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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1968)
Student Activism Los Amigos Eye Mexican Exodus "Students have been protest ing, striking, rioting, boycotting ali over the world. Japan. Pe king, Columbia University and even little University of Ore Nobles Named Conduct Head Scott Nobles, professor of speech, has been named new chairman of Student Conduct Committee. He is replacing Don Van Rossen, who resigned in February as chairman. Nobles has been a member of the committee since July, 1967. His chairmanship will terminate in June at the end of the current school year. To complete the seven mem ber committee, Sidney Bernhart, professor of chemistry and mole cular biology, has been appoint ed to the committee. The appointments are made by University President Arthur S. Flemming upon recommenda tions of the Faculty Committee on Committees. Reconsider Action The committee will continue a public hearing Wednesday on an amendment to the Student Conduct Code. The action on the amendment was stalled last Wednesday by a 2-2 vote and will be reconsidered with the other members of the committee present. The amendment, proposed by the ASUO Senate, would give the Senate the power to amend the “Administration” and "Rules and Regulations” section of the code. Other action to be consider ed during the meeting will be a hearing on visiting hour reg ulations. The scheduled hearing arose from a letter written Feb. 15 from Dick Romm, assistant director of dormitories for the Housing Policy Committee, to Van Rossen, then chairman of the committee. Closing Hours In the letter he states that the system of visiting hours for members of the opposite sex in the rooms of student res idents “has developed into a program that appears to give the students a maximum amount of freedom but, in fact, is denying a sizeable minority their pri vacy.” “The chance to give students an educational experience in this area has been short circuit ed and the rights of many of thestudents are being denied,* since the committee passed the visiting hours action in spring term, 1967, he said. THE RAIN GOD IS COMING! gon got into the act with their protest at Johnson Hall,” com mented Zach Johnson, the di rector of University-sponsored Operation Citizenship. “But,” Johnson continued, 'here at the University is ano ther type of student activism faking place. Namely a group of students who call themselves Los Amigos.” Johnson described these stu dents as part of a national or ganization, known as Confer ence on Inter-American Student Projects. Los Amigos has been zealous ly active in preparation to ac complish one goal called “Com munity Development” in Mex ico this summer, Johnson re marked. He said this work in volves all forms of community action. Support Needed The group of students involv ed in Los Amigos will be de parting for Mexico from Eu gene after finals, according to Johnson, if enough money is gained to finance the group’s departure. Johnson said. “Los Amigos has been raising money all year through donations and fund - raising efforts. Friday night will hopefully be the conclusion of the fund-raising efforts.” Los Amigos has planned a dance and show in McArthur Court for Friday night with “The Small Crowd” supplying the sounds. Teacher Certification Students eligible for Oregon Teachers’ Certifiation with spring term work, please pick up application forms in room 125-C School of Education. Wednesday Detects Mockingbird Killed “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the movie scheduled for showing tonight in 150 Science, has been canceled. “Gate of Hell” has been sub stituted by the film distribut ing company. Sponsored by Model United Nations and the Young Demo crats, this movie has won the Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Film and best color photography and also the grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It will be shown at 6:30 and 9 p.m. in 150 Science. Speaker Addresses Graduate Council Charles Pyron, assistant pro fessor in business management, was the featured speaker before the Graduate Student Council Tuesday afternoon. Pyron spoke as part of the Council’s series of speakers on the topic of “Communication and Supervision.” Dr. Pyron posed the question, “Can we measure with written tests the success of communica tions between supervisors and their subordinates?” He dis cussed his work in this area, using several of his research projects as examples. 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Hamlin, whose business is lo cated at 975 W. 7th Ave., Eu gene, said he has contracts with 26 local merchants who have agreed to give goods and servic es to those who have purchased a coupon book from Hamlin which costs $4. The $4, Hamlin said, would return $100 in goods and services. Hamlin said at the news con ference, T am operating a legi timate business. I am ready, willing and able to perform.” Asked why he had not at first contacted the Chamber of Commerce with his business plans, Hamlin said, ‘‘I had all intentions of contacting the Chamber of Commerce. Some Poor March Being Planned A meeting to organize the Poor Peoples’ March on Salem as held Tuesday night to form committees which will cope with the different aspects of the march. Alfred Williamson, spokesman for the committee which is re sponsible for co-ordination of the march, said that the pur pose of the march is to list the grievances of each group of poor people including, the Blacks, the Mexicans, the In dians, the Aid to Dependent Children mothers and the dis advantaged Whites of the state of Oregon. These lists will be presented to the legislature on Saturday, May 24. A statistics committee has been set up to find out how much money is being allotted to each institution in the state. From these findings the griev ances can be drawn up. Other committes are contact ing organizations and politicians for co-ordinations and support of the march. * tie iiiai in is iu uegin iroiii the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem and continue to the capital. Camping space will be provided on the fairgrounds Friday night. Plans are being made to provide free food and entertainment. According to Williamson, the marchers will not be patrolled by the Salem city police, but by patrols made up of the marchers. This will be done in hopes to prove to the legislature “that we are responsible young people,” Williamson said. The next meeting will be Tuesday May 7 at 5 p.m. in the EMU. All interested per sons are invited to attend. TODAY’S STAFF Night Editor: Steve Moore Desk Editor: Les Blumenthal Reporters: Macy Guppy, Janet Engelbecht, Cathy Hall, John Junkins Proofreaders: Gloria Waggoner, Richard Morris Photographer: Cindy Boydstun GR-R-REAT FOOD! SAMBOS RESTAURANTS Open 24 Hours Across from U.O. one called me and demanded that I come down for one hour and bring my contracts. I see no reasons why I should yield to their demands such as they were made.” Mike Fancher, Emerald editor when the allegedly libelous state ments about Hamlin appeared, Status Seeker Packard Due Vance Packard, author of such best-sellers as "The Hid den Persuaders” and "The Sta tus Seekers,” will speak at the University Thursday on “The Invasion of Our Privacy,” at 7:30 in the EMU. Packard will discuss what he calls “professional people - watchers” who, he says, “inspect, control, and keep an eye on us as individual citizens.” He claims the present age is one in which the Bill of Rights itself is under siege and personal liberty en dangered. Packard is one of America’s most celebrated social critics. His first book, “The Hidden Per suaders,” published in 1957, was a study of motivational research techniques which purported to alert the American public to the methods of “persuasian in depth” advertising. It was followed in 1953 by “The Status Seekers,” which an alyzed class stratification in the United States and in 1960, by “The Waste Makers,” which told of planned obsolescence and the waste-encouraging commer cialism of American life. acknowledged receipt Tuesday of the written demand for re traction. Under OR 30.165 the Emerald has two weeks in which to investigate the de mand. Hamlin said he chose names at random from the telephone directory and sent letters to these names advertising his cou pon book. He said coupon books have been mailed to those who accepted his offer. Hamlin said he worked for Better Business Advertising in Portland for two weeks approx imately two years ago which conducted a business similar to his. He said he had “good re sults” when he conducted a similar coupon plan in Rich mond, Calif. He said until one month ago he had lived in Roseburg for 13 years and had been a paint ing contractor and salesman. 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