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By GUY MENDES
He tried to appear remote and unemotional when lie
spoke, but small things gave him away.
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gestures, the brief lapses of time
during which he stared vacantly into space while organizing his thoughts one could tell it pained Ccne
Mason to reflect upon the assassination of Robert
Kennedy.
Dr. Mason, an assistant professor of political science at the University, worked on Sen. Kennedy's
campaign staff in California for five weeks prior to
that state's primary.
He was with the senator only two days before he
was shot.
Northern California Field
for the Kennedy Youth Organization had been Dr. Mason's official
title, but his duties ranged from canvassing to organizing students to doing advance promotional work for
rallies.
He was also in charge of one of the eight San Francisco area Kennedy headquarters.
half-hearte-

Television sets were placed throughout the ballroom
that the workers might watch Kennedy give his
victory speech.
Dr. Mason remembered "sitting around congratulating ourselves . . . talking about New York (the next
primary) . . . say ing gocxl bye to people you wouldn't
see again."

Kennedy was in San Francisco the weekend before
his assassination for a nationally televised debate with
his opponent, Sen. Eugene McCarthy.
On the afternoon of the debate, Kennedy "wanted
to get out of his hotel room," Dr. Mason said, so
the UK professor and a few others helped "generate"
a rally at Fisherman's Wharf.
"Hcjust walked out of the hotel and started shaking
hands . . . and we had a rally," said Dr. Mason.
The next day he spoke with Kennedy for "about 15
minutes" concerning Oakland's Rlack Panthers, a group
of black militants who "had been knocking Kennedy
pretty hard," according to Dr. Mason.
They discussed how Kennedy could go into Oakland to campaign without incurring the wrath of the
Black Panthers.
But Sen. Kennedy never went into Oakland; he was
dead three days later.
Dr. Mason recalled that many of the Kennedy workers
in that area including Ted Kennedy were at a victory
party following Kennedy's victory in the primary.

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Soon after Kennedy's victory speech, the ieople
in the ballrcxim noticed that the xople in the Los
Angeles headquarters were screaming and hollering.
It was then they realized that the senator had been
shot.

"The reaction wasn't uniform," Dr. Mason said.
"Everyone was shocked at first, but it varied after
that.
"Some were withdrawn, some were crying . . . others
became angry, kicking over tables.
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Thursday, June 20, 1968

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Tower Work May Halt

Strike Slows Construction

By LINDA ROBERTS
recent iron workers strike
is slowing construction on the
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KUAC Members Named;
Opposition Continues
By BOB ZWICKER
Oprxisition continued to the
Activities
Kentucky
Committee (KUAC) as members
of the committee were sworn
into office last week.
An appeal was filed Tuesday
in U. S. 6th Circuit Court of
Appeals in Lexington by the
groups that tried unsuccessfully
last March to block the creation
of KUAC. A suit contesting the

those who would bring about
the destniction of our governmentwhether by acting consciously, or by failing to act,
or by succumbing to the forces
of anarchy."

Nunn urged committee members "to fully explore the acts
and the motives of those who
would take the law into their
own hands, and those who would
exploit social unrest for their
constitutionality of the commit- own political ends."
tee was dismissed then primarily
Nunn told newsmen that he
on the ground that the commit tee hoped the committee would inwas not yet fonned.
vestigate the recent disturbances
In making the KUAC appoint- in Louisville.
ments, Nunn gave his interpreThe Southern Conference Edtation of the word
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is among the groups opX)sing
"The term
as KUAC, claimed that the state
I understand
it, embraces all
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company, said if the strike does
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He said mechanical and electrical workers and brick masons
are working, but they will be
unable to continue work if the
strikers do not return to work
in the next week or two.
Mr. Christian also said that
work on the new building was
on schedule until the strike. The
strike will postpone the completion date if it does not end
soon because the other craftsmen are dependent on the iron
workers.
Robert Kerley, vice president
of business affairs and treasurer
of the University, said that the
possible delay will not affect
the University financially because a total agreement was
reached under contract.
As of today the iron workers'
demands for higher wages have
not been met.

