PENTAGON SIEGE By Wayne C. Blodgett U1NDER. October 21, Washington, D. C. - The wind is cool off the Potomac but the sun is hot. The speeches we heard as we sat, fifty thousand strong, round the reflecting pool between the Monument and the Memorial are over. Now the people walk across the Arlington Bridge in expectant silence. Half a mile up the boulevard you can see the be- ginning of our line. The end of it has not yet uncoiled it- self and reached the street. In the autumn sunshine of Washington, D. C., the multitudes walk over the river without a sound. We are marching straight ahead to the low gray shape that had been visible to our left from the bridge. Five people ahead of us are softly chanting Hari Krishna. We picked up two pebbles and clicked out the rhythm. We move forward. About one hundred strange looking people break the stillness as they run past us, Viet Cong flags waving. They are swallowed in the crowd. Closer now, we're on the vast grid of the parking lot. Allen Ginsberg and followers make sorrowful wailing noises into their microphones. "Bring out the dead" they Continued on Page 5 Demonstrators crather belote hZ. -i- irt of their long, hard march. See centerfold for pictures and story on Washington TESMMAmarch. VOL. 1 1 NO. 6STUDENT PUBLICATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOKSOCTOBER 25 ;, 1967 VOL. II NO. 6 OCTOBER 21~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ R'oaroar OUv 'The he Gresaxreasep)aun S. Brookers Mass in Support . x Of Arrested Brc)oklyn Students Remaais on the Van Der Graa By Mitchel Cohen Neil Frumkin then read the student referendum which will By Stacey Roberts On Friday October 20, students appear in voting booths on Thurs- at Stony Brook rallied at the Li- day, October 26. To a chorus of Apart from all the personal brary in a demonstration sup- resounding no's, he asked if mil- memories we will "treasure," porting the principles of the for- itary contracts should be award- Stony Brook has a more visible ty students arrested at Brooklyn ed on campus. reminder of the panty raid of College on Thursday. Newsmen October 9. In the excitement of from the Suffolk Sun, The Long A hat was passed to collect the night, two phantoms scrawled Island Press and Newsday were money for any lawyer fees or a cartoon and the phrase "Pro- on hand to hear Howie Weiner any other monetary problems ton Pusher" on the side of the condemn the action of the police that the students at Brooklyn Van De Graff Accelerator Build- and administration at Brooklyn, might have. Forty dollars was ing. and relate it to Stony Brook. One gathered and was sent to the Student Council at Brooklyn. When the members of the Nu- student spoke to the constantly changing group of approximately clear Structure Laboratory were An open mike followed, with 100 people about possible demon- questioned about the incident, many of the students taking ad- strations against various groups their reactions were very similar. vantage of the opportunity afford- associated with the Vietnam war Dr. David Fossan was quick to ed to give their views to Dean effort (C.I.A., Boeing. etc.) which reply that it was an immature Bybee whom they viewed as rep- will be on this campus starting act and, because it did damage, resenting the Dean of Students November 2 and continuing for could not even be funny. He did office, the University Commu- two weeks. not interpret the graffitti as a nity, the faculty and the newspa- student comment on the presence pers. cf the accelerator or the condi- First ill thil spotlsit.ntC*,i- < -nipus renewal project. Donald Bybee, Acting Associate tions at Stony Brook, but rather Dean of Students, was surround- Norman Bauman discussed the as a poor prank. based tempera paint *hich ion among the students is that, ed as he was persuaded to ap- methods that could possibly be should not be too difficult to get although it is wrong, the graf- pear at the mike and speak for employed by demonstrators at Dr. Linwood Lee, head of tne off. Technically, Stony Brook fitti is funny. Among the Admin- the Dean of Students Office. Stony Brook, and asked for, but Nuclear Structure Laboratory does not own the building until istration who could be contacted, When confronted with the ques- did not receive, some commit- and the Accelerator, also felt it has been approved by the only Dean Bybee could see the tion about the actions the Admin- ment from Dean Bvbee