THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
79th Year, No.64
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Wednesday, January 8, 1969
Nationwide revolt touted
★★
Rudd speaks; women blush
By SUSAN BRIMACOMBE
Kansan Staff Writer
The only surprise at last night's SUA minorities opinions forum was that the speaker didn't show up nude.
Although clean-shaven and conservatively dressed, his language could sure use a good bath. Rudd sent ripples of laughter through the audience with an excessive use of the word f...k and an off-color parable.
His language was obscene.
And tales he did tell.
Photo by Greg Sorber
With sideburns short enough to pass Army standards, the military and Columbia University reject, Mark Rudd hopped on stage before a cross-section of KU students, faculty and administrators to tell his gory tale of Columbia's violent uprising.
The boyish-looking rebel casually related a story of a Japanese samurai who lined up several Japanese women, reaching orgasm upon having sexual intercourse with the final woman.
This was not the end of the fun. Rudd challenged the somewhat abashed audience to draw analogies with the story. A male student rose
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By LINDA LOYD and SUSAN BRIMACOMBE Kansan Staff Writers
Mark Rudd at the Kansas Union Ballroom
Mark Rudd, student rebel leader from Columbia University, last night called for a mass democratic movement to overthrow America's ruling class which perpetuates racism, diploma-factory education and "other exploitations."
The former Columbia head of Students for Democratic Society (SDS), defined the ruling class as that 3 per cent of the population which controls 60 per cent of the country's wealth.
"This movement would involve the middle class, so far composed only of students, and the working class who now support Wallace," Rudd told about 1,000 persons at an SUA Minority Opinion Forum in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Speaking of Columbia's revolt last spring, Rudd said students were protesting the power of the university to construct a segregated university gymnasium on stolen Harlem property.
"The gym is symbolic of the way the university expanded into Harlem throwing blacks out to form a white ghetto for Columbia.
"Students considered this action racist because it exploited black people worsening the situation of blacks and Puerto Ricans in New York."
During Rudd's speech, 10 KU students walked out of the ballroom carrying such signs as "Aarkvarks Eat Ants" and "Quarantine Pay Toilets."
In the film, "Columbia Revolt," which Rudd showed the KU audience, demonstrators said they refused to be produced to go out into society. "We can't accept teacher's paternalistic role. Our demands must be taken seriously."
Produced to give a visual impression of the Columbia uprising, the film showed that within two days students had occupied and held five buildings including the
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--was called before the University's board of review Monday night. Rollinis was reviewed on threats of arson prior to the December fire which destroyed Nichols Auditorium.
ASC passes Senate Code
Members of the All-Student Council (ASC) unanimously adopted the newly revised Senate Code at last night's meeting and introduced a resolution banishing firearms from the campus police force.
The revision of the proposed Senate Code has resulted from the deliberations of a joint conference committee consisting of three ASC members and three faculty representatives which began meeting more than a month ago to iron out the differences in the ASC and University Senate Code.
The newly revised Senate Code will be voted on by the faculty Friday afternoon. If accepted by the faculty, a two week notice will be given in the University Daily Kansan as to the dates of the student body election for the proposed Senate Code.
Rick von Ende, Abilene, Tex. graduate student and chairman of the ASC, said the elections should be near the end of February.
Von Ende, in reviewing the ironed out version of the Senate Code, said there was very little
Five black students disrupt K-State class
MANHATTAN-Five black students, shouting obscenities, disrupted a sociology class at Kansas State University yesterday afternoon.
With the permission of the instructor, Eugene Lupir, assistant professor of sociology, the five black students conducted an open dialogue on race relations with the class of 250 sociology students.
Twenty students walked out after the militants began shouting obscenities. Before the class period ended, five of the 20 protesting students returned.
Lupri called the dialogue a "good discussion" and his two teaching assistants said the dialogue "was beneficial to all concerned."
Andy Rollins, K-State freshman and one of the five black militants,
Rollins was one of several students, who early last fall printed fliers with arson threats in copies of the Kansas State Collegian, a student publication at K-State.
The charges of "irresponsible acts" were dismissed by the University.
James A. McCain, K-State president, said: "This infident is under careful investigation. As soon as the facts are in, appropriate action will be taken."
Rollins, was invited by Lupi to speak before the class, Jan. 16, on the topic of race relations.
disagreement between the members of the conference committee.
"The proposal to incorporate a student committee on architectural affairs has been included in the fiscal affairs of planning and resources committee. Under the newly revised Senate Code, von Ende said, a disciplinary board of appeal for students who have grievances or have not reached satisfaction through their school was created.
In summing up the passed version of the Senate Code von Ende said, "I feel as if we lost absolutely no ground and held what we already had."
The proposal banishing firearms from the campus police force was postponed until the next meeting so representatives from the campus police force could be informed of the action and the ASC Traffic and Safety committee could ready a report on the situation.
Weather
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts cloudy and warmer weather today with temperatures dropping tomorrow. Occasional snow and colder temperatures are expected tonight. Winds should be northerly 20 to 30 miles per hour by evening. Today's high should be near 40 and tonight's low in the teens. Precipitation probability is 20 per cent today, 30 per cent tonight and 10 per cent tomorrow.