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Flanked by Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III. Dean of the College John B. Fox Jr. '59 and a phalanx of University police, representatives of the ROTC and the right-wing club, Hoppenstein was pushed into the Lowell ICR upon his arrival here...
...Prior to Hoppenstein's arrival, the leadership of the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee (SASC) and the patriotic Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) were holding a non-violent "teach-out" in front of Lamont library. They waited until the last minute before passing out an apologies leaflet addressing Hoppenstein's visit. It stated, in part...
Their appalling excuse for a "call to act" tried to subordinate what Hoppenstein stands for to the issue of "free speech." Despite this attempt by SASC leadership to put forward a do-nothing strategy, the Spartacus Youth League's call to "Keep the Butchers Off Campus" intersected the anger of militants who joined us and converged on Lowell House to protest the outrage of Hoppenstein's presence...
...Once Hoppenstein arrived, Conservative Club members locked him into the Lowell JCR, keeping other students out, in yet another act of provocation. Following the lead of the SYL, student protesters decided that Hoppenstein should gain the experience of thousands of Black and white South Africans jailed in hell-hole prisons. Linking arms in silent protest, the students formed a blockade, planning to make Hoppenstein sweat until at least midnight...
Despite their attempt squash this militancy, the SASC/DSA leadership were dragged, like stubborn burros, into the protest, trying their best all the while to neutralize it. But students didn't respond to their calls to debate Hoppenstein or to form "three committees" to help dissolve the blockade...