County courtroom Af
ter two ami a half hours nothing was settled and a new date
was set for the future proceedings
looking back, one cannot but be thankful that he had the
opportunity to see so much in such a little time As one stu
dent put it. "It's the kind of thing that happens somewhere
else Certainly not here'
It was a week filled with events of all kinds and one that
wry probably changed th*' course of the University, the South
ami th*' country Ami we had the opportunity to see it all
thousand boys intermingled
with a thousand girls.
GIRL: "I’ve been up 48
hrnrs — I'm writing my term
paper — all my notes are in
side — I don't see how I'm
gonna pass this quarter —"
This is a ghoulish night
mare'" ANOTHER GIRL
SCREAMS. "I'm not going
back in there I'm not. I'm
not. I'm not!"
REPORTER ON SCENE:
"Do you refuse to go back
in?"
GIRL: "You might sav
that."
Mv dog is in there * AN
OTHER SCREAM FROM
GIRL
and by now we keep
our suitcases packed, and our
raincoats near the door to get
out fast . . .”
BOY "If they didn't have
curfews, the girls wouldn I get
back in time for the dorm to
expl'ide
CAPTAIN ERNEST NIX
CAMPUS TRAFFIC & SECT
RITY COMES ON THE
SCENE WITH PORTABLE
LOUD SPEAKER IN HAND
CAPTAIN MX SIZES UP SIT
UATION. REMARKING We
Ihmight we had it fixed last
week " CAPTAIN NIX EX
ns
REPORTER "Can you tell
us about it?"
GIRL About what? "
Personally," ANOTHER
GIRL. "I think it s a tremen
dous plot by Hardee's .
snell that smoke that's
hamburgers cooking across
th*' street yes. I'm sure
it's just a plot by Hardee's
DEAN OF MEN WILLIAM
TATE ENTERS. WITHOUT
HAT AND IS OVERHEARD
SAYING "They sav when
enough water flows through
these pipes, it'll bust 'em —
sounds like a Georgia Tech
engineer behind it!" DEAN
TATE EXITS.
Dear Mom," A GIRL
MUSES. AS GIRLS ALL GO
BACK IN BRUMBY AND
PANTY RAID BEGINS.
"Please sen me one dozen
pairs of black lace undies
MOB MAKES NOISE MOB
MOVES AROUND. MOB
STARTS BREAKING UP.
MOVING OFF. MOVING
AWAY
HIGH-RANKING UNIVER
SITY OFFICIAL. STANDING
NEARBY REPORTERS.
DOES THEN REMARK I
bet they can t keep enough
cheap panties and hose in
stock in Athens "
THE COLD NIGHT THEN
SWEEPS IN CURTAIN, on a
drama in real life.
RON TAYLOR
’Shalt Not’
In the face of protest against a few of the University's
shall nots" officials of this great institution secured through
the channels of this often disappointing legal system of ours
perhaps the most embarrassing and repulsive "shall not"
of all. an injunction against a certain select group of students
The injunction temporarily restrains this select group from
relating certain grievances in an uncustomary manner be
cause "the University, its students and the State of Georgia
will be irreparably and immediately damaged." While the offi
cials who secured the injunction can legally testify to the po
tential damage to the University, we fail to see how they can
speak for the students, especially the 44 named defendants
and John Doe 1 through 400 We fail to see how an administra
tion that refuses to listen sincerely to th demands of student
representatives can consider itself the representative of the
students
What is more significant than the action itself is the atti
tude with which the action was taken Rather than chalking
the minor disturbance up to student energy combined with an
indignant attitude, the administration chose to explode the is
sue into a forces of good vs the forces evil affair. What stu
dents construed as a demonstration for equality between
male and female students, the administration construed as
an insurrection And some deep thinking administrator even
came up with the idea of communist inspiration.
Administrators might argue that the demonstration was
far from minor The impact of the demonstration, indeed, was
not. The demonstration itself, however, was minor. The larg
est group of protestors ever gathered at one time numbered
500 That's one-thirtieth of the total student population — hard
ly a rebellion.
