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Shannon Challenged By Council
To Debate On Black Recruiter

By Tom Adams
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Two motions were presented at
Tuesday's meeting of the Student
Council asking that the hiring of a
Black recruiter be the "top
priority" in hiring admissions staff
and challenging President Shannon
and the administration to discuss
that topic in an open forum. Both
motions passed with little dissent.

The first of the two motions
that were presented by Bud Ogle
reads, "Whereas there seems to be
nearly unanimous support within
the University community to hire a
Black admissions officer; and
whereas the Director of University
Relations has said, 'I would be very
much for it [hiring a Black
recruiter ;' and whereas the
admissions office is presently doing
very little to recruit Black students;
the Student Council hereby
establishes a committee to be
chaired by Mr. Wesley Harris.

Assistance In Hiring

"The committee's purpose shall
be to recommend a list of
prospective Black recruiting officers
and to assist in the hiring of one of
these men." This motion passed
unanimously.

Mr. Ogle then moved that the
Student Council "challenges
President Shannon and the
Administration to discuss in open
forum the topic "A Black
admissions officer will help the
Admissions Office recruit more
Black students and therefore is the
top priority in hiring admissions
staff," such discussion to be held at
the time and place most convenient
to the Administration." That
motion passed with only two
dissenting votes.

Mr. Ogle said yesterday that "It
is just not good enough to be
content with an increase from 12 to
18 Black students in the entering
class." He said that more of an
effort is required and he wished
that the Admissions Office would
stop "dilly-dallying around."

Following Mr. Ogle's two
motions, Gene Angle moved that:
"The Student Council wished to
express its dissatisfaction with the
Administration's indecisiveness in
dealing with the specified
recommendation it passed at its
November 12 meeting in favor of
iring a Black Admissions Officer.

Direct Link

"There was a specific reason for
this recommendation: to establish a
direct link with the Black
community, which link could be
more effectively created by hiring
a Black Admissions Officer. The
urgency of this matter is obvious to
all." The motion passed with little
dissent and a letter was sent to
President Shannon about it.

In other business, Charles
Murdock moved that the Student
Council, as the representative for
the entire student body of the
University, petition the Faculty
Senate to rescind attendance
regulations now applying for the
two days before and after holidays.
That motion passed.

Police Registration

Mr. Murdock later moved that
all plainclothes policemen be
required to register with the
Student Council for any
demonstration which these officers
wish to attend. Tom Sater pointed
out that the Student Council does
not have authority over
non-students. The motion then
failed, 6-11.

Demonstration Regulations

As a result of the
demonstrations during the visit of
the recruiters for the Dow Chemical
Company last week, Council
President Rick Evans said that
many students and members of the
Council, including himself, had
doubts about the current
demonstration regulations.

He then appointed a committee
to be headed by Ron Hickman to
report next Tuesday, to consider a
reevaluation of the Council's policy
on the registration of
demonstrations. He selected
himself, Bud Ogle, Pat Saul, Walker
Chandler, Tom Sater, and Joe
Ioravanti to serve on the
committee.

Voting Machines

Gordon Calvert explained that
elections for the Judiciary
Committee and Student Council in
the college have been put back a
day because of problems in the
installation of the voting machines.
He reported that three additional
voting machines. He reported that
three additional voting machines
have been procured for the
election.

Mr. Murdock announced that
the regulations about male guests in
dormitories have been rescinded by
the Housing Committee.

The old regulation had stated
that students living in the
dormitories could have guests of
the same sex only on weekends.
The reason for not allowing them
to stay in the dormitories during
the week had been that they might
interfere with a student's studies.

Jim Robuck was concerned
over an article in last week's
Cavalier Daily which stated that the
City of Charlottesville gets the
information on operators of motor
vehicles from the University. This
information was then used to levy a
car tax on persons domiciled in
Charlottesville.