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racial discrimination at SAn Jose State College seemed to center around two major problems, one of them housing in this case discrimination in both on and off campus housing for minority group members. The second problem seems harder to define but nevertheless seemed just as important to the

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demonstrators. It deals with discrimination by sororities and fraternities in this case, the specific treatment of negro athletes by fraternities. The whole thing was keyed by the inability of five negro football players to find adequate housing today. The associated student body president Vic Lee and the demonstrators

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leader Harry Edwards held a press conference to discuss the situation protesting group have given the administration until 11 a.m. Friday to do something about the situation or else they say they'll stop the coming weekend football game. This is Melvin Davis, KPI X News in SAN Jose.

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I wish to offer personally my services as a member of the minority race and as student body president and as a foreign student. In fact, to bridge this gap and to act as a liaison for the communications gap that exists. I feel therefore I urge all

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interested parties. Mr Harry Edwards, the administration, the athletic department and the greek system to use my office and my personal services as a vehicle for negotiations. Even though the black students on this campus were the ones to bring the situation to a head, we are by

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no means interested solely and getting housing for black students and ignoring the problems of other minority groups. If uh it's because it's only a matter of time before it's no if it's no minority group, if any minority group on this campus, it's catching hell because of

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race. It's only a matter of time before they work background us again. And so until the message cleared up for everybody, the mess is cleared up for nobody as far as we're concerned.