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SDS members tried to raise a banner bearing a list of demands on the University
flagpole yesterday, but UK student Ceccl
Thombury (center) and campus police prevented them from doing so. Said SDS member Bill Murrell, "Our unalienable right to
fly our flag has been violated."

Flag
Day:

Students, Cops Stop
SDS's Flag Raising

Several members of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
who attempted to raise a flag bearing a list of demands on the
University flag pole yesterday were stopped by two students and
campus policeman when they tried to lower the American flag.
Bill Murrell was lowering the approached and stopped him.
flag so that he could attach the
One of the students, Cecil
SDS banner and had it about Thombury, told Murrell "I'm
half down when the twostudents probably for most of the stuff
that's on there (the SDS banner), but I can't let you do that
to the flag." He began raising
the flag to it's former position.
The demands on the flag were:
There are about 20 students and faculty members who have
that a black man be put on
volunteered their time to teach and tutor during three days of the Board of Trustees.
classes a week. One day a week the students will receive individgradinstitution of a ixss-fai- l
ual counselling.
ing system.
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ending of compulsory housing.
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that Dean of Students Jack
Hall be dismissed.
radio
that a free, student-ruJtr
station be provided.
abolition of women's hours.
and that ROTC be made
course.
into a
As Thombury was raising the
flag, two campus police cars arrived in front of the Administration Building. One officer told
Murrell that he had to obtain
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to raise a flag.
"This flagpole is meant lor
cver)lody's use," Murrell said.
"It's the students' flagpole . . .
the KA's used it."
(Kappa Alpha fraternity has
used the olc in the past, but
had permission to do so.)
Classes began Tuesday for 50 disadvantaged
"Our inalienable right to fly
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our flag has been violated,"
made possible by the University.
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Disadvantaged Eager For Tutoring

By DEBBIE TASSIE
Ciggling and dinner conversation broke off into curious silence
as groups of students walked into their new classroom. The English instructor discussed the first assignment she had written
on the lxard. For thirty minutes they chewed pencils and wrote.
Afterwards in the hall they talked of their qualms about taking
the class and writing their first assignment. Some moaned "It
was hard," while others shrugged it off with "It was nothing."
They were all eager to return for the second session.
It was the first night of classes for 50 disadvantaged high school
graduates who are taking part in a program aimed at preparing
students for college courses. Theodore Barry, President of the Black
Student Union, told those at the organizational meeting that it's
purpose is "to create a leginning," that the students "may Income
more motivated." He emphasized that the program, which includes classwoik, tutoring, and counselling, is designed around

the student.

Keller Dunn, the director of the program and Associate Dean
of Admissions, announced that books, bus fare, and dinners would
be piovided for those who wouldn't be able to participate in the
program without financial aid.
These services are provided for by $5,000 alloted for the
from the President's Contingency Fund. Money left over
will be added to the Martin Luther King Memorial Scholarship
Fund which was started by some university professors following
King's assassination. It will be used to give financial aid to those
in the program who plan to attend UK and are in need of aid.
The University is also making efforts to find jobs for students
who want to attend UK in the fall if their family income is below
a certain level.
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Centennial Provides
American Classic

