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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" --- 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
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Transcript | 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" --- 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 |
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