The securing of the injunction showed extremely poor
judgment on the part of the administration. First, the injunc
tion, we feel, will have an effect quite contrary to what the ad
ministration desires The border-line protestors who were
"just along for the ride" are going to be quite angered and
quite inspired by the fact they have been selected to play the
role of criminal in the forthcoming litigation. Second, the ad
ministration has made quite clear its feelings concerning the
perceived role of the University student And third, the admin
istration has turned a limited protest into a just cause for con
cern from the entire student body as to how far the adminis
tration is willing to go to keep the studenfe "in their proper
place."
The selection of the named defendants is almost laugh
able As best we can determine, the defendants listed in the
injunction were selected entirely upon identification by certain
administrators through recognition of individuals within the
gathered throng at the Academic Building. It was first be
lieved that the named defendants were picked at random from
those names listed on the petition, but the injunction was is
sued 30 minutes before the petition was submitted.
What is laughable about the selection is that several of the
defendants were not even active participants in the demon
stration One such defendant was identified when he just hap
pened to drop by to check on his sister, who was an active
participant less than half of the students named are mem
bers of SDS, an organization named as one of the defendants
Several of the active protestors had to secure "John Doe" in
junctions in order to be counted.
The administration is obviously worried about the reputa
tion ol the University. We hope that in the near future the ad
ministration will begin to worry about its students and find
better areas for dealing with them than the courtroom.
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AC VDKMIC COKNKR-
Stop the Growing Polarization of Americans
H* PROF WIIJJAMO Ultimo*
PROF MICHAEL COHEN
DEPT OF POU HUAI SUFNCF
Th*' killing of Dr Martin Luther King Jr anil the disorders
Which followed it are symbolic of what th*- National Advisory
Commission on Civil Disorders has termed the growing polar
izatHin of white and Muck Americans The Commission s re
port eloquently documents th*' urgent need for more active steps
by all parts of the community governmental private, black,
white
Wo call upon the University ol Georgia commutuy — its
students laculty suit administration and all th*' organizations
which arc a part of it to become more active in helping
th*' struggle of black Americans to attain equality of resour
ces and opportunities and in helping to allay the hostility
and suspicion with which so many white ami blai-k Americans
confront each other
We say this with deferents' U> th*' steps the university' co
mmunity already has taken in this direction A scholarship
fund is being established m Dr Kings name The Student
Intrrfaith Council sponsors an active tutorial priqtram The
Gxsirgia Center fur Continuing Education conducts community
and leadership prugrams i«i and off campus The university has
plans to increase the number ol Negro employees on campus
Buy yet. we believe the university community has a response
bality to becume even more actively engaged in aiding the
struggle of black Americans and in alleviating the causes of
racial tension
We call upon the university cuminunitv especially to take
more positive action in this area because of the mural obligation
a university has to educate and upgrade society This university
sends its graduates into the surrounding communities oil
Georgia and the south where many work in business the
professions and government
They have the power u> help resist change or to help bru* it
about depending upon their values and beliefs The university
cwnmuniiy could tx* marv active in providing examples and
runditiuns both on campus and in the classrooms of the kind
ol Wield it would like iLs students to help bring about
It .IS seems likelv the prejudiced behavior "I many is learned
behavior ami if it is learned in communities where it is an
ac*-opted way of life, then the university, as a communis also,
should deliberately act so that those with preiudice who come
within it will at least be challenged to question their beliefs and
their previously learned behavior and at most will leave here
hav ing learned new behavior
Th*' university shouki create an integrated community on
campus to a greater extent that it has so that students and
others who come here will learn to live in such an environ
ment and will learn that this is not strange or socially
reprehensible behavior but acceptable behavior
Many feel that there have been enough things dime for black
Americans, and that what is needed now is simply law and
order But there is a danger letting things ride in not taking
the initiative The danger is that the civil rights movement of
black Americans as it faies continued reluctance by white
Americans to change social and economic conditions will
btxxime k*ss non-vtolent and more violent, leading eventually
to direct widespread black-white confrontations in which no
