The . . ~ University News They Said it Couldn’t Happen: The Occupation of Ritter Hall by Rich Patton Monday. Apsil 28 came and what wid hagpn aS Laur ne ‘id. Black sudent. dapper wee the Unisenin's failure make ie position Pagved by inequalities of the reand is ore subtle dis Tuscsen and ited by = rece i Gene io incidents of harassment, the hd “appeready found chomselves moved fo 4 postion where they either {BR poe view resolution of ther prob tems possible by following the ins of fnising chanocls, or else had teached £ point of unwilingnese 10 oleate se jibes sod dicrintoation while prob [eae were solved atthe Icinure of the fool system. Confroned with 3 ten which they sewed wo be unrexpon. ‘Seto his roquews and problems they Sopped causioualy, bur cacy, outside erie Ac 10 pam chey secured control Sf and oxrupied de ofices of the Col: lope of Ars and Sciences Occupation Phe offices was both precede and followed by 2 storm of activi. The History Monday. morning bad Brought a amos of some “action 10 be taken by the member ofthe Assocation of Black Golleguns, As the morning wore on the rumors becase more spac, i ‘Taxing that the “acon” would be dhe Sakon of dhe cotral swicboard ia DaBourg Hall. Univericy officials Peure of the circulating tumors set aviy, police vo the seitchboard 208 SSF td the door locked. Dering the ine morning and early afternoon petiod ABC members mec in caves 1 the Scadear Congress office. "Thc discussion within the coucis and is rele are gu dea. Somewhere i Se Sidnig’ of 140. pam he, Backs trom the Cogies Os sod SBEip of ham went to room 309 o BEE Comer for 2a open forum, Oth fer moved on co what mas be the 0 ‘of the fice of the College ot are aod Sines Take Over of the office was without incident Ae approxinacely 145 st. * group of AAC members arrived at the cous and he pool of ete ‘aries, ‘ac they “pl (ae 4 coffee break” The seceraries de- Mr. Bales agrood to ABCs cequet and he and he sctetaal pool + the office. Neither As Dean, Rex. J Burey MeGannon, SJ nor Assviate Dean, Rev. Lantence Jansens SJ. were prescar atthe time of the incident. but the office saff left Ritter Hall they encountered Fr. McGannon and. in formed him ofthe sation McGannon ‘ene immediacy eo the Administration office ia DuBesrg Hall 3 in Ritter Hall following the ‘ccopacon of the oie was rap and SSE Te of te Are Otic Backs TECH tnd barnded the. doors and Wess cused Inthe ball susie Ele spores ban to line the co Tir al spectators jared he fie for hallways Though the remsit see of de ate the sition ‘ice Irgly conmare lads forthe Ime pare sayed in the offic, with ine Pecsonlly Leaving on busines Sed chon reaming. White supposes ined the walls sod spectators an prt {odd the eoesoce Ar oe poss ing the afternoon these was some vet: IST Mtasimen of Blacks atthe door the ollee and thve was momenta {Snacin overs goup attempting 9 oust RIB rom ihe offic, Neh, ow sxermaterlzcd and dough the ‘vening te sone comune oe of rl thecal oor que Te_ McGanmons ava at he Adi sean Offs in Dabo Hall Iroughe an ely rapid firey of thigh McGann took up ened {pce am the otine of Uneety ace Gene Vie restore Re. Jecome Nat Shea, Sf Reve aol ©. Reimer, 8 Sta summoned fom Adana, Georaa These be had gone for 3 spedking en Extenent. And the Execute Commi Seecl ime Unverty Counll was called ine emergensymecting and remained im onsant seion woul de occupation habe Ars Office ended at 110 4 In the Ar Office Seudene Congeess President Mike Caransn’ had Been ten oF BUR Collogans and was Goan Sei wowking Sith, ABLC. sho ex Ted the fe contace wih Debut, Hall “Shortly before dhe arsival of the Fist scpreenaive of the adminieton Sf national pese managed co fain SSmision to the office of the College Star and Sieces They enjoyed 2 Beit ad typaly aggresive ay ard Were then rected ack io the al “The fi offical conace with the ad minitration cme ia the person of Dr. Rowan Hincon menber of the Ui She Coun Sb-Commivee on Scent ‘Mais: Dr Hinton cnfeeed with che Sfadens and earoed co DuBlourg Hall Monday Evening Communication beeen ments of snc association of Black Callegians and the administration were later renewed Shen Fe. Marche, De. Edwin Big Ghatrman of the Executive Committee the University Coun nd Dr in fon met for some thre Hours wih the Bac suden and den cured tthe ‘iiquerave Office There the fe foed tothe Executive Commits ‘sing that there were sx speci ad fhanseatos with whom the black se ens, wished co mece Ie was aged that thse sx pects Universiy Pres dene Fe, Reine, newly appointed Acs demic. VieePreiden Revs John Pad tere SJ, Dean of Seodene Affe Re Thtaas MeQueeny, §) Dean of Ad inion Me: Richard Keele, Busch Co ter Direwor Me, Gerald Browns Chief of security Me, Kenneth Nice along ‘Tih Sudene Congres President MS ‘(Continued on Page 9)IfRekhreraratr sr” Occupation (Continued from Page 1) Garanzini and University News Editor Tom Nolan, S.J., would go to the Arts Office to meet with A.B.C. members. The Executive Committee then recessed for dinner and reconvened an hour later to stay in session until the end of the ‘sit-in. In a meeting that lasted some six hours, members of the Black Collegians and the six members of the University administration discussed the Jist of de- mands presented by the blacks. After individual meetings with the six, a letter was drafted and signed by the six. This was presented to the Black Collegians and was followed by a final set of re- quests from A.B.C. which was also signed by the administrators. (See page six for these two documents). This final meeting ended at approximately 1:00 am. At 1:10, nearly twelve hours after the occupation of the Arts Office, black students left the building while Asso- ciation of Black Collegians President Geoffrey Carter stood on the north steps of Ritter Hall and read the state- ment signed by representatives of the University administration. The crowd of approximately 200 white students which had been standing outside the building dispersed quickly. Ke | THE EDO at an bet