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K pr U News master News tape, I April 10th, 1970. So meeting with Catherine Smith, a group labeling itself soft. The society of female terrorists sold its organization a meeting this afternoon in Brown College. The name chosen before Saturday night's fire seemed to have an ominous

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connotation today. So K pr News was there. The group is a women's liberation society. The group's name was chosen more for its aesthetic sound than to characterize its activities. Christy Thomas, the organizer of the meeting said that the group will submit a constitution and bylaws to

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the student senate to become a recognized campus organization. Some of the objectives of the soft group will be to try to increase the number and quality of employment opportunities available to women with business firms, to recruit on campus, to change university admission policies, to allow more

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women in life and to remove some of the difficulties which women in the science engineering curriculum encounter and to equalize student health and athletic facilities on campus so that women and men can enjoy full use of all the facilities. The group methods of operation will consist

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mainly of inviting speakers and working with Brown College in next year's college course on women and society. I think the men of life need not fear any immediate danger of violence to their persons from the society of female terrorists. Though many of them will probably have

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to revise some of the concepts of the role of women in the United States society and in the university, this is Catherine Smith reporting for K A new statement by Ed Dykes of April 5th 1970. Many of you here know who I am. It's always people

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that go to meetings and ye bullshit. It's like people walking around talking about violence about abusing the rights of others. This is what just about statement by Reed and Clary among others of April 5th 1970 concerning the R MC fire. This is the car pre cut,

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I doubt very seriously what what happened this morning had anything to do with white students? Well, because I think white students would recognize the fact that this is the house of intellect. In my opinion that being a student shot from his hip, he made a damn

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mistake. I don't think there's any question about that, but the issue is the question of whether we can solve problems on this campus rationally or whether we have to resolve these problems by this kind of in behavior, even this was done by professional burglars while they

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were trying to cover up for something else on campus. We don't know, but we do have a campus security problem. We have to do something about our campus security problems because we, one they're gonna pay for this damn thing in the news. I think it's pretty

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indicative that we, a lot of white students and I think it's pretty indicative that we're all feeling a certain frustration and that we can sympathize with the people who did it. I'd just like to say he was talking about abuses of power. A few minutes ago,

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I was talking to him and Doctor Pepper and several other people about the Welfare Committee which is meeting over the space Science building. Right now. I was told by a member of their party that he had keys to every office or something on campus and that

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they were going to go over to the Welfare Committee. I said, if you get to go over there, I think the students ought to have a couple of delegates to go to. And he said, we don't know not what we have. You don't. It's that kind

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of attitude that causes a sense of frustration around here. Yeah, Robert Christian reading 11th college statement, April 6th, 1970 the labor government would like to make a foreign state the love college government totally abhors all acts of destruction and violence which affect the university community in

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particular, those which have occurred in the last few days since rice has been long noted that as a community of friendly cooperation, we hope that these events will not alienate any segment of the university community from another signed the Lovett College Representative Committee. The board of

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directors letter as of Thursday, April 9th, 1970 read by Dean Worm. The trustees regret that friends have decided to approve of the Student Association of Writing. Have an invitation to Eddie Hoffman here on the King after to Mr Van and his associates in the. Mhm. In

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our judgment invitation should not be extended to hospital and the alright, accordingly, we have requested Mr Van and his associates to advise the Student Association proposed invitation is not to be either is our campus. No, the facilities of the available for their use to hold the

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proposed meeting. We are taking this action in order to provide a basis for administrative for those who wish to obtain an education and for those who wish to carry on their team search activities, we have great confidence in our faculty and and believe that they will

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accept this decision on our part and we will observe good order dated mark 1970. Letter from acting President Frank Vandiver to Deni stance on the afternoon of April 9th, 1970. I have considered carefully your recommendation in regard to the Student Senate's new proposal to bring me

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Hoffman and wine glass to the rice campus. I have also considered carefully your additional recommendations considering the security of the rice campus as well as the unusual events of the past days under the specific regulations and conditions you have outlined to the Student Senate and which

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they have accepted. I accept your recommendation and the Senate's request. Let me say that I expect the entire rice community will undertake to share the burden of campus security which may be involved because this decision reflects a position which I told the board and the public.

