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Students Reject
Ketter Reply to
Black Demands
By KATHY KELLY
Saying he had not dealt with
"specific questions , " the
"Black Populace" at the State
University of Buffalo late
Thursday afternoon rejected
UB President Dr. Robert L.
Ketter's response to demands
they issued Wednesday.
About 100 minority students
attended Thursday's second
meeting with Dr. Ketter over
the demands. Earlier in the
afternoon, he had read a statement answering what he said
he understood to be their five
summary demands.
At the second meeting, in a
switch from earlier sessions
when the students left rapidly
after statements were made,
they offered to discuss the disputed points
after a
few minutes talk
But about
tenure for two black
faculty members, a major student demand, a spokesman
said :
"Irregardless of what we
wanted
we're getting treated
the same run-around way. You
read it (their latest statement), evaluate it and we'll
contact you at some other
time."
THEY LEFT without se tting
another meeting.
Comparison of the three
major documents -- the student's original statement, Dr.
Ketter's response and the student's answer --indicates that
agreement was reached on only
that perpetual
one demand
dialogue be established between the president's office and
the minority group students
and faculty .
To his offer to continue his
practice of meeting with any
minority professional or graduate studen t who requested it,
the students said that such
talks should take place "only
with students elected by the

students saidthe response did
not go
far enoughhas
because
the
department
not been
new
guaranteed control of African
and Puerto Rican. studies or
immediate space.
The students renewed their
demand that Charles E. Gayle
Jr., assistant professor of
music, and Dr. David J. Banks,
assistant professor of anthropology, be immediately given
tenure as associate professors.
Both in his statement for
Thursday's first meeting and at
the second meeting, Dr. Ketter
said that both cases were still
under consideration and re.
fused an immediate decision.
Mr. Gayle is in the second
year of a three-year contract
and his faculty voted "overwhelmingly" not to renew it,
Dr. Ketter said.
DR. BANKS, he continued, ;
has been given a three-year reappointment and the President's Review Board is scheduled to review his request for
tenure today.
Although Dr. Ketter had
promised minority representation on all future tenure and
promotion committees, the students repeated their demand
for a special minority tenure
committee an d grievance
board.
The areas which the students
charged Dr. Ketter ignored in
his reply include:
A minority-elected board of
review compliance with Office of Equal Opportunity
guidelines; minority representation on the Faculty Senate
and curriculum review committees; two minority placement officers; minority housing on the North Campus and .
an investigation of racial
problems in the dormitories;
minority student orientation,
and an "integrated," quality
remedial program.

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minority student body.''

"I
they
dom
said

was very surprised that
feel like limiting the free-

of speech.'' Dr. Ketter
after the session.

ALTHOUGH DR. Ketter reported that steps are under
way to make the Black Studies
Program a full-fledged department an original demand, the

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