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The Human Relations Council
passed the following resolution in
regard to student housing at its last
meeting.

In view of the recent interest in
off-grounds housing, we
strongly urge the adoption of
the following recommendation:

1) That the structure of the
present University Housing
Committee be changed to include
half students and half
faculty and administration, the
students to be appointed by a
majority vote of the Student
Council. The students are the
people most immediately concerned
with the student housing
situation, and there has been an
evident lack of communication
with them.

2) That an ad hoe committee
be appointed to investigate the
entire scope of the University's
housing policy, that this committee
be appointed by the
President of the Student
Council, the President of the
Faculty Senate, and the
Director of the University
Housing Office (or their representatives),
in joint consultation,
that this commitee be
composed half of students and
half of faculty and administration,
and that this committee
present its recommendations on
student housing to the President
of the University for appropriate
action.

Copies of this resolution were
sent to Mr. Titus, Mr. Shannon, and
Mr. Saunier.

The entire student housing situation
seems terribly confused to us.
The staff of the University Housing
Office seems very overworked, and
the present University Housing
Committee seems very unaware of,
or unresponsive to, some of the
basic problems. This resolution is a
preliminary effort to find viable
solutions.