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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
THURSDAY. MAY 7.1970
The Campus Scene
Across New York State
by Bob Warner
James Connally, chief of campus Security, is hustled away from the
crowd after taking motion pictures at the Tuesdayflag-loweringincident.
Buffalo—The strike has been
highly effective. A thousand students marched down Main Street
at noon Tuesday. By the time the
group reached its destination, it
had doubled in size. The students
blocked traffic for a time, and
then proceeded to march, breaking some bank windows along the
way. Eight blocks away, the group
of students noticed police massing
so they tried to barricade Main
Street. Obstacles were thrown at
the police. Telephone poles
caught fire. The incident lasted
about half an hour. The students
returned to the campus, setting up
roadblocks between themselves
and the police. Students then
tried to return to a downtown
Buffalo highschool, stoning the
police simultaneously. The police
responded with at least 10 cannisters of tear gas. The wind,
which blew toward the students,
worsened the gas's effect. After
that, a smaller group of students
went back to Main Street, only to
be bombarded with more gas.
Students regrouped on campus as
the police took up posts directly
across the street, frequently lobbing cannisters of tear gas on to
the Univerisly property. The
police never actually set foot in
the campus. It is reported that at
one time 21 cannisters of gas
exploded on campus within 5
Vandalism Arrests Forseen
by Al Senia
It is certain that SUNYA
students implicated in the defacing of campus pillars earlier in
the week and in the library
vandalism of last Monday night
will be arrested. The only reason
arrests have not yet been made is
because campus security is gathering enough evidence to assure a
court conviction. As of this
writing, no arrests have been made
in regard to either incident.
Nevertheless, arrests arising out
of the library incidents, in which
windows were broken and books
were scattered throughout the
second floor of the library, will
occur very shortly. A few students
have definitely been identified in
having played a part in the
disturbance.
asp staff
Because of recent activities
members of the Albany Student
Press feel it is necessary to
temporarily resume publication.
However, we wish to reiterate
our statement that we will not
resume regular production until
we can reorganize and restructure ourselves in such a way
that it will be possible to
produce a high quality nowspaper.
The Albany Student Press is
published twice a week by the
Student Association of the
Stute University of New York at
Albany. The ASP editorial office is located in room 33<i oi
the Campus Center building.
As for the defacing of the
pillars, no immediate arrests are
expected; the case is still under
continuing investigation. Security
is attempting to expand the
investigation to include other
incidents of property defacement
on the campus. They are not
concerned solely with the defacement that occurred last Saturday
night.
At that time, a security policeman witnessed students spraying
paint on the pillars. He did not
formally make arrests, but "invited" them to go to the security
building. There they were asked
to hand their ID cards over for
identification purposes (they have
since been returned). They were
not arrested.
Yesterday,
James Connally,.
chief of campus security, admitted taking moving pictures at the
Tuesday afternoon confrontation
at the flagpole, where students
attempted to lower the flag to
half mast. He claimed the taking
of pictures was in keeping with
standard security procedure. He
stated that pictures are often
taken of people, accidents, and
damage (such as the Colonial
Quad fire-bombing).
However, he did admit that
procedures have become "more
elaborate" - especially within the
past few days. Still pictures have
been replaced with an $800
motion picture camera.
Connally denied that security
has any kind of main storage file
of photographs, which conceivably could be used to help in
identifying certain segments 0"j
the university community. He did
state that photographic evidence
relevant to current campus investigations is collected and saved.
seconds. At the scene of the
confrontation, 150 police were
dressed in full riot gear and gas
masks. That night, there were
more incidents, police using spotlights to locate groups of students
and then lobbing tear gas into the
crowds. This continued throughout the night. University president
Regen requested the police to
stop using the gas, but the chief of
police refused. Quiet returned to
the campus Wednesday morning,
- L a t e Uat n i g h t | j t w o s reported
t n a t 4 0 t o 5 0 Buffalo city high
school students are attacking
students on cumpus who are confronting police. The high school
students are armed with zip guns,
knives, and rocks. Their aim is to
help police and 'kill hippies'.
Stony Brook—A barn was burned and small fires were set at the
Humanities and Social Sciences
buildings, a dorm under construction, and some snack bars. No
serious damage occurred, however. Wednesday's activites included a march on a shopping
center and u federal building.
