University of Iowa - Hawkeye Yearbook (Iowa City, IA)

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While battles raged, Iowa was quiet There was big trouble at Columbia Uni- versity, at University of Mexicot at San Francisco State and even at Cornell, but the University of Iowa remained much calmer than its 1967 self. This year there was to be no Dec. 5 demonstration at the Union against Dow Chemical. Instead, this yearis demonstrations cen- tered 0n the Code of Student Life. To some students, the revised Code was just an 18 by 24 piece of white paper thrust on them at registration. To others, it was a direct assault from the administration. The new Code, passed by the administra- tion during the summer, had seven sections that were the meat for student dissent. These sections stated that any student had to show his ID anytime a campus official requested it, provided strict discipline against unauthorized entry of a building and said that anything a student does, on or off campus, could be used as evidence against him. Dissenters Charged that the sections in- fringed upon studentsa rights. The Code was discussed at several HSP-spon- sored rallies 011 the steps of Old Capitol. Jerry Sies, Mike Lally, Charles Derden, Dan Chessman and Ken Wessels became the most vocal dissent- ers at the mid-day rallies which administrators said disrupted University process. Other campus dissent included 3 Nov. 1 protest of Marine re- cruiting on campus. Students played know and lit cigarettes with Marine literature at a sit-in at the Union.

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Talk about the Code gradually dwindled until SDS could muster 11y about 200 students to a I mher rall Even a pantomime characterization of President Bowen didn't boost attendance much. However. by this time Ken VVessels. Dan Chei man and Jerrv Sits had been charged with violating the Code and would be tried. Other students were caught up in a Student Power Symposium. Feb. 5-7. at the Union. SDS leader Tom Hayden was one of the featured speaker - his presence upset state legis- lators. and their remarks caused them to be ridiculed for the rest of the year. A favorite pastime became making up state legislator jokes SllCh as HOW can you tell when an Iowa legis- lator is going to a fancy dress ballW- He wears a cumberbund on his bib overalls? simmers;