November 2, 1966: Students picket Marine and Air Force recruiter stations in the UWM Union and denounce the Vietnam The UWM Post reports that the "dispersing of the crowd was aided by the start of 1:30 classes on campus and the |
||
November 4-9, 1967: UWM students demonstrate against Dow Chemical for its production of napalm for use in the war, |
||
November 29, 1967: After the decision is made to proceed with the Dow Chemical interviews at the UWM Civic Center In response to the protests, the Chancellor appoints a special committee to study the feasibility of continuing the |
||
February 8, 1968: The Chancellor's committee releases the "McLaughlin Report," which indicates that while the Dow and CIA interviews were not strictly educational, the university nevertheless had a responsibility to provide job recruitment services to students while protecting the rights of other students to peacefully demonstrate. The report also recommends that in the event of threats to life and property that the UWM security forces could not handle, it would be appropriate to seek outside assistance from the Milwaukee Police Department. |
||
February 26, 1968: Dow Chemical Company interviews are held in Mitchell Hall. Approximately 40 to 50 protesters gather in the Union before marching to the second floor of Mitchell Hall to protest the interviews. Two students are arrested while blocking access to the Chancellor's office, in what the UWM Post calls "the first disruptive protest in UWM’s history." The protesters deliver a list of demands to the Chancellor, including the release of the arrested students and cancellation of the remaining interviews. |
||
February 27, 1968: Twelve students from the previous day's demonstration meet with Chancellor Klotsche, who affirms students' right to protest, but not in a disruptive manner. He also explains that UW Regents policy requires him to allow recruitment except under extraordinary circumstances. The arrested students are charged with disorderly conduct and sentenced to 30 days in the House of Correction, but are released after Dean David Robinson has their bail lowered from $1500 to $100. |
||
March 14-15, 1968: In light of a number of planned protests at the Federal Building in downtown Milwaukee, the CIA Members of Students for a Democratic Society and sympathetic UWM faculty proceed nonetheless with a Teach-In on
|
||
March 19, 1968: The play "Madame C.I.A." is staged in front of Bolton Hall as part of a larger protest of the CIA at UWM. The revised theme of the protest, in light of the previous week's cancellation, is "Where is the CIA?" |
||
April 26, 1968: UWM students participate in activities associated with the national "April Days of Protest," including a march from campus to the Federal Building, burning President Lyndon Johnson in effigy, and a "Bitch-In" on the Union Lawn sponsored by the Campus Action Party. |
March 6, 1968
February 25, 1967
November 27, 1967
March 6, 1968
March 6, 1968