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The B-G News Serving a Growing University Since 1920 Tuesday, May 21, 1968 Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 52, No. 109 OU's Quiet; Talks Begin By JIM MARINO Editorial Editor Riots Sunday night at Ohio University campus—Athens, resulted in Injury to nine students, one seriously, and thousandsof dollars damage. A B-G News telephone interview yesterday with an editor of the OU Post, the student newspaper, discussed what happened. "The crowd was estimated at about 2,000 of our 15,500 overall student body," said Carol Towarnlcky, campus editor. "They began throwing rocks, tearing down drainage pipes, and brawling." One coed, Pami'la Smith of Rocky River was struck in the eye with a flying object and is presently in danger of losing the eye, Miss Towarnlcky explained. "No one is really sure what started It," she added. "There has been quite a feeling of tension on campus for months because we've been threatened with a non-academic employees strike which would have closed down the university." The strike, which never came off, added to the pent-up em. tiois of students there anticipating an early vacation—without finals. Students had been informed from President Vernon R. Alden's office that the university would shut down this Friday If the strike did occur. Finals would have been eliminated with students given the op- tion of accepting all finals on a pass/fall basis, or the grade which they held prior to a final. The home of President Alden was pelted with bricks Sunday, and State Highway Patrol officers were summoned to restore order. "None of the rioting was planned by the student government here," Miss Towarnlcky continued. "In fact, Sunday it was forty-five degrees CHARLES MAURER BARN (Photo by J.ff D.WolO here and raining. All the taverns were closed, so it wasn't a big drunken brawl, like people have said." Classes are still meeting at OU as the leaders of the student govern- ment have been meeting at length with President Alden, and admini- strative Vice President of OU, James J. Whalen. "Students here are saying that they feel 'used' by the administration, and that's a bargaining point at the meetings," she said. $6,000 Fire Levels Barns Tension at the state university Is still running high in light of threats of continued spontaneous rioting. Most seriously damaged of un'verslty building there Sunday were: A fire destroyed three barns at the Charles Maurer and luml>er. President Alden's home, Cutler Hall, Wilson Hall, and a campus farm last Thursday evening. The farm Is located Firemen are still Investigating the cause of the bookstore. on the west side of U.S. 25, between the Nlms fire. Many of the students at OU were reportedly "appalled" at the and Slmonds Roads. outbreak of violence. According to statements from the OU Student Body President, the A pissing motorist discovered the fire and called riots were a culmination of many pressures students there have incurred. "We aren't Just bothered by Isolated incidents," the Post the Bowling Green Fire Department at approximately | Picture Page Debut Page 10 p.m. The Washington Township and Dunbrldge editor quoted him as saying. units were also called In. | Catch New News Staff Page Nick Licate, Student Body president here, rapped OU for the stu- | Stickers Top OSU Page dent's handling of their grievances. Damage to buildings and contents was estimated I Council's "Impressive Start" Page "Unfortunately, the last resort is usually the most violent, simply at $6,000 Including an undetermined amount of straw because it is the last resort. I don't know all thre is to know about the situation at OU, but I certainly don't condone the measures It has taken when whatever problems they have aren't more clearly defined," he said yesterday. "I cannot foresee anything like that happening here. Yet I have noted a growing feeling of dissatisfaction among students here for months Split Supreme Court Decision; and can't predict how this will be manifested ultimately. Licate said OU appeared superficial in Its rationale for lawless- ness, and added violence of that nature could be avoided If the uni- versity administration wouldn't treat students as "Juvenile parteners" Jury Trials Binding On States In the educational process. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Su- jail and $150 fine. held It Is not binding on the states. High Court To Hear preme Court yesterday made the The Boothvllle tugboat skipper Thus it has been a requirement federal constitutional right to a was accused of slapping a white only in federal cases. 9 jury trial In criminal cases bind- boy on the elbow. He could have ing on the states. been sent to jail for two years Thirty-eight states guarantee a 'Protestors Case . The historic 7-2 decision, given right to trial by jury equal or and fined $330. greater than the right secured In WASHINGTON (AP) — The Su- tre, Mass., Oesterelch was one of by Justice Byron R. White, said: preme Court agreed yesterday to 357 war protesters who turned In "Because we believe that trial Tne 6th Amendment to the U.S. federal courts under the 6th Constitution guarantees trial by Amendment. In the 12 others, decide If a draft board can punish draft cards at the Justice De- by jury In criminal cases Is fun- Vietnam war protesters by speed- partment Oct. 20, 1967. damental to the American system Jury "in all criminal prosecu- less than federal standards are ob- tions." Howaver. In 1900 the court served. ing their induction. of justice, we hold that the 14 th The Issue was brought to the Amendment guarantees a right of Supreme Court by James J. Rocky,Reagan jury trial in all criminal cases Oesterelch, a divinity student who whlch-were they to be tried in a President's Review lost his draft exemption after tur- Meet; Deny ♦federal court-would come within ning in his draft card, an 1 was the 6th Amendment's guarantee." classified i-A, and scheduled for Speaking to a crowded court- Induction. Ideology Gulf M»m, White declare: "We Insist that the right to demand Jury trials Scheduled Today The American Civil Liberties NEW OR.EANS (AP) ~ Govs. in serious cases, whether exer- By JOHN GRAFF Union, InbrlngingOestereich'sap- Nelson A. RockefeUer of New York cised or not, Is one that the states Issue Editor peal to the court, said speeding and Ronald Reagan of California should respect." The President's Review of the combined Army and Air Force Train- the induction of war protesters talked together In a New Orleans Justices John M. Harlan and Pot- ing Corps (ROTC) will be held today at 4 on the lawn west of University violates the constitutionally pro- hotel yesterday before heading off her Stewart dissented. Harlan com- tected right to dissent. on separate paths to campaign In Hall. the deep South. plained that the 14th Amendment is Dr. William T. Jerome HI will Inspect the ROTC groups and present The Director of Selective Ser- "being made the vehicle for put- awards to outstanding cadets In both programs. There will be approxi- The New York governor said vice, Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hersney, later there is no " Ideology gulf' ting the heavy hand of this court mately 600 cadets participating In the review. recomnended to local draft boards on all sorts of practices which "The cadets provide their own plan for the review. All preparations between them but added the pos- last October that induction of war sibility of a joint ticket was not hitherto it had been thought proper and the schedule of the events are drawn up by them. This Is part of protesters be speeded up. our leadership development program," saidLt.Col. LouisT. Lawrence. discussed. for the states to have, and to Solicitor General ErwlnN. Grls- Rockefeller said he spoke with have varied." "The purpose of the review Is to give the president a chance to see wold had told the court that re- the troops In action at least once a year," said Lt. Col. Lawrence. Reagan about "the mutual prob- y The ruling was given In a Loui- classiflcatlon for not carrying a lems of two big states," adding siana case. The Louisiana Con- "It also promotes esprit de corps, pride In the service, teamwork draft card Is authorized by Sel- stitution grants jury trials only In with the college community and it allows us to demonstrate our that national politics "could have ective Service law. been touched upon" in the dis- cases in w'lich capital punishment abilities." However, Grlswold said minis- or Imprisonment at hard labor may Many anti-war demonstrators have said they will have a silent cussion. terial students are entitled to ex- But Rockefeller, who commen- be Imposed. protest of the Vietnam War during the review. The protestors are emption under the law and he ques- The Supreme Court acted on an to carry signs and placards.