Crisis at Columbia

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COLUMBIA DAILY SPECTATOR
 

CU   Brings    in    Folice   to   End   Demonstration
 

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north steps oí Fayerwi

dents bowedtheirheads.Tliepo-ice

moved  in,  some swinging radío

aerials Irom walkic-talkĩes, whip-

saiving fãces.  Scveral heads werc

pushod  against  thc stone  steps.

When all were moved,  the samc

procedure of  clearance was fol-

lowed at another entrance to the

buUding. The  faculty line toppled

onto  the steps. Plainclothesmeti

kicked, blackjacked ...uden.s trying

to jump íhe hedge. Habbi A. Britcc

Goidman fell to .heground.roUing,

as he was blackjacked. Protessor

James  Shenton  was  bleeding,

dazcd. Uniformed cops here used

no clubs, just fi:
 

.  then
 

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_nd female liulici' l'ili:-

door  of  Fayerweather.  Police

pushed people into the hedges; if'

thcy fell, they were hit.

  Police along Broadwaythenpro-

ceeded to  clear the street. About

twenty-five  pĩalnclothesmen  in

ivork  clothes, with helmets and

clubs, camo running out saying,

"Oh boy,  here we  go. Let's get

some more.*  Thcy cleared off

the corner at the southwest corner

of  116 SL and Broadway by yelîing

and shoving,  hítting only a feis'

people, chased others down llfi

to  Riverside Park. Mounted police



gainst the  wall of Ta-Kome was

trampled.

  Soon police began to move from

the buildings andclearSoLithField.

People  startcd to run, shouting,

screaming. Plaĩnclothesmen and

uniformed police ran up, hitting

students who  were running. Onti

student feil, tripped over his own

feet. He wa. Iticked, clubhed,

  [At this point, thc reporter w_s
 

claimed  that  stud.

            violent. "The stu-

dents ivere just sitting thore,* he

   I. "The police threw chairs at

   n and used theír little rubbet

blackjaclL...' Althongh  the police

      jt allowed to cnnyin uif.ht-

      they were alloived to bring

blackiaeks in.

     5.30, ten ompty paddywagons

     still lined up on Amsterdam

Avc. ready for use if necessary.

    ed students were still being

    rted from the infirmary at

Philoaoptiy Hall  to ambulances.

   st of the demonstrators hadre-

   ved head wounds, althoughfcne

   .  on crutches  and  another

   imed to Ipye broken his arm.



       Avery

   « Avery Hall,  at about 3 a.m.

   ,donts and faculty werc seated

   tho stops. A group of uniformed

   ice moved to  Avery, stopped'

   front of the demonstrators and

announeed  that they had to get

'through. They aslccd tlie demon-

strators on the steps to get out

   their way. No one movod, j\fter

   couple  of minutes of impasse

sevcral  plainelothosmon  i-ushed

       the demonstrators and be-

gan pushĩng them asíde.

  Thon uniformed police, armed

with clubs, advanced on the demon-

 traîors. The police began sivĩng-

 ng wildly.

   When  the uniforined mon ad-

 anced the plainciotliesmen bcgan

 hoving demonstrators and spec-.

tators away from the doors. Their

              violent that sev-

eral pcople ivere tlirown orpushed

   llie ground.

   r\ man standing quite close to nie

was atlached by ono of these police

     :ollapsed. Ilo did not  stĩr,

             "  n plaii  ' "
 

hit i
 


 

.  by a
 

clothes  policeman. He was latei

sent by a doctor to St. Luke'sHos-

pital, suffering trom diz-inessand

oi'iiljk' visic.jn._i

  At Fayet-wcather,  the demon-

strators liad beon cleared out by

5 a.m,,  but werc still  beíngherded

into paddy wagons lialf an hour ĩ_

fer. Police in the ground IJoor

the building agreed  that sever

hundred had bccn takenoutoftl
 

-skedt
 

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           1 police

 mouth,*  and  that  'the students

 ivere lueky wc weren't aUowed

 bring nightstĩcks in."

  One student, hís tiead bandag

.and his  face covercd ivith blood,
 

FkESHMAN & SOPIIOMORES'



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rHELONELYGENERATIQN



        AND THE



   SEARCH  FOR TRUTH

          by

    CARLO  PIETZNER

Diicctoi C-mphUl Movcmcnt, USA

  (Sheitcied \_]_>ge_ for fbc

      Menlally Rc-irdĸl)
 

 ;'.1.-r.l_i!l;.i[i;.. of Rtt_ĸ

IV'estcm Appimch (o II

    Of - IĸtUM)
 

   .   rinally  somc  spoolalors

   tched him otit. A modioal stu-

dent was summoned. Mcanwhile.

demonstratoi-s were bcing earried

dragged  and  puslied  out  of thf

buildings.

