Ellie §mrlct & ifilark GRINNELL COLLEGE onion College Newxpapor Wort or or. Missinippi Vol. LXXVl Grinneii, lows. Friday, November 1. l968 No. t SCHNEIROV CASE DEADLOCKS COUNCIL; LEGGETT SENTENCE IS CONDUCT PROBATION Students, Faculty Split on Penalty On Wednesday, October 23, the Judicial Council delivered to President Glenn Leggett its decision that Richard Schneirov is guilty of the charge of hav- ing violated the college’s rule on visitation by members of the opposite sex, The court, how- ever, was unable to agree upon a recommendation regarding action to be taken. It then he- oame the duty of President Leg« gett to decide upon a punish< ment or pardon Im‘ the violin tlon. The court decision was handed to Sehneirtw when the members of the court leit the President’s office. The court ruled that ‘other persons concerned with the case acted inappropriately. In its statement the court repri< mandet‘l Grant Crandail, ’69, because he did not register Schneirov's guest with the resi- dent adviser in accordance with rule in the handbook (p. 17). The Student Senate was repri. manded for passing a resolution pro-judging the case, The Deans of Students, 5. Eugene Thomp< son and Alice Low, were repri- manded (or not having person- ally conferred with Schneirov before bringing his case to the Judicial Council. In a public statement issued by Schneirov, Michael Bran- don and Bonnie Tinker, the three said the case showed the court was “ineffectual and ins COUNCIL— (Cont’d Page 7, Col. 4) 5813 Poll Reveals All: Many IV’s, Students Want More (Legally) A Scarlet and Black survey ooncemlng student attitudes and behaviour under the present open dorms rule showed that a great majority of the students who responded (130 in all) had participated in “illegal visita- tions" this semester. The sur- vey also indicated that an overs whelming majority of the stu< dents tavored a change in the rules that would allow for more legal visitation hours. Seventy-five per cent oi both male and female ltudents said that they have "participated in one or more ‘iiiegal visitations’ this semester." Of those student! who have participated in lV's, almost 7|) per cent have been SURVEY— (Coni‘d. on Page 1. Col. 0 Ordered To Quit Quad Saga Workers Plan Sa’rurclay S’rrike Dorm by Nov. ll Student employees of Saga at the Quad are planning to strike beginning Saturday morning ll certain demands are not met. In a two-and—one hall hour meeting on Wednesday afternoon a stue dent committee presented the students‘ demands to the administration and to Saga. No sufficient agreement was reached. The two parties will meet again Friday afternoon. on Tuesday the students made the following three demands: 1. “That all Saga workers receive at the very least a live cent increment to any existing base pay alter both the second and filth semesters of working tor Saga. 2. That block times be Split at the discretion of the mealhead (a stu- dent) among the members oi his crew who sus- tain an extra load of work should any member or the crew be signiiicantly late or be absent. a. That block times be revised immediately to the mutual Satisfaction of the workers and the management.” “Block times” refers to one or Saga’s policies. Each job has been timed and found to take a cer- tain average amount of time when done satisiac- torily. it is lor this average amount of time that a worker is paid when he does a certain job, re- gardless oi how long it actually takes. According to Chuck Hand, director of the Food Service, this helps to maintain a certain level of elllciency. it is presently Saga’s policy not to pay any ere tra money to workers who must cover the job or an absent or late worker. According to Saga Chuck the meaihead has among his duties making sure Loose Holi Declares Home Rule; Floors To Decide Visitation Rules that every job ls covered during a certain shiitr ii a worker does not appear it is the mealhead's responsibility to cover the job. His other duties include filling the milk machine and seeing that everyone is properly seated However. it two or more workers tail to appear, Saga does not pay anyone extra. John Shaw, headwaiter at the Quad and one of the negotiators for the Students, said that such absences are “comparatively rare.” One of the meaiheads at the Quad began splitting blocks last year without official authorization. “Neither the College nor Saga would be happy about a students not being paid tor doing a job," stated Ralph Pomerenk, Assistant Business Main ager of Grinnell College. However, Pomerenk is presently opposed to changing the policy regard ing block times, “if you start splitting blocks, you remove the incentive for the mealheads' having everyone there," he said. Would the college save money it a student had to cover a second job? “I suppose less money would be paid," stated Pomerenkt The second major difference concerns the second and iilth semester increment. Presently Saga workers are the only ones getting any incre- ment, live cents alter the second semester. The present base pay is $1.15 an hour. This wage rate is standard around campus. Any wage increase ior SAGA STRlKE— (Cont‘d