Harpur—Strike was called for at
Harpur beginning today. Faculty
support for the strike was overwhelming (3:1). Students will
distribute leaflets in the community tomorrow. Classes are suspended indefinitelyStudents have the choice of
accepting a 'pass' grade, an incomplete, or their present grade in the
course. There is a huge demonstration in downtown Binghamton
Saturday; students are planning
to surround the courthouse.
Queens College—On Tuesday,
about 1,000 students marched to
the Flushing draft board. On the
way, about 300 stopped traffic on
the Long Island Expressway for
twenty minutes. Seven or eight
police cars broke up the blockade;
there was no violence. At a rally
that night, the students voted to
strike indefinitely. The strike has
been very effective with class
attendance reported as very low.
CCNY-About 1500 students
marched around the North Campus and disrupted classes Tuesday.
The school was closed yesterday
and today. A small group of
students ransacked an ROTC
supply building. William Kunstler,
lawyer for the Chicage 8, and
Jerry Lefcourt, lawyer for the
New York Panther 22, marched in
a rally from Columbia to CCNY.
Approximately 150 students remained overnight. Wednesday was
very peaceful. About 200 students
participated in workshops. The
Faculty Senate will meet today to
decide whether or not to cancell
classes for the rest of the term.
Brooklyn
College—Students
took over a few administration
buildings. The strike is planned to
last the remainder of the semester.
Classes were held yesterday.
NYU—Classes were suspended
yesterday; further action is uncertain.
Princeton—320 students turned
in their draft cards, but later
decided that their action was
merely symbolic and therefore
futile. Princeton is attempting to
set up a National Draft Colloquium.
Columbia—The strike is very
successful. There is a moratorium
on classes, but the University is
offically open. A city-wide rally
was held at Columbia yesterday at
-1 pm.
University of Rochester—The
school was closed yesterday, not
necessarily because of the strike,
but rather because of a traditional
university
holiday .
Students
occupied
the
administration
building from Monday night until
Tuesday afternoon. Rochester is
spearheading a massive petition
campaign in protest of the war in
Indo-China.
The goal is 20
million signatures. To collect
money for a nation-wide anti-war
publicity campaign, each signer
was asked to donate fifty cents.
So far, 8000 names and $4,000
has been collected.
Continued on page 2
Important Telephone Numbers
First Aid (Downtown)
First Aid (Crisis Center)
Strike Center
Legal Aid (Rosenblum)
Campus Center Information
Campus Security
To Report a Fire
Community Relations
University infirmary
472-8296
457-5300
4574917
463-1107
457-6923
457-7616
463-1234
457-4902
457-7616
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Staff-Anita
Thayer.
Pat
O'Hern, Nancy Ourish, Carol
Hughes,
Al
Senia,
Hurry
Kirschner,
Aralynn
Abare,
Robert
Warner,
Martha
Nathanson, Linda Waters, Neill
Shanahan, Ira Wolfman, Tom
Cllngan, Joe Stringer, Walter
Oross, Eileen Deming and
others.
Some of the more than 1,000 students who successfully stopped traffic at the Washington Avenue exit to the Thruway and on Washington
Avenue, return to the University Tuesday afternoon.
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Stat* University of New York at Albany
Vol. LVII No. 21
Wednesday, May 13, 1970
Strike Grows
Federal Building Closed
by Barry Kirschner
"We can't fight alone against the monster.
Faculty Suspends
Mandatory Classes
by Barry Kirschner
The faculty of SUNYA passed a
resolution, suspending mandatory
class schedules for the remainder
of the semester, and attempting to
prevent the penalization of students for non-attendance on Friday, May 8. The preamble to this
resolution asked President Nixon
to "end the war, to end injustice
at home, to listen to the voices of
protest, to act to unite the country." It also expressed support for
the student protest.
This resolution was the less radical of two proposals before the
faculty. The other proposal in its
preamble, harshly criticized the
government for extending the
"callous" war in Vietnam to Cambodia, the use of force to police
college campuses, and the use of
the legal system to repress Black,
dissident and youth groups. Implementation of a policy for classes for the remainder of the semester was virtually the same in each
resolution.
The resolution states:
1. The mandatory class schedules for students and faculty
shall not be maintained for the
remainder of the semester.
