1960s Student Protests

A lot of student movements frequently protested Vietnam War and social injustices during 1960s. Protesting about the Vietnam War, the student demonstrations occurred inat University of Buffalo, which caused numerous students injured in the disturbance, taught the schools in United States lessons about reacting to student protests . In addition, student protest in 1960s also influenced the students by letting them know what they want and what they should do. In a word, those student demonstrations shaped each individual student and increased school’s awareness of importance of dealing with student protests. To begin with, participating in the student protests can have a long-term influence to each individual student, because those protest …show more content…
Just like no person is without the defects, one university is not perfect either, and it can not be perfect in every aspects and satisfy all the students at the same time. Therefore, while maintaining the operation and educational function of the university is the primary responsibility of the faculty staff and the administration office, responding to students’ discontents appropriately is also another significant and difficult task faced by the whole school community. Moreover, student protests make schools to realize the method of dealing with student unrests matters as well. “Remaining aloof is not favored, but neither is acceding to any and all student demands”. (Francis, Lewis,and Rubin, page 336) When responding to the student unrests lately may increase the students’ dissent, responding to the nonviolent and non-disruptive student protests without figuring out the true causes but to repress it blindly and constantly may also engender disaster, as demonstrated by the student protest occurred at Buffalo in 1970. In 1970, because of the war broke out in Vietnam and along with the national-wide anti-war activities within the U.S, students in UB organized protests marching on and off the campus opposing the Vietnam War. However, the Acting President of UB did not consider any other tactics to cool down the protests, but directly called the police to arrest the students, which led to the anger of students. After the demands, such as kept Buffalo police off from campus and the resignation of the acting president, asked from student organizations were refused, students tried to asked their professors to cancel the classes and boycotted the administration. Those students later blocked the entrance of school’s building, Hayes Hall. At this point, the UB’s Acting President and his administration decided to ask the

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