Page 1, Col. 4) Miss Abbott Chosen Homecoming Queen Kathleen Abbott, a sopho< At a general housemeeling on Monday, October 21, Loose Hall decided to establish a policy or “self-determination.” It thus be- came the third dormitory, lol- lowing the examples of Langan and Smith, to adopt “home rule." Of the 95 men living in Loose so came to the meeting. The vote was 44 for sell—deten-nina- tion, 32 for the present system of “discretion,” and l for the continuation of the official pol- icy of 275 pm on Sunday after- nouns for open visitation. There were 12 abstentions. Following the meeting, floor meetings were held to establish rloor policies. The general housemeeting be- gan with so minutes of debate. The debate focused on argu- ments both for and against home rule that had been de veioped in several weeks of dis- cussion, and in a twrrhour de- bate which had. been held the previous week. Opposition to home rule centered mainly around the rights or the minor- ity, alumni sentiment, and the financial problems that might arise for the college if the halls lollowed a policy of self- determination. Grant Crandall, ’69, president of Loose Hall, explained his idea of how “home rule” would work. He said that the hall had decided to allow each floor to determine its own policy on the matter of visiting hours. Ha stressed that minorities, even very small ones, shared in the making of decisions. Crandall, a firm advocate of hail sellrdetermination, stated that he understood that the en4 tire hall would not be prose- cuted {or the actions of some of its members. Sentiment against both the idea of selirdetermination and the timing or the declaration existed alter the meeting was adjourned. This sentiment im< mediateiy found its voice in all open letter, signed by 20 Loose men, disassocianng the signers irom the position oi the hall, Crandall said that most who signed the letter have now ap. proved oi the new policy. This approval came utter Dean 5. Eugene Thompson said at a meeting ior student advisers that no student in the hall would be prosecuted ior violating the rules oi the hall unless the stile dent himsell wanted to take hil case to the Judicial Council. more from Molina, lllinois, was crowned the official homecoming queen of Grin- nell College during the half- time intermission of the Grinneli-Beloit iootball game, October 19. The Grinneil Pioneers, spurred by her beauty, beat Beioit 24-22. Last Wednesday President Glenn Leggett acted on the Ju- dicial Council’s "guilty" ver- dict and sentenced Richard Schneirov, '70, to conduct pro- bation and dismissal from his dormitory or any collegeaowned residence for the remainder til the academic year. Schneirov was given until November 11, 1963 to leave his room. The president acted one week after the Judicial Council pre- sented him with its decision. The court was deadlocked on what punishment to prescribe. The president indicated in his statement that the court had in- rormslly asked him to consider either “no penalty" 0!‘ “conduct probation" as possible options. Mr. Leggett said that the case emphasized “1) the need to strengthen the procedural meth. ods and perhaps the organiza« tion of the Judicial Council, and 2) the need to hasten substan- tial improvement in the man- agement of our residence halls." in a general statement follow- ing a statement of the speciiiu action that would be taken on the case oi Schneirov, Mr. Leg- gett noted lour needs oi the residence halls: “(1) a mode of living and regulation consistent with the mental and physical health of students, one which will serve the best interests of the academic program of the College and so permit students to work'eriectively as students; (2) a set or standards for he- havlor, and enforcement of such standards, that assure the SENTENCE—- (Cont’d. on page 3. Col. a) Schneirov Case: By BENSON SMITH Immediately alter President Leggett released his decision concerning the Schnelrov trial, Richard Schneirov and Bonnie Tinker met in a room in Bur» ling basement and prepared a statement, The statement charged Leggett with unwilling- ness and inability to deal with the fundamental problems of residential hail iile. The problems in the residence system are centered around the current regulations regarding up- en dorms. The Student Senate has referred to the regulation as unacceptable to the student com- munity, but has tabled any pro- posals to change the regulation until iurthar investigation can b-mado. . The Background At Schneirov’s trial, Lawrence Frank, chairman of the Judicial Council, said that the court was going to review the rule, ior it the rule was lound to be unjust, then Schneirov may not have violated anything. Schneimv ad- mitted violating the Visitation rule and said, "The charges are true but I plead not guilty." The court subsequently iound Schneirov guilty or the charge: as stated but could not agree on a penalty. All at the house presldentl who spoke at the trial said they‘ disagreed with the present rule. Instead oi enforcing the regula< tlon, policies based on discretion Ind consideration of other: wen BACKGROUND- ;Cont’d. on Page 1, Col. 1)