-sity is no longer surprised by teargas I
sxjoradic firebombings, or attacks aimed* '
at ROTC buildings. In fact, during a
semester-long strike last spring, the
campus was occupied by 400 armed police
for several weeks, many demonstrators
were beaten, clubbed, and wounded by
birdshot, forty-five faculty were ar
rested for a peaceful sit-in, windows
were smashed and offices ransacked, and
finally the University was climactically
shut doxm.
Immediately, many "liberals" on the
faculty and the administration began
handing in resignations, and the decline ;
of respected liberals on campus has been '
accelerating ever since. Some have joined
the extremely conservative faction of the
faculty which gained control of the Fac-
ulty Senate last yearj others have re
defined their commitment to the Left and
will probably be offering more radically-
oriented courses, either through the Col
leges or through more open departeents
such as American Studies and English.
Meanwhile, although the faculty repre
sents a wide diversity of views, the
newly-appointed administration clearly
does not. During the summer "calm," the
Board of Trustees callously ignored stu
dent-faculty objections, and selected
Robert L„ Ketter as the new University
president. Totally out of touch with any
concept of the "changing university,"
Ketter gained his fame last spring when
he headed an infamous "Hearing Commission"
which tried and prosecuted student activ
ists throughout the strike. Moreover,
Ketter has already chosen his "right-hand
men," who seem to be just that—very con
servative, and seldom straying from his
vievrs.
Currently, the administration is report
edly negotiating a nev; ROTC contract,
even though the previous administration
agreed to phase-out RCTC over two years
in compliance with- a student-faculty
vote. In addition, they have "evicted"
two of the controversial Colleges from
their off-campus storefronts and moved
them to on-campus buildings where they
can be more closely watched,
Ketter has also proclaim.ed that the
new Rosa Luxemburg College (named for the
German revolutionary) has been "disal
lowed" and will not be given class cards
for its course, "Introduction to Radic
alism." Such an action is in direct
contradiction with his previous decision
to adhere to the student-faculty approve^
prospectus of the Colleges, In that pros
pectus the stipulation was m.ade that any
new college can offer credit-bearing
courses for one semester, provided they
are approved internally by the Collegiate
ssembly. Rosa Luxemburg College gained
such approval, and therefore its initia
tors plan to register students and start
their sessions despite the administra
tion 3 veto. The new College has already
been attacked editorially by the Buffalo
evening paper because it intends to fuse
political theory and action, on and off
campus, and encourages its members to
move into living and working collectives
when they feel ready.
Besides these academic issues, other
recen changes may intensify the con-
iiicts already developing at U. B. The
campuo security force is being expanded
with more men and funds and will be
headed this year by a former FBI man. The
S opened a chapter
of the National Committee to Combat
Fascism (UCCF) in Buffalo, and several
niembers have already been harassed and
arrested by the local police. The Grand
ury has been investigating the Univer-
sity disturbances since last March, and
will re-convene September 23 to continue
through December.
In addition the growing opposition to
the V/ar and the increasing support for
countries drained by imperialism cannot
help but continue to reactivate cities
like Buffalo where both political extremes
.are so geographically close, and yet so
diametrically opposed. How soon it will
happen, we cannot be sure, but the symp
toms of a tumultuous fall offensive are
already here.
SUE BACHMANN
: NON-DISCRIMINATORY CONCENTRATION CAl'ffS
WASHINGTON—(CPS)—The House Internal
Security Committee (HISC) has voted to
continue concentration camps in the
United States, but with a provision bar
ring detention on account of race, color,
or ancestry.
The Committee voted 7-1 to report to
the full House a bill which would leave
intact the key sections of title II of
the Emergency Detention Act of 1950,
which allows the President to round up