2. That students shall be assisted
in meeting any pressing academic
obligations. Under no conditions
will a student be penalized for
failure to attend classes. Students
shall have the option of
a. fulfilling the course work normally required
b. accepting an incomplete
c. accepting the present grade as
final
d. .students and faculty to agree
mutually upon the completion of
course work
e. accepting a pass/no credit
grade for this semester.
3. That the Campus facilities
shall remain available for all full
and free discussion of matters
relating to the critical role that
the University should play in society, as well as for normal University functioning.
4. That every effort be made to
Continued on Page 3
Approximately 3,000 supporters
of the student strike effectively
closed the Federal Building and
the adjacent Post Office Tuesday
for six hours in a massive action
of non-violent civil disobedience.
The demonstrators, almost entirely students, linked arms in front
of doorways and refused to let
employees enter the building.
Those inside the buildings, however, were permitted to leave.
This action was taken by the
Strike Committee at SUNYA and
was supported by representatives
of various schools, some faculty,
and other concerned citizens. The
purpose of the action was to stop
the federal government from
operating "business as usual," and
to support the demands of the
nationwide student protest.
The demonstrators were wellbehaved and initiated no violence,
as they had promised. Although
one brief scuffle did develop while
workers in the area were on their
lunch break, this involved only a
handful of people and no one was
hurt. The demonstrators policed
themselves effectively with chants
of "stay on the sidewalk," and
marhsals did an excellent job in
maintaining order. Albany police
also helped prevent incidents during the tense noon hour.
The protest began before 7:30
a.m., early enough to prevent the
normal induction procedures of
the Selective Service department,
housed in the federal building.
Throughout the morning demonstrators refused to allow people to
enter the building, linking arms in
order to carry out their mission
non-violently. In addition to the
blockage of doorways, driveways
were also blocked, preventing
trucks to follow through with
"business as usual" with the federal government.
The mood of the crowd was
serious throughout the day.
Chants of "Free Bobby Seale,"
and "Peace Now" greeted passersby in the area. For the most part
the demonstrators were friendly,
"I beg to disagree."
talking with spectators across tne
street and with workers of the
General Services Administration
in the loading dock behind the
building.
Those blocked from entering the
building had varied responses.
When told that "business as usual
is not going to go on today," one
replied, "Where's your generosity?
I'm losing a day's pay." Another
said, "Well, I guess I'll go play golf
today."
Throughout the day large numbers of people watched the
demonstration from the opposite
side of the street. While some
dialogue was initiated between
student strollers and spectators,
many conversations were reduced
to denunciations of "those communists." The following is an
example of one such discussion:
Student: We think the war is
senseless.
Spectator; How old are you?
Student; \H.
Spectator: It's about time you
started learning about war firsthand!
Tension grew as lunch hour
came and went. Rumors speculat-
ing about possible actions of construction workers were widespread, and many feared a recurrence of the vigilante violence
seen in the Wall St. area of New
York City last Friday. Although
one very brief incident did occur,
nobody was hurt, and the disturbance served to reinforce the
determination of protesters and
police to carry on without violence.
The crowd dispersed at 1:30
p.m., having blocked entrance into the building for 6 hours. Protesters left in an orderly fashion
and followed the identical route
of return used in last week's
march to the Capitol. This route
consciously avoided a potentially
dangerous confrontation with
constructions workers opposite
the Alfred E. Smith Building on
Washington Ave. This was the
scene of an injury to one coed last
week, hit with an object thrown
from an elevated construction
site.
In the words of a strike leader,
"It's a sad day for the marines.
Those hippy pre-verts have turned
them back from the building."
The Blow Never Came....
by Ira Wolfman
And the consciousness grows.
and the anticipation grows,
and the confusion grows.
and the frustration grows.
But, the consciousness grows!
They came in droves, hundreds upon hundreds, embarking upon
what must have been, for many, their first real contact with civil
disobedience. Nervousness and fear were distinctly present, yet
lightheartedness and giddiness must have been the only moods readily
discernable to an outsider.
They marched down to the city, half asleep at the ungodly hour;
yet, with every step confidence increased, as the number of marchers
grew larger and larger.
