The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 1970 Page: 2 of 16
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THF. R FORTH n Fph. 13. 1970-Page 2
Across the President’s Desk Col,ege Students
Feel Blunt
By Lloyd Longnion Qf New Law
'Congratulations Cardinals
Congratulations are in order for the
Cardinal basketball team following. Satur-
day’s exciting win over Trinity.
Student Association President
This week the House and Sen-
ate met Monday at 2:30 p.m. in
a joint session. After some dis-
cussion the members agreed that
joint meetings of the two Houses
would be the best while consid-
ering Constitutional revision. A
discussion of the budget was
held and it will be up for ap-
proval next Monday.
Warren Arthur then presented
a porposal from his committee
that has been drafting some de-
monstration guidelines. The
guideline draft reflects a lot of
dedicated effort to protect’ the
Free University Proves
Successful at Arizona
(U. of Arizona “Daily Wild-
cat*)—A free university at the
University of Arizona completed
its trial run this summer and
received a successful ratingfrom
Mark Ginsberg, president of the
Associated Students of the U of A
and a founder of the free univer-
sity.
The university was created by
an act of the student senate last
semester to promote group
leadership and effort in a learning
situation.
The free university has no con-
nection with the administration or
the student government. It is
run by interested persons with
classes at religious centers,
apartments or any free space.
Class subjects during the
summer ranged from science fic-
tion to the Vietnam War to sensi-
tivity training.
Ginsberg termed summer
attendance “excellent* with ap-
proximately 150 people attending
the sessions. Amass meeting is
scheduled for early October to
organize the next session of the
free university.
individual student as he exercises
his right to dissent.
The members of the Congress,
through continuous debate and
discussion, closely reviewed the
work and decided that additional
opinion should be solicited from
the Office of Student Affairs.
Tuesday in a Student Affairs
Advisory council meeting the
proposal was again reviewed by
students and some members of
the Office of Student Affairs.
Some recommendations as to
new wording and firmer intention
toward proposing stronger co-
operation, rather than control,
between Student Government and
Student Affairs officials. These
recommendations will be given to
Warren and his committee for
consideration before Monday’s
meeting.
All Senators who have schedule
conflicts please notify Jim Gib-
son at Ext. 267 or 835-4770 or a
note to the office (P.O. Box
10063). All Representatives are
urged to be at the meeting Mon-
day at 2:30 p.m. in 200 SA.
North Dakota Studies
Possibility of Moving
Publications
(U. of North Dakota)—A student
and a faculty member from the
university of North Dakota have
been named to a committee to
study the feasibility of moving
student publications off campuses
of North Dakota institutions of
higher learning.
The committee was established
as a result of a motion adopted
by the State Board of Higher
Education. The feasibility study
is the outgrowth of controver-
sies of the past year about alle-
ged vulgar words in student pub-
lications.
The Redbird Staff
Editor..................
News Editor.........
Business Manager.
Sports Editor
Sports Writer...,
Photography......
Faculty Advisor,
.Mike Ramsey
.Phyllis Lewis
..Linda Reeves
Julian Galiano
......Gerald Love
Bobby Dickinson
,R. H. Wilkerson
Staff writers: Judy Hammond, Carole Marcella.
Reporters (Journalism 231) Jeri Lynne Ashley, WandaD. Beyer,
Betty Brink, Priscilla Brink, Walter R. Buckalew, James R.
Callas, Edith E, Huber, Christine Kreisher, James Gary Lacy,
Charles McCraine Jr., Mary H. Mullins, Marybeth Prejean,
Belinda Schexnayder, Chad Alan Tillman and Bettie M. Wil-
liams.
The Redbird, an official student publication of the college,
is published weekly on Fridays except during holidays, dead
week and final examination periods during the regular school
term. Subscription price is $1.25 a semester. Publication
office and newsroom are located in Offices 113 and 115,
Student Affairs Building, campus Lamar State College of
Technology, Lamar Tech Station, Post Office Box 10055,
Beaumont, Texas 77705. Opinions expressed are those of
the student staff and do not necessarily reflect those of the
faculty and administration. Call Ext. 313 for news and advertising
matters. Letters to the editor should be typewritten, double
space and should not exceed 250 words. They should pertain
to campus policies and activities. The editorial staff reserves
the right to edit letters and does not guarantee to publish
any letter. Each letter must be signed with the name, address
and telephone number of the writer.
Represented nationally by National Education Advertising Ser-
vices. Advertising rates available upon request.
(Peter Milius ‘The Washing-
ton Post*)—The nations colleges
and universities cut off federal
funds to more than 350 students
who took part in campus demon-
strations last year, according to
and Office of Education survey
now in its final stages.
