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It continues saying, "propagandizing shall
not be interpreted to include engaging in
non-partisan analyses, study, or research or
making those results available to the public."
According to Mr. Cohen, the Virginia Weekly
does not adhere to these guidelines. He
concluded his argument by characterizing the
newspaper as having "a radical left wine line,"
which immediately drew a heated response
from the gallery.

Mr. Mannix then called for a roll call vote on
whether or not to accept a motion to uphold
the O&P's recommendation to cut off funds to
the Weekly. This motion was defeated by a vote
of thirteen to ten. A hand vote was then taken
to accept a substitute motion allocating the
newspaper $5,565. The motion carried.

A total of nine student organizations
appealed to Council Tuesday night. The
surprise of the evening was supplied by two
first-year women representing the Population
Fund Committee. The purpose of this
committee is to establish an abortion loan fund.
Anyone who is in need of an abortion but has
insufficient funding is eligible to apply for a
loan.

A debate began when a Council member
defended the O&P's recommendation of not
allocating them any money on the grounds that
the loans were against the morals of most
students at the University, and that most
students would have no need for the service.
Thus, the Council member concluded that the
loans would violate a student's rights.

Counter-arguments such as, observations that
times are changing and that 79 members of the
University community applied for abortion
help last year were presented. Another issue
arose concerning who would have to
these loans and when would they be It
was decided that in order to obtain a loan one
party must be a student and this student
repay the loan within one year's time
graduation, whichever comes last the
Population Control Committee was then
appropriated $2,000.