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University of Iowa anti-war protests, 1970

1970-06-03 Report: ""Campus Tensions -- A Report on Iowa and Elsewhere"" Page 16

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the external agencies? A bill was introduced in the 63rd G.A., First Session, calling on the Governor to draft a state riot control plan. This measure passed the Senate but did not come out of committee in the House. The failure of the Regents institutions to have a clearly understood, workable and probably written plan as to the respective roles played by campus security, city police, county sheriff forces, highway patrol and national guard could lead to and possibly aggravate disorder on the campus. 

The use of injunctive relief for the purpose of quelling campus disturbances should be studied in depth and a policy established. The use of injunctions is a fairly recent development on campuses. A clear line should be drawn as to when and under what circumstances they should be used. The ABA points out that a university that is not prepared to enforce the injunction through contempt proceedings should not seek one. An injunction in such a situation might permit a court decree to be flouted by students with impunity. No institution should, however, depend upon the injunctive relief as the sole remedy to assist it in dealing with disruptions or threats of disruption. Some thought should be given to the possibility of the Regents obtaining a permanent injunction against clearly defined acts of campus disruption and those participating in such disruption. 

Relationships with the community should also be examined. What is the relationship between the university and the city manager or mayor and city council? What use should be made of curfews to quell campus disruptions? How can the community leaders help? Should their law enforcement forces, if called upon, be reimbursed for their activities?

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The three Regents institutions are quite different in nature. They are not composed of identical students or identical faculty. The Michigan Report pointed out that the problem of disruption and disorder can be solved if one is interested only in preventing protests: " it would be to have nothing in the state but passive, unconcerned students and the dullest faculty one could find." While this might have a certain attraction after recent events. it is hardly conductive to the creativity and learning expected in a university.

It is important to keep in mind that the students in Iowa are concerned with the issues of the day, concerned with the problems that exist in society. Very few of them are so disenchanted with society, however, that they find no recourse but to resort to civil disobedience and , in effect, drop out of the community. 

The suggestion has been made that to keep a campus stable some method should be utilized to exclude student who are known "trouble-makers" or faculty members who are not at the institutions to engage in the primary purposes of that institution. Obviously, we cannot impose a "political" test and retain our integrity. Is there some means to exclude students from entrance into Regents universities on grounds other than academic deficiencies, such as their record of disruptive conduct elsewhere? If there some method to determine in advance whether prospective faculty members are attempting to become members of the institutional community for reasons other than educational pursuit?

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- 16 - the external agencies? A bill was introduced in the 63rd G.A., First Session, calling on the Governor to draft a state riot control plan. This measure passed the Senate but did not come out of committee in the House. The failure of the Regents institutions to have a clearly understood, workable and probably written plan as to the respective roles played by campus security, city police, county sheriff forces, highway patrol and national guard could lead to and possibly aggravate disorder on the campus. The use of injunctive relief for the purpose of quelling campus disturbances should be studied in depth and a policy established. The use of injunctions is a fairly recent development on campuses. A clear line should be drawn as to when and under what circumstances they should be used. The ABA points out that a university that is not prepared to enforce the injunction through contempt proceedings should not seek one. An injunction in such a situation might permit a court decree to be flouted by students with impunity. No institution should, however, depend upon the injunctive relief as the sole remedy to assist it in dealing with disruptions or threats of disruption. Some thought should be given to the possibility of the Regents obtaining a permanent injunction against clearly defined acts of campus disruption and those participating in such disruption. Relationships with the community should also be examined. What is the relationship between the university and the city manager or mayor and city council? What use should be made of curfews to quell campus disruptions? How can the community leaders help? Should their law enforcement forces, if called upon, be reimbursed for their activities? THE STABLE STUDENT BODY The three Regents institutions are quite different in nature. They are not composed of identical students or identical faculty. The Michigan Report pointed out that the problem of disruption and disorder can be solved if one is interested only in preventing protests: " it would be to have nothing in the state but passive, unconcerned students and the dullest faculty one could find." While this might have a certain attraction after recent events. it is hardly conductive to the creativity and learning expected in a university. It is important to keep in mind that the students in Iowa are concerned with the issues of the day, concerned with the problems that exist in society. Very few of them are so disenchanted with society, however, that they find no recourse but to resort to civil disobedience and , in effect, drop out of the community. The suggestion has been made that to keep a campus stable some method should be utilized to exclude student who are known "trouble-makers" or faculty members who are not at the institutions to engage in the primary purposes of that institution. Obviously, we cannot impose a "political" test and retain our integrity. Is there some means to exclude students from entrance into Regents universities on grounds other than academic deficiencies, such as their record of disruptive conduct elsewhere? If there some method to determine in advance whether prospective faculty members are attempting to become members of the institutional community for reasons other than educational pursuit?