Collegian - 1965 April 16

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Vol. LVII, No. 20 Bellingham, Washington Friday, April 16, 1965
STATE SENATE TO DEBATE
TUITION RAISE MONDAY
Credit Card
Scandal Strikes
Seattle U Campus
Scandal - r o c k e d Seattle
U n i v e r s i t y may be in for it
again if two members of
t h e SU student govern­ment
fail to explain the
over-use of student govern­ment
credit cards which
was exposed last week by
t h e Spectator, the Seattle
U n i v e r s i t y newspaper.
Last January the school, be­came
involved in a nationwide
scandal when-three-membeps- ©E
the SU basketball squad were ac­cused
of being _ involved in a
point-shaving bribe.
The present situation involves
Michael McHugh, ASSU presi­dent,
and Martin Toner, former
ASSU treasurer, who have failed
to. explain the nature, of recent
credit card expenditures.
These two were the only per­sons
authorized to make purchas­es
on the account which is- sup­posed
to be used for -public re­lations
purposes.
THE SPECTATOR attempted
to question McHugh and Toner
for what purposes and on what
occasions the cards were used,
but was told that any informa­tion
about the expenditures would
have to come from Fr. Lawrence
Donohue, S. U. dean of men.
Donohue accused The Specta­tor
of being unethical in its ques­tioning
of student officials but
when asked to explain this state­ment
replied, "I'd rather not go
into it."
The student newspaper ex-
See "SCANDAL" Page 2
Possibility Of
Amendments
The State Senate has chopped off further debate
on that controversial bill to raise tuitions in the state
colleges and universities until Monday.
There is a strong possibility that the bill will be
amended before it is passed to the House for final ap­proval.
Informed sources claim that the Senators might
retain the part of the bill that would raise the tuition
level, but would leave the exact amount in the hands
of educators.
SIDEWALK SURFER—Local student Brett Einarson gets his
morning exercise skimming down Indian Street's sidewalks on
his skateboard. Sidewalk surfing is the latest craze and college
students everywhere are picking up the fad. -Photo by Lance
This could mean turning the
decision for the tuition hike level
up to the boards of trustees in
the colleges. .-..
SENATE BILL 552; if -passed
unamended, would boost tui­tions
in the three state colleges
to $88 per quarter for in-state
students and to $157 per quarter
for out-of-state students.
Thursday afternoon, as The
Collegian was going to press, the
Senate started discussing the gen­eral
college appropriations.
Western has asked for a 5 per
cent increase in faculty and staff
salaries for two consecutive
years. But the Senate Appropria­tions
Committee decided Wednes­day
that that was too much and
cut the raises, in half. .
It looks like the Senate com­mittee
may rescind their deci­sion—
marking another victory for
the • College. Western's over-all
budget has been on the chopping
block for most of the 39th Legis­lature
and it looks like the tables
could be turning.
MUNRtt SUMMED up the feel­ings
of many education lobbyists
in Olympia when he said:
"Things could be looking up
down here."
In Second Peace Protest
Marchers Hit Pavement Tomorrow
The local peace m a r c h e rs
will be on the road again
tomorrow staging a large
" p r o t e s t walk'* downtown
denouncing the U.S. stand
in Viet Nam.
According to organizers, the
march will be to demonstrate
for cease fire negotiations and
protest "dirty war" policies.
They emphasize that the march
isn't designed to challenge local
authorities.
This time the march is being
sponsored by the American
Friends Service Committee, a
Quaker peace-loving organiza­tion.
They will be aided by a
Bellingham Easter Peace Wit­ness
Committee and the campus
chapter of the Student Non-Vio-
1 e n t Coordinating Committee
(SNCC).
THE FRIENDS notified Bell­ingham
Police Chief Cecil Klein
and Mayor John Westford of the
time and route of the peace
march, in compliance with a city
regulation.
The march will begin at 12:30
p. m. tomorrow on the sidewalk
on Indian Street between Myrtle
and Laurel and the trek will end
at the Federal Building with a
15-minute "silent vigil."
The marchers plan to walk
down Holly and Cornwall.
Last February, 47 marchers,
including many Western stu­dents,
were arrested by local
police for a similar demonstra­tion.
Charges were dropped af­ter
two of the leaders, were ac­quitted
of parading without a per­mit
.in court last month.
SATURDAY'S MARCH is ex­pected
to be larger though, as'
many students from colleges and
universities in other parts of the
state will be participating.
. Local "" coordinator for the
march is Dr. Fred Ellis of West­ern's
faculty.
Late last week several student
organizers of the march ap­proached
the Public Affairs Com­mission
on campus seeking sup­port
of the march and asking
permission to start the march
in front of the Viking Union.
About all they were given was
a vague resolution stating that
the PAC went on record as sup­porting
the right of any group to
march in a peaceful manner, re­gardless
of purpose.
Students at the University of
Oregon at Eugene have sched­uled
a similar demonstration
April 23 also protesting the U. S.
See "MARCHERS" Page 5 I
Million Likely
For Construction
Things are looking up for
Western down at Olympia
as, far as money for the
College is concerned. West­ern
may be in for a $4,000,-
000 chunk of the capital
construction budget, arid,
the likelihood of a fee in­crease
is lessening.
The $117,000,000 capital con­struction
budget has passed both
houses of the Legislature and is
how in the Senate for amend­ment.
This appropriation would leap
to almost $5,000,000 as the fed^
•eral government would add $750,-
000 to the state's appropriation if
plans for the science-math com­puter
annex are okayed.
WESTERN'S PRESD3ENT,. Dr.
Harvey Bunke, said that it ap­pears
Western will get the funds
fpr the $2.4 million science-math
computer annex one way or an­other.
In addition there will be money
for land expansion, utilities mod­ernization,
and an education-psychology
addition to the cam­pus
school.
The money for the addition to
the campus school and the li­brary
may have to come from
a referendum which the Legis­lature
would submit to the peo­ple
for approval.
Bunke said the important thing
See "$5 MILLION" Page 3
WEATHER
Good chance of sunny weekend
weather for northern Puget
Sound area. Highs 60-65, lows
50-55. Skiing at Mt. Baker should
be good. Tows and lifts are in
operation.
Lakewood Boat house see pa3e 3