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I would not take, I am compelled by a sense of honor to submit to the board. My resignation as acting president meetings have been called tonight at 10 o'clock for each of the seven residential colleges to discuss the events of the day. The events have been

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Dr Van Der and Dean Wham approving the Student Senate its invitation to Hoffman and wine glass to speak it right. And Dr Van Diver's feeling honor bound to submit his resignation to the Board of Governors. The board is refusing to comment on Van Der resignation and

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not permitting wine glass. And Hoffman on Campus Kru News will provide in depth coverage throughout the evening at 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after the hour, there will be spot summaries on the hour and a half hour. This is Paul Levico K News. The Doctor

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Frances Dotson 49 70. This is quite incorrect statement by Dena Student Fredrick Wire on 49 17, done several times during the past week that the question at hand is not that of denying free speech. The question is whether this university Rice University has the right to

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establish the conditions under which these two speakers or I am convinced that this request satisfies all of the criteria which I had previously established would obtain my approval. I am further convinced that with the help of the entire student body and faculty of Rice University, the

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program proposed can be presented under the best possible arrangements for the safety and security of the university and its members. I have communicated my decision to President Van Der together with my strong recommendation that he concur with it including the methods for making the necessary arrangements.

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As I discussed them with Bob Parks yesterday afternoon, I hereby grant my approval of the Student Association Senate request of April 8 1970. Let her well 49 70 Ham I have considered carefully your recommendation in regard to the Student Senate's new proposal to bring me Hoffman

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and wine glass to the rice campus. I have also considered carefully your additional recommendations considering the security of the rice campus as well as the unusual events of the past days. Under the specific regulations and conditions you have outlined to the Student Senate and which they

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have accepted. I accept your recommendation and the Senate's request. Let me say that I expect the entire rice community will undertake to share the burden of campus security which may be involved because this decision reflects a position which I told the board and the public I

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would not take, I am compelled by a sense of honor to submit to the board. My resignation as acting president sincerely Frankie letter by a board of directors of 49 70 the trustees regret that our campus administrators have decided to of writing. And Mr Thomson, who

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with Mr Van, his associates in our judgment, the patient should not be extended to accordingly requested his associates to advise us Association. Oh, not is our campaign? OK. To hold the book, we are taking this action in order to provide a basis for the street of

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a education for those who wish to carry on their research activity. We have great that they will pardon. They didn't 18 70 summary filed by Paul Lavia on 49 70 consisting of two cuts. Here is a summary of the events which have occurred regarding the appearance

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of Abby Hoffman. Dr Van Der and Dean Wham approved today. The student sent its invitation to Hoffman and wine glass to speak at Rice Van Der. Then felt honor bound to submit his resignation to the board of Governors. The board has refused to comment on Van

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Der resignation but will not permit wine glass and Hoffman on campus. There will be meetings tonight at 10 o'clock in each of the seven residential colleges to discuss the events of the day. Kru News will provide in depth coverage throughout the evening at 15 minutes before

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and 15 minutes after the hour. There will be spot summaries on the hour and half hour. This is Paula K news meetings have been called tonight at 10 o'clock for each of the seven residential colleges to discuss the events of the day. The events have been

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Dr Van Der and Dean Wham approving the students in its invitation to Hoffman and wine glass to speak at rice. Then Dr Van Der is feeling honor or bound to submit his resignation to the Board of Governors. The board is refusing to comment on Van Der

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Be's resignation and not permitting wine glass and Hoffman on campus news will provide in depth coverage throughout the evening at 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after the hour, there will be spot summaries on the hour and a half hour. This is Paul Levit news report

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on the college meetings filed by Pat Bob on 4, 10, 70 all seven colleges at Rice had college meetings Thursday night and unanimously supported the Senate's conviction to bring Abby Hoffman and Leonard Weinglass to speak on the campus Sunday, April 12, 4 of the colleges specifically

