Northern Illinois University - Norther Yearbook (DeKalb, IL)

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TOP: During The diswrbrinces, SA sencvors Qflvii pczrlimenmry proc ure: li new find highly definoblc lwisf. ABOVE: Toking To Tciblmops, ci Tow sencvors fi'TempT To rzloce Ther opinions TirsT and TOVSYTTDSTV ecl- Tuesddy nighT, There wcis d more violenT version OT The previous eve- ning. lO:3O - d siT-in by The Logoon, buT The police closed in quickly This Time. The mob wenT wild ond broke inTo guerilld wcirTore, Tirebombing, seTTing up sTreeT bcirricodes, desTroying win- dows ond properTy, ond seTTing Tire To Tour universiTy-owned vehicles. More injuries. More cirresTs. Wednesdoy evening come The oll- imporTcinT ROTC reTerendum. The vore wos 7,8l6 To keep ROTC QT NlU ond 5,l97 To disbond iT. STudenTs rodmed The Town dgdin, buT The Tire wos ouT oT Their ccimpoign. Findls were coming up, sTudenTs were going home. The violence subsided. The Tinol Toll sTood OT T42 orresTs, l2 injuries serious enough Tor TreoT- menT ond 5,511,000 properTy dcimoge. Who will poly Tor dll oT The desTruc- Tion? Who will mend The broken Ties beTween DeKalb ond NIU? Who will see ThciT such ci Tlore-up never occurs ogciin? Who will core ThoT iT hop- pened ldsT Moy in The middle of ci conservoTive cornfield?

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May 6. IT was an isolaTed example of peaceful proTesT. One Thousand sTudenTs mer in The Fieldhouse The nexT day To hear Smirh speak and argue poinTs on RCTC. On Monday, if was decided To hold an ROTC referendum on May l8. So began a series of debaTes on The value of The milifary on campus. YeT The mood of The UniversiTy re- mained calm - unTil The announce- menT of The slayings of Two black sTudenTs aT Jackson STaTe College in Mississippi. AlThough SmiTh quickly imposed anofher moratorium for May T8-l9, There was an unsuccessful fire- bombing aTTempT aT AlTgeld. STudenTs rejoiced Monday nighT as The University Council vofed To op- Tionalize final exams and reopen and expand The pass-fail opTion To any Two non-maior courses. The same evening, FaTher James Groppi, a civil righTs acTivisT from Milwaukee, spoke and led nearly l,5OO sTudenTs on a march which he lefT before iT reached The Free Speech Area. STudenTs again headed Toward The clownfown area yelling Peace now! A sound Truck followed The sTu- denTs while one of iTs occupanTs, a lib- eral professor, begged The marchers To realize The impending dangers and Turn back, He was ignored. The famed Lincoln Highway Bridge siT-in began aT midnight Police ar- riving in rioT gear only served To fur- Ther anTagonize The proTesTors, CiTy officials arrived, making unsuccessful aTTempTs To lead The sTudenTs back To campus, SmiTh saT down wiTh The crowd To discuss complainTs. Finally, The police moved in and The scene of earlier weeks was repeaT- ed -M raids, arresTs, injuries. 20 US. inTervenTion in Cambodia and The shoorings at Kent STaTe brought concerned sTudenTs inro The sTreeTs To voice Their disgust A mask may be This parricipanrs aTTempT To seporafe idenTiTy from acrions.

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