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Demonstrations Foreseen

The struggle for change is not
easily won, and certainly not in
three months. Demonstrations
against ROTC and Dow Chemical
will doubtlessly reoccur this year,
and will probably have more
popular support than in the past.
The Coalition, without many of its
now-graduated leaders, will exist
again in some form. For while the
University mouths racial justice and
provides no real opportunity for it
here, and while America's military
keeps embarking on its senseless
campaigns, students will have good
cause to object.

If you, the entering students,
hope to see change in your time,
the time to begin is now. There are
"legitimate" channels, such as
Student Council, with which the
administration will deal directly;
and there are "illegitimate" channels,
such as the SDS, with which it
will have to deal if it stays unchanging.

But mostly it will take your
hard work, concern, and your commitment
to action, to lessen that
distance between the real world and
the serpentine walls.