The structure cume in sight: Albany's representative of a federal
government which they knew was oppressing the blacks, the radicals,
the dissenters. This was the focal point for the frustrations and the
emotions. "Shut it down!"
The doors went manned, the positions taken. The bank's electronic
beacon spat forth: 7:21. The police were visible, unlike the earlier
rally of last week, and visible in numbers. The troops braced
themselves.
The blow never came. Police
directed traffic. Leaders led, marshals marshalled, followers followed, chanters chanted.
And the tension subsided.
The hours passed, and the event
became almost a lark. The building was closed, the day was ours;
though fears of arrest still lingered, they were neurly lost in an
atmosphere of carefree chatter,
disinterested contemplation and
various forms of interaction.
Boredom set in, and with it,
questions.
'7s it really in any way significant? No one seems to care. "
Thon came lunch hour-12
Noon.
And the crowd grew—on both
sides.
And the tension grew—on both
sides.
The giddiness did not subside
totally. But there wan something
in the air—or on the streets—
which told it to stop. The chanU
rang thru the air as the crowds
grow—but suddenly, there was an
urgency
about the demonstration,
•»ro8enbe*g
Continued on Page 4
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13,1970
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Four Crises:
(TIT m T» mm* MMUM-MM)
For Another Day
Charles Qoodell will deliver the and Anthropology at Northsecond annual Robert F. Kennedy eastern University to speak on
Lecture Monday at 2 p.m. in the "The Changing Identity of Blacks:
formal gardens behind the Cam- Are They Primarily a Racial or
pus Center. The lecture is spon- Cultural Group?'. Dr. Lee's timely
sored by Phi Sigma Alpha, the talk is scheduled for Wednesday,
May 13, 1970 at 2:00-4:00 P.M.
political science honorary.
in LC-2.
or whatever. This is the man who
seeks to defend instructors who
graphs of those assembled in poli- intimidate students through the
tical protest were non-existent, use of grades and mandatory
and that there was no file of attendance and who babbles
photographs whatsoever. This about the university being no
then occurred:
place for threats.
Question—If what you said is [Numner t
true, why was Chief of Security
A resolution sponsored by
Connolly taking pictures of the Walter Goldstein called for tolerThe freshman Summer Reading
The University Singers and Collflagpole incident Tuesday, May 4? ance in dealing with perpetrators
egiate Singers of SUNYA will per- Program still needs additional supOlsen—He was experimenting of petty crimes within the last 10
form Poulenc's Gloria and Mot- port. More faculty are vitally
with a new camera. We haven't days. This proposal did not inneeded
in
order
to
insure
success.
zart's Requiem Mass K626 on
even bought it yet. Photographs clude amnesty for those involved
Thursday and Friday, May 14 and Please leave name and phone numare helpful in law enforcement in arson or fire-bombings.
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Student
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starts at 8:30 P.M. in the PAC 457-3430/2288.
Question—If security has taken against those suspected of petty
main theatre. Admission is free.
vandalism.
pictures, how come there are no
files of photographs in existence?
Members of Student AssociaFollowing a passionate appeal
tion, in cooperation with the
Olsen—Those pictures probably by 'student representative' Bob
Campus
Center
staff,
will
man
the
aren't
even
developed
yet.
Iseman
against this resolution in
Football tryouts May 19th--time
Shortly after an exchange like order to protect the property
trials, agility and strength tests. Campus Center Information Desk
phones from midnight until three
Bring athletic gear.
the one just written of, the rights of the taxpayers of New
faculty voted to table the York State, Dean Morris added a
Communications Commission a.m. to provide answers to student
personal appeal. After seeing press
meeting, Friday at 1:00 pm. In inquiries and check out rumors on
Hoffman Resolution.
campus in an attempt to aid com- Number 2
coverage of the student protest
SA office.
Number 3
munication
on
campus.
Any student having questions
One of the black sheep in one of tha Dean's children said,
Robert Hoffman of the History
"We hope that any student with Department proposed a resolution SUNYA's School of Education "Mommy, Daddy ought to throw
concerning the appeals procedure
for his present grade or any a question about the situation on banning the practice of security sought to censure a statement of them out." Morris, obviously
problems concerning the faculty campus will be able to get an within the university's jurisdic- John Kaufman's, which dealt with more responsive to his children
resolutions should contact Dave answer through this service, which
a list of instructors who appear to than to his students, hinted that
will continue as long as there is a tion, photographing gatherings of be penalizing non-attending stu- should the Goldstein resolution be
Neufeld at 457-3430.
people
without
their
permission.
dents, in spite of the faculty passed he would have to seriously
The Department of Sociology need."
