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SAn ffiAn togYiorzn University and environs Vol. 63, No. 8 November 8, 1968 SK 1-31 18. SK 1-3119 Black student Union issues demands BSU president elucidates The USF Black Student Union issued a series of demands to the university community early this week. The demands are: (1) office space; (2) establishment of a department of black studies with a black man as the co-ordinator and head of the department; (3) more black teachers; (4) black counsellors; (5) an extended effort to recruit black high school students; (6) black students on the advisory boards which recruit black high school students; (7) that the word "disadvantaged" be dropped from USF's black recruiting program. Joe Marshall, President of the BSU, explained these demands to the Foghorn Monday morning. "We need the office space," Marshall said, "because people in the black community depend on the BSU. Communication is needed because if people in the black community can't get in touch with the BSU their lives are affected." The BSU got their office, Room 136 in Phelan Hall, last Tuesday. The rest of the demands are of an academic nature and will probably be presented to Paul Harney, S.J., academic vice- president. "We would like to see the pilot program expanded," Marshall said. "We don't like the way the program was handled in the first year. It was badly mishandled. The tutoring program wasn't put together at all until after school started." Marshall went on to praise John Canney, English instructor and co-ordinator of the program. "The BSU would like to make it known that we are very, very pleased with him," Marshall said. "If all white men were like Mr. Canney, we might possibly be able to live together." In regard to the demand for black teachers, Marshall said, "We will submit names." As for the name of the program, he stated, "We would like either EOP (Educational Opportunities Program) or Black Studies. Preferably Black Studies." Regarding the recent flap over the choice of the homecoming queen, Marshall said, "We thought that homecoming was a student activity. However, I talked to Leo Murphy (senior class president) and he told me that it was for alumni. We are urging all students to check into the procedures for horn e- coming. Murphy denied that he told Marshall that homecoming was Marshall Not disadvantaged an alumni activity. "What I told him," Murphy said, "was that homecoming was for the whole university: students, faculty, administration, and alumni." When asked if there had been any students on the panel that chose the homecoming queen finalists, Murphy replied, "If I remember correctly, there were no students on the finalists committee." Marshall also said that the BSU was not sponsoring Breakthrough Day, which had been scheduled for November 14. Finally, Marshall mentioned that the BSU will be sponsoring a canned food and money drive on campus beginning next Monday. The proceeds from this drive will go to needy black families in the community for Thanksgiving. YNA sponsored collection hopes to bail out H-A clinic By Harvey Sullivan Foghorn Staff Writer The Youth for a New America, under the San Francisco direction of John Bergez, sophomore English major at USF, will be holding a benefit "Quarters for the Clinic" collection here during the week of November 15-22. The purpose is to provide financial help to the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, which has been attempting to overcome a 10,000 dollar deficit. Before it was closed for lack of funds, the Haight- Ashbury Clinic provided many necessary services to the people in or around the Haight-Ashbury and surrounding Golden Gate Park area. Their area of service was threefold: 1) physical — this field covers all manner of bodily aches and pains accrued in the daily routine of the hospital, 2) psychiatric — both group therapy and individual treatment were stressed in the program at the clinic, and 3) research — the primary concern in the research department at the Free Clinic was . the study of drugs, their use and abuse, and the profiles of typical drug users. The average number of patients was three thousand to four thousand a month, making it the largest Free Clinic in the United States. Bergez, who is chairman of the drive proper for the Bay Area, and Bill Chambers sophomore poli sci major and president of the USF branch of the YNA, have spearheaded a program to contact all parishes in the diocese, explaining the situation, and seeking financial aid. "So far," said Bergez, "We have found those we have been able to contact to be very receptive, and a few parishes have given substantial amounts." The plans for this project in the near future include a proposed Town Hall on "Haight-Ashbury," the re- establishment of the financial contacts needed to keep the clinic in operation, and an increased program on campus to win the support of the students. As a chartered organization of ASUSF, the YNA does have the right to request funds from the treasury, but as yet they have decided not to draw funds from this source. The clinic has planned a tentative re-opening for mid- November, and by that time they hope to have raised the remainder of the funds needed. Seale here Tuesday Whites Against Racism announced last Tuesday that they have obtained the services of Black Panther leader Bobby Seale for the upcoming Town Hall on racism. The discussion will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 14, and will be held in Harney Plaza if weather permits, otherwise in the 21 club area in the University Centre, first floor. Meeting today Constitutional controversy (As the nation faced the possibility of Constitutional crisis caused by the Electoral College Tuesday night, the USF student body was faced with its own constitutional crisis. The Foghorn reprints the major documents of that controversy below, along with excerpts from an open letter by ASUSF president Mike Galligan.