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Show Net Journal on KUED Program highlights campus unrest w ( . p n 1 v ' , -..' a. H. : i jSfe : i The University of Pennsylvania x "showed the nation you can deal ll with the problems of the li neighborhood." These words by a black student recognize the spirit of accord in a negotiated settlement that ended recent demonstrations at the university. National Educational Television ,: 1 Network (NET) Journal studies i! the settlement and its aftermath lrf on "To Calm a Troubled Campus" Sunday at 6 p.m. on Channel 7. The demonstration was directed against military research and university expansion into . a neighboring ghetto. It was mediated by a student-faculty negotiating committee, with the university agreeing to pay a $10 million indemnity to the West Philadelphia neighborhood and to end all research "deemed harmful to human life." Sociology instructor Phil Pochoda, who was a member of the negotiating committee, provides commentary. He notes the new concern for social issues now manifested on campus. In this vein, the documentary ranges special meetings held on the university's "Day of Conscience" and student seminars at which the settlement is reviewed. It contains interviews with President Gaylord Harnwell, members of his administration, a trustee, athletes, and other students. Harnwell notes the importance of keeping legal authorities off campus -"It was essential that order be maintained" for a spirit of negotiation, he remarks. At a meeting of the university chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), one student contends that the settlement means "a change in the university power structure," which can be "a preliminary to a big victory" by radical elements. A student at a history honors seminar argues that "the demands of the students were in line with the larger humane values of the university. The students are transient, but the values are permanent" |