Vice President Olsen then resolution. He stated that this list reevaluate his future in higher
The number to call in case of a
and Anthropology has invited Dr.
assured all faculty that photo- represented a threat, and that education.
Frank Lee, Professor of Sociology question is 457-6923.
threats did not belong in the Mauritz Johnson followed with
rational atmosphere of the univer- an eloquent appeal to preserve the
sity.
purpose of the university as a
This is the same man who has place for open dialogue, by reinformed at least one class that jecting a "posture of retribution,"
the final will be mandatory, The faculty then voted to adpunishing students refusing to journ, leaving the question unattend class due to principle, fear answered for yet another day.
by Barry Kirschner
An ASP Feature
Richard Nixon once authored a
book titled Six Crises and after
listening to over 6 hours of
deadening discussion at 2 faculty
meetings, I felt inspired to write
about 4 crises I observed.
Number 1-May 11,1970
Vice President for Academic
Affairs Charles O'Reilly interprets
section 2 c of a faculty passed
resolution, which states, "Under
no conditions will a student be
penalized for failure to attend
classes. Students shall have the
option of:
accepting the present grade as
final.
This is interpreted as saying
that the instructor will continue
to have the option of doing whatever he or she wants to any
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Undergraduate Affairs Committee
Continued from Page I
eliminate the threat of violence or of the College of Arts and
the use of harassment on ourScience; Committee on Academic
Standing of the School of Busicampus.
5. That the faculty and adminis- ness).
tration shall take the steps to
At that time the professor in
implement these resolutions.
question will be required to sub6. Where students are engaged in mit whatever evidence he has in
practice teaching, field work, in- support of the grade of E or of no
ternships, clinics, and similar credit to that committee, and the
courses which involve other agen- student will be asked to present
cies and where commitments of his evidence of satisfactory work.
the students and the University
3. That any student or faculty
are involved, students are asked to member may request that the
continue without interruption.
Committee on Academic Standing
The meeting resumed Monday, of the Undergraduate Academic
May 11, to discover that Vice Council review the decision of the
President O'Reilly's interpretation College or School Committee.
of section of the resolution was
Following the passage of this
far from the intent as voted by resolution, Professor Hoffman of
the faculty. This prompted the the History Department proposed
passage of a clarifying resolution: that no agency within the univer1. That no student who elects to sity's governance (security) be alaccept, option C shall receive the lowed to photograph people on
grade of E or of no credit for any campus without their permission.
course in which he has been con- He explained how complete the
tinuously enrolled for the Spring dossier of the FBI and similar
semester of 1970 unless there is agencies are with the names of
objective evidence which demon- people involved in political activistrates that the student was clear- ty. At this time Vice President
ly failing at the time the strike Olsen stated bluntly that security
kept no files of photographs, but
began (Tuesday, May 5, 1970).
2. Thatanystudent who has been upon questioning Olsen comcontinuously enrolled for thepletely contradicted himself. The
Spring semester of 1970 who re- faculty voted to table Hoffman's
ceives the grade of E or of no motion.
credit in any course shall have the
The last important order of
option of appealing his grade to business was a resolution prothe committee on academic stand- posed by Walter Goldstein asking
ing of his College or School (e.t*. tolerance of those accused of pet-
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pally because 'some of their meby Hob Wumer
A group of SUNYA faculty and thods adpoted are self-defeating'.
conerned Albany citizens have Therefore, the committee will
formed a Citizens Committee for basically appeal to logic.
As a small step in solving the
University Relations. Professor
Urofsky of the Foundations of problem of student-community
Education
Department, the relations, the group is asking that
spokesman for the group, said 'all churches, synagogues, civic
that its prime concern is to get the and social groups in this area help
large group of moderates in theinstitute a dialogue.
The League of Women Voters,
area to talk with students, mainly
because many people are afraid of which is noted for its impartiality,
students and do not understand will provide experienced moderators for the forums. Students who
them.