—Ed.) On October 30,1968, Galligan issued the following directive. "In accordance with a petition signed by 15 percent of the student body, the following proposal will be put to a vote of ASUSF next Tuesday, Nov. 5: Do the members of the ASUSF approve the appropriation of $14,000 to the Foghorn appropriated by the Legislature on September 10, 1968?" eao)yrOpa h shrdlu shrdlu shrdlu cmfwye shrdl shdrlu at Objecting that the referendum was not worded constitutionally, the Foghorn asked the student court to decide the issue. Chief Justice John Dalton then issued the following injunction, postponing the vote until such time as the validity of the Foghorn's claims could be ascertained. "Acting upon the request of the Foghorn, the Student Court grants a temporary injunction prohibiting the referendum scheduled for 5 November 1968. The Court enjoins the President of the ASUSF from holding the aforesaid election until such time as the Court determines the Constitu- ional nature of the Budget Committee, its relationship to the ASUSF Legislature, and its susceptibility to referendum. "The Court will hear arguments from the circulators of the petition requesting the referendum and from the Foghorn on Thursday, 7 Novembber 1968, in room U.C. 419 at 11:30 a.m." Robert A. Sunderland, S.J., issued the following some hours later. "By the authority of the President of the University, I have accepted and do reverse the injunction issued by the Student Court against the referendum called for, legitimately and with proper manner, by Michael Galligan. Therefore the vote on the student's referendum shall take place, as requested by Michael Galligan and his constituents, on Tuesday, November 5, 1968." The Court responded: "In reviewing the 'notice' of the Vice President for Student Affairs, the Student Court finds this action to be extra- constitutional and unacceptable, since the judicial power of the Student Court 'Shall be final and subject to no appeal except at the request of the Vice President for Student Affairs.' (Article IV, Section ii, Paragraph C of the ASUSF Constitution) Since the Vice President for Student Affairs has made no such request, and since he has no authority under this Constitution to accept or reverse decisions of this Court, the 'Notice' issued by the Vice President for Student Affairs has no Constitutional validity. "Therefore, the Student Court enjoins the ASUSF President Michael Galligan and the Chairman of the Board of Student Control, Frank P. McGee, to take no official cognizance of the statement of Robert A. Sunderland, S.J. "It is with deep regret that the Student Court finds itself in opposition to the Vice President for Student Affairs; however, in its role as the guardian of student liberties, it finds this action sadly necessary." Tuesday evening Galligan issued his open letter, explaining the situation. He went on to state: "I want to make very clear my position in this matter. I beleieve that the students have a right to express their opinions concerning the campus newspaper. I myself called the referendum . . . Nonetheless, I also believe that any student has the right to seek legal protection for his rights through judicial procedure, even if some may consider him to be in the minority." Galligan later called for a meeting of all faculty, students, and administrators for today, November 8, at 3:00 p.m. in UC 417-19 to discuss this matter. I pm -^-^—-—-—»——-»— San Francisco Quarterly —Coming November 14
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Transcript | SAn ffiAn togYiorzn University and environs Vol. 63, No. 8 November 8, 1968 SK 1-31 18. SK 1-3119 Black student Union issues demands BSU president elucidates The USF Black Student Union issued a series of demands to the university community early this week. The demands are: (1) office space; (2) establishment of a department of black studies with a black man as the co-ordinator and head of the department; (3) more black teachers; (4) black counsellors; (5) an extended effort to recruit black high school students; (6) black students on the advisory boards which recruit black high school students; (7) that the word "disadvantaged" be dropped from USF's black recruiting program. Joe Marshall, President of the BSU, explained these demands to the Foghorn Monday morning. "We need the office space," Marshall said, "because people in the black community depend on the BSU. Communication is needed because if people in the black community can't get in touch with the BSU their lives are affected." The BSU got their office, Room 136 in Phelan Hall, last Tuesday. The rest of the demands are of an academic nature and will probably be presented to Paul Harney, S.J., academic vice- president. "We would like to see the pilot program expanded," Marshall said. "We don't like the way the program was handled in the first year. It was badly mishandled. The tutoring program wasn't put together at all until after school started." Marshall went on to praise John Canney, English instructor and co-ordinator of the program. "The BSU would like to make it known that we are very, very pleased with him," Marshall said. "If all white men were like Mr. Canney, we might possibly be able to live together." In regard to the demand for black teachers, Marshall said, "We will submit names." As for the name of the program, he stated, "We would like either EOP (Educational Opportunities Program) or Black Studies. Preferably Black Studies." Regarding the recent flap over the choice of the homecoming queen, Marshall said, "We thought that homecoming was a student activity. However, I talked to Leo Murphy (senior class president) and he told me that it was for alumni. We are urging all students to check into the procedures for horn e- coming. Murphy denied that he told Marshall that homecoming was Marshall Not disadvantaged an alumni activity. "What I told him," Murphy said, "was that homecoming was for the whole university: students, faculty, administration, and alumni." When asked if there had been any students on the panel that chose the homecoming queen finalists, Murphy replied, "If I remember correctly, there were no students on the finalists committee." Marshall also said that the BSU was not sponsoring Breakthrough Day, which had been scheduled for November 14. Finally, Marshall mentioned that the BSU will be sponsoring a canned food and money drive on campus beginning next Monday. The proceeds from this drive will go to needy black families in the community for Thanksgiving. YNA sponsored collection hopes to bail out H-A clinic By Harvey Sullivan Foghorn Staff Writer The Youth for a New America, under the San