’35-‘55 [:1 HUMAN . I8“: E-E ”M IOWENSEGV‘ Vol. LXXVItI GRINNEll COLLEGE SCARLET & BLACK "The misuse or language it not only distasteful in itself. it it even iniinioiis to the soot" Grinnell. lows, Friday. April l7, mo FNQOI EAYTON — Plate No. it Senate Elections Reverse Tradition; Belts Proposal In By Greg Butcher ltt another unusually large lurttotii Monday noott, 757 Grin ttell stildcnts selected the ten new Senators for the 1970-71 academic year. In addition, 479 of those stu~ dents volcddn favor of the estah~ hshineitt oi Ihe studeiilrfaculty Academic Affairs Committee. There were 177 abstentioos, and only 101 students voted against the proposal. Eight ot tlte Senators etnerged lrom Monday's balloting. but a rtinott was necessary to till the last two seats. Alan Cohen, Kit Gage, Ida Gudema, Erie Jahn, Bill Killpati‘iek, Laurie Levatin, John Onslad. and Barry Zigas were llle firSI~rnund winners. and Mike Breed and Golda Dwass defealed Mark Allen for the final twoSenatespots. Two interesting laets emerged from tlle results of the election, I-‘it'sl rlt all. the large number of women Senators and secondly the large number at freshman Senators are both striking depar- tures from tradition. Five women will sit on this year's Council oi Thirteen talmost a lull quotat as opposed to two wmnen who served all tltis past year. Six freshmen, three sophomores, and only otte junior were elected Monday, forming probably the youngest Senate in the history of the college, of iilleresl in the referendum tote was the amazingly htglt number or alistri'itions, Ap- parently students who were hr torcsted iii the Senate clcclton ttcro not interested enough to \tllt‘ on the proposal concerning the Academic Affairs Com- mittee However, on per cenl oi the ltlltll turnout did vole ili favor or tho proposal; and 33 per cent who cxpt-es, ed an opinion on the limiter voted to tavor Thus, despite '4 large. apathetic group. there is a great deal oi student support for the proposal. Prizes Given In Whitoomb Competition winners oi the Whilcomb Poetry Prizes: ssooo to Edward Hirsch tor poems submitted, of particular note, ”Returned.” “Wanting to Live,” “From the Southwest,” and “h‘fariah1” $50.00 to Edward Myers tor poems submitted, oi particular note ”Sollpsist's Lament," “Matrix,“ “Sonnetrlike,” and “A Knowledgeable Expression " winners of the Steiner Fiction Prizes: First prize cl $75.00 to Edward Myers tor ”Fever,” second prize of $25 on to John llerr tor “A Giant and a Seer.” Entries may be picked up in Mr. Moore’s office, ARI-i 32. &G Goes Out On Strike 13V Steve Ciro“ Beginning Monday morning the Grinllell College Build- ings and Grounds employees went on strike against the Col- lege. The 5&3 has interviewed a number of B&G workers to discover their reasons (or striking. Most of the complaints we heard centered around the policies and personality oi Dale Hawn, Director of the Physical Plant. in most, but by no means all cases, workers interviewed said they would rather not be dis rectly quoted, as they felt they might lose their job it they could be identified by Mr. Hawn One man Stated that workers won’t talk about this at the Physical Plant, because they think it’s hugged.” The greatest single concern of the workers interviewed ap- peared to be job security. Many men asserted that Mr. l-lawn hires and fires men, not according to qualifications or seniority, but according to whether they are his friends or not. For example, one man was allegedly fired recently “because he had long hair According to Mr. Hawn, only 3 people have been forcibly terminated since he has taken the job. One, a fis—yeawld watchman who was develop» ing health problems which made it impossible for him to continue his work. After a con- Horwatt Addresses Meeting of Student Body; Lambie, Walker, Wall Defend College's Position By Math sttblctnait At a special. three ltour long Senate meeting held Sunday night iit Younkcrs Lounge. more than three hundred students and a number oi faculty and several administrators met and dis- cussed the background to the strike vote by BSeG workers which occurred earlier iii the evening, and possible courses oi action by the student body in support otttie strike. The Senate, meeting as a Committee of the Whole, even- tually passed a resolution which urged‘ students and faculty to picket buildings on campus and boycott classes Monday, in support oi the \Vorkers' strike, Student Golicrnment President Andy Loewi began the meeting at 11:00 Sunday night by reading the text of President Leggett‘s letter to students and