By D. C. MOORE
In the theatre, one of the best ways to prove that a classic is
a classic is how often the play is performed before an audience and
what the audience reaction is.
Of course there are some who ordinary and try to prove that
pay lip service to a play and call life is not at all dull. This is
a play classic because the play what helped make the comedy
was written by Shakespeare or a classic even if it is a period
Moliere. Few will argue the point. piece. The comedy won the PulitHut is Moliere done that often?
zer Prize for the 1936-3- 7 season.
Most classic plays have deDoing this play requires exact
generated to a form that is exprofessionalism and the Centenciting literature, nothing else. If nial Theatre meets that requirethe play is preformed at all the ment, both in the acting and
technical areas this season.
play is done for cultural education, not because the play really
Starring in this play will be
Max Howard, Margret Kelly,
reepjires an audience.
In the American theatre there David Semonin, Margret Christoare few classics, either tragedy
pher and William Hays.
or comedy, that stand out. Some
"You Can't Take it With You"
that do are the comedies of Moss might prove that a play need
Hart and George S. Kaufman. not just be readable literature,
The classics written by these but living theatre dedicated not
two have timeless humor, that is to cultural education but to entertainment.
sharp, witty, and pure American.
The Centennial Theatre will
Later on in the summer season
The Centennial Theatre will offer
present Hart and Kaufman's classic comedy "You Can't Take it two more classics, "The CruciWith You" for their first producble" by Authur Miller and "King
Leer" by William Shakespear.
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In the classic tradition, this
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By JOHN POLK
Blood, Sweat and Tears, "The Child Is Father To The Man,"
Columbia Records; The Electric Flag, "A Long Time Comin',"
Columbia Records.
Two of the most exciting and promising personalities in rock
music Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield have recently headlined
new albums.
Kx)per started his career with ventures of Plato, Diogenes and
the Royal Teens (remember Freud." For further enlighten"Short Shorts"?) but became ment, listen to the album conas the pianist, orgacentrating on what the bass playnist, and occasional vocalist with er is doing. He may be trying to
the Blues Project. He also played tell us something.
organ on several of Bob Dylan's
albums.
Bloomfield formed The ElecBloomfield was, for several
tric Flag and apparently must
years, lead guitarist for the Paul take the blame for a mediocre
Butterfield Blues Band.
albiun. He is probably the best
lead guitar in rock music (best
and Bloomfield both
Kooper
exemplified by the title cut from
formed new bands at the beginalPaul Butterfield's East-Wening of this year and each rebum), but aside from Bloomfield's
leased an album last spring. The
instrumentation on each album guitar work, this album is rather
bland.
is similar and somewhat unique,
white rock bands at least,
among
"Texas" is good traditional
in that each contains a brass
blues but I'd much rather hear
section playing a prominent role
Muddy Waters or B. B. King.
in most of the songs.
The song dedicated toOtis ReddBlood, Sweat and Tears was
ing and Steve Cropper is a fair
formed by Kooper and its first
imitation but, again, I would
rather hear Redding and Cropper.
album (which is reportedly its
Aside from a lack of originality
last) is a memorable one. Kooper
and lack of a distinctive style,
sings lead on most of the songs
the main faults of this album
and has a versatile voice which
are its weak vocals and uninterranges from a gutsy blue (e.g.,
"I Love You More Than You'll esting and unimaginative use of
Ever Know) to a mellow pink the brass.
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go through a dress rehearsal in preparation for tonight's
opening production of the summer Centennial Theatre.

Dress Rehearsal

Book Review

The Warm is Gentle
By D. C. MOORE

images of warmth, Rod McKuen

of the softest collection of poems
Very little above a
whisper or a ripple comes forth,
yet there is power and magnitude present in the poems and
lyrics penned by Rod McKuen.
The collection begins with a
prologue "A Cat Named S loopy."
The poem is sad in a way, because S loopy wanders off and
the owner can't find her, but
Rod McKuen adds tenderness
that strikes away despair.
The prologue is a good introduction to the rest of the
collection and to Rod McKuen's
art. It demonstrates his use of
language and the subtle mind
from which his work comes.
After the prologue is the collection of poems "Listen to The

Warm."
In this segment of poems there
is a created atmosphere of fresh
air, sun shinning overhead, and

sea breezes blowing complimented by a soring imagination.
Here the author sketches a clear
picture of beauty, love, and association with the nature around
him without any of the restrictions imposed upon him by a
society he didn't make.
"Listen To The Warm" forms
a search for a particular type
of freedom underlined by images
of the sun, yellow flowers and
golden com.

