Wednesday, May 3, 1972
Evict More Columbia Protesters
NEW YORK (UPI) --A group of 40 uniformed campus guards cleared a barricaded underground campus tunnel Monday, slipped into Columbia University"s Hamilton Hall and evicted about 30 antiwar protesters.The removal of the demonstrators, ordered by Columbia President William McGill, left only one campus building, Lewisholn Hall, still held by protesters since a student strike was called two weeks ago. At the peak of the protest against increased American involvement in Vietnam six campus building were occupied.McGill said the students, who fled from the building, caused extensive damage to furniture and offices.He said the young protesters fled when guards entered the building. "None were apprehended buy many were identified. There was no physical contact between the fleeing persons and university security personnel, and no injuries occurred," McGill said."The university intends to prosecute the persons involved to the full extent of the law," he added.The other occupied buildings were cleared by security guards or a student group called the Majority Coalition, which is opposed to the strike.Only an estimated 1,000 of the school's 15,200 students have participated in peak strike activities. Most classes have continued at normal levels, according to university officials."Evict More Columbia Protesters", by (UPI), published in the Pacific Stars and Stripes on Wednesday, May 3, 1972 and reprinted from European and Pacific Stars and Stripes, a Department of Defense publication copyright, 2002 European and Pacific Stars and Stripes.