iaeulty con- cerning the strike vote. The letter summarized the College's offer to the union. Loewi then introduced David llorwati. a student who has been closely involved with the unioit Horwatt said that the reason for the strike vote was that the college did not come through on Students and administrator listen in rapt attention as Presi- dent Andy Lnew'i, David Hurwatt “tell it like it is.” the union’s minimum demands. and he spemfically mentioned the areas oi pension, health den "lands, clleckroff, sick leave, and the daleotthe contract. llorwatt lold the students at the meeting that the “union wants support " from students, although they did not speciiy what torm it should take, except that it not he uliylhing which would reflect against the strike eltot-t Here. he indicated he was referring to violence oiany sort. lit)r\\'alt said that he un~ derstood that negotiations would probably resume soon after the strike He said that he thought it was “incompetence, not ttnattcial needs” which deter mined lllc college‘s otter. aitd “\\'e don't expect the strike to eiiittiiitiomorc titan a holiday " llc mentioned that strikers could not set up picket lines on college property. such as the east Sldc or ARll. bttt that students BROUHAHAA Continued on page 4 BULLETIN: Last night vandals from among students dis- satisfied with strike progress dumped garbage in several spots on campus, overturned fumiture in lounges, and smeared paint in Burling basement. Your fellow students. . lerence with Mr. l-lawn, both Hawn and the employee agreed that he should no longer work lull time. The College Still em- ploys this mail part time. The second was a 70-year-old grounds keeper, who was “fired” in a similar manner and who also works part time for the College. In addition to these, one other employee (With long hair) was laid off last tall because of the tight budget. According to Mr. Hawn, Scott Donahoe was hired last summer partly be- cause of some illness among Physical Plant employees and partly because Hawn wished to train some new people so that they would he experienced and ready to take jobs in the new physical education com plex when it opens. Before he hired him Haw" did ask Dona- lloe to cut his hair. Reportedly Hawu was satisfied witli Dona» lloe's work. Later Hawtl was told to cut his wage budget due to the general linancial needs of the College. He Concluded that one employee would have to be . According to the rec- ol'ds Donahue was the unskilled worker with the lowest seniorr ity, so Hawn laid him cit. Donahue discussed the decision with Mr. Walker and with Mr. Wall, according to Wall, and Hawn's decision was subse quently confirmed by Mr. Walker. According to Donahoe the stated reason (or the termilla~ tion was the budget, but he reels that better planning by Hawn might have made the lay-off unnecessary. Other than these, no men have been forcibly terminated since Mr. Hawn became Direc tor ot the Physical Plant. “What do they mean by job security, then, if not this?" l-lawn said that the College does select its supervisory per sonnel on the basis of ability, not merely seniority. "This,” said down, “is a common prac- tice iti industry. Also, we do occasionally litre men with a mechanical trades skill at more than base rate at pav for STRIKE— Continued on page 5 Fifteen Complete EEO—Mile Hike; Sctsich Distinguishes Himself irourtecn Grinnell students and one iaculty member arrived in Des Monies lllonday ailernoon tired and cold. completing a 3- day. to hide hike trnm Grinnell The march was staged in protest ot tile Vietnam War and culminated Monday night wnh lcatletting and a demonstration outside the Veterans Memorial Center in Des lllolnes where vice President Agnew was then speaking. Although Ihe weather was cold and wet. the marchers met with warm receptions at their intermediate stops. Newton and Milclicllville. Citizens there ottcred tood and a place to sleep and here willing to discuss the war with them. Two busloads of more Gl‘lllnCll students met the outside the Veterans Center In distribute antiwar literature and picket zis ltopuhlicons came and went Among those reiusiiig to accept literature was Attorney General lticliardrtiriter. Sttplmmtil'c Phil Sasicli. who lintl ll ticket to the dinner. distinguished himself as a unique \‘tlung iropulilicnn when he was ciictcd trom the dinner tor handing out leatlcts to the heittl tiihlc ltlllors We apologize to our readers tor the lock or coverage oi the not ing cl: ~ciittlct-cttce.rlease St't‘ lt‘tlt‘l‘s it) the C(Ilttlr" for the L‘Nplllllatlull.