The group, though non-partisan, would like to participate in any
is basically liberal in outlook and dialogue with the community
is solidly opposed to the war. should leave his name, address and
Urofsky, however, feels that many p h o n e number in Professor
students have been actingirration- Urofsky's mailbox (341) in the
ally the past few weeks, princi- Education Building.
Because of the c o n t i n u i n g student strike, lliu A L B A N Y S T U D E N T PRESS
hfli published tuts siiconu special Issue. Wo rollorato our I n t e n t i o n , however,
not l o publish again regularly until wo havu reorganized a n d restructured
our o p e r a t i o n .
1 ho ASP Is n o r m a l l y published twice poi wook by the M u d o n t Association
o l Iho State Unlvorslly o l Now York at A l b a n y . I ho ASP odltotlal olflco Is
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The stuff for lliis special issue included Anita Thuyei, Aralynn
Ahare, Bileeii Demlng, Nancy Dtirish, Wall dross, Carol Hughes,
Harry Kirschner, Pal O'llern, Tom Rhodes, Clinch Kihnk, Joff
Rotlgers, Al Scnia, Linda Slaszak, Paula Slralton, Hob Wamci.lra
Wolfinun Jay Rosenberg, Jon Ciiitlinan.
ty crimes dealing with protest
related activity (e.g. writing on
pillars, the library incident, etc.).
While this motion was being debated a proposal for adjournment
was made and passed, neccssitiating yet another faculty meeting
Tuesday, May 12.
Philip Morris, Coke
Targets of Boycott
Products of the Philip Morris
Company and the Coca Cola Company have been singled out for a
nation-wide boycott in conjunction with the national student
strike.
Organized by the National Boycott Committee with headquarters
at Brandeis University, the boycott is slated to continue, the
group says, "until the position of
our national government is modified in accord with the student
strike goals: an end to the war in
Indo-China and greater justice for
minorities at home."
"The only effective means of
protest is peaceful economic boycott," adds the group.
Hendrik van den Berg, a local
coordinator, further explained
that "people are getting tired of
marching around. An economic
boycott of this sort, is simpler to
remember and do."
The National Boycott Committee calls for an immediate and
continuing boycott of the following:
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13,1970
PAGE 4
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Kuusisto Explains
Grading Policy
"When I was your ige..."
Schwartz, Others Arrested;
Security Faces Criticism
by Al Senia
Jack Schwartz, a University
Senator, became the last student
arrested in connection with the
incidents of last Monday at the
Library. His arrest brought the
total number to three; last week
two other aUNY students, Bob
Bernstein and Georgia Lee were
also arrested by campus security
and released on bail.
Schwartz was apprehended at
his apartment Monday morning
by John Heniganh, security investigator. He was charged with
second degree tampering and later
released on $250 bail.
More arrests will -follow- in fact,
some additional warrants have
already been Issued but not yet
served.
Meanwhile, Central Council
issued a position statement deploring any arrests for petty vandalism (included under this is
library arrests), and condeming
security's undercover operations.
Council also threatened to take
legal action to require security
chief Connally and inspector
Henighanj to wear badges while on
duty. The bill was introduced by
Joe Kaiser.
At yesterday's faculty meeting,
professor Walter Goldstein of the
political science department verbally chastised security for the
continuing arrests "nd introduced
a bill calling for amnesty for
students involved in the library
incident and pillar painting. The
motion was tabled.
Chief Connally, who has been
caught in the crossfire, continues
to claim that the arrests are
simply the end result of an incident in which laws were broken
and security was obliged to make
arrests.
He has strongly denied that
Schwartz' arrest was political in
nature. Rather, he feels that
Schwartz was easily identified,
since he is known to a large
segment of the campus community.
(The basis of the case lies in the
identifications made by both
Inspector Henighan and a number
of persons-including one faculty
member-who were at the library
during the incident and 'wanted
something done'.)
Connally has also denied that
the administration is applying
pressure to arrest or harrass certain students, who might be classified as 'radical'. Security has
made the arrests independently,
without consulting any administrators.
Another area where Connally
has come under increasing fire
involves the motion picture
camera which he used last Monday
afternoon at the flagpole.
Connally claims that he was just
testing the camera at the time.