one will gain, and all will stand to lose
Me call ufxm all parts of the university community to formulate
and pul into effect more active plans anil we ask black Americans
tx'th in the univvpytv community and in surrounding communities
to help us in formulating such plans We shall outline some
ourselves in a moment, but we know that devising such
plans in isolation lx dangerous for real needs and wants are too
often overlooked that way Therefore we offer our own ideas
as a springboard for further thought, discussion and experi
mentation and mg as finished solutions
Liking to the faculty of which we are a part lirst. we ask
its members to continue and to facilitate those classroom
discussions which we know so many of them already pursue
namely discussions with their studrnL* abuut the sociai and ecu
ikmic conditions of black Americans and the causes of racial
tensions
W> also suggest that faculty can invite into their classrooms
when appropriate, representatives and leaders of black A-
mericans who can engage our students in discussions of pre
judice and discrimination and who can inform our students
at first hand of the social and economic conditions they are
trying to alleviate By inviting thesemen and women into our
classrooms, we also demonstrate to our students and to all
members of the community our respect for the achievements
of black Americans
In cooperation with members of the administration, the faculty
could also offer courses or parts of courses on the culture. history
ami politics of black Americans
Liiking to the administration, next we believe that its position
of leadership in the university community forces it to take
the initiative for implementing most change
We suggest that the admimstration aggressively seek more
qualified black Americans for jobs of all types and at all levels
in the university community The sociokigist Everett Hughes has
written that a man s work is one of the things by which he is
judged and certainly one of the more significant things by which
he judges himself By ottering job opportunities throughout the
university to black Americans, we help them both judge them
selves and be judged as equal Americans
The administration could also adopt more aggressive policies
to recruit black American students in order to increase the pro
portion of black Americans among its student budy Our black A-
tnerican students can help in these recruitment efforts as they
have for example at Dartmouth and elsewhere
The administration could perhaps use scholarship funds as a means
ol attracting black students including but not limited to athletes
Nor should such funds only be available to the highest achievers
among Negro students Instead it should be recognized that
the deprivations encountered by many potential black college
students will mean that their achievements will not necessarily
match those of white students of comparable intelligence levels
They should not have to forfeit higher education on that account
.As part of the same policy the administration could initiate in
tensified college preparatory training on or off its campus for Ne
gro students and teachers Such training would hopefully yield
more black American students for the University of Georgia it-
self although it would not greatly matter where these stu
dents finally elected to attend school
The university administration could hire a Negro graduate
student on a part-time basis to represent black student needs on
campus
The university could make some of its resources available to black
Americans in the communities surrounding it for educational and
cultural purposes We note that Yale University has recently
announced it will supply funds "with no strings attached to black
American neighhirhood programs in New Haven "that have nothing
to do with the university s education activities " The University of
Georgu may not be in a position to be so generous, but it might con
sider providing campus facilities to such organizations or groups
when available
Turning now to our students, it is clear, of course, that they can do
much by personal actions and behavior to change conditions But be
y i" 1 **" C ' mSKk ' r wtla ' educational and other
Whlle fralerIUUcs sororities, and other organi
zations could establish
Student governmeent could facility such programs by giving
some priority in the allocation of its funds to support such
projects by various student organizations student government
could also demonstrate its awareness of black students on
“y Priding them with a seat on the student Senate
These, then are a few suggestions of wavs the University
of tieorgia community can engage itself more actively in
helping black Americans in their struggle for equal resource*
and opportunities
We know that it is not easy to implement the suggestion -
we have made, nor others like them I means taking energy
and resources from other taks which are also highly unpor
tarn We are therefore making this plea only after serious con
"2??““"** t “P e ***** these suggestions or others like them
will be widely discussed, in the university community and that
action will be taken Only time will tell whether Dr King s death
was in van but time can run out quickly