Northern Illinois University - Norther Yearbook (DeKalb, IL)

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1 ' ■y • ' ' ' ' -r- - f THE S.D.S. IS THE BENT COIN IN THE VLNDING fiR i: • 1 1 MACHINE k OF FREEDOM i t St; xcien1:s ciet)a, te Protests and anti-protests marked the 1965-66 school year at Northern as United States involvement in Viet Nam increased. Biggest demonstration took place October 16 in Hunt- ley Park where more than 150 students gathered to con- demn or commend America ' s participation in the unde- clared war. Robin Moore, author of The Green Berets, spoke to a near capacity crowd in the University Center Ballroom. In his speech, Moore called for support of the admin- istration ' s Viet Nam policy. As the conflict increased, Northern ' s male students found themselves more concerned about the situation. Bad grades, they were told, would mean a draft notice from their local board. And in May of the year, 5,000 male students were to take national tests, used as an aid in determining a male student ' s draft status. Major student group protesting the United States ' participation was Students for a Democratic Society. Groups favoring the involvement included the Young Democrats and the Young Republicans. Pro-Viet Nam students outnumbered antiA ' iet Nam demonstrators in the October 16 protest. NNffHCANCEF TILL ' '

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1966: A. yesLio in ro v ie w Huntlev Park served a. n meetina place for the ' iet Nam demons 18

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ttWLl-hHlNL Men were not nlone in the nnti let-Nam demoiistratun One stuJcnt lender uave instructions before the march to Huntlev Park began. 20