< Right )Captain Patrick Larion, Commander of the Eugene Police Patrol
Division, Lieutenant David Burks. Lane County Sherriffs Office, and Ken
Carlisle. Chief Investigator, Lane County District Attorneys Office, face
demonstrators Thursday night in front of Johnson Hall. (Left) The door to the
Army ROTC building on 18th Ave. and Alder St., where about 4(H) demon
strators watched while a simulated bomb crater was dug on the lawn.
Photos by Phil Waldstaln
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An Independent Student Newspaper
University of Oregon, Eugene Friday, April 21, 1972 j
Vol. 73, No. 147
Protestors dig ‘bomb craters’
Police were called onto the University
campus Thursday night after ap
proximately 400 anti-war demonstrators
dug “symbolic bomb craters” on the front
lawns of Johnson Hall and the
headquarters of the Army and Air Force
ROTC.
But a confrontation between the
demonstrators and police was averted
when the 175 protestors still digging at
Johnson Hall dispersed voluntarily as
police commanders arrived at 10:15 p.m.
Eugene Police Capt. Pat Larion, Lane
County Sherriffs Lt. Dave Burks and Ken
Carlisle, an investigator for the District
Attorney’s office, responded to Vice
President for Student Services Gerald
Bogen’s request for police to stop the
demonstration.
Larion said he had two vans of County
Sherriffs officers standing by in the
campus area and another three squads (of
eight men each) available if needed.
The Eugene Police Capt. said he was
ready to give the demonstrators an order
to disperse or face arrest when the crowd
left Johnson Hall.
Carlisle would not comment on why he
was accompanying the police officers on
campus
Vice President Bogen said he called
police onto campus after the protestors
broke an agreement he had with leaders of
the demonstration.
"I had an agreement with several
members of the leadership of this group
that activities at the Army and Air Force
ROTC would be symbolic By and large
they confined themselves to that
agreement But there was no rhyme or
reason or symbolism to (what they did at
Johnson Hall». 1 called in police to cease
that activity. At the moment, all
agreements are off,” Bogen told the
Emerald.
ASUO President Iain More, one of the
demonstration leaders who had conferred
with Bogen beforehand, said he didn’t
AS lJO draws 1000,
primary continues today
About 1000 persons turned out to vote
in the first day of the ASUO spring
primaries.
Voting continues today. The polls will be
open from 8:30 a m to 4:30 p.m. Polls are
located on the EMU Terrace, in front of the
Co-op, in the dorm walkway between Earl
and Carson Halls, in front of 123 Science, at
the west entrance of the library, and in
front of Commonwealth.
A student opinion poll on whether the
University should change from a quarter
to a semester system is on the ballot. This
election will also narrow the field for
candidates in the ASUO Presidential, Vice
Presidential and senate races.
Foreign Student Organization
President Jamal Rahman told the
Emerald that his organization had not
endorsed a candidate for ASUO President.
Rahman said a letter endorsing a
candidate and signed by Walter Tsang had
been sent to foreign students, but that the
letter “definitely didn’t speak on behalf of
the FSO.”
The FSO chairman said that “the
letter is not from the FSO, and I would
urge foreign students not to let it influence
their voting as an FSO statement. Only a
letter signed by me will be from the FSO.”
He added that the committee Tsang
claimed to be a member of was not part of
the FSO.
Tomorrow last day to register
for primary elections
Persons wishing to vote in the May 23
primary, must be registered by Saturday,
Apr 22.
Registration places in the campus
area include EMU Terrace Friday and
Saturday; Co-op Bookstore—Friday;
dormitory dining halls—Friday; and, the
downtown Eugene Mall—Saturday.
KZEL-FM is sponsoring a “Stop The
War—Register to Vote Party" Saturday,
from noon to 4 p m They will have free 7
Up, music, an opportunity to talk with
politicians KZEL-FM management has
also announced they will give away a
"dead Chevy and a free tow to where ever
the winner wants his prize taken."
The party will be at KZEL-FM, 4851
Franklin Blvd
think the demonstrators broke any
agreement with the University ad
ministration.
The protestors dug three “bomb craters
at the ROTC buildings and two at Johnson
Hall before quitting for the night. The dirt
clods from the holes were tossed onto the
steps of the three buildings.
The holes at Air Force and Army ROTC
were approximately ten, six and four feet
across. A sign reading “Army ROTC” in
front of that building’s headquarters was
dug up and placed face down in the mud.
After the action at the ROTC buildings,
both Bogen and Don McCarty, the co
ordinator of the University’s conduct
system, said they didn’t know if any
students would be tried under the student
conduct code because of the hole-digging.
McCarty said, however, that he didn’t
think any charges would be brought. "The
damage doesn't seem to be too serious
based on a quick perusal,” he said.
The demonstration followed a 7:30 p.m.
rally in 103 Fenton Hall which had at
tracted 300 persons
At the rally, both ASUO President Iain
More and former ASUO President Ron
Kachus urged persons to work towards a
May 1 student strike.
The meeting also decided to picket
classrooms today—on a national student
strike day- beginning at 9:15 a m. at 180
PLC
It was agreed at the meeting that
demonstrators would not try to forcibly
restrain students from entering classroom
buildings, but should try to convince
students attending classes Friday to join in
future anti-war activities.
More told the Emerald late Thursday
night that he viewed the protest as a
"building night We managed to get a
number of people, which was good
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