1972-04-26; Central Michigan Life

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Eye witnesses said students
attempted to stop Governor
Milliken's car as it left the XJni-
veMfe Center. Millikej^was oii
campus speaki% a:t .lie Mlchigaii'
Congress of Parents
Teachers (PTA). -"•"■
CENTRAL
MICHIGAN
LIFE
Volume 52,* Number 81
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48858
Wednesday, April 26, 1972
irotestors block
Milliken from car
after CMU speech
ever. 1 warrants  may be issued as
result of Monday's protest incident
Qlving a group of Central students
Governor William' Millikenn
[.cording   to    Detective Sgt: Leslie
istelle, Department of" Public. Safety
.), at least six warrants  will be
lied.   Some of theni will' be5VJohn
JS,"-or open warrants.
fhe incident took place as Milliken.
t Warriner Hall following, a speech
«ire the Michigan Congress of Parents
..Teachers (PTA) on campus; —The
?ernor had stopped to speak with a
iple of students when a crowd started
gather and shout anti-war slogans;
ten the   language    became obscene,
Hikenprepared,to leave.
Cathy Courtney,   Berkley   junior, at--
Jta! to stop the Governor, asking him to
s|a the students and send a telegram
isident Nixon protesting the bombing
wu. Vietnam, a witness said. When
|n declined the invitation and got
w'" car, several students climbed
no
onto the roof and hood of the vehicle.
Campus police cleared a path in front
of the car so it could make an exit. Miss
Courtney apparently fell from the car as
it moved away, officials said.
Apparently not seriously injured, she
refused attention from campus authori-
, ties.   A„ group..of the students prevented
DPS officers from aidipg Miss Courtney
saying,   "We  take' care  of our owii."
In Lansing, the Associated Press reported a spokesman fprjthe governor said
damage "to the car consisted of a broken
radio.antenna, scratches, dents and boot-
marks.
He said Milliken related that he had
been  conducting . a  rational  discussion
with three or four students, when some
;youths came out of a nearby building and
joined in. ^ ■
One of them started shouting obsceni- ,
ties, and the governor said there never
.   could be communication that way, according Jto the spokesman.
rs endorse
MILLIKEN TALKS - Michigan Governor William Milliken
was confronted by students with questions concerning
support of the war  after a  PTA conference Monday.
strike  proposal
By ANDY MARTI
LIFE Student-Affairs Writer
P. Student Senate,. following the most active
g and first role-call -vote of,the year, en-
"J"* Proposed Student Strike to protest renewed
Hoi North Vietnam. ' •   ,,        ,.'     7
lLRnt_°!Uti°n' which passed "' "to H at Mon"
IE J"!?.s SsRate meeting, advocates a Student
go.university classes April 28.
!eJrT. al also caUs ,or Senate support of
itjho iL-™mwWe and >local antt-wBt. activities
pecoming week. '  '      ..
fefnTS1 was sponsored by the Mt..Pleasant
m d«m t0 End the War-Wow (MPSCEWN).
Its vie. - Up by Mike Wright?," "former Grass-
|enatp^Residential candidate and was presented
Era m Horai*' Student.Body President.
LjSj^^ tl»e purpose of the resolution and
I war i ^0uld be t0 make *Pe°Ple aware mat
lived 7 ?>0t ending< -Our President (Nixon) has
Kerthon - he added. "The war is escalating,
l^thanwindingMown. "^ ~        ..  •
_.,,eBnISt draw Pe°Ple's: attention back to the
ItedW     contin«ed.     "ii is time to caU our
r* leaders to task." >    -  ■ "     •
Ike's n faised concerning the Strike Com-
N alt •Sal was ^ther CMU Studfent Senate
M.     gn Itself with the National Strike move-
would be lost if individual colleges*all went off on
independent tangents."
the next proposed modification of the resolution
was an amendment to substitute a day of class
discussions of.the war, for the Strike day.
It was argued by some senators that a strike
would merely provide many students with a three-
day weekend. One senator pointed out that many
students would- spend the day "either in bed or in
a bar." She suggested that if students wished to
.make,' an effectiy.e noticable protest, they should
strike t_ie bars for _ day.
"A  strike  would  serve  no effective purpose/'
said  Charles  Coleman,   Emmons  Senator.    "The
professors do not care whether you. come to class
-or  not,  and the administration in Warriner does
not care either." " v-•
Many students would attend class regardless of
the strike, because they paid their tuition tor the
right to attend these classes, according to Coleman.
Horan stated that the purpose oi tne strike was,;,
"not to close down the University,  but to open it
up forrdiscussion." * ■       .       :"■
Coleman questioned the effectiveness of a strike.
He said,, "There are more effective and relevant
%
al*gnment
Jorit* °fment was left "» **"* proposal, as the
. should s.enators agreed with the statement,
&*m- mi dissect ourselves from the national
*    The effectiveness of the student voice
means  of  expressing discontent with the system,
than a strike; particularly in this an election year."
The relevancy of the Strike was defended by Rick
Kowalkowski, Districk IV senator. He said, "The
strike concept is effective because it works up
through the channels to the White House and the
'Pentagon. Someone up there is going to notice that
the   students  are  up-in-arms  over  the situation.
"It is up to the students to make a standi against
the war," Kowalkowski continued. "If we do not,
who will?"
•   The amendment to recommend class discussion
instead of a strike was defeated 16 to 13.
Senator Ron Rivard (Deerfield) debated the
appropriateness of the Senate resolution. He stated,
"Nationwide concerns, such as the war in Vietnam,
are not.the concerns of Student Senate. "*?' s
"As a body, we should be concerned with local,
non-political affairs. If Senate passes this* resolution, -we will become a mere political faction, and
will ldse credibility from it."
This argument was denied by Wright, who asserted
that, "This resolution will increase the credibility
of Senate as a jbody* 'Jt "will show to students that
Senate is very much concerned with crucial issues,
both on the national and local levels."
Despite, the extensive debate .on the resolution,
the only change from its presentation form to its
final form was the insertion of "peaceful" in the
fourth paragraph.
The final "Senate meeting of the year is slated
for May 1.
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