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r By HELEN PiWS^
LIFE Academics Editor
Amid the confused antics bfpa$piieii-
: deprocedures Monday, Academic Senate
i censored any persons from disrupting a
^dassroom while in^ession.
.' After setting aside the agenda,Joyce
f Pillote, philosophy professor, asked
! sjpjte' to go on record censurinf the
'|Cti0B of the Public Safety Department
■ k the wrest of Nelson Herron, Lachine
r graduate student, in his classroom April
\ While conducting a class, Herron was
.arrested by two Public Safety officers
fof his alleged actions in  cc*nnection
! wit?an incident which occured when Gov-
pernor wiiiiarn Milliken   was-cenfrented
niptnti-war protestora^=tm=^mj!UShilast-
'Wednesday.
Tim Horan, Student Body president,
-Hacked the resolution ^iilg^i-iat^-eutH
lie Safety should  be  chastised."    He
. added that Senate should condemn Pub-
> lie Safety for their judgement Metres-
ting Herron during  a  class therefore
■■ threatening the principle of academic
freedom.. s
r tSenate approved Mrs. Pillote's first
-resolution but amended'it to censor any
person who disrupts a class while in
> session except in cases of immediate
, emergency.
Mrs. Pillote also asked Senate to
£,request President William. B. Boyd to
/'instruct the Public Safety Department
jJo restrict any officer ,c* representative
'. of that department from entering a labor-
l_atory or classroom while in session! to
i arrest a student or .faculty member.
^•However, the resolution was referred
r to the Academic Freedom Committee
; for study and recommendation. *
r Then, with no discussion, Senate~ap-
[ proved another resolution "condemning
I action ^taken by certain members of the
^University community disrupting .Milli-
r Jen's recent visit to the campus."
l   Responding to Senate's action, .a rep
resentativeof Legal Aid- in representing two of the students supposedly
involved in the fracus with Milliken,
said he deplored Senate for action at
this time and condemning certain persons in that incident.
R. Richard Livorine said, "I don't
question the right of Academic Senate
to take a stand concerning the approval
or disapproval of the incident. However,
I consider it extremely irresponsible
legislation- when a group condemns 'certain members' of the University community before those members have a
chance to go before their court proceedings are official."
In other action, Senate failed to approve the Curriculum Committee's-
motion to abolish Speech 101 from all
curriculums unless specifically requested
and sent it backTto the Committee for
adequate and substantial justification.
Caiman Levich, physics professor,
criticized the Committee for sending the
motion to Senate without any justification.
Levich said before Senate approves the
proposed requirement, the Committee
should tell Senators the reasons why Senr
ate should vote on the issue.
The resolution was passed by the Committee last February on the contention
that other options, such as testing,.are
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LIFE photo by Bob Guiatte
ACADEMIC SENATE ACTION - Joyce Pillote (above) began
an hour debate when she proposed a special resolution to
censure certain Department of Public Safety actions.
0 issues complaint against lour students
Complaints have been issued by the
University against four students, charging
them with violations of the Code of Student
Conduct during an incident last Wednesday.,
in which students allegedly attemted to
block an automobile carrying Gov. William
Milliken.
. More complaints may. be issued in the
next few days as investigations progress,
according to Albert S. Miles, vice president for student affairs.   Names are not
released in Student Code of Conduct cases,
according to CMU policy.
Because the University lias elected to
pursue the cases under its own disciplinary
system, warrants issued last week against
11 persons in connection with the incident
will not be pursued at this time1, Miles
said.
Miles explained yesterday that the decision to pursue the cases under the Code
of Student Conduct rather than through
the courts was made because "the Student
Code is the appropriate instrument for
an educational institution to use. This
is a University responsibility and we
should not burden the courts with this
problem."
Complaints made so far for violations
of the student standard of conduct include
disorderly conduct and impairing the freedom of an individual.
One hearing has been arranged for next
week while others were scheduled
yesterday.
last meeting of the year
S-Senate
By ANDY MARTI ^
LIFE Student Avoirs Writer
In a flurry of legislation, Student Senate did its
spring house-cleaning at,Jts_ final meeting for the
wl-2 school year. Senate cleared the agenda, handled
several annual awards and emptied the Student Government treasury.
The issue which stirred the widest discussion at
Monday's meeting was a proposal to allocate $200
J three CMU students who intend to go to Paris this
^mmer with the Paris Peace Conference" This appro-
Priatien was eventually turned down by the Senate.
The students would have met with, and negotiated with
J1 Parties engaged in the Peace Conference: North
pemam, the National Liberation Front (NLF), South
' ®l.nam» and the United States;
jnis group would go as a neutral body, according
° Lany Kahn, one-of the members of the group. The
|™«P would attempt to malce the negotiating bodies
™ of the international concern for the settlement.
borne senators question the potential effectiveness
^his proposal. One Senator stated, "This $200 ex-
Jjwuture would not be money well spent. It would be
oney down the drain, as it would not accomplish
He continued that."If the negotiating parties want
oecome aware of the concern for a'settlement, all
J"eed to do trplcVup a newspaper."
?a«n replied that the purpose of the journey would
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not be to present proposals.to the negotiators, but
rather to, "try to understand the hopes, fears and
aspirations of each of the nations."
Another Senator questioned this rationale. He saia,
"What effect can you have? Why should the delegations even see you. You are only a small group, wun-
no sanction, or authority what so ever "
Richard Livorine contested the belief tha three CMU
students could accomplish anything. He stated, me
National Student Association -has six permanent representatives in Paris, and they have noraccomplished
a thing. What can you accomplish."      •..„-.*■ 4„
Student Senate joined with Academic Senate m
condemning the disruption of a classroom situation
by the Department of Public Safety. The incident
occured when tw-rofficers of Public Safety reportedly
entered a classroom, and arrested Nelson Herwa
graduate assistant teaching the class. Herron was
arrested on misdemeanor charges stemming from the
assault on Governor Milliken last week.
The resolution stated, "Senate officially reprimands the Department of Public Safety ^flagrant
violation of academic freedom. Moreover, Senate
calls on the President of this University to guaran;
tee that such violation will never occur again.
- Senate appropriated $200 for the newly.founded
. Day Care Center, located at the Native American
Reservation. . .
Senate unanimously requested the CMU administra
tion change the name of the proposed Indian Academy
to "Native American" Academy.
Six students were selected to serve as student
representatives on Academic Senate next year. They
were: Tim HOran, South Haven junior, John McQuil-
'Ian, Jackson' junior,: Steve Dragoon, Punjab India
junior, Rick Marshal, WarreSi Sophomore, Charles
Coleman, Saginaw sophomore, and Rick Kolwalkoski,
Grand Rapids, senior.
Senate selected six Student Government leaders
to participate in.the National Student Association
National Convention, next August 12 through 19 in
Washington, D.C.
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Review of Vietnam war. . . .Page 5
Admissions outlook. . . . .Page 16
Spring football game?. . . .Page 21
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