Montana Kaimin, May 12, 1972 Associated Students of the University of Montana
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Student protesters occupy ROTC offices in all-night vigil United States would mine harbors in North At about 2:40 p.m. the demonstration be At about 8:30 p.m. George Mitchell, Uni By Robert Gibson Vietnam. came so disorganized that the organizers versity vice-president, spoke to Dan MacIn Montana Kaimin Reporter One student said he was disappointed in called a meeting in the foyer between the tyre, senior in journalism and one of the More than 100 students stayed in the Men’s the size of the crowd. About 350 students AFROTC and Army ROTC offices. After 20 demonstrators. MacIntyre then called a Gym overnight. They asked the University protested at the Federal Building Wednes minutes of heated discussion, the protesters meeting of all of the protesters and said to lock them inside so no one else could day. decided to stay in the building all night. Mitchell had asked them to quit the petty come inside. The students first entered the Air Force Some of the demonstrators began to vandalism. Maplntyre said he had come to George Mitchell, University vice-presi ROTC offices and sat down. A few minutes leave. By 4 p.m. the group had dwindled to protest to state his view toward the war and dent, said the Faculty Senate would meet at later, they occupied the Army ROTC offices. about 25 protesters. that his view did not include petty van 7:15 this morning to decide upon action to At about 1:30 p.m. some of the students The crowd started to grow again at about dalism. The students agred to stop vandal be taken against the protestors. He said the started throwing blank ROTC application 4:15 p.m. when the protesters set up a P.A. izing and clean up the building. decision would be announced to the demon forms out of the window and setting them system and began playing music. MacIntyre said Mitchell had made no strators at 8 a.m. on fire, in spite of attempts by some ROTC At about 5:15 p.m., Robert Fedore, dean threat as to what would happen if the stu Most of the protestors slept in sleeping cadets to retrieve the forms from the lawn. of students, asked the protesters to leave dents did not stop the vandalism. He said bags on the floors of offices or in the hall Students then ransacked the desks in the the offices because it was time for the Mitchell would return at 9:30 p.m. to speak ways. About 15 students spent the night AFROTC offices taking everything from ROTC officers to go home. The students re to the students. making telephone calls to radio stations paper and paper clips to letter tape guns. fused and no action was taken. throughout the United States and Canada. One demonstrator said he had stolen a Ken Fiester, assistant dean of students, One of the protesters announced that These calls were all charged to the ROTC model airplane with retractable wings. said it would be up to the state attorney ASUM President Bob Sorenson was trying Department on a billing card a student The protesters also ripped pictures from general to order the protesters to leave. to arrange an open forum between the stu found in one of ttie desks. the walls and broke the glass and frames. However, he said he thought President Rob dents and Pantzer to be held at noon today One student found several military films Supporters of the women’s liberation move ert Pantzer would call most of the shots. in the Oval. and a projector and spent several hours ment wrote “free our sisters” on Angel A spree of petty vandalism occurred The students decided to blockade the showing movies. Flight pictures.; Angel Flight is a women’s when the ROTC officers went home. Book- building and not let anyone enter from 8 The demonstration was not disrupted ex drill and service group affiliated with AF ends and books disappeared as did maps a.m. until noon today and then leave en cept for one occasion when two ROTC ROTC. ' and office machines. The protesters broke masse to go to the forum. cadets who appeared to have been drinking Students sitting at the desks made several into the storeroom where they found a At 9:30 p.m. Mitchell returned and talked tore a sign reading “Liberated Students In telephone calls to the University of Califor mimeograph machine and paper. They used to the crowd. He said a possibility existed formation Center” from the front of the nia at Los Angeles, the University of South the mimeograph machine to run off flyers that the administration would close the building where the ROTC offices are ern California at Los Angeles, the Univer and news letters. building. He asked the demonstrators to housed. The sign had been placed there by sity of California at Berkeley and to Wash They found a film, “Know Your Enemy in occupy only the lower offices tonight and the protestors last night about 8:30. ington, D.C. Vietnam,” put out by the defense depart let anybody through who wanted to go up Papers were burned and routine ROTC One student, who talked to Congressman ment which they showed throughout the stairs to the gym. business was disrupted when a group of Richard Shoup at his office in Washington, evening. about 100 students occupied the Men’s Gym, D.C., told this reporter that Shoup said the Shortly before dark the students tore When Mitchell left, the demonstrators which houses the ROTC offices, yesterday President left the Senate out of his decision, down the ROTC sign on the front of the cleaned up the building and some of them at 1 p.m. but that was the President’s responsibility. building and replaced it with a sign read left. At 10 p.m. only 50 students remained The action was to protest the President’s Shoup said he was getting quite a bit of ing, “Liberated Students Information Cen in the building and an estimated 30 said announcement Monday night that the feedback from his constituency. ter.” they were going to stay for the night. MONTANA KAIMIN University of Montana Friday, May 12, 1972 Missoula, Montana 59801 Vol. 74, No. 89 Hooker and his blues band to present concert tonight John Lee Hooker, billed as “the His first single hit was “Boogie old man of blues,” will appear in Chillun,” released in 1948. concert with his Coast to Coast Hooker said the roots of music Blues Band today in the Uni are found in blties. PROTESTERS AND BYSTANDERS stand by the Men's Gym which houses the ROTC offices. In the fore versity Ballroom at 9 p.m. He said, “. Jazz, ballads, rock ground, smoke rises from a garbage can where several photographs and blank ROTC application forms were Hooker uses his own material and roll; everything comes from burned yesterday. (Montana Kaimin photo by Tom Levno) and rewritten traditional songs in blues.” concert. He has written songs for The concert is being sponsored rock groups such as the Rolling by Program Council and tickets STRIKE IN BOZEMAN TODAY Stones and the now-defunct Ani are on sale at the UC Ticket Of mals. fice and Missoula Mercantile Rec Hooker was brought up on a ord Shop. Nationwide demonstrations continue share cropper farm in Mississippi. By The Associated Press York headquarters to tourists and sues. It doesn’t let people retreat.” Boys chained, Demonstrations have been planned isolated the public from the his • More than 300 demonstrators Black Week events for today at Montana State Uni toric frigate Constitution in Bos were arrested at Westover Air versity. ton harbor. Force Base in Massachusetts. to begin tomorrow complaint filed Student Senate President Bill • Eighteen demonstrators were Among them were Amherst Presi Warden said yesterday a student arrested at New Brunswick, N.J., dent John Williams Ward, his wife, with 9 p.m. concert PROVO, Utah (AP) The Utah strike has been sanctioned. during a vain attempt to block lo and Cornelia Mendenhall, wife of Attempting to educate the white County attorney’s office has filed He said, “those students who do cal trains on the main line of the Smith College President Thomas community about the life-styles of a complaint against the Oak Hill not support President Nixon’s re Penn Central Railroad. But five Mendenhall. Nearly a score of Am the black people is the goal set for correctional school at nearby Ma- cent escalation of the war are Southern Pacific trains were re herst faculty members were also Black Week, which begins tomor pleton following discovery of a urged to stay away from classes." routed at Davis, Calif., after Uni taken into custody.