Brown and White Vol. 81 no. 54

              lehigh university brown and white vol 81 mo 54 w " w w.i.i.iiuu¥..ssiswji.ww bethlehem pa friday may 8 1970 itrmfwiwwltiaawtammaaaaaaaaaaanwmmr'l i ■■ 866-0331 city council passes antiwar resolution a resolution considering the developments in indo-china was adopted unanimously by the bethlehem city council last evening by a 7-0 vote the resolution submitted by concerned bethlehem citizens reads as follows we the city council of bethlehem pennsylvania hereby resolve that we are disturbed by the developments inindo-china we abhor the expansion of a war in which the united states is becoming inextricably involved we abhor the slaughter of human beings in any land and ask our national leaders to do everything in their power to bring to an end this unjust and questionably constitutional war therefore s the dty council of bethlehem pennsylvania petition the president and congress of the united states to end ite war in indo-china immediately jeff parks a lehigh student and bethlehem residence read the resolution in its ori ginal form to the council he said " nixon renlgged on his promise to end the war and to bring this country together he continued saying that this is a grave matter requiring official concern robert snyder councilman and vice president of moravian college was instrumental in editing the resolution into its final form and getting it passed he originally objected to the wording which he felt slanted too much towards the cam bodian issue be said that the resolution and its backers always went back to cambodia he said that the resolution should " really be opposed to all wars snyder further noted that the way to handle the situation would be to suspend the rules of the council to get around the provision which would require a one session moratorium before action could be taken councilman william collins opposed suspending the rules in reference to those sup porting the resolution he said i frankly share the views of that side however he found the presentations " views of one side and he felt that the other side if there is one should be represented the suspension of rules was brought to a vote and the motion passed 5-2 following the vote a 10-minute recess was called after the recess the councilman emerged with an edited version of the resolution which was more general this generalization served to remove the objections of snyder and collins this removed the emphasis from cambodia and in the words of franklin gaugler council president removed the necessity of hearing another side as we are all opposed to war baw photo by steelb university students gathered at the freshman quad on tuesday to hear a plea from student leaders calling for lehigh to join the national student strike although no vote was taken the university was declared on strike finals alternative approved after two hours of debate the uni versity faculty approved an alternate method to evaluating an undergraduate's academic work at yesterday's special faculty meeting the educational policy committee con vening wednesday afternoon unanimously decided to sponsor a proposal that would allow striking students to postpone their final examinations so that they may fully participate in the national strike the faculty overwhelmingly accepted the motion as they passed the resolutions without debate or amendments before hand the attending members strongly objected to a student proposal and a proposal by dr james a mcclennan chairman of the physics department the committee states " tnat resolution 1 the grade designation inc in complete and ads absent be applied to students who petition their instructors by may 1 2 advising them of their intention not to complete the work of a course or to take the final examination in a course explanation this extends the valid grounds for making up work and taking make-up examinations this is an obliga tion on the part of the instructor resolution 2 states that the graduating seniors upon notifying their instructors by may 12 of their intention not to complete course work and/or take final examina tions may receive a grade of wf wp f or p explanation this will allow an instructor at his own discretion to per mit this option it expands the circum stances under which these grades may be given the instructor is not obligated to allow this blacks reassert demands by dave lively of oe a another year has passed and still the conditions for black students on lehlgh's campus are far from encouraging most of the blacks on campus seriously doubt the sincerity of the pseudo-liberal white population and the total situation justifi ably warrants a violent confrontation lehigh blacks made their demands last may but still the significant issues and needs have not been eliminated so they gave us a small music room which was seldom used hoping to pacify us coinctdentally i'm sure along with the new liberal arts building they are going to install thousands of dollars worth of music equipment also they gave us not a black dean but instead just a dean who happens to be black it is also coincidental to note that arrangements had previously been made for dean parr to take over seldle*s administrative position dean quay to take over parr's and dean harris to take quay's position the administra tion's sincerity is much in question when you go through the channels and talk to them about hiring a black admts sions officer they talk shit to you they talk some bullshit about money but still they can afford to have extravagant dinners at lewis house with bored wait ers and huge bowls of shrimp with sauces when you go to them to talk about in creasing the black population remember 80 they don't talk shit they just don't do a damn thing may 7th 10 are coming when you talk to the administration about initiating a program to develop black sec ondary school students who are interested in science and engineering they merely laugh at you i could go on and on about increasing the black faculty now lehigh has two com muting part time teachers about a black studies department about black grad uate students but in writing this attempt would be futile . you get uptight when we use the word " violence , because you know that it will be directed against you and now you want to save your white middle-class neck but i'm still content to break it the hell off you see you should have gotten uptight when lehigh and bethlehem steel started destroying south bethlehem that was vio lent and when they fired jerry krebs this is subtle violence you should have gotten uptight when the police pigs blew up the baltimore black panther party headquarters or when nixon cut back on the anti-poverty program you should have gotten up tight when all of these oppressive activities occurred you see i would be a fool to talk of run ning after a beast in a forest with only a twig and so as a " knowledgeable col lege student who his taken at least one logic course i will run after that beast lehigh imperialism with a damn club forcing the beast to if s knees so when someone talks of violence don't get uptight and moral you haven't been for your whole decadent society is per petuated by oppression and violence the issue is oppressed people vs the oppressor black people are being oppres sed and on other issues students are being oppressed black people will not let it continue l don't know about you ido know that a revolution will definitely come about in this country and on lehlgh's cam pus you can determine whether or not it will be a peaveful one saving your damn necks but in any case we will have one or the other lewis takes stand as strikers rally university president w deming lewis stated at an all-university meeting yesterday that he supports the concerns . . . and the right to make up your own minds about the recent events throughout the nation he added that the students should keep their consciences compatible to the faculty if a strike entailing a boycott from classes were to take place about 400 students faculty and administrators gathering in the freshman quad agreed to hold an indefinite strike until president nixon answers the demands adopted by the national coordinating committee the students enraged by the recent deaths of four kent state university students will option classes until nixon disengages the troops in south east asia which is the essential demand of the national student committee lewis announced that he was in sympathy with all the students in a letter to nixon he and three other colleges have requested that the president take immediate action to declare unequivocally your the president plans to end this military involvement as early as is realistically possible the signers were dr j stuart dooling of allentown college dr herman e collier of moravian college and dr john h morey muhlenberg college lewis also stated that he hopes to confer with congressman rooney next monday or tuesday about the cambodian situation rooney senator hugh scott and senator schweiker will receive a copy of the letter urging immediate action toend the military involvement the letter states in part we deplore all violence and the tragic possibility of augmented dissension has been demonstrated at kent state uni versity in ohio this week we appeal to you to do all within your power to remove the conditions that produce such senseless confrontations further we request that you work strike grows the strike is spreading across the lehigh valley lafayette college remains on strike students are participating in workshops dealing with the war in indo china plans call for holding a rally on thursday in support of the new haven proposals kutztown state students voted wednes day to strike the college previously the strike had been on an individual basis at st francis de sales a minority is striking on an individual basis the strike was voted down by northamp ton area community college students at a rally wednesday even though classes will continue workshops will ba held the cedar crest situation is unclear the students voted to strike but the faculty voted against a strike the muhlenberg faculty voted to suspend see strike page 9 see lewis page 10