In direct contrast

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but disappears to fast to learn.
In other poems from this segment, the author probes the artificial society and points out
with sharp humor some of the

"Listen To The Warm" By adds feelings of the white, coldRod McKucn; Kingsport Press ness of winter from which the
Inc., $3.95.
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"Listen To The Warm" is one To The Warm" seems to be flee-

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faults he thinks exist.
The rest of the book contains
some of the authors lyrics to the
songs he has written.
In the whole collection Rod
McKuen proves his talent and
ability to communicate with simplicity and clarity.

ing.
Also

there is the pronoun
"you" which is used by Rod
McKuen in the relationship to
another person that heightens

that character's relationship to

the world around him.
The poetic segment "Listen
To The Warm" is a rationale
by the character trying to bring
into focus the world around him.
As he explores, the world
grows sharper and more real with
each poem read. The reader following this character in the final
poem actually listens to the
warm.
The next segment of the book-i-

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"The Grand Opening
Sale."
In this segment of titled poems
tere are pinpointed statements
made that exhibit the concrete

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shock achieved by McKuen. An
example is "Here He Comes
Again." In this poem Rod McKuen seeks the man who ask why

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The Brass section on this album, as o posed to that on the
Electric Flag's album, is given
a chance to do something on its
own, rather than just fill in the
background. And, although rather
simple, the things it does are
nice.
Steve Katz, who was with
Kooper in the Blues Project, does
short, conc ise guitar solos which
quickly nuke their point and
don't Ixlabor it, a refreshing
twist for rock music which currently seems obsessed with the

guitar.
For an above average, image-ladehymn to alienation, listen
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Dr. Mason said his immediate reaction was fairly typical,
that of shock and disgust for a
country where violence is so
prominent.
Politically, Dr. Mason believes Kennedy's assassination
will mean a "continuation of misguided policies." He said he
looked to Kennedy "as the last
hope in changing elements of our
foreign and domestic policy."
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really had a lot of confidence
in him," said Dr. Mason.

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Gene Mason, UK assistant professor of political science, campaigned for Sen. Robert
Kennedy in California and was with the late
senator only two days before he was shot
in Los Angclos.

With

Kennedy

"I looked to him as someone
with the qualities that could
provide a lot more than just the
policies he exposed. He replaced
dispair with hope for the poor
and disadvantaged."

Action Against KUAC Appealed

Continued from Page One
government "intends to try to
bolster the Louisville city govern- ment's effort to set up scape- -

the uprising." of the committee's activities will
The groups said that from be black militants and their white
the Governor's statements "it is supporters."
clear that the immediate targets
The opponents of KUAC specified that they will fight the
committee by legal means if it
tries to inject itself into the re!
cent uprisings in Louisville.
Groups opposing the commitBRING BAIL!
tee, besides SCEF, are the UK
chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, Lexington chapter of the Congress of Racial
Equality, Southern Student Organizing Committee, Black Unity
League of Kentucky, West End
Community Council, and the
Louisville Peace Council.
The 10 members appointed
to KUAC are:
V.
State Sens. Lawrence
Carl T.
Wetherby,
Hadden Sr.,
Clifford
B. Latta,
Scott
Miller Jr.,
and Charles B. Upton,
State Reps. Fred H. Morgan,
Lloyd Clapp,
George T. Massey Jr.,
Green; Harold
and Theron
Kessinger,
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of nervousness and determination. They are a bit wary of the
program but are anxious to get
a head start on college. They
hope the tutorial program will
make the classes of their freshman year easier and enable them
to see what college life is like.

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was exactly what I needed. It
came up in the nick of time."
Simpson, who attended Dunbar
High School, plans to try out
for UK's freshman football team.
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As for campaigning for other

After working 18 hours a day
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Flag Raising Try Starts
SDS's 'Surprise Summer9
Continued from rage One
gued Murrell. He contended to
the campus policemen that since
there was nothing in the student
code specifying the use of the
flagpole, it wasn't illegal for students to use it, as long as they
didn't harm the American flag.
But the officers maintained,
"Let's don't bother the flag . . .
put your demands up somewhere

else."

