Arizona State University - Sun Devil Spark / Sahuaro Yearbook (Tempe, AZ)

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1 . F x 4 b t , B xg, 'WW' rl Ai 'F ' Jw Q ,lga cw si' V 1 'x .,f,,, f Q V... listenuparizonans ' Arizonans, I sometimes wonder if you realize how lucky you are. Do you? Have you thought about it lately? Have you considered the blessings that have fallen to the forty-eighth state of the Union? Consider for a moment how fortu- nate you are to have a board of right- thinking regents you can depend on to render rulings governing the opera- tions of the state's campuses. This same band of dedicated vigilantes who threw out a socialistic professor last semester have this year already adopted a proposal to prevent up- starts, whether faculty or student, from causing the kind of campus tur- moil that has occurred elsewhere. Arizona's board of vig . . . regents have drawn up a beautifully iron- clad document that would have won the praise of an Stalag Commandant. Now, after a brief public hearing the proposed code of conduct will be adopted formally by the regents and right-thinking Arizonans can again rest easy knowing these dedicated protectors of morality and decency have again wieldedtheir democratic power like a bludgeon and hammered the co-conspiratorial commie misfits hanging around the campuses of our state universities into submission. Once the regents give formal ap- proval to this code of conduct, it will be a day for celebrating, Arizonans. For we will once again have the com- fort of knowing right thinking can pre- vail. You see Arizonans . . . as the old saying goes, Iron bars do not a prison make. How true. With a sharp board of right-thinking regents you can make one with a code of conduct. Have a good day, this is . . . Joe Nasty. tOctober 9, 19701. Copyright 1970 Joe Nasty. Code0fC4'mduct-31

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regents give arizona universities In the next to last Arizona legislative session last year, the state Senate adopted a bill which hopefully would prevent outside agitators from dis- rupting the academic process at all state schools from kindergartens on up to the three big state universities. The legislation was prodded through the channels of government by the remembrance of past cases of student and non-student disruptions, the cli- max of which was last year's Kent State tragedy. In essence, SB 174 required that all Arizona schools establish rules regu- lating student conduct in order to qualify for those ever-vital state funds. The task had to be completed and approved by November 11. Im- mediately, leaders of all elementary and high school districts gathered around and pounded out new rewritten versions of the usual school rules. For the universities, the duty fell upon Regent James Dunseath. The fifty-eight page result of Dunseath's labors soon became the most cussed and discussed piece of literature in Arizona history, nearly qualifying it for the honor of becoming the great Arizonan novel. With amazing speed, faster than the sound of light, the Board of Re- gents adopted the Dunseath Code be- fore enough copies could be published and distributed for the general public's reading pleasure. The code was adopted September 26 by a slim 6 to 4 vote. Two of those able to read the code before its adoption, ASU President H.K. Newburn and Richard A. Harvill, President of the Univer- sity of Arizona, called it a mistake? The presidents protested its adoption vigorously before the Board for two reasons: its content, and the fact that students and faculty at the universities were not given the opportunity to read it. Nevertheless, the Board of Regents carried out its assigned duty well ahead of schedule. Just in case the charges of mistaken had any justi- fication, the Board scheduled a hear- ing on possible revisions October 23. When the code was made available to students and faculty, a large num- ber of legal and emotional nerves were hit. Most of these gripes were expressed at the October hearing. The Regents, seated in the Great Hall of the College of Law, listened to com- 30 - Code of Conduct plaints ranging from criticisms of the grammar used in the document to denunciations of the very attempt to limit student conduct in any form. The critics included a representative from the Civil Liberties Union, a priest from the Newman Center on campus, faculty representatives, student pres- idents from the three campuses and many students from the College of Law. The barrage of complaints lasted until midday, stalled during lunch and picked up again for a few hours in the afternoon. Despite the number and authority of those who lodged complaints against the Code, the Regents left the meeting seemingly untouched, for the code was officially approved with minor changes at the next meeting of the board, January 31. During the suspenseful interim be- fore the final approval, the three stu- dent presidents published a statement saying that they would all resign if the code was accepted as it existed. The minor changes in the Code ap- parently appeased the officers, how- ever, since nothing was heard from them later and they finished their terms of office undisturbed. After the Code's adoption, some student protest continued. An 'fOff the Code rally held on the Mall in March led to one of the more ironic movements in the series. A group of students descended on the student affairs office after the rally accusing ROTC on campus of violating section C, page 15, regulating faculty and stu- dent organizations under the revised Code. ROTC, the group stated, was in violation because it supposedly seeks to accomplish its local or national objectives, goals, purposes or activities by the use of violence. The affair was turned over to Dr. Dannenfeldtis office and it was decided that the charges were non-applicable since ROTC is an academic depart- ment rather than a campus organiza- tion. The rallies and monstrous negative public opinion eventually faded away, however, and the Arizona univer- sities' Code of Conduct survived. The most basic piece of advice to the faculty and student body of ASU now reads: Speak softly, especially in the direction of the Regents, and carry a big ID card.

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BELOW: Students apply paint to supports for giant hour glass that was community effort of four dorms. BOTTOM: Peril often was the order of the day as Fijis and Chi O's worked to complete their award-winning walk-through globe. RIGHT, BELOW RIGHT, BELOW CENTER RIGHT: Most mall displays reflected the long hours that students and organizations put in. BOTTOM RIGHT: Several hundred hardy souls braved less than warm Tempe nights to secure choice football tickets. FAR RIGHT: Bill Cosby brought his one-man entourage of characters to Gammage. homecoming workers struggle to bring air of realit to mall Partly in an effort to fend off charges that Homecoming is an unnecessary display of whimsy in a world that is often less than whimsical, a number of Homecoming concepts were scrapped or altered during Homecoming Week. Gone were traditional displays of chicken wire and paper towels that followed a rigid theme. While chicken wire and paper towels were still in, this year the steering committee urged all campus organizations to 34 - Homecoming vent their creative spleens by creating displays that spoke about whatever the organization felt was important. Most groups chose to dissect impor- tant social issues, from poverty to ecology, from drugs to the plight of prisoners of war. Copping first in the competition was a mature portrayal of possible ecolog- ical disaster, housed in a giant walk- through globe, designed and built jointly by Chi O's and Fijis.