Harvard Will Host Delegates To Intercollegiate Conference

More than 150 students from the eight Ivy League schools, the University of Chicago and Duke University will meet at Harvard this weekend for the second annual Intercollegiate Conference sponsored by the Association for College Research and Communication (ACRC).

Richard N. Chassin '81, chairman of ACRC and of this year's conference, said yesterday delegate committees will discuss educational policy, student services, tenure, sexism, and racism on campus.

At the end of the conference each committee will announce its proposals, which will then be given to the appropriate, deans and organizations at the ten schools, Chassin said.

The proposals will cover such issues as student participation on the Administrative Board and on the Board of Trustees, university funding of student governments, alternative meal plans and formal grade appeals, Natasha Pearl '82, chairman of the Harvard delegation, said yesterday.

Bad Service

"At last year's conference at the University of Pennsylvania, in every committee we found that Harvard had less in terms of student participation and in the amount of services we get from the University," Pearl said.

"We thought that if the conference was held at Harvard this year it would be a lot harder for the administration to ignore what we bring back," she added.

Pearl said the delegations exchanged much information at last year's conference but because discussion categories were not specific enough, little action was taken on campuses afterwards. "This year the issues are less broad, and specific proposals instead of resolutions will be made," she added.

Reception

Chassin said both President Bok and Archie C. Epps III, dean of students have been receptive to the conference planning. "That is not to say that they will adopt any of our suggestions, but they are very willing to listen to us and are very positive towards the conference," he said.

"I think it is time for students to realize that if they ever want to effect change they have to approach a problem in a systematic way. If you approach people with reasoned, articulate arguments, they will respond in a reasoned and articulate way," Chassin added.

The 150 delegates will arrive at Harvard Thursday and will be staying at freshman dormitories and Houses. President Bok will officially open the conference Friday morning when he will speak on the role of students in university decision-making.

Delegates will spend most of the weekend in committee meetings but will also attend a workshop on racism, a lecture with guest speakers and a banquet at Mather House.

Each school needs about $600 to send delegates to the conference. "All of these schools have student governments which give them money. We are going to have to raise our money ourselves through parties," Pearl said