that lo that the writing was in bad taste. State University Construction possible humor in the situation. istration might take against any cal police would not be brought He said, "I take no personal of- Fund and the construction com- He said that anyone who has demonstrators (keeping constant- in if the demonstrations were fense, but I would feel the same of the po- pany has left. Also, according to been around colleges for a while ly in mind the actions peaceful. way if the Chemistry Building lice in Brooklyn College), he said the contract, the contractor is re- should expect this sort of thing. - or Gym were painted." To Dr. he does not think that the sponsible for the protection of His personal opinion is, "It's a that defacing one's own campus brought in Lee. the building against vandals in shame that somebody's good local police wouid be is like tearing up the grass in if the demonstrations would be the same way that they protect clean fun has to be harmful to I N D E X one's own backyard. He indicat- peacefully and lawfully conduct- their equipment from damage. others." Page ed that whoever did the damage They are the ones who will have ed. When asked what he regard- would not, in his opinion, be stop- .. .... S....... x::........>.. ..*.: ....... 12-13 to decide whether security police | ed as peaceful and lawful, he de- Candidates ped by a fence. President Toll's will be stationed at the Acceler- I.*. Student Press | clared that the administration March on Obviously, something must be ator or whether some sort of pro- II Conference . would have to be the one to de- Washington ...... 10-11 done about the damage before tecting fence will be put around .x Monday and he hur- . cide that question, W. U. S. B ........... 4 the paint permanently stains the it. October 30 - 4:00 p.m. riedly handed the mike back to concrete. The writing is believed Lounge Roth Cafeteria the students. to have been done in a water- The general consensus of opin- .:..:....:.:..: .:..:..... 1967 PAGE 2 THE! STATESMAN OCTOBER 25, . - - .- . I .- -. - . -- r ; i - do 7--- -POLITY _ C. Dun Leavay to Read Price of a Wash House of Pierrot9 Here Is Pushed Back EYE ON THE E. C. maw of Pb-*4 a lyrical fan- "In recent years one problem Yom W8e ave bee an- By 11ne Zatal tasy by Chares A. Dun Leavay, facing the State University of swerd. has in- will be gives a presentaAiWl New Yor at. Slony Brook has vestigatd N-d hb discovered rea -Ainga vited adec a been the lack ofcom iatn that wi a ,onth,tbw coo Does an Executive Committee member really repro- Irvfg Laom Colege. Stab: doing * w-a will xerts w sent--himself, his class or- evary student? I think the Univerity of.New York, Sto twnycents. latter. And is the "era of lights and mud- politics" over, Brobo on Suia, Oet thrSat at Stony Brook? I think that it had better be. t* Caw i a s a resut 6:30 P.ML of a i r that oc- When Bill Gold extended an invitation to his assem- N Iwil be wk. Dw 160f Irving L~ikgiotur College wow d cutred wh te cotraict for the blyman to visit this campus he did so without benefit of the E.C. Thus one member, vay wk. has beo at, IL grMatyf appreciae you"r utat consultation with the rest of HoRwood awar wmr at th Owr program" tiaod . actigto M. sGulb,- acting on his own, has succeeded in-ding the actions Unimwsit, of M SW We. ame''te all ""M' be Betbro of President Tell, the- E. .i and the entire studentI body. pla^, has hed a _ *~ee Mr. Du Leavayts wtro s *W rused PI hFs ' he Though individual miitiative is a admirable quality FowK icatogrB fo h»ca the c«to twewt-iv c9eF should be at the mercy stiestow prfomn- Din _erica, ot th~ee univer-_beneit I don't think that President Toll mataem aud, box MOw %ad. ten owte for of each and every student's political connections. If Mr. and dctmred pWP Wpp Gold's assemblyman wants to visit here with the Pres- ly. Tt Uniest wud «Q cc ident - fine. The visit should be arranged at the eon- tt adhstwd th con a u r -a-udi-ence. The play', venience of Mr. Podell and Dr. Toll. If he really wants trto «ob gte 'tsdw and hear the featured with Alfred DIre i Mr. Dun uay tg soca ben to the old rates. to visit with Mr. Gold and see the campus Grasshopper at de students - well, if that's true, then let Mr. Podell and Song of the un,"Heoreat perforaimg Ston in Broothe Univer-we' re ANTA Playhouse, New York City sities of America, for the benefit So students - grab your favor- the students get together.