President Kirk has decided to take disciplinary action against 6 students for yesterday’s protest in Low Library. Of course, all identified students are members of our SDS steering committee, including Mark, the current chairman.

We will not stand by and allow our fellow students and revolutionaries to be unfairly punished (and possibly expelled) for exercising their rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Kirk’s rule against indoor demonstrations is unjust, and we will not stop fighting until it is abolished and the IDA Six (and all student protestors) are granted amnesty by the administration.

We will get justice!

100 SDS members marched into Low Library this afternoon, which as you know, is where Pres. Kirk’s office is located. We successfully disrupted the administration, and protested both the unfair rule against indoor demonstrations and the university’s connection to the IDA.

“Dare to struggle, dare to win!”-Fred Hampton

We have elected our new Steering Committee and officers.

Chairman- Mark Rudd. Rudd is a junior who has been involved with SDS since his first year at Columbia. He is a member of the Action Faction, and is committed to fighting U.S imperialism. He ran on the platform “How to Get the SDS Moving Again and Screw the University All in One Fell Swoop”. He has recently returned from a trip to Cuba, where he learned first-hand about their successful revolution. He is committed to non-violent confrontational politics.

Vice-Chairman- Nick Freudenberg. Freudenberg is a sophomore and a member of the Praxis-Axis. He has been involved with SDS for the past two years, and has played an important role in building a strong base for our organization

We will be electing our new SDS Steering Committee and Officers at the General Assembly meeting this week.

The SDS Steering Committee is made up of 25 SDS members, including one chairman and one vice-chairman (McCaughey 441). We are now accepting nomination.

Please come to the 201 Fayerwether on Wednesday March 13th at 7:00 p.m.