Students join off-campus groups in demanding Student Union rights BERKELEY—Students here, demonstrating with signs and pickets that call on students to “ strike” and “ can the B l ( S a u c b o cops,” are protesting a series of events that saw the Associated Students join forces with radical groups on Associated Students, University of California, Santa Barbara campus to oppose administrative action used to break up student demonstrations Wednesday. Yesterday’s demonstrations were the result of a chain Volume 47 - Number 42 Friday, December 2, 1966 action of events beginning with student demonstration against a table set uo for Navy recruitment Wednesday in front of the ASUC bookstore. 'BIKE RING' SEEN POSSIBLE The demonstrations led to administrative action which is this time and “ strongly endors­ now being opposed by student ed’’ support of the strike with forces. a 9-8 vote. I.V. cracks down o n bike thefts Wednesday a table was setup Yesterday students continued By GARY HANAUER by an off campus group, the to picket in the rain without a Staff Writer Berkeley Draft Information great deal of interference. Some classes were cancelled. The Representatives from num­ Committee, in answer to erous Isla Vista living groups the USN recruiters table. administration met last night have moved to crack down on with the ASUC. bicycle thefts and the possibi­ WANT SAME RIGHTS Students felt that the issues lity of an off-campus “bike Campus policemen insisted behind the demonstration are: ring.»» that the table be removed be­ • Equality of rules as they are set up, and ARREST, Agency Regarding cause it was manned by non­ Reporting Elimination and students. • The students’ right to a voice in activity carried on in Studying of Thefts, w ill oper­ Corrine Goldstick, manning their student union. ate under the auspices of Isla the table, claimed that “ They Vista Judicial Council. (the Navy) are an off-campus Rich Zeiger, layout editor of Chairman Gary Artoux told group and I feel that I should E L GAUCHO and special delegates from Westgate, El 'have the same rights as they correspondent from Berkeley, Dorado West, House of Lords, do.’ * noted that the general feeling of Dos Pueblos, and Francisco When campus police physi­ the campus appears to be one of T orres that “ not only w ill we cally carted the table away an waiting and anticipation, of not have full responsibility for in­ incident ensued between two knowing what was happening or vestigating the problem ,but also students. One of the students, what is going to happen. ARREST intends, if nec­ Willie Brandt, was arrested on Students, he claim s, seem essary to make citizens arrests the charge of battery, though willing to put. on a sign that on bike violaters.»» there is some doubt that he says ‘ STRIKE ” but not to tramp While bike thefts are often assaulted the other student. around in the rain. considered by both county and SAVIO ARRIVES The whole thing, in the words campus authorities as “petty of one of the demonstrators, thefts,»» present rulings make Meanwhile, students con­ is one of those problems that violaters subject to up to a tinued to demonstrate, peace­ has been “building up for $500 fine and/or 6 months fully in the Student Union area. some time.*’ jail sentence. Artoux stressed When the campus police that “ major violators»» w ill be requested that the demonstra­ given the maximum penalties. tors disperse, they began a NOTE THE SIGN— “ No Bikes.»» Meanwhile, Isla Vista authorities sit-down strike. (Continued on p. 8, col. 4) admit that any one of these vehicles may be stolen property. Leg Council At this time M ario Savio and Berkeley Vice Chancellor Boyd arrived on the scene. Boyd an­ nounced, *q»m. asking you to CRCC stabs at exposure leave; you are upsetting the views riots normal function of a univer­ sity. I’m willing to meet with of Santa Barbara ghetto students without this coercion. However, unless you move, I in Berkeley w ill call this an unlawful as­ By JOHN STEIN Barbara’s ghetto, Negro stu­ years, and to the stereotypes sem bly.’ ’ Leg Council yesterday met in Reporter dents from Santa Barbara High of Negroes “roaming the a special three hour session to and participants of the Work streets* and “ causingtrouble,” Isolation has given UCSB a PRESIDENT AGREES consider the developments in sense of security by removing Training Project told students Both the students and their the situation at the Berkeley Dan McIntosh, AS president, it from the daily pressures and Tuesday night of the daily ag­ adult leader, Robert Pitts, em­ campus of the last two days. spoke in favor of protesting demands of society. It has gravations they face as a rer phasized that these were not Out of the meeting came six students. also dimmed student awareness suit of discrimination. just Negro problems. They resolutions, all essentially in Four basic demands were of the problems facing Santa Lacking motivation from were also faced by poor Mex­ support of points raised by stu­ made by the students: Barbara; or if that awareness home, the Negro students re ­ icans and even poor whites. dents on the northern campus. • That they be permitted to exists, has made the troubles ceived little support from their Legislative Council went on set up an anti-draft table next seem, remote from UCSB»s schools. Instead of being pre­ HIGH RENT record as “ vehemently sup­ to the Navy table, or else have “ setting by the sea.»» pared to enter college, they are Another problem both the stu­ porting the right of all the Navy table removed. “ What is acutely needed,»» urged by counselors to take shop dents and the members of the students to peacefully pro­ • That the administration Ron Atwood of the MDTA told classes. »»They don’t seem to Work Training Project dealt test their cause. students and members of San­ want us to be ready to go to with was high rent on houses guarantee against preferring The body also condemned the ta Barbara’s poverty area, “ is college. They say prepare for in “ subhuman** conditions. charges or initiating disciplin­ ‘ Unequitable application of the an understanding of the pro­ a trade, don’t worry about a l­ “ I pay $85-$ 125 rent a month ary action against Brandt. standing laws and rules to the blems of this city’s ghetto. I gebra or science.*»» and that hardly leaves me and • That the administration students and non-students in­ attended UCSB for five years, my four children money to live also guarantee against prefer­ volved.” yet I didn’t even realize that ‘JUST MAKE NOISE» on.*» ring charges or initiating dis­ The principle that all groups Haley St. existed.»» Another student talked about “ The condition of those ciplinary action against any presenting material on any UC In the first of a series of high school dances. “ They al­ homes is bad. I mean like you participant and/or organizer of campus must be either regis­ meetings held by Civil Rights ways have bands which don’t can’t put a door on a rotten the demonstration. tered student organizations or Coordinating Committee to really play music, just make frame eaten away by termites.** • That negotiations on the sponsored by a University overcom e this unawareness and noise. At a high school dance “ The man comes down every legitimacy of the Navy table organization wasalso endorsed. to formulate a program to aid you won’t hardly find any Ne­ month for his rent and you can begin. The Council condemned the concerned inhabitants of Santa groes of Mexicans because they tell him to do this or do that Vice Chancellor Boyd granted ‘»failure of the University won’t play our type of music, but it don’t help.»* the first and fourth demands, administration to consult the soul music.** In response to the question but would not make commit­ Associated Students before Despite efforts by minority why the people in the ghetto ments regarding the second and action on a matter of vital inter­ Special edition members of Santa Barbara don’t organize a rent strike, third. est to the students.” High’ s student government to one person responded that the Meanwhile, student demon­ Council also endorsed the EL GAUCHO will pub­ have record hops, no dances men who own the houses can’t strations continued until A la­ principle that campus officers lish a special edition to­ appealing to Negroes or Mex­ be crippled economically by re­ meda police came in late Wed­ shall not be ordered onto any day at noon, covering the icans have been held. “We fusal to pay rent since they have nesday afternoon and arrest­ UC campus for the purpose of protests in Berkely. have to go all the way to L.A.” other sources of income. ed students. Physical force was dealing with student demon­ The advertising-free ed­ Responding to the urging of Elaborating on this answer, reportedly used. strations unless requested by ition, which will contain an Louis Clefty Bryant, member Eric Lyons, a member of the Later that evening the demon­ the Chancellor or Vice-Chan­ on-the-spot report from of the NAACP from South Car­ advisory committee to the may­ strations moved to the Pauly cellor of that campus in consul­ EL GAUCHO layout editor olina, to “tell it as it is,** o r ’s Human Relations Commis­ ballroom with about 2,000 stu­ tation with the Associated Stu­ Rich Zeiger, will be avail­ the students also objected to sion, commented that this is dents, where the protestors dents.