UNIVERSITY
First King celebration to take place in January
By Peter Cogswell
Emeiald Associate Editor
University President Myles Brand's appointed Mar
tin Luther King |r. Celebration Committee is well on
its way to organizing the first annual Martin Luther
King |r. Conference, scheduled for |an. 21
Frank Geltner, chairman of tint committee, has con
firmed that Attallah Shaha/.z. oldest daughter of Mal
colm X and l)r Betty Shabazz, will give the keynote
address at the conference, which is being held on the
national holiday set aside to recognize King's birth
date.
The conference is scheduled to ire held as part of
Martin Luther King |r. Celebration Week, which spans
from )an. 15. King's real birthday, to the 21st.
While this is the first year University students will
not be required to attend class. Brand warned that this
is not necessarily a holiday from learning
"This is not a holiday." hi? said. "It is a celebration
of cultural diversity for all peoples."
ilrartd said that when he first came to the University
he was surprised to find that nothing was done to hon
or King's work on t ivil rights in the United States
To change this, he worked toward, and eventually
succeeded in. getting King's hirthdate declared a holi
day for students so that they could concentrate on is
sues of race and cultural diversity at the University
So far. the committee has raised S.t.tiOO to fund the
conference and Geltner believes the committee will
have no trouble making it to $r>.noo
"We re doing very well (raising money)." he said
"We shouldn't have any problems."
The committee is in the process of sending out let
ters to students, faculty and staff members asking for
proposals for presentations to lie included in either the
conference or during the week. Geltner said.
brand praised Geltner and the rest of the committee
members for their work, saying he is pleased with
their progress, brand has agreed to match money
raised by tJie committee to fund tin* celebration tip to
$5,000. Geltner said
Proposals should focus on the conference’s theme
“To rededicate commitment to civil rights, cultural di
versity. rat nil equality, and economic equity
University sponsored events for the week will corn*
sjMind with community events sponsored by groups
like the Eugene Minority Commission and its Martin
Luther king Jr Task Force.
University events for the week include a presenta
tion bv the African Amerit an Drama Company entitled
"Sister. Can I speak for You'", and a Him k Student
Union sponsored t andlelight vigil
Community events include a Martin Luther king. Jr
memorial march and a Human Kights Fair
The committee is currently made up of 15 members,
hut Celtner encourages all who are interested in tin*
committee's work to come to its meetings, field at < it)
p m every Thursday in the EMU. The room numlier
can lie found on the EMU's daily si hedule
University’s
OPS obtains
new director
The University has hired a
new director of the Office of
Public Safety, Vice President
for administration Dan Wil
liams announced last week.
Carey Drayton, if Washington
D C. campus police officer with
10 years of experience in colle
giate law enforcement and se
curity, was selected by a 12
member search panel headed
by Williams.
I
Carey Drayton
Drayton replaces Oakley
Glenn, who retired Sept. 20 af
ter serving the University for 20
years. Tom Hicks had been
serving as interim director.
Drayton had served as a po
lice officer at George Washing
ton University since March. He
previously served as director of
university police at the Univer
sity of Southwestern Louisiana.
He will assume his position at
the University Dec. 15.
Williams said Drayton, who
visited with various University
groups during the interview
process, was highly recom
mended to the search commit
tee by a large number of indi
viduals and groups across cam
pus.
Drayton said he is prepared
to deal with a number of cam
pus security issues facing the
University and other higher ed
ucation institutions across the
United States.
He added that as an immedi
ate priority, he will work to re
build the student confidence in
the office of public safety from
the reduced level that is evi
dent in the recently released re
port of the campus task force
on lesbian and gav concerns.
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