Northern Illinois University - Norther Yearbook (DeKalb, IL)

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Mnnv of the stuJcnt wore Stars of David during the Rockwell speeche Rockwell was calmer diirinc an interview preceding his speech. Television was one of the mass media covering Rockwell ' s speecher-.

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nSTetzi CorrLm.£trLd.ex- speaks Ixere Rockwell denounced lews in his two speeches. Hundreds of students heard George Lincoln Rockwell, Commander of the American Nazi Party, denounce Negroes and Jews in two speeches in the Altgeld Hall Auditorium. In his December 20 appearance, Rockwell suggested that Negroes he denied civil rights. He said that Negroes should be encouraged t o estab- lish a separate colony in Africa. In his speeches, he accused Jews of being behind the Communist movement. He charged Communist Jews with using economic terrorism to destroy the American capitalistic system. For the most part, Rockwell ' s comments were booed by the audience. He did, however, receive applause for such statements as As long as we ' re in Viet Nam, we oughta fight. So let ' s stay there and kick the daylights out of ' em. Dr. P. Allan Dionisopoulos of Northern ' s Polit- ical Science Department challenged Rockwell to a debate at a later date. Northern students reacted in n number of ways to Rockwell ' s speeches. 22

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Holmes wgLxits sepa,x-£t te board. News events of the 1965-66 school year in- cluded President Holmes coming out in support of a separate governing hoard for each of the state universities, the discussion and presentation of plans to the BGSCU for a corporation for the campus media, and a change in graduation re- quirements from 128 to 124 hours. In addition, students aired their gripes of the university at the first annual Bitch-in sponsored by the Student Association Board. The school year also saw the local chapter of the American Association of University Pro- fessors fail in an attempt to keep classroom build- ings out of the Montgomery Arboretum. Traffic — student and motor vehicle — was an- other big issue. For the first time, freshmen were not allowed to have automobiles on campus. Stop signs were installed to aid in preventing accidents. Alumni efforts to save the Arboretum were in vain. Students complained about a variety of issues at the first annual SAB-sponsored Bitch-In. - ' - ' ' t . ,