ROTC
building -occupied
University students occupied
the Military and Naval
Building Monday night and
said that they would remain
there until University officials
met their list of demands.
A group of about 50 students,
led by Alan Siporin, marched
from UMHE to the Military
and Naval Building where they
shoved past three University
policemen and entered the
building shortly after 8 p.m.
The Daily Nebraskan has
learned that University of
ficials plan to let the demon
strators remain in the building
as long as they remain
peaceful and do not interfere
with scheduled classes.
Siporin said the students
occupied the building, which
houses University ROTC
classes, as a protest to
President Nixon's Indo-China
policy.
After a few minutes the
number of students swelled
and the building was soon
overflowing with an estimated
500 students. The atmosphere
of the sit-in was like a carnival
as a four-man band was
brought in the entertain the
demonstrators.
Siporin read a list of six
demands and said the students
would not leave the building
until the demands were met.
The list of demands included
amnesty for all students
arrested at the Lincoln draft
board Monday and a suspen
sion of ROTC classes at the
University until the U.S.
completely withdraws from
Indo-China.
At 10:30 p.m. a group of.
University officials, including
President Joseph Soshnik and
C. Peter Magrath, dean of
faculties, and Vice Chancellor
G. Robert Ross, walked into
the building to talk with the
demonstration leaders.
Lincoln Police Chief Joe
Carroll said Monday, "We will
enforce the law with whatever
mens are necessary."
"We can handle any
trouble," Carroll remarked,
"but if we need help we can
get assistance from the Lan
caster County Sheriffs office
and the state patrol."
Faeullv Senate
roiKsiders Mtrike
A special Faculty-Senate
meeting hrs been (ailed for
noon Tuesday to discuss a
s'udent request o call off
cl asses Wednesday m protest
of President Richard M.
Nixon's Cambodia decisions.
A S V N President Steve
Tiwald met Monday night with
President Joseph Soshnik, Russ
Brown of Student Affairs and
members of the Fatuity-Senate
liaison committee and decided
to call the special meeting.
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Take positive action
AN EDITORIAL
In the wake of four dead and
twelve wounded at Kent State
University, students here
should realize more than ever
that breaking windows, bur
ning buildings and charging
police lines are not effective
nor positive methods of
p r o t e s t i n g the Cambodian
invasion. At the same time, it
should be obvious that
everyone must voice his op
position to the Indochina War.
Tuesday afternoon in the
Coliseum all students will be
given the opportunity to
determine what form of any
protest might be taken. ASUN
will not endorse a strike, nor
promote the national strike
called by NSA, unless there is
a consensus vote at this
meeting. Even if there is a
strike, it must be coupled with
positive action by students.
The Moratorium marches
showed profound opposition to
the war but did not change
Violence on campuses
Violence has broken out on
campuses throughout the
country in reaction to an ex
panded warfare in Indochina.
Four persons were killed and
at least eleven' wounded at
Kent State University in Ohio
Monday.
Ohio National Guardsmen, on
campus to disperse nearly
3 , 0 00 protesting students,
engaged in gunfire after a
student rally on the center of
the campus. The rally defied
an order not to assemble.
Two of the dead were
students and two were guard
smen, believed hit by sniper
bullets.
Students reportedly pelted
guardsmen with rocks and tear
gas canisters. The guardsmen
carried M-l semiautomatic
weapons.
This was the third suc
c e s s i v e day of campus
violence. Five students were
injured Sunday, two by
bayonet-armed guardsmen.
"When dissent turns to
violence, tragedy can result,"
a spokesman for President
Nixon said Monday.
At Columbia, 11 eastern
college newspaper editors
Sunday called for a nationwide
student strike to protest the
Southeast Asia action.
Strikes have already been
declared at Princeton, the
University of Pennsylvania,
Sarah Lawrence and Bryn
Mawr. Strike plans are
reported underway at Notre
Dame, Brandeis University
and Stanford.
