Students Protest Midterm Exam, Police Answer

Students in Professor Ted Morgan's "Movements and Legacies of the 1960s" class organized a protest of their midterm exam because they "felt it was hypocritical in light of what they had learned all semester." The Lehigh University students chose instead to organize a war protest and "teach-in," calling themselves the "New Resistance."

The students' effort to take "control of their education" became more exciting, however, when the professor called in the local police department to make the teach-in more faithful to the experiences of 1960s protesters. As the students excitedly chanted "No more tests, we must protest!" they were met by police officers with fire hoses and attack dogs. Student leader Claire Hall said that she was "a little surprised" when the police showed up, but she "welcomed the opportunity to more deeply understand" the '60s protesters. "I was happy to identify with them," she said. "And besides, only a few students were actually injured by those dogs." Hall said that police were about to resort to tear gas and rubber bullets, "but most of the students had already been hauled away to jail or the hospital by then," so the additional anti-riot weaponry was not needed.