Western Front - 1969 April 8

              NEWS
BRIEFS
the
Free University
classes begin
Classes begin this week for
the 40 courses being offered by
the Northwest Free University
Spring quarter.
Registration officially closes
Friday, but those persons
interested in signing up are
advised to do so immediately as
many of the classes are either
filled or close to being filled, Dr.
Bernard Weiner, Free University
co-ordinator, said.
Free University catalogs and
registration forms can be picked
up at the Viking Union, the
Aardvark Book Shop at 1222N.
State St., or by writing to P. 0.
Box 1255,Bellingham.
More than 300 persons have
registered for Spring Quarter
classes, Weiner said.
Conservation club
still unaffiliated
Action for Conservation
decided last Thursday against
changing the club into a student
chapter of the national Sierra
Club.
With the affiliation with the
Sierra Club the student chapter
could then utilize the movies
and resources available to them,
Neil Porter said.
John Miles, director of the
outdoors program, opposed the
plan.
He suggested instead that a
Bellingham city chapter of Sierra
Club could be formed and the
two groups could still interact
but follow their different goals.
People interested in forming a
Bellingham chapter of the Sierra
Club should contact John Miles
in VU 2.
Prof sues
students for libel
GREENSBORO, N.C.
(CPS)-Two student leaders at
North Carolina A&T University
have been sued for $520,000 by
a mathematics professor on
charges of criminal libel.
The professor, Frederick
Griffin, was one of six the
students wanted dismissed for
alleged incompetence. The
demands led to a recent one-day
takeover of the administration
building. The charges were made
in a pamphlet distributed earlier
this month.
The two students sued were
Calvin Matthews and Willie
D r a k e , president and
vice-president of the Student
Government Association.
Outdoor program
info now available
Sat. April 12:
Canoeing and sailing
instructions at Lakewood.
Cars will leave from the front
of the VU at 9a.m. and 1 pjn:
Sun. April 13:
Kayaking trip planned.
Information will be posted on
the Outdoor Program bulletin
board in the VU lobby. All
interested persons can sign up at
VU.
western front
Vol. LXI No. 20 Western Washington State College Bellingham, Washington 98225 Tues. April 8,1969 10c
PEOPLE, PEOPLE, PEOPLE—see story on p. 2 for analysis of the world population boom. -montage by finley
Nominating convention to open
The fifth annual legislative
and nomination convention will
be held tomorrow and Thursday
nights from 6 to 11, in the VU
lounge.
Adorned with folk-music
interludes, pep talks by
prominent political figures,
dancing girls and a cement
mixer, the convention is planned
to "salvage a sagging student
government structure," A.S.
President Noel Bourasaw, said.
The convention is planned by
the Elections Board, which is
chaired by Gary Fredrickson.
Bourasaw will be the speaker.
There are 350 convention
delegate positions and all have
full speaking and voting
privileges.
One delegate is allotted to
each 20 students in a particular
living area, either in the dorms,
college-approved halls or
off-campus.
Delegates will be nominating
officers to be placed on the Apr.
23 general election ballot. They
will also submit and vote on
legislative motions about any
issue on campus which affects
students.
Delegates are expected to
arrive between 5:30 and 6 p.m.,
tomorrow and after short
formalities they will begin
nominating candidates for five
open legislature positions and
president and vice president.
Any number of people may
be nominated, but the intention
to nominate must be registered
with the delegation chairman in
a special roll-call.
After a short musical
interlude, delegates will then
have a chance to submit
legislative motions. Each living
area group will be limited to two
motions and the entire
off-campus may have 10.
Thursday night, Sen. Martin
Durkan (D-Issaquah) will explain
opportunities for students in
Bourasaw requests equal
night parking privileges
state government, in a keynote
speech.
Dr. Frank Sorauf, chairman
of the political science
department at the University of
Minnesota, is scheduled to meet
with caucuses which discuss the
legislative bills.
After a vote on all bills,
acceptance speeches for both the
legislative and executive offices
will be delivered and candidates
will be nominated for the
general election ballot.
Three candidates will be
nominated for both the
president and vice president and
ten will be nominated for the
Legislature.
"Students must gain the same
parking privileges as faculty,"
AS President Noel Bourasaw said
last week.
Students on the college
parking committee and Dave
Davis, AS vice-president, have
attempted since early February
to gain the right for students to
park anywhere on campus after
7 p.m., on weekdays.
"We concede the fact that
faculty should be granted special
privileges during the day, but
that is where our concession
ends," Bourasaw said.
He said that the areas behind
Old Main, the Humanities
Building and Miller Hall are not
always full and it is difficult for
students to understand why
their cars are ticketed while not
all the spots are being used.
Bourasaw noted that a Feb.
25 memo to Dr. Maurice Dube,
chairman of the parking
committee, had explained why
faculty feel they need this
parking area.
"If a member of the faculty
who needs to work on campus in
the evenings or on weekends is
unable to locate a parking place,
then the parking problem has
seriously interfered with his
ability to carry out his duties,
and therefore, the parking
problem has created the
possibility of deficiencies in
some aspect of the college's
programs because these duties
could not be fulfilled," the
memo stated.
In a bill passed by the AS
Legislature in late January,
students also asked the restricted
areas be open for 24 hours on
Saturday and Sunday.
The action also recognized
that special events could
temporarily require present
restrictions.
Last quarter's Vietcong flag incident accomplished—if nothing
else—interchange of ideas among students. See editorial, p. 4.
—photo by finley