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Council Refers Student Demands
For Expansion Curb To Committee

By RICHARD JONES

A list of demands to curb expansion
was presented to the Student Council
Tuesday night by a fourth-yearman.

Robin Lind stated to the Council that
"not enough is being done...The Student
Council should take leadership" in the
area of growth. His plans called for a list
of immediate demands to be imposed on
University, a list of immediate commitment to
be made by the University, and a set of
suggestions the Council could use to help
prevent expansion.

Tom Collier, president of the Student
Council, suggested that the demands be referred
to the Council's Committee on Growth. This
action, he said, would prevent the Council from
using "a shotgun effect," making separate and
ineffective attacks on the problem of growth.

Later Phil Chabot, chairman of the Council
Committee on Expansion, outlined a few of the
problems encountered by his committee. Mr.
Chabot stated it had been necessary to direct
efforts toward the group responsible for the
current expansion plans. The Council was
instrumental in bringing about the
reconstitution of the University's Future of the
University Committee which has been charged
with reviewing the proposed growth.

Commenting that contacts were essential in
the state legislature in order to express the
grave concern students have about expansion,
Mr. Chabot pointed out that the delegates
"must be shown hard statistics, based on
numbers."

Mr. Chabot stated that "he hopes to
forward a list of statistics and ideas to the
Future of the University Committee." He
added that "if we know our facts and figures
are right and the Administration does not agree,
we ought to go public and raise hell about it."

Larry Sabato, a second-yearman
representing the College, said that "the Future
of the University Committee may be stacked in
favor of the Administration which appointed
the faculty to the committee."

Mr. Lind, author of a recent series of articles
in The Cavalier Daily on the University's
expansion plans, enumerated a variety of areas
in which he felt action should be taken by the
University. His demands included no parking on
the central Grounds for students or faculty,
administrative financing of a busing system, and
immediate cancellation of the planned parking
meter system.

In addition, Mr. Lind called for the
re-sodding of the Greek Amphitheater, now a
faculty parking lot, a halt on work now in
progress to turn Washington Hall into office
space, and a large-scale campaign to inform
University alumni of current problems and to
solicit funds.

According to Mr. Collier, the Committee on
Expansion will make a report of its findings
next week at the Council meeting.

In other business, Tom King, president of
the Inter-Fraternity Council, reported officially
the results of the complaint filed by eleven
Black students against the Kappa Sigma
Fraternity for violating open rush regulations.
Mr. King said that the action "brought discredit
to that house and the University."

According to Mr. King, the penalty was that
"Kappa Sigma make a public apology to all
students involved, forfeit rush and social
privileges last Saturday night, and set up a
community service project." He said that the
project would be "setting up a basketball league
for underprivileged children."

The Student Council rejected a motion to
censure Kappa Sigma by a vote of 3 to 16. Mr.
Collier commented that "I think the IFC found
an equitable solution to the problem in this
particular situation."