Ex-MHA chief to lead constitution group
By PETER WONG Staff Writer
David Howe, who resigned Monday as president of the Men's Halls Association, was confirmed Wednesday by the ASSC Executive Council as chairman of the ASSC constitutional convention.
After the 12-3-3 vote to approve him. Howe announced that the convention will meet for the first time at 5 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Student Activities Center.
The selection of 46 convention delegates was to have been completed Wednesday, but the names have not yet been released.
“Contrary to current rumors, there has not been a document already written for the convention's consideration." Howe said to the council. “The convention is not a front for any campus political faction.
“This constitution is open to inputs from all segments of the student body so that we can present a document that the student body will accept. "
As chairman. Howe, a junior in journalism, will preside over convention sessions and appoint all committees and their chairmen. subject to convention approval.
“I nominated Dave because he will bring objectivity to the convention and will work well with the delegates, ' Kent Clemence. ASSC president, said. “He has been very competent in his other endeavors for the ASSC."
At the meeting. Clemence also named the members of his commission to investigate the election process. The commission chairman will be Glen Dresser. ASSC graduate representative and a former elections commissioner.
Members of the commission
are Chris Call, president of Squires: Marlene Kristovich. vice president of the Associated Women Students: Catherine MacMillin. alternate on the Student Court: Don Ramsey, an associate justice of the court. The commission does not need council approval.
All other appointments were confirmed by the council. Carl Middleton, who was interim ASSC treasurer when Joel Rosenzweig was acting ASSC president. won reappointment from Clemence.
The nominations of Mark Spit-zer as director of the University Affairs Council and Kathv Fleming and Don Ramsey as cochairmen of the ASSC s Forum for Student Awareness were also approved. Those nominations were made by Lee Blackman. vice-president for academic affairs.
The council passes a bylaw to
establish the Office of Independent Student Activities under the ASSC's Academic Affairs Council.
However, it sent the proposed bylaw on judicial advocates back to a committee for rewriting after extended debate over the role of the advocates in court action. There was a question over whether the advocates could bring cases to court on their own.
Another proposed bylaw that would establish a freshman advisory council was withdrawn by its sponsor. Bob Glushon, freshman representative, after
some council members said it was unnecessary to include such groups under ASSC direction.
Glushon suggested that the new constitution should include advisory councils for all class representatives so that they would have some specific duties.
Jerrv Wulk. director of the Office of International Students and Scholars, sent a letter to Clemence stating that Jamshid Tajiki was not a foreign student and could not sit as international students representative. However, the council took no action.
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Drama division students to present three plays
Three experimental one-act plays will be presented next week — Wednesday through Saturday — in the Stop Gap Theater by drama division students.
All three plays—“TV." by Jean-Claude van Itallie, and “A Day for Surprises" and “Copout." both by John Guare — will be included in each night s performance. beginnning at 8 p.m.
“The plays are by two of the leading contemporary, influential. off-Broad way playwrights." said John Blanken-chip. professor in the drama division and supervising director of the plays' production.
The three plays are produced, directed, acted and staged by members of the division's Experimental Theatre Workshop
class. which Blankenchip teaches.
Information and reservations may be obtained by calling 746-SHOW. Tickets will also be on sale throughout the week at a booth in the Student Union-Commons lobby from 11 a.m. to
1	p.m.
Prices are $1 for Wednesday and Thursday nights and $1.50 for Friday and Saturday. Students receive 50c off with their student activity book.
“TV" is part of the successful “America Hurrah" play, a collection of scenes on American life, which received considerable critical praise in New York. “A Day for Surprises" is an absurd comedy, which reveals the manners and morals
of a librarian while a stone lion in front of his building eats people.
“Cop-out" is an intertwining of two tales about policemen: one is in love with a protesting hippie and the other is an old-time. 1930s detective investigating a bizarre murder.
Directed by Jacob Schmidt, “TV" features Mike Bailey, Wendy Grayson. John Campbell. Ethel Mike, Elliot Woodruff. Chris Bouttelle.
The librarians in “A Day for Surprises" are played by Fran Galton and Bill Paschong, with David Parry directing. All male parts in “Cop-out" are acted by Randy Bennett and all female parts by Carolyn Cal-cote. Rob Owens is directing.
Senators will shun convention
The Student Senate passed a resolution yesterday exclusing its members from participation in the upcoming ASSC Constitutional Convention.
“The Student Senate has no business in politics/’ said Michael Trope, president of the Student Senate, stressing that its members should not be involved in a convention “to be marred by politics.”