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criticized the board of trustees in resolutions that they passed at the meetings, Baker Brown Jones and Will Rice Colleges asked. In addition for some sort of restructuring of university power ranging from endorsement of the proposed University Council to of article seven of the Rice Charter, that

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article gives to the board of trustees ultimate power at Rice. Meanwhile the issue of funds contributed by the colleges for Hoffman's appearance remained fogging with only Hansen college firmly committing funds for his appearance statement by doctors Mao and Davidson on the faculty meeting of 49 70

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filed on 49 70 was rude. I also thought that the foods were somewhat rude in that there was no formal request made to my knowledge or to most of the people's knowledge, but the foods were inside when it began. Oh, nice. The most people lost their

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temper and students lost their temper. The point is that instead of having random kids who take an interest and whom we don't know, represent anybody come in and crowd around, that's not the best way. If the principle of having students present and even participating is to

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be recognized, they should be who are chosen by other students who represent constituted student bodies and and let them show up report on the faculty meeting of 49 70 filed 4 10 70. The faculty voted to to have the elected members of the faculty council to

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select two members to convey attractions today to the board. With the idea of having a chance to, to answer some questions, attempts to locate board meetings filed by John Dor on 4 10 70 the board of trustees normally meets in room 667 of the San Jacinto

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building in downtown Houston. A meeting of the board was scheduled to begin at three o'clock this afternoon. News reporter Chris Colvert Dana Whitledge and myself visited the board's meeting room, we were told by a security guard outside the room that earlier in the afternoon, several long

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hair types unquote had assembled in the corridor and subsequently left. Then a man named Mister Sutherland, who claimed to be the owner of the San Jacinto building personally came to the sixth floor and escorted our news team to the streets. He was cordial but non committal,

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Mister Sutherland explained that there was nothing of news interest happening on the sixth floor of the San Jacinto building. No, on access to college. Approximately 60 seconds asked the question as to what is the step? Excellent college parking lots. So following of the college lots, open

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grass and grass, the closure of the is not to stop in the normal college lot. Only college rock that mhm undergo point is the wife college lot because it happens to be on the the wise college lot boulevard dates and they will have 30 checkpoint at

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that place is now over. This is a statement from the students at Allen Center. The date is April 12, about 30 seconds in length. We have been invited to attend a meeting of the faculty council and Student Senate at three PM Monday by members of the

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faculty council. We request a member of the board of trustees to meet with our delegation at this meeting if they communicate their acceptance of this invitation to us by seven am Monday. We will not obstruct the normal functioning of the Allen Center. In any event, we

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will leave this building at three pm. Monday. This is Jim Conor's report. Number one. The date is April the 11th, 1970 early in the afternoon. It's his first report on the occupation of Allen Center. It's about 30 seconds in length at 150 approximately 2030 students entered

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Allen Center in Congregate on the first floor. Caro and Kendrick say that they will begin to occupy the bill to present a legal case to challenge the Board of Trustees on trespassing ed. This is a student action emphasized MS Kendrick and there will be no property.

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Many students are milling around are just curious, bystanders students inside the building began to discuss plans to secure the building while are they occupying the building? No one knows for sure yet not even the students who are inside the building. This is Jim Connor News. This

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is Jim Conor's second report on the occupation again, the date is 4 11 70 approximately 45 seconds long. At 3 15, the assembled students and Allen Center released the following statement. Quote, we students are occupying Allen Center as a means of forging an issue about which

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we are gravely concerned, namely the absolute power of the board of trustees specifically as outlined by articles seven and 11, the so called elastic clauses in the university charter. We demand that the charter either one must be changed by the willing abrogation of that power by

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the board or two must be challenged by contesting the charter through the courts. End of quote, another declaration will be forthcoming later, the students are raising money for food and are and are going to the colleges to increase student support and they are determined at present

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to remain in a center overnight. Jim Connor. Next card is entitled the Miracle of the loaves and fishes. Food for occupation is by Paul Levi Levi the 11th of April. It's approximately a minute and five seconds in length. That deals with what Jim just reported. The

