The Cavalier daily :: Wednesday, May 13, 1970 :: University of Virginia Library

In a meeting marked by unusually
rapid agreement, the Student Council
voted last night to postpone Council
elections until next Monday and Tuesday
and requested the faculties of each school
of the University to grant more lenient
academic options to all students.

Henry Doggrell, representative from
the School of Commerce, proposed that
Council postpone all Council elections
until next fall because of the primacy of
the issues of the student strike.

Jeff Kirsch, a third-year man in the
College, objected to the proposal
indicating that a fall election would not allow
present fourth-year men to vote.

Buzzy Waitzkin, a representative from the
College, then recommended that the elections
be held next Monday and Tuesday, May 18 and
19, to allow all candidates more time to
campaign.

Mr. Waitzkin motion was passed after an
amendment was approved allowing Council
elections in the Law School to take place
tomorrow and Friday, as schedule. Only the
Council elections in the Nursing School, the
Engineering School and the College will be held
next week.

Kevin Mannix, Council Vice-President, then
proposed that Council request the faculties of
all schools in the University to grant more
options to students to make up academic work
missed because of the strike.

Mr. Mannix stated that the students have
attempted successfully to keep the strike
non- and have "deliberately avoided a
shut down of the University."

He further stated that certain "faculty
members are violating this non- spirit of
the strike by attempting to academically punish
the students via faculty options and that the
question of faculty options must be settled
soon to avoid disruptions."

The resolution then read that "the faculties
of all schools are urged to adopt a policy where
the individual student may choose the academic
options he prefers."

This would mean, explained Mr. Mannix,
that students, not faculty members could
choose the recommended by that
school's faculty.

Grade Freeze

The motion added that the minimum option
should be the freezing of the grade earned by
May 1 as the final course grade. Mr. Mannix
stated that this would mean that the faculty of
each school that approved such a policy would
allow the student to choose this option as a
minimum in all cases.

The resolution also recommended the other
options of a pass-fail grade in any course,
extension of course requirements until October
16 for all students but degree candidates, and
the option of not having to take the final exams
in any course.

Mr. Mannix also asked that degree
candidates with passing grades should be able to
have the option of obtaining an administrative
pass if desired.

Finally, he asked the faculty to adopt such a
policy by May 14.

Council passed the motion with little
debate.

Censored Alumni Association

In other action, Council voted unanimously
to have a letter sent to the Richmond
Times-Dispatch deploring that paper's editorial
of Tuesday, May 12. In that editorial, the
Richmond paper stated that Edgar Shannon,
President of the University, had backed down
to 'runts' at the University.

Council also censored the Alumni
Association for allocating funds to send
anti-strike telegrams to the parents of
University students, causing them "undue
anxiety."

The Council members did not state if the
telegrams had caused the students or parents
this "anxiety."

The Council members then called for an
investigation to see if the Alumni Association
had used University computers for sending the
telegrams and if it had paid the University for
the use of the computers.

Council also voted to investigate the use of
University Hall by law enforcement agencies
during the strike to see if the police had paid
for such use. Council recommended that if the
police had not paid for the use of the facility,
no student should pay for its use either.