Prepared Statement
In his prepared statement for
the Student Council, Mr. Shannon
listed recent actions taken by the
University to attract more disadvantaged
students. Apparently this was
in reply to a similar list of Student
Council actions in their letter to
Mr. Shannon last week.
Bud Ogle asked Mr. Shannon if
his remark that the transitional
program could be funded without
using student fees was a "subtle
way" of telling the Council that
their plan to raise the Student
Activities Fee by $2.50 was not a
good idea.
Mr. Shannon replied that "levying
a free on students for a specific
purpose" was a departure from the
Council's past policy.
He said that he had some
reservations about the student
body's willingness to pay for the
program. "You set a precedent," he
said, "though for a good purpose,
for levying fees for specific purposes."
Mr. Shannon added that he
thought "more discussion" was
needed on the subject. Walker
Chandler replied, "What we are
saying is that the discussion has
taken place and the plan now only
needs to be institutionalized to go
into effect."
In other business at the Tuesday
night Council meeting a motion by
Bud Ogle was tabled for a week. It
read "It shall be the policy of the
University of Virginia that the
arrest, indictment, trial or conviction
of any person who refuses to
obey a directive of the Selective
Service System based on conscientiously
held beliefs, shall not be
considered with respect to any
application for admission or readmission.
The above statement shall be
printed in all University catalogues."
Two other motions by Mr. Ogle
passed unanimously. The first asked
the Faculty of the College of Arts
and Sciences to allow one reporter
from the Cavalier Daily, the Virginia
Weekly, and radio station
WUVA be allowed to attend college
faculty meetings as observers.
Mr. Ogle's other motion asked
that employees from the library be
invited to the Council's next
meeting to "discuss problems."