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attempt of the students and their success in raising money for food. People have to eat even if they're spending a Saturday night occupying a campus building. About 50 visitors to the University Allen Center felt hunger pangs around seven o'clock Saturday night. So two members of the

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group took up a collection with about $41 collected mostly in small chains. The two enlisted the aid of this reporter. The three wheeled into the village. Jack in the box stepped on the hose and heard. May I have your order, please? 53 hamburgers and one order

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of French fries. There was silence for about 10 seconds. Then, um, what would you like to drink? Oh, nothing. We're not thirsty tonight. A few more seconds of silence then, hey, about how long will this take? Answer? About three hours So the trio Polar car side

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negotiated and came to a deal $14.92 and 20 minutes next up Wine Gardens. Um We, we want three cases of mixed canned Coke Sprites and Fresca. Oh, and two boxes of potato chips. Hey, wow, some kind of party you guys must be throwing tonight. A lot

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of people are going to get stoned out of their mind to this. They made no comment. Next up. You tote them commodity, two sacks of ice cost $1.20 total cost. Not much more than $20 and just as much left. Not exactly the five barley loaves and

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two fishes thing, but it was worthwhile in the story. Paul Levico K News. This is a statement from Dean Wham April the 11th 1970 about 35 seconds long. It's describes the campus and it's being closed. The outro is until seven AM Monday. The Student Senate is

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to be commended on its wise and responsible so difficult decision to withdraw the Hoffman wine glass invitation. Certainly it is in the best interest of the university because of the continuing threat to the safety of this canvas. Access to the campus will be limited to rice

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University faculty and staff from six PM. Saturday to seven AM Monday. This next card is a report from Web Canard on our radical meeting. The date of it is 4 11 70. It's about one minute and 52 seconds long the gathering began informally about four AM

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this morning. At the height of the meeting, about 25 people were present talking and deciding some action to take in the present controversy. It was generally recognized that the issue of Abby Hoffman's appearance on the rice campus is dead. It is a battle we have lost

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in a war that the board of trustees has in fact been waging at every turn of student requests that really deal with power at the university. This group believes that the time for student reactions of the board's actions was passed that by announcing the closing of

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the university, the board had presented the students and faculty with the necessity and indeed the duty to recourse to specific actions. The big discussion then involves what action to take suggestions included seizing a building and a strike. The consensus being that seizing a building could only

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be used to precipitate a strike realization then appeared that a strike was presently the best action hopefully followed by the S A in order to show some solidarity among students on this campus right now, proposals for action in restructuring the line of power and rights are

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being formulated. The major drift of these proposals were at once. A strike should be called including student faculty administration and even board members. After all the board started the strike by closing the campus and two, the establishment of a committee, six students, six faculty and three

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administration was suggested to actually restructure the university along lines more minimal to student and faculty voice in decisions affecting the university. At this time, a strike at least appears likely students and faculty should be aware that things are happening on this campus and that members of

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the university community should inform themselves to allow some intelligent and positive action to follow. This is Web Guard K T R U News later on April the 11th, Again, that same day, students held a informal convocation out in the R MC patio and then some of

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that group proceeded to Allen Center TT R U newsman, Greg Reinhart was at Allen Center with a battery operated tape recorder and got the following explanation from Carolyn Kendrick as to what the purposes of the group were. This is 42 seconds long, April the 11th. I

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I think that we're mainly here in order to um well, well, psychological reasons and for legal reasons. Also in that this is an attempt to take control of our own lives to, to say that the board of no longer has the right to tell us what

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we're going to do. They no longer claim this university as their own. We claim it as our own. Um I also think that we're here, perhaps some of us are here a legal cause to challenge the board of trustees to in court on the pressing issue

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in just a few minutes. We'll call up a lawyer and make this absolutely clear with him and get all the information we need. First of all, there can be no destruction of property in this building. If there is, then the charges will be theft or destruction

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of property or something like this. And I'm not here for that charge. I don't know if anyone else is, here's another car from Caroline again, explaining purposes date, April the 11th, 1970. The only charge that we can be charged with is trespass before we are charged

