Days of rage at SIU linger in memory and aftermath
Nancy Weil recalls SIU chancellor Robert MacVicar ending campus operations on May 12 1970 after days of protests over the Cambodian invasion and Kent State deaths. The riot and break-ins shattered Carbondale while Morris and Morrill defend the decision as necessary to prevent greater destruction.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan
Robert MacVicar
Southern Illinois University
Cambodia
Kent State University
Ohio
MacVicar
Corvallis, Re
SIU
Corvallis
Oregon State University
Carbondale
Illinois Avenue
Delyte Morris
Faner Hall
Morrises
Paul Morrill
Morris
Morrill
Edwardsville
Merrill
SIU professor watched campus unrest from the sidelines
In early 1970Southern Illinois University political science associate Roy Miller and David Everson surveyed 500 to 600 students about campus administration politics and protest use. The study found many students believed nonviolent demonstrations could work and noted broad discontent. Miller describes his dual role as observer not instigator while calming students and guiding discussions during all night sessions amid protests and curfew violations.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan
Roy Miller
David Everson
Southern Illinois University Department of Political Science
Miller
Everson
SIU
Nicaragua
Vate
Rational Action Movement helps SIU students seek rights
The Rational Action Movement RAM formed in 1965 at Southern Illinois University to press for constitutional rights and end in loco parentis rules. RAM, a nonviolent group, used peaceful protests to win concessions from SIU President Delyte Morris and staff.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Design
Rational Action Movement
RAM
Larry Busch
Richard Archer
SIU
Busch
Archer
Delyte Morris
Reagan in Bitburg Walks with Kohl in Reconciliation Ceremony
President Reagan and German Chancellor Kohl visited the Kolme shohe cemetery and Bergen Belsen, placing wreaths and stressing reconciliation from enemies to friends. Veterans Ridgway and Steinhoff joined, while a seven nation summit failed to fix a date for new trade talks and faced resistance to Star Wars shield sanctions.
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Reagan
Kolmeshohe
Helmut Kohl
Bitburg
Matthew B. Ridgway
Sicily
Normandy
Battle of the Bulge
Johannes Steinhoff
NATO
Nancy
Bergen-Belsen
Germany
Francois Mitterrand
Nicaragua
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