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n by Evans Witt Staff Writer The referendum on supporting Campaign GM and asking the University to do the same was approved by the student body in Tuesday's election by a vote of 2,435 to 1,146. The referendum proposed that "the only course the University should take concerning it's holdings of General Motors stock is to support the proposals of Campaign GM." 'n K ON Vol. 79, No. 22 4" ' Venable Hall's new- neighbory- the Physical Science Building, is n earing completion. The new building, which towers over Venable, will house additions to the ranister by Jessica Hancbar Staff Writer An open meeting of the Junior Transfer Fojum to consider the liberalization of the University's required Residence policy for junior transfers will be held Monday at 3 p.m. in rooms 202-204 Carolina Union. The open forum is for all students, but especially for junior transfers and former transfer students now living off-campus. 'The student we would like most to hear from is the male off-campus senior Who transferred last year when the policy was not in effect," said Lee Hood Capps, co-chairman of the committee. "We hope they can help us compare both off-campus and required dorm living for junior transfers." The requirement that transfer students live in University housing two semesters became effective for students entering the University after June 1, 1970. Exceptions Robert McGloskey soealcs here tonight Robert McCloskey official press, spokesman for the U.S. State Department, will speak tonight at 8 p.m. in 101 Greenlaw Hall. Robert McCloskey a.- awse If -. . ' . I I x 1 QiZ UNO tmirges Elections Board Chairman David Riffin announced Thursday the official results for the races for secretary of the student body and for the class offices would not be available until sometime Saturday. The winner of the position of secretary of the Student Body will be decided by a simple plurality of the votes cast, according to Ruffin. "The new election laws did not list the secretary office as one of the offices czzr ;Tp r urn f 79 Years of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, si ? departments of Chemistry, Physics, ; and-other physical sciences. (Staff photo by John Geilman) graiip to were authorized "in individual cases for compelling reasons." Support for a change in the housing policy began in the fall with junior class officers and junior transfers. Since then, the Residence College Federation, (RCF) Student Legislature, the Association of Women Students and the Committee on University Residential Life (CURL) have endorsed removing the restriction. Dean of Student Affairs, CO. Cathey recently stated, "It is clear now the criteria under which exceptions may be made to residency requirements for transfer students should be liberalized." CURL Director Robert F. Kepner endorsed a liberalization of the requirement in early March. "I am of the opinion the policy as presently stated is not sufficiently responsive to the needs of individual students," he said. "I plan, therefore, to recommend a liberalization of the present policy." "With the positions that Dean Cathey, McCloskey is head of the Office of Press Relations of the Department of State. In 'this capacity he serves as the official voice of the State Department. He has the responsibility for the direction, development and execution of the State Department's news policy, plans and programs. In addition to serving as the principal advisor to the Secretary of State on press relations, McCloskey maintains close liason with the White House on matters concerning the press. His official title is Deputy Assistant to the Secretary and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Press Relations. McCloskey joined the Department as a foreign service staff officer in September 1955 and was assigned to the American Consulate General in Hong Kong. Returning to Washington in 1957, he served in the Bureau of Public Affiars until his present appointment in 1969. McCloskey graduated from Temple University in 1953 with a B.S. in Journalism, and later studied at George Washington University. His visit is being sponsored by the Carolina Forum. requiring 50 per cent to win," he commented. The effect of the referendum ts two-fold: First, the students voted to direct the Student Legislature to vote one of the shares of GM stock held in the name of the Student Government to be voted in favor of the Campaign GM proposals. The other share which the SL purchased earlier in the year was already to be voted in favor of the proposals due a vote of the SL. Editorial Freedom Friday, March 19, 1971 meel Dean Cansler (associate dean of student affairs) and Bob Kepner have projected, it is for certain the administration is willing to liberalize or abolish the current policy if junior transfers speak up," said Capps. "Junior transfer input is most important in getting the policy changed," said ' Capps, co-chairman of the committee. "If transfers don't speak out, then it's an endorsement for the restrictive housing policy." Capps expalined the policy has been partially changed to allow transfer students to request not to live in University housing. "We are working for a broader revision, to make it not required unless the student requests to live in dorms." The student faculty administration forum is composed of Capps, who is junior class president and senior class president-elect; Nadine Baddour, junior class secreatry and a Peach College transfer; Cecil Miller, junior class vice president; Steve Saunders, RCF chairman-elect; Janet Silverman, student legislator and junior transfer from University of Georgia; Lacy Presnell and Dr. John Schnorrenberg, members of CURL; Robert Kepner, director of residence life; and representatives from the offices of Dean of Men and Dean of Women. The Junior Transfer Forum will meet again March 25 and after spring break. A written recommendation will then be presented to the Office of Residential Life, Dean Cathey, Dean Cansler and . Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson. If approved, the new policy will go into effect in the fall of 1972 whether or not students have already sent in room reservations and deposits. Capps pointed out that 'the department of residence living is holding room reservations mailings for junior transfers until further committee action. aunnie by Doug Hall Staff Writer James Dormitory is asking for 15 women who are interested in helping to plan and coordinate the possible conversion of the dorm to a coed facility next fall. The James Advisory Board will be formed from this group of women and men residents from James. The board will form "a nucleus for coed living in James." Tr 7T a Second, the referendum asks the University to vote its 6,100 shares in fever of the proposals. Gerry Cohen, organizer of the Campaign GM effort on campus and a recently re-elected member of the Student Legislature was pleased with the turnout and the vote in support of Campaign GM. "The good turn-out showed that the students do support efforts to make GM and the University more socially ' responsible," Cohen said. 71 a Founded-February 23, 1893 0 fa0 l by Harry Smith Staff Writer i Sisters Beverly Bell and Susan Davis, ; members of the East Coast Conspiracy to Save Lives, will speak here Sunday at 8 I p.m in Gerrard Hall. j Members of the Conspiracy, led by ; two Roman Catholic priests, Phillip and ciaMstt by Evans Witt Staff Writer The Socialist Liberation Festival comes to a close today after three days of talks, discussions, films, and workshops. A talk on the Angela Davis case and a panel discussion of black liberation strategies will highlight the closing day's activities. Charlene Mitchell, national chairwoman of the Free Angela Davis Committee and the 1968 candidate of the Communist Party for President, will speak at 3 p.m. in Gerrard Hall on 'The Case of Angela Davis." Following Miss Mitchell's talk, she will join three other panelists to discuss "Strategies for Black Liberation" at 3:30 p.m. in Gerrard. The organizers of the Festival, the New University Conference (NUC), emphasized this panel is the first time a number of the viewpoints on black liberation will be presented at one time on the UNC campus. Joining Miss Mitchell on the panel will be Keith Parker, secretary of the Indianapolis chapter of the Black Panther Party and president of the student body at the University of Indiana; Michelle Russell, who attended the Frist Pan-African Cultural Festival and Takes office May PMrlsna Chuck Patrizia has been chosen president of the Carolina Union for 1971-71, announced current president Richie Leonard Thursday afternoon. Patrizia was named over two other candidates, Scott Reid and Bobby Patterson. The Board of Directors, composed of 10 students and six faculty members, c woman Women -interested in living in James next fall and serving on the board should contact Charlie Miller, governor of James Residence College, before Sunday. The board is having an organizaitonal meeting Sunday night in preparation for a staff meeting of the Office of Student Affairs Monday morning. The Office of Student Affairs has called the special meeting to discuss the issue of making James coeducational. The need for the advisory board was pointed out by Robert Kepner, director T! o . Ujffi ill f I 111) ))(T - i ! I "Although the Board of Trustees seems set on its opposition to Campaign GM, this will make them realize that there is a consensus on this issue and they should take some stock in the student opinion when they make decisions, he added. According to Cohen, Campaign GM has several goals. They include: inclusion of opposition candidates for the GM Board of Directors on the management proxy; inclusion of publication of the company's efforts in the pollution and anti-safety fields; and inclusion of representatives of its employees, dealers and customers on the Board of Directors. Ruffin had several comments on the slowdown in the counting of the ballots by the computer and the other possible mistakes in the tabulation for Tuesday's election. "I'm sorry the computer did not come through more quickly," Ruffin said. "The back side of the ballot was printed upside down and the computer couldn't read it." The computer had to be re-programmed to read the back of the ballots, according to Ruffin. eeoay Daniel Berrigan, were charged by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover with conspiring to kidnap presidential adviser for national security Henry Kissinger and to blow up heating plants in federal buildings in Washington, D.C. A Federal grand jury in Harrisburg, Pa., handed up the indictments for Phillip Berrigan and five others on Jan. 12. The b s, . " Conference in Algiers, Algeria in 1969; and Rick Reed, a member of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers and of the Venceremos Brigade. - At 1 p.m. in Gerrard today Al and Margaret McSurley, anti-poverty workers charged with "attempting to overthrow the government