A sizable noontime
crowd,
gathered to watch.
The posting of their demands
in such a manner was the kick-of- f
of what local SDS members are
calling "Surprise Summer."

No plans were announced by
SDS to back up their seven demands. Murrell had said earlier
that the content of the demands
was not important, just the fact
that they are demands.

"We could have just put demand, demand, demand
he said. The basic idea of the
plan was to "test the response
of the administration," he added.

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"It was a fun thing
farce," Murrell said. "Some

"We feel that those demands
are not irrational and that the
University is aware of them
our serious question is the contest in which the University deals
with its problems."
said

the

The local SDS chapter, which
has a summer membership of
between five and ten members,
held a recruiting drive during
the first week of school.
According to the group's only
officer, Jeff Deluca-treasu- rer,
it
wasn't intended to be a recruitment driv e, but a financial drive,
with literature being sold.
But several people approached

their booth in the Student Center expressing interest in joining
the organization.

Deluca and another member,
Doug Morrison, theorized that
the newly found interest stems
mostly from the leading role SDS
played in the recent Columbia
demonstrations, and the large
amount of publicity on SDS in
the legitimate press.
The only trouble they encountered last week was from a man
who identified himself as an
who asked where Ho Chi
Minh's picture was and also
asked each SDS member present
if they were American citizens.

peoradi-

ple may think we're wjld
cals, but the demands had an
underlying meaning.

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the University to become more
involved in the problems of the
day."
SDS has a few other things
planned in the near future such
as distributing leaflets or "declarations of war" to members
of the administration informing
them that "the revolution has
begun," said Murrell.

"It came as a surprise to us,"
said Deluca. In the past, SDS
booths in the Student Center
have been met mostly by antagonism from UK students.

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Phyllis Christian thinks the
racial problem at UK is "a challengewhether I make it through
coiiegeor not." She believes that
the high school background she
received at Bryan Station did
not prepare her for college.
Janita Quillings expects "a
lot" from the program. "I don't
know a thing about college life
the subjects and the whole atmosphere."
"I needed to improve in
said
and English."
French
Ceorge Wright, who attended
Kentucky State for half a semester and plans to go back. "I
think it's a very g(xd program."
Tutoring is open to and aimed
at students of all races. However the program has predominately black participants. One
of the two white students is
the program's oldest member,
Charles Beall, who is
planning to attend Lexington
Technical Institute in the fall
alter being out of school for
20 years. He hopes to gain knowledge that will make the transition bac k to sc hool easie r for him.

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'The Tactics Were Deplorable But Necessary'
"I thought the tactics wcie
deplorable that they shouldn't
have amnesty," said Miss Surawicz. "But I only had a superficial understanding of the sitit was a fault of my
uation
own ignorance."

By GUY MENDES

"The tactics used by the SDS
were deplorable, but the nature
of Columbia University and its
administration was such that
those tactics were the only things
that would be effective."
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After the black SAS members
ousted white demonstrators from
Hamilton Hall sothat they would
have a segregated demonstration,
a group of the white protestors
broke into Low Library and into
President Kirk's office another
tactic which Miss Surawicz called

drawn by Chris Surawicz, a senior
cotxl of Barnard College, a division of Columbia, following the
recent large-scal- e
demonstrations
at that university.
Miss Surawicz, who makes
her home in Lexington and is
attending summer classes at UK,
observed the disturbances first
hand and spoke with many of
the demonstrators as well as
many of the students who did
not participate in the demonstrations.
"I admit it was a deplorable
act," she said of the members
of the Students for a Democratic
Society (SDS) taking over several
of the cam pas buildings including the office of Columbia president Crayson Kirk, "but I later
realized that it was necessary
because protest through the normal democratic channels was ignored.
"Kirk ignored petitions, other
forms of student expression and
expressions of the neighboring
Harlem community," Miss Surawicz said.
When members of SDS and
Sothe Student
ciety took over Hamilton Hall
on the first day of the protest,