But according to incomplete
returns, relatively few of the stu-
dents who lost their funds did
so as a result of the law con-
gress passed last year barring
federal grants or loans to any
student found contributing to a
“substantial disruption.*
The colleges made most of the
cutoffs under sanctions and pro-
cedures of their own. There re-
plies, likely to become a fac-
tor in the continuing con-
gressional debate on the subject,
suggest the students would have
been cut off whether congress
passed the 1968 law or not.
Ethnic Enrollment
Is High in New Jersey
(Rutgers U.)—When Livingston
College of Rutgers University in
New Brunswick, N. J,, opens its
doors for the first time this
month, one quarter of its stu-
dents will be black or Puerto
Rican.
“Our goal is that Livingston
College should be pluralistic in
all of its aspects,* explains Dean
Ernest A. Lynton, “ and our
belief is that this is going to
make the College intellectually
exciting and diverse.*
The new State University unit
will have one of the highest ra-
tios of black and minority group
students of any non-black insti-
tution of higher learning in the
United States. It will also have
a 20 per cent black and Puerto
Rican membership on its faculty
and staff.
The composition of the
college’s initial student body re-
flects a decision made over a
year ago by the faculty of the
new liberal arts, residential col-
lege of the State University. At
that time the faculty voted to
place special emphasis upon at-
tracting and educating minority
group students.
There will be about 600 fresh-
men and 100 transfers in Liv-
ingston’s first class. Within four
years the new coeducational
school will grow to about 3,500
enrollment.
News Editor Warns
Frat of Drug Abuse
(Okla. U. “Oklahoma Daily")-
The news editor of the Oklahoma
University “Daily* has called the
present drug scene to the at-
tention of his fraternity brothers.
“If your house is busted, and this
means just one person, your
house will be thrown off cam-
pus. As we know, Greeks are
fighting to survive on the OU
campus."
Hollander made no mention of
how extensive drug use is on the
OU campus at this time. It ap-
parently has reached proportions
large enough to warrant police
surveillance.
The Platypus, an animal with
resemblance both to birds and
mammals, is unknown to exist
outside of Australia.
The team displayed great courage and
character in coming from behind to win the
crucial conference game. We can think of no
more fitting tribute than to pack McDonald
Gym Saturday for the Abilene Christian
game.
The Cardinals are truly deserving of all
the support the school can possibly gi-ve.
There is much to be learned from this team,
the most important being the will to survive
when conditions are the worst.
Revision desperately needed
Constitutional revision is a usually de-
plored task and the finished product often
produces no more results than was present
before.
But like it or not, the present student
government constitution will have to be
changed which probably means the install-
ment of an entire new set-up.
One certainly cannot argue with the need
for such a change especially if he has had
the opportunity to observe the present sys-
tem. House and Senate meetings have devel-
oped into something of a practical joke, but
the funny part is over. It is time for a
change.
Lloyd Longnion, student association
president, has outlined a plan for a new
structure, placing more power in the presi-
dent and creating a cabinet to advise that of-
fice.
With little revision, this plan has great
possibilities. We hope to see it put into prac-
tice for the coming year.
While offering no specific plans for the
re-structurement, we do hope to see some of
the following eliminated from the present
system.
First, we would like to see the position of
class officers eliminated. As it was pointed
out at a recent House meeting, only two of
these elected officials have put any work into
istudent government this year. The positions
merely provide an impressive spot on one’s
transcript and their significance to the op-
eration/of student government is negligible,
to say the least.
Secondly, we feel the entire Senate should
be abolished and a one-house body estab-
lished. Senators, which are elected from the
various schools, are not needed. If the
schools feel their interests are being repre-
sented, attendance at a Senate meeting would
quickly disillusion them.
And finally we would like to see selection
of an editor for the Redbird taken out of the
hands of the student body and made the re-
sponsibility of either the publications com-
mittee or the faculty advisor.
There is presently no rational way for
the student body to select the editor of this
publication. The only evident result the stu-
dents see in an editor is the editorial, which
constitutes less than a quarter of the re-
sponsibility of the editor’s job.
Being an editor requires a sound journal-
istic background and the faculty advisor is
the only person able to make a rational judg-
ment in this field.
Students seem to feel that because the
editor is elected by them he should repre-
sent their views. This misconception has
caused some conflict because an editor is
obligated only to himself and his staff.
With the following changes made, we feel
that student government can begin a new di-
rection in reaching the student body. And
however one chooses to talk about apathy, it
is still present. Only action can assure its
elimination.
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Ramsey, Mike. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 1970, newspaper, February 13, 1970; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499405/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.