Stevenson Libre (February 13, 1969)

              STEVENSON LIBRE
UCSC's only non-bureaucratic newspaper 
This  issue  edited  by Paul Rosenstiel
2/13/69 
Year 2 No.   31

"The Faculty in Their Moment of Glory"
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The Faculty Votes for the College of Malcolm X
by Robert Buckhout

It seemed fitting that on Lincoln's birthday 1969, the UCSC 
Faculty Senate voted in favor of naming the proposed minority studies
college (College VII) after El Hajj Malik el Shabazz -- Malcom X.
The motion was introduced by Dennis McElrath. This historic vote came
shortly after Herman Blake's dramatic speech to the Senate, in which
he recalled how his life as a seeker of truth and as a Black man was
inspired by the example of Malcolm X.

The vote came after sore disheartening attempts to block voting
on the resolution on petty parliamentary grounds were shouted down
by an aroused faculty. In a rare display of genuine emotion, the
entire Senate applauded. Herman Blake for his statement 44 -- and I believe
for the man he is.

In the earlier debate, the Senate voted almost unanimously to
endorse the CEP-COC recommendation that College VII be exclusively
devoted to minority Studies, directly challenging Chancellor McHenry's
earlier decision to combine the urban and minority studies themes in
one college. We must now wait to see if the Chancellor will abide by 
the wishes of his faculty and change the catalog description of College
VII. A motion to study switching the College themes Of VI and VII
to bring the minority college sooner was defeated following extensive 
debate.

Before the regular, business of the Senate meeting, Chancellor
McHenry announced that Herman Blake had agreed to head an ethnic
studies committee charged as follows:
1. To coordinate and encourage development of new courses
offered under the boards and committees of studies.
2. To plan a minorities studies program for College VII.
3. To consult with architects in the physical design of
the college.

In addition, the Chancellor announced that Provost Page Smith had
agreed to chair a committee responsible .for searching for a Provost 
for College VII.

It was obvious, from the tone of the meeting, that the faculty
appreciated these moves by Chancellor McHenry as positive steps in
the direction of meeting the desires of the great majority of students 
and faculty, which has inspired the tumultuous events of the
past few weeks. I may be a little early to say so, but the way the
creative idea first put forward by the Black Community, is a sharp
and pleasing contrast to the chaos on other campuses which fill the
headlines.

In my opinion, the turning point at UCSC came at the Third
World Political Alliance rally and the boycott. Which produced
enlightenment instead of just heat. Even those of us who have been
very close to the planning of the Committee for the college of
Malcolm X activities were genuinely moved by the unforgettable