First Snap Rally at Plaza, Spring 1971

[00:00:00] Unidentified speaker talks about the destructive nature of bureaucracy [00:01:15] Speaker discusses Chip Kelly's ideas about respectfully presenting questions to President Kennedy [00:02:05] Speaker continues to talks about the negatives of bureaucracy and how it is used to deflect responsibility through anonymity and impersonality [00:04:00] A new student speaker talks about the status of professor Branna being given tenure instead of being fired [00:04:40] Student thanks audience for the success of a petition on the issue of non-retention [00:05:20] Speaker highlights that the ASI President asked for the petition to be withdrawn [00:06:50] Speaker says that ASI is not representing the student body that elected them [00:08:10] Speaker states that Governor Ronald Reagan may visit the campus soon [00:10:10] Chip Kelly comments on the answers that Kennedy gave in response to a letter Kelly sent him [00:11:40] Kelly comments that there is something wrong with a college whose attitude towards students is to not get involved in university issues [00:13:58] Speaker announces that some of the professors involved in this issue, such as Dr. Rizzo, will be present in the plaza after their classes [00:14:10] Pause in audio switching from tape side 1 and tape side 2 [00:14:20] Speaker talks about many of the people qualified who wanted to teach at Cal Poly and help fix the system [00:16:45] Speaker discusses the history the university of not re-hiring professors for political reasons [00:17:50] Speaker discusses the university censoring a professor's use of a "questionable" textbook [00:21:00] Speaker talks about how a teacher was given tenure without having advanced degrees in spite of President Kennedy stating that he did not rehire professors for not having a doctorate [00:23:05] Speaker speaks about the philosophical slavery that man is chained to and how man constantly chooses this slavery in society [00:25:35] Speaker talks about how everyone is becoming part of an ever growing bureaucracy despite nearly everyone hating bureaucracy [00:28:02] Speaker questions how much impact students and junior faculty have on new proposals [00:29:02] Tape cuts off