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Student protests, May-December 1971

2011-10-20 Daily Iowan Article: ""IC no stranger to protests"" Page 1

Protests hit the University of Iowa several times during the Vietman era.

By Dora Grote

Red "blood" poured on the IMU steps, Barbie dolls burned in a barrel, "Dr. Death" walked through town in a black robe, carrying a scythe. People dressed in ski masks threw bricks at care behind Hillcrest.
In the 1960s and early 1970s , thousands of students united on campus to protest the war in Vietnam as it escalated.
While the ongoing Occupy Iowa City movement bring images to mind of a peaceful bring images to mind of a peaceful tent city in College Green Park, protests from 40-some years ago during the Vietnam War were not always so pacifistic.
Willard "Sandy" Boyd, a UI professor of law and president emeritus, was president of the University of Iowa during a time when he said antiwar protests were "serious business" and "more than just rowdy, they were dangerous."
"It wasn't just a bunch of people whopping it up," he said. "These people were very serious-minded."
Boyd said being president at a time of controversy was no doubt stressful at times, primarily for the fear of protests "getting out of hand." But he said his duty was to make sure the university remained open as

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Protests hit the University of Iowa several times during the Vietman era. By Dora Grote Red "blood" poured on the IMU steps, Barbie dolls burned in a barrel, "Dr. Death" walked through town in a black robe, carrying a scythe. People dressed in ski masks threw bricks at care behind Hillcrest. In the 1960s and early 1970s , thousands of students united on campus to protest the war in Vietnam as it escalated. While the ongoing Occupy Iowa City movement bring images to mind of a peaceful bring images to mind of a peaceful tent city in College Green Park, protests from 40-some years ago during the Vietnam War were not always so pacifistic. Willard "Sandy" Boyd, a UI professor of law and president emeritus, was president of the University of Iowa during a time when he said antiwar protests were "serious business" and "more than just rowdy, they were dangerous." "It wasn't just a bunch of people whopping it up," he said. "These people were very serious-minded." Boyd said being president at a time of controversy was no doubt stressful at times, primarily for the fear of protests "getting out of hand." But he said his duty was to make sure the university remained open as