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with trespass. We've got to be given a clear order to leave the building. Those people who want to leave at that time can leave at that time. Those people who want to be charged with trespass then can then force a legal issue in the courts on

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who owns the university. And the lawyer said that we had a case and try to force the issue. Now, here's another comment from one of the students at the center, Mary fault. Again, this is, ah Greg Reinhardt got this date. 4 11 70. Why Allen Center

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of the names reporting an issue about which you have great concern, go to country and then the so called the power by the board to let the challenge right? Uh The time through the court at 6 30 on April the 11th, Gary Mayes filed the following

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reports from Allen Center. Approximately 38 seconds long decision was reached on persons entering the building with the security people with the security people's agreement. Rather if a member of the group, if a member of the group appointed to watch over people entering, does not want a

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certain person to come in and he has the right not to let them in on what to do in the future on what is going to be happening. Say tomorrow, this, they do not know just a few seconds ago, Mister Sims. I think he's treasurer or

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something has announced that people who leave the building will not be to come back in. However, this is contrary to the decision handed back a few minutes ago by Tom mcgarity. Now at about eight o'clock on the night of April, the 11th student from Allen Center,

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one of their representatives called K T R U and asked that the following announcement about Abby Hoffman extending an invitation to Abby Hoffman to be made the date. April 11th, 1970 about eight o'clock PM time 20 seconds. Ah, the Hoffman Memorial Speech Center will be the

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speaking place tomorrow of Abby Hoffman when he comes to us if he chooses to speak, here is normally all set. Doctor Frank Van Der issued the following statement about 19 seconds long, April the 11th, 1970 to the members of the faculty, students and staff of Rice

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University. I call upon each and every member of the university community to exercise their own personal influence, to calm and control the tempers of this difficult time the university's future requires reason and restraint in the present. Thank you. In the meantime, TT R U News was

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contacting Jeff Sherrell of Space City News to learn whether or not Abby Hoffman was actually going to come to Houston where he would speak and would he come to write? This is Jeff Sherrell of Space City News date, April the 11th, 1970 Hoffman ma leader will

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speak at the, uh, Herman Park Sunday afternoon and then later at the Continental Show case with rock bands starting at 8 30. Ah despite ah erroneous press reports, ah there is no doubt that Hoffman is coming has personally told me that within the last half hour,

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Thomas mcgarity, Chief of the Student Campus Security Force issued the following statement on campus security date, April the 11th, 1970 time, approximately 50 seconds clarified security policy with respect to one the university community and to the physical well being of the universities which feel it necessary

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to issue this statement with the welfare and safety of the students, faculty and staff specifically with respect to the campus facilities and will continue to work with Mister Rhodes, head of campus security. Our function is in no way related to the entrance and exit of the

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campus proper. The implications here are that we are not going to in any way cooperate with um stopping people from entering or exiting the campus that night. April the 11th rice received the first of many bomb threats. At least the first one to the dormitories and

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the first one which required evacuation. Jim Gregory reports date April the 11th, 1970 on the Jones North evacuation at approximately six o'clock tonight, Jones North received what has proven to be the byword of the entire situation here at Rice University during the last few days. Another

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bomb threat, the bomb supposedly is set to go off at 8 30 tonight. Houston police and arson investigators as well as campus security have fully evacuated Jones North. And so until 8 30 we will wait recklessly to see exactly what happened from Jones North. This is

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Kim Gregory T R U News chief of campus security, Harold Rhodes issued the following statement on the Jones North evacuation date again, April the 11th 1970. But there's just not any information of this type of thing. You know, you get a real slow, I'm in a

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real short sentence period and the phone hangs up. So there's just not any information except what you know. Now we did receive a call, we did evacuate the building and we are searching it. So that's, you know, that's it. Web Canard prepared the following information released

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to answer the telephone at K T R U. The date is April 12th, 1970. Thank you for calling K, I'm Web KT News, Saturday, April 11. Th is history. Here's a summary of events affecting the Rice community that day. Things began happening very early in the