of Pike County, Ky.," will discuss "Strategies for the Left." The festival is being held to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Paris Commune and "attempting to experience the festive and creative spirit of socialist life." . On March 19, 1871, the Central Committee of the National Guard, which had taken control of the town from the civil government the day before, lifted the state of seige and abolished court martials. The proclaimed that the city had been returned to the people and that elections for the municipal council would be held on March 26, 1971. The Central Committee also declared amnesty for all political crimes on this day in 1871. The Paris Commune is being commemorated by NUC, because, according to member Ken Daly, "it is a central point in the history of socialism and is relevant for today in America in terms of the ghetto riots." 15 mew Urnce fead nominated the three after a special committee screened applicants through interviews. Patrizia, a junior from Winston-Salem, will trVe office May 15. "He will have a dual job," said Leonard. "He will be president of the Union Activities Group and chairman of the Union Board of Directors. He will have over-all responsibility for ffoir n of Residence life, at a meeting Wednesday night between several James residents, interested women and Kepner. "The advisory board is needed to give a sense of direction and coordination to the planning of a possible coed residence hall," Kepner said. Kepner said the meeting Sunday night is very important because "a lot of stock is being put on input from women students." - Miller said the advisory board would "I was pleased that no one made any comments about rhtirj," he continued. Tmjustg!ad it's over." Despite the delays, Ruffin still feels the computer is the best way to tabulate the ballots. He mentioned this was the first run for the program and that the computer personnel had warned that there are always problems in an initial run. "Without the help of the director of the computer center, Jim Batter, I don't know whether we would have gotten the ballots counted as quickly as we did," Ruffin said. There was some confusion over the race for Residence College Federation chairman between Steve Saunders and Robert Wilson, out of which Saunders emerged the victor. Only residents of dormitories were supposed to vote in this race, but totals from such polling places as V-court and the Naval Armory indicated that some persons voted in the election who did not live in dorms. Ruffin said that the totals were not, however, large enough to "hanec the outcome of the race. indictment said the six conspired to "maliciously damage and destroy by means of explosives" federal building heating systems at five locations in Washinton on Feb. 22, George Washington's brithday. The charges include conspiracy to damage government property, conspiracy, to possess unregistered dynamite and other explosives, conspiracy to take the explosives across state lines, conspiracy to kidnap and take the victim across state The indictment said as a part of the conspiracy the six were to obtain maps and diagrams of the underground tunnels in Washington, D.C. that contain heating systems for the government buildings. Seven other persons, including Daniel Berrigan and Sister Beverly, were named as co-conspirators. No charges were filed against the seven co-conspirators. Sister Beverly called the charges ."totally incredible." Denying Hoover's charges, she and others charged as conspriators and co-conspirators are touring campuses throughout the country making their case known. They have entitled their talk "In Quest of Liberty." Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Qark has offered to serve as a defense attorney for the group, also referred to as the "Harrisburg Six." Hoover, shortly alter the indictments were issued, called Clark a "jellyfish," after the latter had suggested it was time the 76-year-old director stepped down. Father Berrigan and his brother, Daniel, a Jesuit priest, are currently at the Federal Correctional Institution at Danbury, Conn., for destroying draft records at Catonsville, Md. Sister Beverly, 43, an English teacher, went to Washington last year to do postgraduate work at George Washington University. Prior to that, she had spent five years working with the poor in East Baltimore ghettos, and as administrator of the Martin de Porres Educational Center there. Sister Beverly and two , other co-conspirators met with Kissinger on Mar. .6 in the basement of the White House for a "philosophical and political discussion." The appearance of the Sisters is being sponsored by the YM-YWCA and various campus Catholic groups. programming extra-curricular activities," Leonard continued, "including concerts, films and speakers." A Morehead Scholar and National Merit Scholar, Patrizia was director of the orientation commission last fall. He will be selecting committee chairmen for the Union Activities Groups within the next few weeks. eonb boaird form a nucleus and "work to make the place a better place to live." "To insure that women will want to live out in James next fall, the group has to participate and improve living conditions in the dorm," Miller said. Clayton Woodard, a newly elected student legislator from James who has worked with Miller and other interested James residents for coed living, said: "We are trying to appeal to a spirit within people to develop something new and work out the problems." - i. ' .9 4 s 9' -V