Oh. Reagan didn't like hippies. Yeah. That's why he got elected BY THE PEOPLE WHO PAY FOR THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND THAT UNIVERSITY!
And Jedgar didn't like hippies. Surprise.
"He thought if you wanted a world-class university, let the students pay for it. "
There's a problem here?
In some sense, said Colvig, "Reagan's bark was worse than his bite about the university. He wanted to establish a special process to select faculty in several disciplines. In other words, he wanted to set a political standard for appointing faculty members.
Assertion. No proof.
This idea was widely opposed, and it went away.
Yeah. The drug-dazed fools were fooled. Surprise.
"Often, nothing came of these things. But sometimes it did. The financial cuts were real, and they introduced new special fees that, in effect, were the beginning of charging tuition."
Yeah? So?
May 1969 was the low point in the relationship between Reagan and UC Berkeley. Students and activists had begun an attempt to transform a vacant plot of university property into "People's Park." Attempting to head off the activists, the university engaged a fencing company, accompanied by 250 police, to erect a chain-link fence around the land at 4 a.m. on May 15, 1969. Five hours later, a rally was called on Sproul Plaza to protest the action. Resource, a current UC Berkeley reference guide for new students, relates the story of how Reagan intervened, sending in the National Guard:
"The rally, which drew 3,000 people, soon turned into a riot, as the crowd moved down Telegraph (Ave.) towards the park. That day, known as Bloody Thursday, three students suffered punctured lungs, another a shattered leg, 13 people were hospitalized with shotgun wounds, and one police officer was stabbed. James Rector, who was watching the riot from a rooftop, was shot by police gunfire; he died four days later.
"At the request of the Berkeley mayor, Governor Ronald Reagan declared a state of emergency and sent 2,200 National Guard troops into Berkeley.
Pardon moi. The university belongs to the state gov't- -NOT THE STUDENTS! They are ships passing in the night, regardless of what they think. The gov't, NOT THE STUDENTS, dictates what happens to its property. |