Francisco direction of John Bergez, sophomore English major at USF, will be holding a benefit "Quarters for the Clinic" collection here during the week of November 15-22. The purpose is to provide financial help to the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, which has been attempting to overcome a 10,000 dollar deficit. Before it was closed for lack of funds, the Haight- Ashbury Clinic provided many necessary services to the people in or around the Haight-Ashbury and surrounding Golden Gate Park area. Their area of service was threefold: 1) physical — this field covers all manner of bodily aches and pains accrued in the daily routine of the hospital, 2) psychiatric — both group therapy and individual treatment were stressed in the program at the clinic, and 3) research — the primary concern in the research department at the Free Clinic was . the study of drugs, their use and abuse, and the profiles of typical drug users. The average number of patients was three thousand to four thousand a month, making it the largest Free Clinic in the United States. Bergez, who is chairman of the drive proper for the Bay Area, and Bill Chambers sophomore poli sci major and president of the USF branch of the YNA, have spearheaded a program to contact all parishes in the diocese, explaining the situation, and seeking financial aid. "So far," said Bergez, "We have found those we have been able to contact to be very receptive, and a few parishes have given substantial amounts." The plans for this project in the near future include a proposed Town Hall on "Haight-Ashbury," the re- establishment of the financial contacts needed to keep the clinic in operation, and an increased program on campus to win the support of the students. As a chartered organization of ASUSF, the YNA does have the right to request funds from the treasury, but as yet they have decided not to draw funds from this source. The clinic has planned a tentative re-opening for mid- November, and by that time they hope to have raised the remainder of the funds needed. Seale here Tuesday Whites Against Racism announced last Tuesday that they have obtained the services of Black Panther leader Bobby Seale for the upcoming Town Hall on racism. The discussion will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 14, and will be held in Harney Plaza if weather permits, otherwise in the 21 club area in the University Centre, first floor. Meeting today Constitutional controversy (As the nation faced the possibility of Constitutional crisis caused by the Electoral College Tuesday night, the USF student body was faced with its own constitutional crisis. The Foghorn reprints the major documents of that controversy below, along with excerpts from an open letter by ASUSF president Mike Galligan.—Ed.) On October 30,1968, Galligan issued the following directive. "In accordance with a petition signed by 15 percent of the student body, the following proposal will be put to a vote of ASUSF next Tuesday, Nov. 5: Do the members of the ASUSF approve the appropriation of $14,000 to the Foghorn appropriated by the Legislature on September 10, 1968?" eao)yrOpa h shrdlu shrdlu shrdlu cmfwye shrdl shdrlu at Objecting that the referendum was not worded constitutionally, the Foghorn asked the student court to decide the issue. Chief Justice John Dalton then issued the following injunction, postponing the vote until such time as the validity of the Foghorn's claims could be ascertained. "Acting upon the request of the Foghorn, the Student Court grants a temporary injunction prohibiting the referendum scheduled for 5 November 1968. The Court enjoins the President of the ASUSF from holding the aforesaid election until such time as the Court determines the Constitu- ional nature of the Budget Committee, its relationship to the ASUSF Legislature, and its susceptibility to referendum. "The Court will hear arguments from the circulators of the petition requesting the referendum and from the Foghorn on Thursday, 7 Novembber 1968, in room U.C. 419 at 11:30 a.m." Robert A. Sunderland, S.J., issued the following some hours later. "By the authority of the President of the University, I have accepted and do reverse the injunction issued by the Student Court against the referendum called for, legitimately and with proper manner, by Michael Galligan. Therefore the vote on the student's referendum shall take place, as requested by Michael Galligan and his constituents, on Tuesday, November 5, 1968." The Court responded: "In reviewing the 'notice' of the Vice President for Student Affairs, the Student Court finds this action to be extra- constitutional and unacceptable, since the judicial power of the Student Court 'Shall be final and subject to no appeal except at the request of the Vice President for Student Affairs.' (Article IV, Section ii, Paragraph C of the ASUSF Constitution) Since the Vice President for Student Affairs has made no such request, and since he has no authority under this Constitution to accept or reverse decisions of this Court, the 'Notice' issued by the Vice President for Student Affairs has no Constitutional validity. "Therefore, the Student Court enjoins the ASUSF President Michael Galligan and the Chairman of the Board of Student Control, Frank P. McGee, to take no official cognizance of the statement of Robert A. Sunderland, S.J. "It is with deep regret that the Student Court finds itself in opposition to the Vice President for Student Affairs; however, in its role as the guardian of student liberties, it finds this action sadly necessary." Tuesday evening Galligan issued his open letter, explaining the situation. He went on to state: "I want to make very clear my position in this matter. I beleieve that the students have a right to express their opinions concerning the campus newspaper. I myself called the referendum . . . Nonetheless, I also believe that any student has the right to seek legal protection for his rights through judicial procedure, even if some may consider him to be in the minority." Galligan later called for a meeting of all faculty, students, and administrators for today, November 8, at 3:00 p.m. in UC 417-19 to discuss this matter. I pm -^-^—-—-—»——-»— San Francisco Quarterly —Coming November 14 |
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