This seems possible, since the
camera is not yet owned by security, but rather by Burns
Camera Shop in Albany. Also, the
film used was eolor-and not black
and while, which is used in normal surveillance work since it is
quicker to develop. (The films
shot last week will not be processed and returned until Monday
or Tuesday)
Connally, in an attempt to allay
student fears, has stated that
security's major concern is not
surveillance of student demonstrators. No photo file exists in the
security building. It is possible
that once the pictures are processed they will be shown either
to student leaders or the general
public-uncut. Connally, who has
had
his own run-ins with the
administration, is not opposed to
the campus demonstrations as
long as they are non-violent. 'I
don't blame students for their
attitudes on their administrators',
he said.
The following to a memo to the
University Community from President Kuusisto which attempts to
clarify the grading policy adopted
by the Faculty at their Friday
meeting.
necause of questions of interpretation of the resolution passed
by the faculty May 8, on the
evening of May 11,1970 members
of the Executive Committee of
the University Senate recommended to me interpretations and
guides to implement the resolutions. These, I have accepted in
substance as follows:
1. The phrase "Students shall
have the option of . . ." means
that each student has the option,
not that a class will adopt a group
option.
2. Faculty are encouraged to
counsel students on the implications of selecting various options,
but shall not deny a student an
option he has made.
3. Class attendance is not related
to the right of selecting an option,
though it may be a factor in
fulfilling certain ones: e.g., option
"a". Students selecting option
"c", for example, may still attend
classes.
4. The pass or no credit grades
provided in option "e" will be
"S" and "U". An "S" grade will
computation of cumulative average. For this semester only, S-U
grades are authorized for any
course for students at any level
even though not previously approved.
5. "Present grade", under option
"c", shall be based on assigned
work due before May 4,1970 and
shall not Include work either assigned or due on, or after, that
date. Work due by May 4 but not
submitted shall be required.
6. The option of taking a "W"
by May 22, 1970 continues to
exist in every course for the Undergraduate Student.
7. The written record of a student's option shall bear the student's signature and shall be retained by the instructor.
8. Each instructor has the
authority to:
(i) Define "normal course requirements" and determine letter
grades under option "a".
(ii) Specify requirements to be
met in removing an Incomplete
under option "b" and assign the
grade when the course requirements have been completed.
(iii) Determine "present grade"
under option "c".
(iv) Determine what constitutes
an "S" or "U" grade under option
Council Considers Legal Action
Last Thursduy, Central Council
called upon the law firm of
Rosenblum and Leventhal, S.A.
lawyers, to "take necessary legal
action to close the University immediately,"
Council stated that the "importance of human life" made it
absolutely necessary to close
down the university. The action
was imperative because of the
numerous successful and unsuccessful arson attempts on the
Quads and the Administration
building. It was felt that personal
safety was impossible in so volatile an atmosphere.
The law firm, however, when
called on Friday morning, May 8,
around 7:30 a.m., refused to take
the case because the firm and
Student Association would make
fools of themselves. The firm's
reason for refusing Council's orders was that nothing had
happened the night before, and
therefore their case would not
stand in court.
Budding The Consciousness
Continued from Page I
"We care—for human life. Don't
you see, our allegiances are to
humanity, not nationality? Don't
you see? Can't you see? Please,
you must see!"
Hate-filled stares answered.
Gritted teeth responded to cries
for peace.
Hardened looks.
Angry.
Uncomprehending.
And the fear grew.
And the tensions grew.
And for the first time, the
seriousness hit. Hurd.
And then, the incidents. They
were short. But they were
frightening.
Leadership led and led well.
While others reacted instinctively,
the few reacted thoughtfully.
The police (the truth may be,
after all, strange, but it is the
truth) stopped the incidents and
most of the fear.
And the day was won. And the
people had emerged, victorious.
And then it was over.
And the tensions melted.
And the pride grew.
And the crowd was reassured.
Unity emerged—of a kind.
There were complaints and there
were disagreements. Tactics conflicted. Ideologies seemed stunted.
Knowledge was still spotty.
But they had emerged, together,
unhurt. The power, illusory or
not, had been flexed, and flexed
well.
"It was a beautiful
demonstration."
In the midst of the reality of
life, it seemed a dream. But it had
happened. The consciousness—the
taste of what it is all about. It
grew.
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