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Court Sets Student Drug Hearings

Hearings have been set in
Charlottesville Municipal Court
for two University students
who were arrested along with
20 other person in a series of
drug raids in March.

Fourth-year Engineering
student Jerry D. Beninate,
charged with distributing
marijuana, will appear in court
tomorrow, and fourth-year
College student Michael S.
Malchiodi will face similar
charges in a court hearing set
for June 12.

The March arrests, none of
which were made on the
Grounds, culminated two
months of investigation by
city, county and state police.

Two other students netted
in the raids, College third-year
man Chesley A. Davis and
second-year Engineering
student Shelton R. Taylor were
certified to the grand jury in
late April on charges of
distributing marijuana.

Davis was also given a
six-month jail sentence for
possession of marijuana which
he is appealing.

Dean of Students Robert T.
Canevari said that at the
present the University is not
planning to penalize the
students.

"We are not doing anything
right now, but the University
may have an interest in the
case later on," he said.

Rockefeller

New York Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller will speak tonight
a 8:45 in Cabell Auditorium on
"The Role of the Courts in a
Complex and Changing
Society."

Due to a concert
immediately preceding Mr.
Rockefeller's speech, seats wil
not be available until 8:45, but
Student Legal Forum members
will be present to facilitate
seating once it becomes
available.

Regatta

The Architecture's School
Annual Regatta will be held
today at 2:30 p.m. on the
Charlottesville Reservoir off
Hydraulic Road.

Members of the A-School's
faculty, administration and
student body have constructed
their crafts out of cardboard
for the event. In case of rain,
the event will be held
tomorrow.

Allocations

All Student Activities
Allocations Accounts will be
closed on June 1, 1973. All
expenditures to be made from
the 1972-73 allocations should
be submitted in proper form to
the Student Activities Auditor,
Terry R. Davis, prior to June
1st.

Classic Film

"Storm over Asia,"
Pudovkin's classic 928 film,
will be presented in two free
showings today and tomorrow.

Tonight's presentation will
be at the Wesley Foundation,
908 Lewis Mountain Rd. at 7
p.m. Tomorrow's showing is
scheduled for the Westminister
Presbyterian Church on Rugby
Road at 9 p.m.

The film, declared
"unsuitable for public viewing"
in 1929 by the British Board of
Film Censors, deals with a
revolt which expels English
interventionists from Mongolia
during the Russian Civil War.

Oscar Wilde

Dr. Macdonald Critchley,
president of the World
Federation of Neurology, will
discuss "The Medical History
of Oscar Wilde: His Life and
Death" tonight at 8:15 in the
McGregor Room of Alderman
Library.

As a British neurologist and
consultant to the National
Hospital in London, Dr.
Critchely has been called a
towering figure in
contemporary neurology." His
speech is sponsored by the
Medical History Society.

Interviews

The Jefferson Society will
hold interviews for prospective
members today through
Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m. at
Jefferson Hall, West Range.
Evening interviews are also
scheduled for Thursday from 7
to 9 p.m.

Any University student is
eligible to apply.