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Part of Black Student Union Officers Charged in UB Disruption, April 24, 1974

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Black Student Union Officers
Charged.. in UB Disruption
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.Four members of the Black
A UNIVERSITY spokesman
Student Union at the State said members of the Black
University of Buffalo were Student Union became angry
1 1/2 charged T u e s d a y w i t h when they learned their origidisrupting a meeting ' of the nal budget request of $99,000
Student Assembly,, the govern- had been reduced to $39,000 by
ing body for UB undergradu• t h e
Student
Assembly's
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.•F inance Committee.
ates.
The charge was filed_ by_ . "Larry
, Williams,,, Black
Student -Association officers
2 1/2 with the . University's CommisStudent
Unionpresident and
·sion on Campus Disorders, an three other members got up
organization of students, facul- and started protesting the
ty and • staff which hears budget cut " the spokesman
charges _In campus disorders said.
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and then makes recommenda•
When the Student Assembly
tions to the president who takes
officers tried to continue the
final action.
A hearing on the cHarge is meeting, Mr. Williams and the
3 1/2 expected in 10 to 15 days. The other three students stood on
names of the students charged the head table and
continued
were not released.
protesting, disrupting the meetThe
meeting was
The disruption charge fol- ing.
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lowed a meeting of the Student eventually forced to ad1ourn.
He said the black students
Assembly Monday concerning
the ,budget requests of student demanded that all student acorganizations for next school tivity fees collected from black
students should go to the Black .'
year.
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Student Union instead of the
Student
Association.
The
Student Assembly rejected the
proposal.

STUDENT Association officers filed the disruption charge
Tuesday and UB campus security officers delivered the
c h a r g e s to the four students at
a closed meeting of Black
Student Union members and
black faculty in Hayes Halt.
The 30 persons at the meetIng then went to UB President
Robert L. Ketter to protest the
delivery of the charges at the
meeting.
A university spokesman said
that Dr. Ketter met with Dr. ·
Frank
Brown,
associate

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and that nothing was resolved.

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