Violence has been occurring
on campuses since last
Thursday when President
Nixon ordered an invasion of
Cambodia and pledged arms to
the new Cambodian govern
ment. The Defense Department
now -flays 30,800 troops, in
cluding 8800 Americans, are in
it
Cambodia.
Saturday, U.S. sources an
nounced 128 planes bad struck
North Vietnam, near the
demilitarized zone. It was the
first raid, into the North since
the United States halted
bombing in November of 1968.
In a press conference
Saturday, Defense Secretary
Laird said he recommended
continued bombing. The
Secretary also hinted that
American ground operations
might begin in Laos.
Hud.
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any policy. Yesterday's sit-in
at the state draft office was
protest, but it accomplished
little more than getting
students arrested who wished
to be, causing damage and
showing the Lincoln Police are
capable of handling such
situations. It should be clear
by now that violence in con
nection with political protest
results in repression.
For the first time since the
war began a governmental
organization is emerging as
representative of the anti-war
mood in the United States.
Congress has finally begun to
assert itself as the represen
tatives of the electorate and
that is to whom protest should
be directed. Any student strike
should be accompanied by a
massive letter writing campaign
to our Congressional delegation
and to Congressmen from
"other states.
Canvassing of the Lincoln
community should be un
dertaken to get citizens other
than students to write
Congressmen. Any collective
protest by University students
should be channeled in a
constructive direction. Today,
there is the possibility of a
repeal of the Gulf of Tonkin
resolution. There is even
support for a Mansfield-Aiken
bill to force troop withdrawal
from Cambodia. This is the
most significant action that has
come out of the antl war
movement.
As long as I am being ac
cused of "exhorting" students,
let me "exhort" you to channel
your protest into positive ac
tion. Attend the meeting
Tuesday afternoon; write your
congressman and members of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee; and organize
convassing. Above all keep
informed as to what is hap
pening nationally and locally.
JIM PEDERSEN
The word is 'Moderation'
AN EDITORIAL
by KEN WALD
Sorry, we're not going to
have a Revolution. We can
throw all the rocks and smash
all the doors we want but there
will be no massive upheaval. I
don't want to see four students
killed and many more bloodied.
That would only serve to bring
home the insane logic of
Indochina. The ROTC building
won't burn. Don't Invite
repression, police and tear gas.
The word la moderation. It's
unpopular to be moderate but it
makes sense. Let's start can
vassing. Contrary to popular
belief, many of the inhabitants
of Middle America are unhappy
at the prospect of escalating
the Indochina escapade. Get
them to flood Washington with
telegrams end letters. Write
some yourself. Try that
avenue.
Before you start screaming
about copping out of the
glorious Renaissance, stop and
think for a moment. Do you
like the idea of a club splitting
your head apart and feeling the
blood roll down your skin?
Does it please you to suffocate
from gas cannisters? No
that's precisely what we want
to stop in Asia, not extend here.
But don't go the other way
and Sjtart seeing the time of
troubles as planned disruptions
led by a group of militant
students. It was and is spon
taneous and the students were
sincere in their actions. That is,
they were not hitting the
streets for the hell of it. They
were moving because they
thought it was the best ap
proach. They were wrong.
The war expands and the
counter-culture revives. Just
once, let's do something that is
political. It's hard to restrain
from assuaging our own egos
but it's more important that we
do something effective. Let us
choose "change" over "experience."
Write a letter Now
An effective way to voice citizen opinion is to write to
Congressional representatives. The Daily Nebraskan urges
every member of the University community to write his
Congressman and Senators, letting them know the opinions
of their constituents. The addresses are:
Hon. Roman L. Hruska
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
Hon. Carl T. Curtis
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
Hon. Robert V. Denney
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 2051ff
Hon. Dave Martin
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington. D. C. 20510
Hon. Glenn Cunningham
U.S. House of Representatives"
, Washington, D..C. .20510
