1970_02 The Daily Collegian February 1970

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Demonstrators demand
dismissal of EOP director;
Falk refuses to listen
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1970
Memo from dean reminds
Black lecturer of his place
Friday a
State College campus was stru
with demonstrations against tl
director of the Educational 0|
portunity Program, Walker 1
Munson. ■ .
Charging him  with  Income*
iderstand  why  we
■We.thecommun-
> unity with
We <1<
red to he:
sons,   mainly  t
was hired to help, s
ision of its policies for lecturer-,, many faculty members face
ihe possibility of not being re-
ippotnted to their positions.Such
is the case of Nathan C. Heard,
I   Muck lecturer ln the English
Heard, a rising young author,
caches classes in fiction writing.
ited as part of his qualifications
'nr   the  position  was  his   first
and re
Bdof
is position by the newly appointed  Dean  of  Arts and Sciences,
Phillip Walker.
When questioned about the mat -
d answered, '
feel
N C.HEARD
mJ job Is in Jeopardy, and I have
resigned myself to the fact that I
probably won't be reappointed,
but it won't be because 1 lack
Qualifications. The records show
>  department,       wsssaasm
and   the   highest   evaluation  by
•I feel,* he continued, 'this is
related. In a general sense, to-
my past actions: and more directly, to personal differences
between Walker and mys^ir. llc'.s
pretty upset about some statements I made about him."
Heard feels that his "carefully
worded* memorandum from
Walker has put the English Department on guard and the chairman feels he should "garner all
the support he can tostaveoffthe
"In order to put up any sort
of fight, a lot of these do-nothing
liberals are going to have to take
action, instead of sitting around
and bemoaning the actions of the
administration. It takes putting
your back against the wall instead
of your hand on someone's
shoulder,* Heard stated.
•■Whether they approve me or
not, it will not change my opinion
that this administration Is racist
both in nature and ln action. If
they keep me, they must realize
I  will  continue  to say so,* he
Black Journalism
classes to meet
There will be a special meeting of the Black Journalism Classes - both upper and lower division sections - on Tuesday,
February 10 ln the CollegeUnlon
306. The meeting ls mandatory
and students who are unable to
attend should check with Miss
Williams in the Black Studies Office about assignments.
community, peacefully marched
from Baker Hall to the Free
Speech Area where a list of
grievances were circulated In
the form of petitions to the minority students on campus and were
to be presented to Acting President Karl Falk at 1 p.m. Friday.
The petition demanded the "Immediate dismissal" of Munson,
charging him with:
(1) Being Inaccessible to EOP
students and
half ol s
(Z) Failure
make pregara-
-counsellng or
pre-registration of students for
the Spring semester; .
(3) Failure to provide the staff
with directions and Information;
(4) Failure to participate ln
the development of a skills lab
for EOP students, and
(5) Failure to assign duties or
give guidance lo the four School
of Social Work students assigned
to the Live and Learn Program.
Incidents were cited ln each
case to substantiate the charges.
Student leaders Steve Santos,
Harry Jeffery and Lavert Lucas
stated Munson should be removed
because he ls being used by the
to do things this
being forced to do so."
At the close of the speech by
the Hev. Brooks, the demonstrators proceeded to march to the
Thomas Administration building
to present the petitions signed by
almost 500 students to President
Falk. Upon reaching the president's office, student leaders
were told by his secretary that
he was not In, hut would be back
in the office at 2 p.m. The demonstrators quickly decided to wait
for his return and sat In the halls
and in the president's outer off-
When President Falk returned
to his office he refused to speak
to the entire group, rather choosing to meet with a delegation of
students.  ,However, the meeting
one Indian. The students' delegation had equal representation of
all three minority groups, and
all six students left Falk's office when he refused to meet with
them until one of the Indians was
removed from the group.
This   move left  Ihe students
visibly and vocally disillusioned
felt It ws
annelth
o thesl
students
chosen on the grounds
that they had violated a 'gentlemen's agreement* he had made
with the Rev. Brooks for the
delegation to consist of five stu-
but most just angrily
walked out of the building. It
was the general consensus that
the president had no Intention of
honoring their grievances If he
was so easily "hung up* on the
technicality of there being equal
representation of the minority
groups involved.*
The demonstrators then made
their way to the Administration
Building ln hopes of finding Munson In his office and presenting
him with a copy of the petition.
Upon reaching his office they discovered the lights were off and
the doors locked and Munson was
nowhere to be seen.
The crowd then marched back
to Baker Hall to plan for future
meetings with the president ln
hopes of getting the matter set-
Social Welfare grads add to EOP
on the EOP Ethnic Studies Program and Experimental College.
The Rev. Juflus Brooks, president of Fresno's NAACP, speaking on behalf of West Side community members who joined ln
the demonstration because they
•don't w"ant their children removed from college,* Issued a
plea for all to Join In. "It is a
sad day Indeed when students have
to beg to be heard by the administration,* he stated.    1 don't
In carrying out the purposes of
the Educational Opportunity Program In general and more particularly the Live and Learn Experiment, an office providing
additional resources to meet the
special needs of mlnortjy students' Is again being made available this semester. It ls called
the Student Resources Offlce and
ls staffed by the following Student
Resource personnel: Nick Bar-
nett, Mike McAllister, Bud Hudson, and Morley Cowan.
This office and Its services
demonstrate another example of
the combined efforts of Black,
Chicano and Indian students and
staff to meet thslr own needs.
Their creative imagination and
conscientious Initiative have pro
duced a service that those students who have used It have
found vitally helpful. The mutually beneficial effects of Interdepartmental cooperation Is also
exemplified here ln that the Student Resources Staff ls provided
under the auspices of the Graduate School of Social Work. Social
services offered deal with a wide
variety of problems. For example, here, minority students can
find assistance with problems
ranging from budgeting to personal, social or family situations.
This office is open dairy from
8 a.m. to S p.m. ln Room 113 of
Baker Hall. More detailed descriptions of other programs will
be Issued ln forthcoming editions
of Uhuru.