The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1969 Page: 5 of 8
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SDS requests injunction in UT facilities denial decision
By BILL FREELAND
AUSTIN, Tex. (CPS)—Stu-
dents for a Democratic Society
have filed suit in Federal Dis-
trict Court seeking an injunc-
tion to force the University of
Texas to allow it to hold a na-
tional conference on the campus
March 28-30.
The suit was initiated by the
SDS national office after a
surprise decision Saturday by
the University Board of Reg-
ents, overturning an agreement
with the Student Union Board
made nearly six weeks ago
which granted use of campus
facilities to SDS.
Explaining the ban, Universi-
ty President Dr. Norman Hack-
erman said, "It is clear through
rules of the university that ap-
proval of such a request would
make the university a co-spon-
sor of the meeting. The uni-
versity will not enter into joint
sponsorship of any program or
activity in which the education-
al implications are not self-
evident and which does not
directly supplement the educa-
tional purposes of the univer-
sity."
No alternate site
Meanwhile, some of the 1,200
people expected for the confer-
ence have already begun ar-
riving in this small, tranquil
city situated on the edge of the
green hill country of central
Texas. Members of the local
SDS chapter have spent the
last few days in a desperate
search for an alternative site
in the city, without success,
SDS was given permission
for the use of the university's
main ballroom on Feb. 3 by a
part-time employee in the ab-
sence of student union director
Jack Steele. Later, however,
Steele realized that on the dates
requested, March 28-30, the uni-
versity had planned some main-
tenance work on the auditorium
and cancelled permission.
Representatives of SDS, how-
ever, appeared before a meeting
of the student union's admin-
istration board on Feb. 26 ask-
ing that the repair work be
postponed. The board approved
that request and signed a con-
tract assuring the organization
that the facilities would be
available. Students were con-
centrating on setting up hous-
ing facilities for the conference
when the announcement came
that the university had cancel-
led the arrangements.
$10,000 suit
Work was begun immediately
on the court suit, which claims
$'10,000 in damages. Many SDS
members fear that if the univer-
sity here succeeds in breaking
its contractual agreement, it
could lead to the organization's
being prevented from holding
future national conferences on
other campuses.
Local SDS members protested
the cancellation at a noon rally
March 18, attended by about
1,000 students. For more than
two hours, SDS-s ponsored
speakers joined with representa-
tives of a number of campus
organizations supporting SDS's
right to use university facili-
ties.
Rostam Kavoussi, president
of the Students' Association,
and a member of the Student
Union Board which initially
granted permission, said, "The
Regents did not even consult
us about' our decision. They
didn't give us the opportunity
to, defend our decision." In an
earlier statement, he declared,
"The administration and the
regents have used their veto
power over the Union Board's
decision as a censorship device."
Roger Shattuck, a professor
of English and French, who
failed to get the faculty council
to approve a resolution asking
the administration to reconsider
its decision, said, "The point is
not whether you agree with
what SDS says. The point is
whether they should be permit-
ted to freely assemble on this
campus."
A number of speakers took
issue with the administration
claim that there was question-
able educational value in per-
mitting the conference to take
place, pointing to university ap-
proval of such past events as an
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SA election set;
Thresher is open
By LAURA KAPLAN
Election Committee Chairman
Karen Herrmann went over de-
tails of the upcoming SA gen-
eral election at the Senate meet-
ing Tuesday night.
All offices have been filed
for, except Thresher Editor.
Therefore the final deadline to
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small response, less than 10
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Bahler, Dennis. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1969, newspaper, March 27, 1969; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245054/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.