Western Front - 1968 October 15

              Activisf groups form coalition
Radical groups plan "Radi­cal
Education Week."
—photo by gable
A number of Western's activist groups have combined forces
to form a new group temporarily under the name of the Radical
Coalition.
Some of the groups involved in the coalition are Students for
Peace in Vietnam, Black Student Union, Bellingham Draft Resist­ance,
Students for a Democratic Society, Peace and Freedom Party
and A.C.L.U. (campus chapter).
"The purpose of the Radical Coalition," according to Ian Tri-vett,
chairman, "is to increase people's awareness of radical
ideas in politics, social and economic issues and in academic
fields."
This is to be done by the use of speakers, forums, films and
other educational materials.
A Steering Committee has been chosen, consisting of Tony
Morefield, George Hartwell, Lauren Bathurst and Jeff Steele.
"Radical Education Week", the group's first sponsoring event,
began last night with a film by David Schoenbrun — "Vietnam: How
did We Get In? How do We Get Out?" — and will continue through
Friday.
CLEAVER
Eldridge Cleaver, presidential candidate for the Peace and
Freedom Party, was scheduled to speak today in the Auditorium but
had to cancel due to legal problems.
Speaking tonight in the Auditorium will be Tran Van Dinh,
former Ambassador from South Vietnam to the U.S.
Tomorrow Robbie Stern, president of the University of Washing­ton
chapter of S.D.S., will speak in the VU lounge. Stern has been
actively involved in securing Indian fishing rights.
HARRIS
Former Stanford student body president David Harris will
speak tomorrow night in the Campus School Auditorium. Harris is
one of the original founders of Draft Resistance and is married to
singer Joan Baez.
r» ^ Jtowsday Professor Hillary Putnam, chairman of the
Harvard Department of Philosophy, will speak in L-2.
Aaron Dixon, captain of the Seattle Black Panther party,
will also speak on Thursday, in the VU Lounge.
Thursday night a light show will be presented in L-4.
Tod Gitland, former national president of S.D.S., will speak
Friday in L-3. Gitland is presently a writer for the "San Francisco
Times,"
Speaking with Gitland will be Cal Winslow, vice presidential
candidate for the Peace and Freedom Party.
Membership for the Radical Coalition is open to all who wish
to contribute to its purpose.
Meetings will be announced in advance, and will be run by a
one man-one vote, simple majority system.
Tran Van Dinh
Robbie Stern .
David Harris. .
TODAY
8 p.m., Auditorium
WEDNESDAY
noon, VU Lounge
8 p.m., Campus School Aud.
THURSDAY
Prof. Hillary Putnam .2 p.m
Light Show 8 p.m
Aaron Dixon 12 noon, VU Lounge
FRIDAY
Tod Gitland 2 p.m
Cal Winslow 2 p.m
L-2
L-4
L-3
L-3 thewestern front
Vol. LXI No. 3 Western Washington State College, Bellingham, Wash. 98225 Tuesday, Oct. 15, 1968 10e Per Copy
Evans says citizen involvement
needed in government decisions
by JIM AUSTIN
Front staff
"The future of this nation re­quires
citizen involvement,"
said Governor Daniel J. Evans
in a speech Friday.
An estimated 1,000 people
heard the governor discuss what
he called the "politics of par­ticipation."
"Our problems cannot and
will not be solved by slogans
and dissent," the governor said.
"Our problems can and will
be resolved by working togeth­er,"
he added.
Listeners from the balcony
interrupted the governor with
chants of "Fish, fish, fish."
The treaty under controversy
guaranteed the Indians the right
to fish in their "usual and ac­customed
places," Evans said,
"in common with fellow citi­zens."
Commercial fishermen, sports
fishermen, and Indians must
work together so each will re­ceive
their share and still leave
enough to reach spawning
grounds, he said.
"We have to manage our re­sources
so they can be pre­served
for future generations,"
Evans said.
Evans was asked at a news
conference if he felt the boycott
of California grapes in Wash­ington
would affect the migrant
workers in the state.
"Washington ranks third be­hind
California and New York
in production of grapes," Evans
said.
"Our responsibility is to do
the best we can to achieve work­er-
grower relations in Washing­ton,"
the governor said.
Evans said farm workers in
Washington are higher paid than
those in other states.
Evans complimented the
architects and planners of
Mathes and Nash residence
halls.
"The excellence of architec­ture
and planning at Western
is unequaled anywhere in the
state," he said.
But more important than phy­sical
structures is the caliber
of faculty, Evans said.
"Good student - faculty rela­tions
are essential, and such re­lations
cannot be found in large
classes," Evans said in a com­ment
on Fairhaven College.
Evans said there is a greater
pressure for higher education
than had been anticipated.
In a brief dedication speech
at Nash Hall, the governor said,
"I look forward to returning to
dedicate Fairhaven College."
Governor Daniel J. Evans speaks to Westernites in the
Auditorium.
College III proposed for disadvantaged
During his tour around campus, Governor Evans was con­fronted
by students carrying posters for Indian rights.
—photos by weidner
A proposal for a third satellite college aimed
at providing equal educational opportunity for dis­advantaged
students win be presented to the Aca­demic
Council today at 4 p.m. in HU 106.
College III. tentatively named Gunnar Myrdal
College, woula be a continuation into the college
years of Western's Project Overcome.
The design of Myrdal College is recommend­ed
by committee members Angelo Anastasio, as­sociate
professor of sociology-anthropology; Mur­ray
North, professor of music; Kenneth Symes,
assistant professor of English; lalph Thompson,
professor of education^ and August Radke, profes­sor
of history.
Myrdal would be a residence-academic insti­tution
concerned with the social sciences. Although
the College would tend to concentrate on the
lower division^ there would also be opportunity
for upper division students.
Lower division students would be chosen from
disadvantaged students in the State of Washing­ton
who have the potential for higher education,
but because of their cultural background and aca­demic
record would have little chance of being
admitted to college.
The aim of Myrdal is to admit a greater pro­portion
of non-whites than whites, though "dis­advantaged"
includes both.
The curriculum would be responsive to the
backgrounds of the students. Traditional lower-division
courses would be replaced by imagina­tive,
provocative ones.
The frequent use of seminars and tutorials
should be encouraged. A student tutorial system
would be provided by the upper division students.
After the lower division period, the student
in Myrdal could do any of the following: continue
in Myrdal for a major in the social sciences;
continue in Myrdal but to develop majors and
minors at Western; transfer to another institu­tion,
or seek employment; include a combination
of these alternatives.
Presently, the total number of students could
be 600: 200 upper divion students to 400 lower-division
students. This would provide a 2-to-l
tutor relationship.
The residence facility would follow that of Fair­haven
and housing 70 with 50 students to a hall.
The Committee on Satellite College III rec­ommends
to the Academic Council:
1) The establishment of Gunnar Myrdal College
as Satellite College III
2) The immediate appointment of a full-time
Dean, and a planning committee to assist the
Myrdal Dean
3) That the administration, faculty and planning
committee of Myrdal College give serious atten­tion
to the implementation of mis college within
the shortest possible time.