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FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1970
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
VOL. 93 NO. 96
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Students at many Nebraska
colleges and universities are
showing their opposition to in
creased American war moves
in Indochina.
. An outdoor forum called by
students at the University of
Nebraska at Omaha Wednes
day to discuss the Cambodian
fighting and violence at Kent
State University nearly erupted
in a fight over the American
flag.
Student leaders and army
bootstrappcrs dissuaded
students from fighting over
whether the flag should be
flown at half-staff in honor of
the four students who were
killed by National Guardsmen
at Kent State.
The student Board of
Governors at Creighton
University urged the student
body to stage a 96-hour hunger
strike to protest what their
President, Magrath, Student
by CAROL ANDERSON
Nabraikan Staff Writw
Lincoln Campus President
Joseph Sosnik said Thursday
afternoon he is impressed with
the way the student strike is
being handled but that students
could register their protest
over Cambodia without boycot
ting classes.
Soshnik and C. Peter
Macgrath, Dean cf Faculties,
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resolution called "the atrocities
of Kent State University and
the unwise extension of the war
into Cambodia."
The hunger strike was plan
ned to begin at 4 p.m. Wednes
day to 4 p.m. Sunday. Students
were urged to return to
classes.
AT HASTINGS College,
students Wednesday held a
memorial service for the
students killed at Kent State,
then spent two hours writing
letters to elected officials, pro
testing the action of the Na
tional Guard and the current
U.S. involvement in Cam
bodia. The Nebraska Wesleyan
University Student Senate
recently adopted a resolution
opposing escalation and ex
tension of the Indo-China
war.
Rea Miller, senate presi-
attended an initially small
seminar meeting in Andrews
HaH that quickly filled up and
spilled into the hall when
students found out about it.
Soshnik said he came to
listen and commented "we've
all learned a lot this week."
HE MADE no reply to
charges by Stephen Rozman,
assistant professor of political
Gcicnce, that an affidavit sign
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dent, said the resolution was
adopted only after 51 per cent
of the student body signed
petitions supporting the
stand.
Phil Gaffney, president of the
14-member Nebraska Student
Government Association (NU is
not a member), however, has
contended that demonstrators
at the University of Nebraska
don't have the support of "the
thousands of other students at
other colleges and universities
in Nebraska."
AT LEAST 120 Pershing
College students at Beatrice,
however, seem to sympathize
with the University anti-war
movement. The students staged
an orderly two-mile march
Tuesday noon to the Gage
County draft board office.
Many students carried signs
protesting Vietnam and the
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ed by Vice Chancellor G.
Robert Ross contained lies
about the people occupying the
ROTC building. The affidavit
listing Rozman, six students
and 200 "unnamed persons" as
defendents was filed by the
University to obtain an injunc
tion to remove the
demonstrators.
Magrath com mcnted
privately Uiat the contention
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Pbotoa by Howard Rotanbarg
Purpose of rally
is 'educational'
by BILL SMITHERMAN
Nobraskan Staff Writer
Representatives of the University Strike
Coordinating Committee said Thursday there was
danger of more violent student action if the current
student strike does not produce positive results.
Danny Allen, a committee member, said the
strike was aimed at influencing congress. He
described President Richard M. Nixon as a "cunn
ing, shrewd and ruthless politician."
He explained that members of congress have
closer ties with the people than the president and
are more easily influenced. Congress can work
to end the war by cutting war funds, he said.
The press conference was called to explain
the purpose of the Saturday Nebraska peace rally.
Jack Stout, another committee member, said the
purpose of the rally is completely educational.
"This is not planned as a demonstration, but
as a learning experience," Stout said. "The only
demonstration may be that people are concerned
about what is going on and want to learn."
He added that the governor's office has ex
pressed support for the Saturday rally.
Allen said about 75 percent of the students
are still attending classes. However, this is not
really an
he added.
"The student's
Cambodia is fairly
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a significant amount
More than 1,200 students have been involved
in canvassing the community, Allen said. Attendance
at special strike classes has also been increasing,
he added.
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Rally plans complete
Plans for a rally to be held Saturday at 1 p.m. on
the field northeast of the Women's Physical Education
Building are nearly complete, according to coordinator Jack
Stout, an official for Nebraskans for Peace.
Speakers will include Dr. James Kavanaugh, former
Roman Catholic priest who spoke in Lincoln in February;
Fred Stoner, editor of the U.S. Farm News, John Swomley
of Kansas City, and Esquire magazine Vietnam cor
respondent, John Sack.
Stout also said that Winnebago Indians from Nebraska
will be coming to the event to protest recent government
interference with Indian lands.
Plans are being made to accommodate what Stout says
ceuld be a crowd of 15,000 or more.
contained in the affidavit that
the protestors had threatened
ROTC students was a subjec
tive judgement and debating it
would serve no purpose.
Students must be careful
about the way they protest,
Soshnik warned, "because
students could turn off the rest
of the state. You can't convince
them (Nebraskans) if they
won't listen."
ALAN SIPORIN, strike
committee member, said "a
strike is when you stay out un
til demands are met, so the
strike should continue past
Friday,
Weekend strike schedule
SATURDAY, MAY 9
1:00 Nebraska for Teace rally, Women's PE field.
8:00 Concert, free admission, donations appreci
ated. SUNDAY, MAY 10
3:00 Town Meeting, Coliseum, to decide on fut
ture of the strike. Student ID's are needed for
admission.
accurate assessment of student feeling,
feeling about the move into
evenly split," he said. "There
of feeling both wavs."
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S i p o r i n was referring to
demands listed by the National
Student Association that the
strike continue until, 1) all U.S.
troops are removed from
Indochina, 2) immediate
termination of university in
vestments in Industries con
tributing to the war, 3) op-
frcssion of political dissidents
ike the Black Panthers
stops.
The more radical NU
students are cooling their zeal
for more "intense forms of
protest until they see what
progress comes of peaceful
ASUN activities, Siporin said.
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