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day. As the Student Association Center announced that at four am Saturday morning, that body had voted to withdraw its invitation to Abby Hoffman and Leonard Weinglass to speak on their rice campus Sunday, April 12. This decision was prompted by the board of trustees decision to close

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the rice campus to all but students, faculty and campus employees beginning six PM Saturday and continuing to seven AM Monday. Meanwhile, talk of a student strike or occupation of some building on campus began circulating and at about 1 30 it happened, Allen Center was occupied by

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about 20 to 30 students. That number grew until presently, approximately 70 students are in the building. They plan to stay there until either the board of trustees realigns power at the university or they are ejected from the building by the board's order. Security on campus throughout

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the day remains the duty of the coalition of campus security forces and student association volunteers under Tom mcgarity, the campus was routinely sealed at six PM as the board had directed by campus security officers. The only anxious moment security personnel had Saturday was a telephone bomb

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threat against Jones North. That building was then evacuated and should remain closed until eight AM Sunday morning, students housed there were offered places elsewhere on campus. And a final note, Abby Hoffman said Saturday night at a speech to 14,000 at the University of Texas that he

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would come to Rice Sunday. Stay tuned to Kru for further development to report further developments to K R U news, contact news director Pat Baum at 5226918. The following is a statement issued by University Public Relations Officer Lee Estes date April 12th, 1970 time, about 90

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seconds as a result of continuing bomb threats, University of campus remains closed, all except faculty, students and employees until seven am. Monday. Some 40 to 50 students who entered Allen Center for business activity. Early Saturday afternoon are still in the building. Student security officers who are

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assisting campus security personnel report that the students are staying in the hallways and stairways and have not entered any offices in the Ellen Center building. The students organized their own cleaning crews this morning to sleep out. University officials who enter and leave Allen Center without restraints

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are working in their offices with the exception of fund and library which has been closed since Friday's bomb threat. The rest of the campus is operating on a normal Sunday schedule. Dr Frank E who had given his resignation to the rice board of Governors last Thursday

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is remaining as acting president of the university. In a statement, Doctor Van Der said quote because the board of Governors did not accept my resignation and at the request of the faculty Council with the promise of its full cooperation. I'm continuing. As acting president, Doctor Van

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Der asked each member of the rice community to use his own personal influence to calm and control the tempers of this difficult time. The university's future requires reason and restraint. In the present. Here's a report from Ellen Ellen Center on the afternoon of April the 12th,

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about well five o'clock in the afternoon filed by John Doe. It's about 50 seconds long. Approximately 100 students have gathered outside Ellen Sutter. Some are singing, some are rapping, some milling about and others are just basking in the sun. The group inside Ellen Sutter, however, is

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making some serious decisions whether they will permit those outside to join them. Those inside have renamed the Ellen Setter for business activities, the Abby Hoffman Memorial Free Speech Center and they again plan to spend the night from Ellen Center. This is John Dor K News. Here's

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a statement that Julie Glome obtained from a student security representative. The date is April the 12th. Sometime in the early evening, we asked students to protect their colleges tonight by being watchful of non rise people and by reporting any suspicious activity to campus security at extension

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333, we would like to commend the students on their gallant defense of the university community tonight and we know that they will continue to cooperate fully with all security efforts on this campus. That statement is a little bit out of the chronology it occurred after the

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disturbances Sunday night. Here's another set of statements Julie Gnome obtained. It's an interview. It's an interview with Bob Parks questions and statements. Two cuts to then he was for, uh can you tell us please pushed into a center? They were not trying to do you have

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any idea who might have been? And there were people coming from uh the kind of showcases that came over uh to destroy the situation here. They have clouds at the time. The attack against violence has no place. But we understand that that clear, you know, a

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student and that will be suspended or any other disciplinary action taken at this time. I doctor told me that no one is suspended. He I asked him whether you were a going to be taken. He simply did not reply at that time. He said that uh

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OK, no action has been taken. I know this, here's the second cut. The following is a statement from Bob Parks concerning the events which happened at Allen Center. I think this is the time for all of us to try and stay and stay together. We've got

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a time helping university but we've not had that too need anything. No. Well, what we're working. Yeah.