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Abrasive Eloquence. Another Panther was having his problems with the law last week. The Panthers' "minister of information," Author Eldridge Cleaver (Soul on Ice), was ordered back to prison for violating his parole from an assault conviction. Cleaver became involved last April in a firefight during which the Panthers' 17-year-old treasurer was shot by Oakland policemen. Cleaver himself was wounded. As a result, his parole was revoked, and he was accused of assault with intent to commit murder. A lower court later freed him, ruling that Cleaver was being held because of his extremist political opinions...
...problems began early last month when U.C.'s Board of Educational Development (BED) announced the creation of an experimental course on racism with black militant Cleaver as main lecturer...
...Cleaver's appointment was immediately opposed by most state officials, including Gov. Ronald Regan and Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh. Citing Cleaver's "preaching of racism and violence," his criminal record, and his lack of formal education, the U.C. Regents voted on Sept. 20 not to approve the course...
...members have since protested the Regents' action, claiming" an intolerable incursion on academic freedom." One U.C. professor predicted last night that the result of the faculty's emergency meeting will be a statement asking for the return of BED powers and for creation of a special committee to get Cleaver's course approved...
...yesterday's press conference, Samula Kaplan, a sociology instructor who helped organize the course, said that it will hold an organizational meeting today. Cleaver will not speak at today's meeting Kaplan said, but is scheduled to lecture on Thursday...