Western Front - 1971 May 7

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FRIDAY
MAY 7th 1971
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Curriculum Report Is Partly Dead
Efforts to convert Western's curriculum structure from a
departmental basis to an area concentration basis are dead.
President Charles Flora told the Front Tuesday.
"I can't imagine an issue receiving more opposition from
the community than this," he said.
The Curriculum Commission's proposed model for
curricular reform has been rejected by the Academic
Council, Graduate Council, Long Range Planning
Committee, Faculty Council and department chairman as a
group, he said.
Students voted 2 to 1 against the proposal in Friday's
election, and Flora said he has received memos of
opposition "from many, many individuals."
However, he said that some of the other proposals
embodied in the commission's report may be accepted at a
later date.
PLEASED WITH DAUGERT PROPOSAL
Flora said he is pleased and excited at the prospect of
implementing the Daugert Proposal for an all-college
government.
"From my point, the Academic Senate would mean I
would interact with one body rather than several," Flora
said.
The benefit derived from acting with just the one group
allow a quicker solution to problems and improve
communications, he said.
"The problem every college president has is
communicating with the various constituencies."
Currently, the AS Legislature, Academic Council,
Faculty Council and Graduate Council are separate entities.
Under the Daugert recommendation, the four would
become constituencies of the Academic Senate.
Flora said he plans to take the proposal to the Board of
Trustees who have to approve it before it can be
implemented.
As for the future of the present councils. Flora said he
could see no function for them under the Daugert plan
other than as constituency caucuses.
MILITARY RECRUITERS WATCHED ANTI-WAR PARADE- MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 7, EDITORIAL ON PAGE 4.
Photo By DAVE SHERMAN
Anti-War Leaders Pleased with Turn-Out
Anti-war leaders are claiming a "major victory" following
Wednesday's peaceful "March for Life" which drew an estimated
1,500 students and townspeople to a parade through town and a rally
at City Hall.
AS Vice President Gary Evans, a member of the sponsoring
Bellingham People's Coalition, said yesterday he was "feeling great"
due to the large turn-out. Evans added he feared a small
demonstration, which could have marked an end to the anti-war
movement in Bellingham.
"It was one of the best peace marches Bellingham has ever seen,"
he said. "It is a major vitory for those opposed against the war."
The Rev. Bill Sodt, another member of the coalition, said it was an
unqualified success,.noting that the march was unique from previous
ones in that representatives from a wide-ranging number of
organizations were able to get together under one cause.
"This shows the maturity of the peace movement," Rev. Sodt
explained.
Approximately a dozen boxes of food were collected at the rally
on the public library lawn. Participants were asked to bring a can of
food to contribute to a newly formed food bank for the needy. The
food will be distributed under the supervision of the Low Income
Citizens Committee and two local churches.
The orderly parade from campus to City Hall was headed by two
American flags and a state flag. Several protestors carrying the sole
Viet Cong flag in the march were told to go to the .rear by marchers
up front.
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