Brown and White Vol. 80 no. 17

              brown and white vol 80 - no 17 bethlehem pa november is 1968 mmmmmmmmmmmmmm$mmmmmmmmmm\m nmmkm 666-033 1 rhc proposal hits selectivity by bill alpert the residence halls council rhc voted at a meeting tuesday ovamng to oppose selectivity in living groups and to favor an integrated dormitory system rhc also passed a motion calling for a committee study of all possible alterna tives to the present method ot living group selection the first motion was presented to the council by leonard m poveromo * 69 rhc arcadia representative it urged that rhc as a body of representatives of residence halls come cut agains selec tivity and come out for an integrated dor mitory system tms motion was passed by a 14 to 7 margin ■*. - _ _ _ _ f il l«~l •_•.___,« 1 — 1 lie »«— bwuß uiutiuii — ■•»>■■ t—aocu uy m 20 to 0 vote with one abstention was pro posed by james r.harpster 69 treasur er of rhc it proposed that rhc form a committee to investigate ml possible alternatives to methods of filling vacan cies in living groups 1 ' according to harpster although ms motion was contradictory to poveromo s motion it was necessary to assure that all the possible alternatives to the present system m selection will be fully explored the discussion on living group selec tivity was initiated by daniel e sassi 69 president of rhc sassi made a pro posal later formed into a motion that rhc recommend the abandonment of selectivity as it now exists as a means of filling vacancies in upper class resi dence halls at lemgh robert j stelnman 70 president of mcciintic marshal b-s noted that the main reason for opposition to sassi s motion was an attempt on the part of some members of the council to isolate them selves from people who are different from them robert j mcgowan 70 president of thornburg countered that in life after graduation people will be able to choose their associates he also said that resi dence halts cannot eliminate their seiec president lewis will speak at groundbreaking saturday dr w doming lewis president of the umvermty will speak at the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new hall of liberal arts at 9 a.m saturday as part of freshman parents weekend also speaking at the groundbreaking presided by dr willard ross yates dean of the college of arts and science will be mr w frederic colcough a trustee professor joseph mcfadden m the jour nalism department ai borin president of arcadia tnere will be an invocation by the chaplain rev raymond e.fuessle a reception will be held afterwards at 9:80 in the asa packer room for all those at the ceremony the hall of liberal arts unofficially inder construction since october will join the martin d whitaker metallurgy and chemical engineering laboratory com pleted in 1965 the mart science and en gineering library now near ing completion and the planned francis sinclair memorial laboratory in a complex north of packer avenue the building will also have a conference room seven classrooms and four semin ar rooms each department will have its own library or commons room for the use m the faculty and students it is hoped that the common rooms will en courage meetings between students and faculty specialist secured to study campus living conditions dr donald r brown of the university of michigan center for research in living and teaching will be on campus wednesday and thursday of next week to study the living arrangements at the umversity according to robert g jones associate professor of social relations brown will be employed as a consultant and will offer cutside opinions on what the university could do to modify its living accomodations he will also study the problem of students leaving the umvermty campus for city living this situation is not unique to the umversity where about 800 students live in town but is a problem of growing importance to most major universities in the nation jones said that the umvermty ted ecured brown because he is well known in the field of dormitory consultation and because he mready had visited the campus in the fall of 1966 jones said that in the short amount of time available brown will be able to do an effective job brown will speak on evolving pat terns in undergraduate living systems on thursday evening at 8 p.m in the osborn room of the umvermty center he will also submit a written report of ms findings to the sub-committee on the umvermty commumty m the umversity goals committee scuc-ugc a section of tms sub-committee is investigating the system of student living arrange ments , brown is the head of a new college at the umvermty of micnlgan in which he developed an integrated academic and arcadia considers selectivity motion by mike jeppsen after a 90 minute debate initiated by a motion in support of " mutual selectivity without discrimination on the basis of race creed color or national origin as a valid practice by students arcadia voted wed nesday night to reconsider the motion it passed two weeks ago that motion sup ported the abolition of living group selec tivity and the implementation of aa integrated living system the final action as proposed by alan siieppard 00 and amended by casey cogut vice premdent provides that bb ad hoc committee will study the question and th_t the findisss sf ths cothtt-utev will be submitted to a student vote rick rainin treasurer started the controversy when he submitted to the council a motion signed by i 100 students more than the ib per cent of tha studem body needed for initiative r_j mmims that he alee had 600 more signatures that had not been obtained be for the dee-bine of seven dayn before a motion is proposed the total represents one half of the undergraduate enroilras&u ths motion stated mmual selectivity wiiiout discrimination on tne basis of race creed color or national origin on tha part of undergraduate living groups and indi vidual undergraduate students is a valid practice wmch should not be infringed upon by the umvermty rainin said that he mu that what was the fifth dimension perform some of the recordings which brought thorn national prominence the talented quintet and we yeuaftleedsj highlighted last friday's houseparty concert in grace hall see concert review page 6 (» a w photo by butt blood donor i dennis schell a senior m the i i umvermty needs blood he has been 1 ' i very ill for six months his doctors 1 h believe he will recover and be obis a 1 to return to school if he receives | i blood every day if two or three | h members of each umvermty living g || group would take om two hours soma 1 h afternoon to donate blood dennis | || should recover for information and transports | |: tion call tau epsilon phi b66-0910 | » dennis needs your help candidates to air views sunday night a special candidates night will be held m 8 p.m this sunday in room 908 of the umversity center in an attempt to better inform the student body of the views of the candidates in the upcoming arcadia elections the candidates are president robert diets 70 donald parson 7o and art bony tumminello 70 vice-president carl hauptll 71 william kuhn 70 bad norman monhalt 70 recording secre tary bruce bermn 70 and robert rege 70 corresponding secretary larry mackowiak 70 and robert rath 70 treasurer douglas griffes 70 and richard hondrick 70 candidates will give a abort presenta tion of their views aad a question end answer period will follow see rhc page 14 see arcadia page 14 see u employs page 14 ugc pullout tms issue commns a special center section with the complete text of the umvermty goals com mittee progress report