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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD President Howard called attention to the schedule of regular meetings for the next three m o n t h s : May 24, Chicago Circle; J u n e 21, U r b a n a ; July 19, Medical Center. H e also announced that a n executive session had been requested and would be convened after the meeting to consider reports on acquisition of property and pending litigation. RECESS AND EXECUTIVE SESSION Following a short recess, die board reconvened in executive session a n d considered the following items of business: Purchase of Property, 907 West Illinois Street, Urbana (28) The president of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the University of Illinois Foundation be requested: (1) to purchase the property at 907 West Illinois Street, Urbana, at a price of $72,970; and (2) to lease the property to the University at a rental sufficient to enable the foundation to pay the interest on a loan secured to finance the acquisition. The property is owned by the Wesley Foundation and operated as a cooperative student house. When purchased, the property will be assigned to the Housing Division for the same use. It is also recommended that authorization be given to enter into a lease with the foundation until June 30, 1978, with options for annual renewals thereafter during the term of the lease, subject to funds being made available. The lease will also provide an option for the University to acquire the property at its acquisition cost. Funds through June 30, 1978, are available in the budget of the Housing Division, and funds required after that date will be included in the budget on an annual basis. T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Miss Conlon, M r . Overstreet, Miss Winter; no, none. O n motion of M r . Livingston, the purchase of this property at the price indicated was authorized, and audiority was given as recommended by die following vote: Aye, M r . Forsyth, M r . H a h n , M r . Howard, M r . Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, Mr. Lenz; absent, Governor Thompson. Litigation Initiated by Sandor John (29) A complaint has been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division (Case No. 78C 1224), by Sandor John and the Spartacus Youth League, alleging that certain regulations adopted at the Chicago Circle campus and actions of University employees in implementing the same have constituted a deprivation of the plaintiff's rights, privileges, and immunities secured by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The named defendants include Governor Thompson and the elected trustees, all of whom are sued in their individual and official capacities, and Chancellor Riddle, William McKay, and Stanford Delaney, who are described "as administrators of the Circle Center of the University of Illinois Chicago Circle campus" and who are also sued in their individual and official capacities. The complaint alleges that Plaintiff John is a member of the Spartacus Youth