"Students Storm SGB Meeting," 1977, The Owl Yearbook, Page 54

"Students Storm SGB Meeting," 1977, The Owl Yearbook, Page 54

This page includes information on how members of the Black Action Society and Collective for an Alternative Education protested in the November 17, 1976, Student Government Board meeting and read a list of demands from the black students.

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Students Storm SGB Meeting Campus police broke up a demonstration in the Student Government Office of some 150 members of the Black Action Society and a few members of the Collective for an Alternative Education (CAE) on the night of Wednesday, November 17, 1976. Toting placards and yelling protest chants BAS and CAE members crambed [sic] into 305 Schenley Hall where they waited to present the Board a series of wide-ranging demands. After Student Government Board President Barry Weisband suggested the proposals be placed on the agenda under new business, BAS members became adamant and demanded the Board listen to a lengthy series of demands. As the protestors chanted and stuck their placards on the walls, BAS Co-Chairman Doug Guy read a list of 10 grievances and BAS demands covering the areas of: South Africa, Campus Police, the Dorms, the Community, Admissions Imbalance, on-campus Black Functions, Remunerations, Black Studies, Student Government, and Tuition Hikes. The protesters then detained the Board, other students, and a handful of administrators for some two-plus hours. The protest prompted Dr. Moye, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs to say, “The demands were far beyond the capabilities of SGB to deal with and you must ask the question of what is really bothering these young people.”