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A Faculty reacts Day to remember... A sense of fear, anguish a group of about 20 city police, an( j “The Star Spangied Banner\ bringing their total to about 50. to police. Many of the students Many of the police had removed spoke to the police, asking them: their identification badges. \What do you think you’re At this time, hundreds of protecting here?” and urging them students, who had been massed in to leave, front of Norton, began by Susan Trebach Feature Editor that it is “absolutely essential to ascertain all the facts in the matter and publish these to the U n i v e r sit y community. Appropriate steps must be taken in cases where actions harmful to the general peace of the University community occurred, and we must work as a University community to resolve those many issues that remain tendentious.” “President Martin Meyerson and I have made it clear over these last two years that when people engage in violence, in threats and in intimidation, there is no alternative, if a university or a society is to survive, but to attempt to stop this kind of activity. Faculty reaciton and response to the disruption in Norton Hall and police intervention Wednesday evening was prompt and varied, the common denominator being a sense of anguish. Acting President Peter F. Regan responded immediately with a discussion of the recent events and “steps” to be taken: approaching the police. The the police, some in cars and students gathered ail along the some on foot, began to move loop and on the lawn in front of along the street past Norton- Hall Hayes Hall. A group of the and out towards Winspear Ave. students entered the street and The students followed along, confronted the police formation, forming an “escort” for the police. When they reached the Winspear entrance, they found “Our campus security officers' last night faced a roving band of vandals who had no intention and gave no indication that they were Commenting on the presence of the city police on campus. lants of “Power to the “26 Officers of the, Folice uean welch descnoea me desired Department arrived on our role of the police as “limited to campus, and, in an atmosphere the preservation of individuals charged with fear and from harassment and coercion and counter-fear, there were episodes ma | >hai most who break going to do anything but continue to perpetrate acts of vandalism and destruction and attempt to escalate a reign, of terror. When Peonle” and shouts of “Pigs Go app i ox una Icly 75-100 polite Home,” Dr. Richard Siggelkow dressed in riot gear waiting for entered the street and began them, talking with the police. of further destruction and exchanges of physical abuse. mg sure civil and criminal codes are brought to justice.” He added that this did not include “vigilante tactics.” attempted to change the situation, they were met with rocks and assaulted - one of them hospitalized. They had no alternative under University policy but to call on the Buffalo city police for assistance.” Henrik Dullea, assistant to President Regan, explained that the University does not control the police and that “they can come on the campus whenever they want.” Several minutes had past and start a sit-in. For ten minutes the the crowd ahd grown to about tw0 gjoups stared at each other 1500. This confrontation lasted while the stu dents chanted various about half an hour before the “We are left with two clear missions: (1) To achieve a will to determine fact and set courses of action in a climate of candid inquiry, without interruption by intimidation and violence; (2) To weld ourselves together in a fashion that prevents recurrence of those barbarous styles of charge and response that should be foreign to our University.” Faculty members present at the Wednesday evening confrontation registered diverse opinions, some critical of and some sympathetic toward the actions taken by the police. Harold Segal, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematcis, said that while he was “opposed to violence from either side, the excessive force used by the police was the more deplorable of the two kinds of violence that took place.” students stepped back from the s *°B ans street out of the path of the The police finally disbanded and moved up Winspeat toward Main St. The students dheered at The students linked arms along the side of the road and began t * le ‘victory and then walked singing “America the Beautiful” back to Norton Hall. police. Dr. Regan announced the re-institution of the Rumor Control Center, “to convey accurate, current information and to dispel misinformation.” An investigation will be undertaken of the “developments leading to this painful experience,” as well as “an authoritative hearing commission on campus disorder . . . for determining the complete extent of involvement in disruption by administrators, faculty members, staff and students, as well as the involvement of non-members of our community in any disruption and to recommend sanctions against those responsible.” Calls for dialogue Advocate probes actions The Undergraduate Studies Academic Advisors have recommended that Acting President Regan appear “before a University-wide convociation to discuss a number of questions including the police intervention,” and that he should “address himself to the issues at hand rather than merely placing blame.” Placing blame Howard Strauss, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, expressed concern that “police are being blamed for most of the difficulty .. . police’s lives were endangered.” of police and students Investigations into this week’s campus disturbances were initiated by the Office of the University Advocate early Thursday. In the midst of major student demonstrations and protests, the Advocate’s Office - “The other prong of the investigation,” Mr. Stein continued, “will be to investigate violations of the substantive Rules and Regulations by students and to bring charges before appropriate internal bodies.” He noted that windows were broken before police entered the buildings. He urged students to look at events “in proper perspective, and discern the real issues involved.” Dr. Strauss cautioned against “being used by a small group using any means to promote their own ends.” Thursday afternoon, Acting President Regan issued additional statements concerning the involvement of police on campus: Members of the Biology Department issued a statement Thursday afternoon, in which they condemned the “appearance of outside police forces on the campus durning the period of the last several days, the use of excessive force by both campus and outside police forces and the vandalism perpetrated by certain students and non-students. which has been one of the targets of the protest - is probing the actions of both students and police. Associate Advocate Ronald Stein explained the pending action: “Our investigation is going to be two-prong; one prong will be to investigate brutality and the use of force by campus police, city police and any administrators. If we discover unnecessary force has been used, internal proceedings will be started against the administration,” Mr. Stein also explained that no investigation of persons who have been charged downtown will take place. However, he indicated that this does not mean that charges cannot be made against these persons after their cases have been adjudicated. Role of the police Claude Welch, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, termed the disruption “dreadful and unfortunate.” Dean Welch said The Advocate’s Office has received several statements from witnesses to the events of Thursday evening. They will solicit statements from other witnesses to carry out the investigation. Police action probed Regarding the use of unnecessary force by city police, Mr. Stein said: “Any information will be turned over to the District Attorney’s Office with the demand that he prosecute.” “THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME” Pictures and other information gathered by campus news sources Bible Tru' will be requested. However, the office does not have the power to THIS IS THE RECORD \That God hath given to us Eternal Life, and this life is In His Son. He that hath not the Son of God hath not Life.” subpoena such information I John gill, 12 without first appearing before an internal tribunal The Spectrum Is published three times a week, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, during the regular academic year by the Faculty-Student Association of the Stale University of New York at Buffalo, Inc. Offices art located at 355 Norton Hall, Stale University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street. Buffalo, New York 14214. Telephone: Area Code 71 i; Editorial, 331-2210 , Business, 831-3610. Represented for advertising by National Educational Advertising Service. Inc.. II E. 50th Street, New York. New York 10022 Second Class Postage paid at Buffalo. New York. Circulation. 15.000. Page three. 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