  Sevoral of  thom  had bleeding

lieail wounds or bloody noses. Ti

olliers from inside Avery werel

ing on Ihe pathway near  Avei
 

ked.

  •\bout half an hour latcr, police.

wero. prying Uie  door of Fayer-i'

iveather  lĩall  open amid tauiits

from spectators and a loud chant

of "Kirlt' must  go,"  As the police

entered tlie building,  Professor

Peter  N. -Juviíer tried  to calm

those outside and urged  students

not tô cndure clubbings. Thc pro-

testors  took the  entrance of the

polĩce wĩth relatĩve calm. One

person who left the building said

that they had been 'dancing to the

Rolling Stones."

  As l'rofessor Juv-ler was spcak-

ing  about  150 uniformed police

appeared from the

ner of tlie quad.

             . they  ■
 

seigingdemonstrators onthesouth

steps — mostly 'faculty — with

clubs. Tlie qttad was cloarcd vory

rapidly ivith violent shovin.;.

  One studont had the indiserotion

to say 'tliose dírty  bastards." Al-

though he had been standing 10 or

12 feetfromthenearestpolicoman,

four officers of thelawsurroundcd

hini and bcat him.

  Many    demonstrators   ivero

forced out St. Paul's Gate on j\m-

sterdam Avenue. Among tliose on

Amstordam Ave. were Professor

James  Shenton.  He  was being'

tielped by two  students, and was

shakon  and eiíhausted. Ilis  face

was covered wĩth tears, Itabbi A,

Bruoe Goldman was slrotclicd out

on tlic; lj;ic:ls a! a car L-unlt.



 Mathematics
 

t 3:.0 a
 

n. police cleared tt
 

TAXI DRIVERSWANTED'
 

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barr

Mathematics and began  to enter

thc buildinf!, yeílinE, "If you don't

come out you're gonna be sorry."

People  woro  carricd from  tho

buildings and  throivn togelhcr on

the ivalk. Tho students fromMath-

ematics were deposited in vans be-

Einning  at  4:00. Many reported

that clubs had been used on non-

resisting students in thebuildings.

  At 4:i0, the police began mov-



lined College IVallt fromlîroadway-

to .Amstcrdam Ave— and pushed

them  onto South  Field.  Next,

tho policc rusheâ tho crowd and*
 

         ,to the Southwest Cor-

  - of the campus, The esits lc

  oadway and to 114 St.  were

  h  loeked, howevĸr, and there

  s nowhere for the students togo.

  )ne  plainclothes  policemîn,

  ied wherc the  students  wcre

  lected to go, responded, "Idop't

  iw what's  going on." One stu-

ient  reported later that a num-

    of stttdents ontered Carmtni

Hall, whUe otbers  scaled the gatc

     St. Police on horses chased

many "students down Broadway.'

  Thc -nideius stil  '
 

"Relevance may  mean  giving:

We take a great deal froin Coun-

selors at Camp Oakhursl.a oo-ed

sleep-away camp  for physically

itandicapped kids.

    Call 5334070 NOW!
 

MAKE 1T
 

Filosofia, UNAM
 

La Societe ftaiĸne  A_  8arnard et de Columbĩa presoi

          reading of Les Boiuies by Jean Genet



              directed  by Professor Serge Gavronsky

   _n Thursday, May 2,1968 at 5:00 um

   and Friday, May 3,1968 at 8:00 pm

            at tlte Maison francaisc. 560 Wcst 113th St.
 

       S.Z.O. &. Israeli Suiclt-nt (IiiIj Ircscnt

              ISRAEL

INDEPENDENCE   DAY
 

CELEBRATI0N
 

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Lari Hali

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 Sin^iii^:

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ALL WELCOME!
 


 

of Butler Library, and tben back

to College  IValk. The remaiiLÍng

crowd was  foraed off the campus

out the Broadivay gate,

,  The poUce on the campus after

Ihc croivd had been entirely dis-

persed were 3niekerĩnE, overwhat

had  happeíied and  seemed to be

amused'-
 

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