Berkeley Campus 1Uncertain of Future
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By BOB CARL
managing Editor
BERKELEY, Cal. (Special) —
The Berkeley campus of the Uni
versity of California, torn last
year by civil disobedience, riot
ing and demonstrations that led
to the arrests of nearly 800 per
sons, opened its doors for fall
classes Sept. 13 as a new breed of
students converged on the school.
The “new breed”—or the “ac
tivists” as they are sometimes
called—are returning this year
to a new chancellor and a new
set of rules.
This year’s students at Berke
ley will undoubtedly be cautious
about any innivations that fol
lowed last year’s turmoil. But
many are expressing hope that
the campus rules of student con
duct will preclude any need for
civil disobedience this year.
Last year’s rioting erupted “be
cause of the lack of freedom of
speech,” according to Mario Sa
vio, the acknowledged ring-leader
of the demonstrations However,
newly-appointed Chancellor Roger
Heyns has taken steps to protect
tree speech.
Campus Turmoil
“Constitutionally protected
speech will not be subject to
University discipline,” he said.
The entire campus is in a tur
moil, even during final’s week of
summer session hundreds of stu
dents milled around the Sproule
Hall steps, discussing and argu
ing. Just as the chancellorship
has changed, and along with the
new rules, the traditional stu
dent-type is very scarce on the
Berkeley campus.
Football practice still goes on
as the head-knockers prepared
themselves for their Sept. 18
kick-off game, and the sororities
will still have rush this year. (Of
the 27.000 students on campus,
only 340 signed up for sorority
rush.)
Fraternity houses will be
empty on the Berkeley campus
this year—in spite of the fact
that housing is in very short
supply around the campus.
And, although few will predict
trouble for the upcoming year,
there are obvious sorespots that
will have to be ironed out.
Obvious Sorespots
The Daily Californian, campus
newspaper, says of the new rules:
“The rules are good, perhaps the
best that they can be under the
circumstances. . . . There are no
rules restricting freedom of
speech or advocacy. . . .”
However, the paper noted that
the rules would be put into ef
fect, on Sept. 16, before return
ing students would have a chance
to read them, although Chan
cellor Heyns asked for student
comment and criticism.
The paper also protests Uni
versity of California President
Clark Kerr's stipulation which
says: “Each Chancellor may ap
point such faculty, student or
other advisory committees or in
dividual advisors as he desires,
but the final authority for ad
ministration of student disci
pline rests with the Chancellor,
except that expulsion requires
approval by the President.”
Another potential danger area
centers around teaching assist
ants.
Teaching Assistants
President Kerr has called the
University of California a multi
versity; students have objected
to the fact that they can seldom
see their teachers. Therefore,
there is often a great deal of con
tact between the T.A.’s and stu
dents.
However, after last year’s riots,
the California legislature cut the
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Benedict Thomas Joseph Kiely,!
prominent Irish writer, will be a
visiting professor of English at
the University during the 1965-66
academic year.
Kiely will teach courses in cre
ative writing in the Department
of English, assuming some of the
teaching duties of James B. Hall,,
who has left the University for a
teaching position in California.
The Irish author has spent the!
past year as writer-in-residence at
Hollins College in Virginia. He is
a graduate of the National Uni
versity of Ireland, University Col
lege, Dublin.
Kiely's creative writing includes
the books Land Without Stars,
In a Harbour Green, Call for a
Miracle, The Cards of the Gam
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Was an Ancient House, and The
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He has written a volume of
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Kiely has contributed to numer
ous publications, such as The
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Irish Writing, and Envoy in Ire
land; The Spectator and The
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Times Book Review, Kenyon Re
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United States.
Kiely’s work in progress in
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about the Big House and Irish
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The writer is married and has
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Berkeley budget, intending to
limit the number of teaching
assistants for the lftfifi-ttfi aca
demic year. The budget cut was
an attempt to punish the teach
ing assistants, who participated
in the riots almost to a man.
However, students now say they
won’t even be able to see their
teaching assistants, let alone their
professors.
Others say that class sizes will
have to be doubled and doubled
again unless more T.A.s are hired.
The university administration has
promised to alleviate the prob
lem.
New Rules
One of last year's bitterly con
tested sore-points—admission of
the graduate students to the As
sociated Students of the Univer
sity of California—is still un
settled. and could be a cause for
trouble.
And the new rules, definitely
conduct, it was against university
regulations for students or a
student group to advocate an ofT
campus cause.
Now, however, Hcyns and the
University of California allow
students and •‘students only”
groups to sponsor and even or
ganize programs and committees
for off-campus action.
In fact, the Viet Nam Day
Committee, with headquarters
five blocks oIT campus, is pres
ently soliciting funds and mem
bership on the Berkeley campus
for two days of protesting and
civil disobedience.
Massive Unrest
Michael O'Hanlon, campus co
ordinator for the committee, and
the only non student on its steel
ing committee, told the Kmerald
that the committee, known as
the VDC, wants "excessively large
demonstrations against the U.S
war machine.”
And on Oct. H> 17 the VDC
plans a “teach-in, followed by a
massive march of 8,000-10.000
people to the Oakland Army Ter
minal; followed there by massive
civil disobedience.”
O’Hanlon said that simultane
ous action will be taken in 20
states, including Oregon, and five
countries.
mi improvement for the campus,
may bring headaches to the sur
rounding communities.
Up until Chancellor Heyns is
sued his new rules for student
He said, however, that "barring
unforeseen difficulties, there will
lie no civil disobedience on cam
pus," He said the VDC plans to
march and protest nIT campus,
and talk on campus.
In talking to the students and
faculty members, one notices a
lack of certainty when speaking
of the coming year However, as
one faculty member said: "The
new Berkeley students are acti
vist-oriented; this year we are at
tracting them However, we won't
have so much trouble this year
because tile new administration
is compromise-minded "
So, Berkeley may not see many
more riots and acts of civil dis
obedience, but protests and dis
cussions will be the rule on cam
pus for years to come, as the
more politically motivated and
sophisticated students, the new
breed of activists, inhabit tin*
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