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Show New Mexico Investigates Frat 'Rights' Conflict ALBUOUERQUE, N.M. (CPS) The University of New Mexico Board of Regents has adopted a policy which will force the removal re-moval of discriminatory clauses in charters of fraternities and sororities on the UNM campus by June 1965. The policy states it will cease recognition of any organization "which, through stated policy, denies membership to any student stu-dent because of race or religion." Adoption came after a petition signed by 155 faculty members urging that such a step be tak-enwas tak-enwas presented to the board. The petition asked that steps be taken to "eradicate all forms of discrimination at the university uni-versity if such descrimination is based on such an irrelevant factor as race." Only one fraternity at present has a written discriminatory clause out of 12 fraternities and eight sororities recognized by the university. Studentbody President Pres-ident Tim Bennett said he felt the administration should not stop at the adoption of the policy, pol-icy, but should conduct an investigation in-vestigation of all forms of discrimination dis-crimination at the university. Bennett said that national organizations frequently have a 'financial death grip" on the local chapters and hence even chapters without written clauses still discriminate. The policy adopted by the board also promises prom-ises support to local chapters in the event of conflict with national nat-ional organizations over pledging. |