Page Ten

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Sunday, September 28, 1969

Page Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, September 28, 1969


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Prelude to a strike

The names of colleges ntotV carry the
same meanings the names of cities dlirl two
years ago. Watts, iNewyark and Detroit have
given way to Berkeley, Columbia and Har-
vard. Michigan mtay sooni be added to the
list.
Whiule President Flemintg lhas often
noted the "constituent" niature of the Uini-
versity, allowing for the dlifferent interests
that must be satisfied, the students remtainx
unconvincedl that their interest is properly
or sufficiently represen tedI.
The issue came to a be ad last wyeek
over a relatively intcollsequenttiall issue -
control of a Univ'ersity discounUt bookstore.
A sit-in int the IS&A Bldg. resulted
after efforts at sitting ini the Admtinistrationi
Bldg were stymied by President Flemting.
who simply locked the only two (oors to
the ;fortress-like structure.

Th~e fIdt1Iillistrtitioii $ reaction, was aii
Ilafe not only tha(t of other schools con-
fron ted by similar tactics-su chi(is IIraiii-
dHes., icw ite#rifd out a black students'
take-ovier of its min com mu nication s cen -
er- but different ais well fromt its own
earlier reaiction to take-overs of other Ui m-
rersity buildings.
The (lif ferentce., it 5seemsl, 1isQoneof
mood0(. The other inidenits caneflJ'itt times
of relat ive peatce on (111i pis., incidents
clearly unsuippo rtedland an likely to
sp~read1. The canipus wcas far from sedate
this iceek.
In (add~itioni Plening 1as15beeni the re-
cip~ienit of mu ich, (11 l ii ha(raissminen t. His
miiti-scair speech (it the Sep~t. .19 teach-in
(lonle ealrnledl hin a flood of angry phone
call> (111(1a r vious editoriliiithe IDetroit

Students say Flemting's early decision
to, clear the building as soon(1s possible
weas tact icallly the worst possible move.
What remal~ins to be seen is the strenigth
of the class strike called for tomorrow.
TWhen students (-(titnmeasure their support
Fleming, too., will have to watch the
classrooms tontorrow, but he will also have
tihe declared support of the Senate Advis-
mry Committee on Unriversity A f fair-s and
p)robably the Senate Assembly's, too.
Students stroke to SACUA Friday amnd
reportedly were cal m inln impressive. The
faculty may, ais it has before, seek to de-
fine ani area of cointprom ise, indicated by
S-ACTT 1's twitt nroposals for support for
Fleming (and reconsideration, of the Re-
;ents' bookstore plan.
,lion day wcill be a busy (lay.

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