l E l I l l L...»-¢—_A__..______....._........__.: (1l‘nnm>rtiru1 Eailg Qlampua Serving Storrs Since 1896 VOL. LXXX NO. 17 STORRS. CONNECTICUT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1976 Nosig Around A door that usually doesn’t prove to be too much of a challenge to i the more human members of the UConn community proves to be too much for this canine studies major [Stafi Photo by Dave Lee]. Black rule demanded sooner DAR ES SALAAM. Tanzania (UPl)—President Julius Nyerere said Tuesday black African lead- ers expect black majority rule in Rhodesia in “four to six weeks." He said that both the United States and Britain had been told in advance that Rhodesia's plan for two years of transition was unacceptable. Speaking at a news conference at State House. Nyerere still called on Britain to assume its “full legal responsibility" and convene a Rhodesian constitu- tional conference as soon as possible outside Rhodesia. Nyerere commented on the dispute between black African leaders. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the white Rhode- sian regime of Prime Minister lan Smith on a misunderstanding over proposals for a peaceful transition of power from whites to blacks in Rhodesia. “The British and Americans have a tendency to talk about majority rule in two years or so." Nyerere said. “We are talking FSSO moves to hire lawyer, ‘press ’ ruling By ELLEN GRAY The chairman of the student government today will seek mo- ney to hire an attorney. defying a state attorney general’s ruling last year which prohibited the student government from hiring its own attorney. " Federation of Students and Service Organizations (FSSO) Chairman William Finch said Tuesday FSSO needs the lawyer for representation in an Oct. 8 Freedom of lnformation Commis- sion hearing. Saying he didn't “know a thing" about FSSO's latest plans to hire an attorney, UConn Gen- eral Counsel John G. Hill Jr. Said Tuesday night. ‘'1 think the attorney general’s opinion makes it very clear they (FSSO) can't do it." “We're pressing the issue," Finch said Tuesday night. Finch said FSSO was seeking a lawyer to represent it in their hearing before the Freedom of informa- tion Commission. where they are seeking release of memos written by the Program Review Commit- tee recommending changes in academic programs. “We’re going to be cross-ex-- amined before the commission," Finch said. “We have the right to counsel." The Federation has been seek- ing to hire a lawyer for two years. Last year, the attorney general ruled the Federation, was a state agency and could be represented by UConn’s attorney; “He (Finch) has never asked my opinion of the Freedom of lnformation Act.“ Hill said. “l've been available for any advice he wants." Hill said if FSSO appropriates money to hire an attorney, he will refer the matter to the state attorney general’s office. Finch said he plans to ask : the F550 Finance Committee to ap- propriate $100 to hire the lawyer for the hearings. He said he did not know who the lawyer would be. Short time, long lines By JAY HALLER More students changed their schedules through the add-drop process in four weeks this year than changed schedules in twice as much time last year. according to preliminary figures released Tuesday by the Registrar's Office. A member of the University Senate committee which recommended the shortened add-drop and pass-fail conversion times declined Tuesday to comment whether the increased numbers stem from the shorter time this year that a student has to add or drop a course or put a course on pass-fail. Registrar Thomas J. Burke cautioned that the figures were only preliminary and did not allow for the number of students who changed courses to pass-fail by Tuesday's deadline. Rudy Voit. assistant registrar, said about 13,600 students have gone through the add-drop process in four weeks this fall, compared to 10.832 in nine weeks last fall. The figures also include students who had to resolve incomplete schedules or registered late. Burke said if the preliminary figures hold up. “it would indicate the shortened add-drop time is serving the purpose the Senate intended. namely forcing students to make their scheduling de- cisions earlier." “But it is tough to make a deduction from preliminary figures," Burke added. about majority rule in four to six weeks, when. with the formation of an interim government. the powers of the government of Rhodesia will be passed to the majority. lndependence will then follow." The dispute over the proposals center on different interpretations on the proposals put forward by Kissinger on his African shuttle. Smith accepted what he said he assumed was a “package deal" which had already been accepted by black leaders for an interim half-white. half-black government and a handover of power to blacks within two years. However. black leaders rejected Smith's inter- pretation of the proposals. - Nyerere said he had refused to discuss details about the composi- tion of a black-white interim government with Kissinger when the American secretary met him on Kissinger's African shuttle to try to arrange a peaceful settle- ment. Charles Owen. professor of English and the former chairman of the Scholastic Standards Committee. the University Senate committee which recommended the reduction of add-drop time from nine weeks to four. said he could not think of a reason for the increase. “The question would have to be studied to come up with an explanation." Owen said. “It is possible that students could be rushing their decisions." The Senate voted last year to cut the time students would be allowed to add or drop a course from nine weeks to four weeks. Additional provisions in the new procedures called for students wishing to drop a course in the third or fourth week of the semester to get the signature of their advisor for dropping one course and the signatures ofthe student's advisor and dean if two courses were to be dropped. Owen said the Scholastic Standards Committee last year had surveyed other universities of comparable size to UConn and found UConn to have the longest period allowing “changes to be made in schedules late in the semester without fees being imposed". Owen said the long add-drop period tended to tie up courses and restrict entry of students who may need the course for their major. 22*‘ . 3’ fr ‘W in." ‘eO/ » , _,.. . Surveying The Situation A sweater-clad, surveying student takes advantage of the crisp autumn weather to “set her sights” on the colorful UConn campus “From time to time Dr. Kissin- [Sufi photo by Dave beep ger tried to mention details of an interim government and I kept putting Kissinger off. saying 1 did ge g ap not want to discuss them.’ Nyerere said. He said he has been told that Kissinger yielded to pressure from Smith and agreed to reserve the key portfolios of defense and law and order for whites in an interim government in return for the Rhodesian premier's accep- tance of majority rule. But. he said. “Dr. Kissinger should have known that such a proposal would have been unac- ceptable" to the black African presidents of the five “frontline" states bordering white ruled southern Africa--Tanzania. Bots- wana. Mozambique. Zambia and Angola. Further. he said. both Britain and the United States had been told in detail before Sunday's summit meeting of the black African presidents in Lusaka why Smith's proposals were unaccep- table. By ELLEN GRAY A disgruntled student. who claims the only way to get her money's worth from a weekend meal plan is to sit in Buckley Hall's cafeteria for four hours every Saturday and Sunday after- noon, is trying to get rid of her meal ticket. So far, there have been no takers. Laurel Siegel. a third semester education major. started adverti- sing in the Daily Campus about a week ago for someone to buy the weekend meal plan. which cost her 588 for the semester. She said she will sell the remaining meals for S44. $21 less than she paid for the uneaten meals. “One kid called," she recalled. “But he said he was just wonder- ing what the ad was about." Siegel's objection to the plan is that it is not worth the $3 a meal she says students were charged. Under the plan. one meal a day is provided in Buckley Hall for participating students. The meal is served from ll a.m. to 3 p.m.. and although students may eat as much as they like. they may not leave the cafeteria and return later. Because students were told last weekend they could not bring books into the cafeteria. Siegel said they have started to play cards to pass the time until they feel like eating again. Siegel said the food. which is served buffet-style, is satisfac- tory. “lt's not bad. but it's ridiculous for 33," she said.