[pepsionice]

There is no mystery....the press just doesn’t want to tell the whole story.

This small college town had a couple of cops. As things were getting fairly peppy and a lot of weird stuff was happening down on the streets of the town (not even the university)....the mayor got pretty worried. He wanted protection. The campus cops were non-existent, and the local cops could do nothing. The governor? He did the only thing possible....he sent the national guard in.

The punks? They were all being pushed around and led by people who felt they’d just continue to challenge authority and get away with just about everything.

So the day finally came....the challenge authority crowd met up with the state national guard. Some dead students on the ground. Some journalists write a fifty-percent story because they really can’t tell the whole thing.

What happened in the year or two after that? That’s the interesting part. A lot of parents got real scared and felt their kids were in the wrong kind of campus. The state and the administrators were all fearful of a massive curtailment of students.

So all of the trouble-makers were identified, and sent packing. They kept names and when other colleges asked about records....some comments were made. The trouble-makers weren’t going to get free tickets elsewhere.

Campuses across the nation? They all added more cops. Cities with colleges? They went and added more cops. Any hint of trouble? You got lectured and given one chance to straighten up. No college in America today will allow this kind of trouble to repeat. It would be massive destruction if you had twenty kids killed today....with hundred of millions in lawsuits possible....and few colleges could recover from a situation like that.

[Leaning Right]

I think there are two lessons here.

One, do not send in troops to do police work.

Two, as you said, identity troublemakers early, and send them packing.

Of course, both of these are easier said then done.

[Lurker]

I grew up 6 miles from KS. Those SDS criminals had been agitating for quite some time on the campus. Local news was broadcasting their speeches about “burning the beorgouis in their beds”. My dad slept on the couch with a shotgun.

I feel no sympathy for them.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

One can think what one wants to think about the Kent State situation.

However, the bottom line is that after Kent State and Jackson State all, and I repeat, ALL of the mayhem on college campuses stopped, and I repeat, STOPPED!