Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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Flames of sorrow or flames of anger For the first time since the memorials began three years ago, an opposing program was organized to offset the University sponsored services. Some people said our alternate program was exploiting the dead, but I believe that the university has exploited the deadf, Jerry Persky said. lt is foolish of the University to say they were just four students, Persky explained. The things that must be considered are: who were they, what were they, what were they doing out there and why were they involved--then you can decide whether they are exploited? To demonstrate solidarity in the demonstration, the ROTC building was burned in effigy to show ROTC as a violent institution still having no right to be on campus, a spokesman said. Many campus Liberals voiced disapproval of the effigy burning. Persky accounted for this, he said, there are two trends on campus concerning what people should do about May 4. Speaking for the left, a member of the Attica Brigade, accused liberals of believing that the American system can work--if it's made tof' He cited people working for a federal investigation, like Paul Keane and Greg Rambo, as politically naive . We know how federal grand juries are operated in this country, the Attica Brigade member continued. Grand juries are used by the government to suppress and repress all dissent, like the grand jury that indicted Ellsbergf' Agreeing that a grand jury might be helpful, a former leader in Students for a Democratic Society tSDS1, Richard Hess, pointed out however, How can you redress the government that shoots you? According to Tobe Fixler, the alternative program included an explanation of events leading up to May 4 and their connection with most other colonial and military repression. Watching the ROTC building burn in effigy, a freshman student said, I wonder what program the four dead Kent students would have wanted to attend. E I ll A j: I lg...