He pointed out that the convention would include many people of opposing political factions who would be participating in the convention “for their own personal political gain.” He does not want those opposed to the senate to have grounds for complaints stemming from its involvement with ASSC politics.
The resolution, proposed by Howard Keck, was passed.
Another proposal was introduced by Greg Bloom that would recommend to the ASSC the creation of a student abortion service. The service would give advice along with interest-free loans for girls who need abortions.
It would be financed by an outside grant or a temporary assessment of fee bills and would be run independently from the university.
The proposal was tabled.
ASSC chairman picked
Additional chairmen for ASSC committees were announced at the ASSC Executive Council meeting yesterday.
The new chairmen lead committees under the direction of Joel Rosenzweig, ASSC vice-president for programs.
Chairmen and their committees are Jon Marshall and Joan Matsunaga, cultural affairs; Howard Brockman and Mark Wolf, entertainment; Dixie Whatley and Lncien Whirley, publicity; Ann Helm and Lynn Marevich, Troy Week.
The SCaffold Committee is still without a chairman, however, since George Millburn resigned.
Members of the ASSC Programs Council were also announced yesterday. They are Scarlet Huenergardt, Scott King, Catherine MacMillin, Bill Pettingill, Ross Rosen and Alan Zuckerman.
All were nominated by Rosenzweig and confirmed by the council.
Journalism alumni honor media tonight
Two news organizations and a prominent magazine editor will be honored by the Journalism Alumni Association tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for their outstanding contributions to the communications profession.
Receiving distinguished achievement awards at the association's 12th annual awards dinner will be the New York Times. A. M. Rosenthal, managing editor, accepting: the Columbia Broadcasting Systems. Roger Mudd. CBS news correspondent, accepting: and
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Cosmopolitan magazine. Helen Gurley Brown, editor-in-chief, accepting.
Both the New York Times and CBS will be honored for their separate and individual defense of the First Amendment to the Constitution, the Times for its publication of the Pentagon Papers and CBS for its stand in refusing to surrender program raw materials from its award-winning documentary. “The Selling of the Pentagon." under the threat of federal retaliation.
This year the awards dinner, under the theme of “Journalism in a Free Society." will, for the first time, honor a publication and a network, rather than an individual, said Bee Canterbury Laverv, association president. “This year s dinner will celebrate freedom of the press in the United States. Ms. Laverv said
Ms. Brown will be honored for her leadership in presenting controversial and provocative subjects of concern to women.
Master of ceremonies for the awards dinner will be Art Buch-wald. syndicated Washington columnist and a School of Journalism alumnus.
Buchwald. a distinguished achievement award winner in 1965. is the author of a humorous column for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. His column
appears in 450 newspapers in the United States and abroad. He began his newspaper career in 1949 in Paris as a columnist for the European edition of the New York Herald Tribune. Buchwald has published 16 books. 11 of which are collections of his columns and miscellaneous writings.
Rosenthal, a Pulitzer Prize winner, began his career with the New York Times in 1922 and served as a reporter, foreign correspondent. metropolitan editor and assistant managing editor before being named man-
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aging editor in 1969.
After spending a year and a half in Poland. Rosenthal was expelled for "probing too deeply” into the affairs of that country and subsequently won the Pulitzer Prize in 1960 for his coverage.
Mudd covers Congress for CBS News and serves as anchorman on l^e Saturday and Sunday CBS evening news programs.
Mudd was also on the campaign trail throughout much of the 1968 campaign, covering the primaries and the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and its aftermath.
Ms. Brown, who is well-known for her best-seller, “Sex and the Single Girl.” became editor of Cosmopolitan in 1965.
Since that time the magazine's sales and advertising have risen sharply and Cosmopolitan is now one of the five largest-selling magazines on newsstands throughout the country.
In addition to “Sex and the Single Girl," Ms. Brown has written three more books, hosted her own syndicated tele-vison show, written a syndicated column, recorded two record albums and lectured widely to professional, university, church and civic groups. She is the sixth woman to receive
the distinguished achievement award.
Past recipients of the association's distinguished achievement awards include William F. Buckley Jr.. Walter Cron-kite. Chet Huntley. Otis Chandler. Katherine Graham. Joseph Alsop, John Chancellor and Eric Sevareid.
The event is sponsored in cooperation with the School of Journalism. The Journalism Alumni Association assists the School of Journalism with scholarships and other educational programs, said Ms. Laverv.
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