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She said in front of Faycr-weathHall cops told the large
crowd to move back and then
immediately began chasing both
men and women "clubbing them
as they went."
"There was a lot of brutality.
"deplorable."
The cops are human, but I think
Then after students took four
were wrong."
other campus buildings, Kirk they
called in the New York police
The students in Fayeweather
and Columbia was shut down. had
planned to resist peacefully
Miss Surawicz said there were by
linking arms and singing.
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more than
cops on the cam- "In some instances cops started
pus.
beating, kicking and shoving . . .
the
out
'Air Of Bewilderment9 feet students were dragged their
first and dumped on
"We walked around trying to backs," she said.
From a window in her dorm
figure out what was happening,"
she said. "There was an air of room she saw "students running
bewilderment in the students down the street, chased by horses.
other than those demonstrating. Some were trampled
I'd
"We discussed the issues a never seen anything like that, I
great deal amnesty, how and was shocked.
when would students be removed
"The police action shocked
from the buildings, would there many other people also," said
be police action and if so, when Miss Surawicz, "it made them
would the bust come?"
sympathetic to the demonstraMiss Surawicz said that a fear tors and pointed out the real
of police action was felt on cam- nature of the University."
pus. "There were so many cops
with nightsticks and helmets
you knew something was going to
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'Looked Like Fun
"That's all they knew then,"
she said. "They didn't know how
long it would last, but they
planned to stay until the University acted on their demands."
Miss Surawicz said, "It looked
like fun, I was tempted to get a

blanket and join them . . . but I
didn't agree with their demands."
The demands were, essential- ly:

tliat the University stop construction on a gym in Morning-sid- e

Park which borders Harlem
y that it sever ties with the
Institute for Defense Analysis
(IDA)
that Kirk revoke his ban on
student demonstrations inside
school biuklings
that several students placed
on probation for a sit-i- n against
Dow Chemical Co. Ik? pardoned
and that amnesty be given
to all who participated in the
then current demonstrations.

happen."
She said she became scared
"because there was going to be
bloodshed and I've never been in
a situation where there was violence . . . you could sense that
people would be hurt."
Miss Surawicz said at that
time she still was not in sympathy
with the strike because there had
been negotiations going on and
the SDS contingent kept holding
out for amnesty. She thought
they had "done something wrong
and were responsible for their
actions. I thought hey were holding out just to save their own

necks."

When the bust did come in
the early morning of Tuesday,
April 30, she listened to it on the
radio. The campus radio station
had reporters throughout the
campus and in the various buildings where demonstrators were
positioned.

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April 23, she spoke with several
SDS members who were milling
around outside the building and
they told her they were planning
to sleep-in- .

the neighboring Harlem community.
In the other buildings, tactical police forces which are
"trained like Green Berets"-we- re
used by the police, according to Miss Surawicz.

Kernel Photo by Schley Cox

Witnessed

Columbia Troubles

Chris Surawicz, a student at Barnard College of Columbia University and a native of Lexington,
the recent
observed first-han- d
demonstrations there. Speaking
for what she feels is the majority
of students there, Miss Surawicz
offers various opinions on the

disturbances.

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She said she "started to sympathize with the demonstrators"
and she "began to
the issues."
' The police bust also caused
her to believe that although deplorable, the tactics used by demonstrators were necessary to in
some way affect the intransigence
of the University, its unwillingness to change.
She said calling in the police
was Kirk's only alternative because "that's the way he is . . .
there was no chance of his

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gotiating with students.
"Kirk is very cold," said Miss
Surawicz, "he has no rapport
with people students or the

school's Harlem neighbors. His
coldness is a symbol of the ad-

ministration."

She said Columbia,

which is

the second largest land owner
in New York City behind the
Catholic Church, is a "slumTightrope With Blacks lord." The school, which owns
Hamilton Hall went "peace- much of its l