Nation: THE CAMPUS UPHEAVAL: AN END TO PATIENCE

VIOLENCE and disorder continued to flash like early summer lightning across the campuses of the U.S. last week. There were disruptive demonstrations, strikes, sit-ins, clashes with police, confrontations between students and what has now become the ultimate sign of defianceĀ—students standing against authority with firearms in their hands. The dynamics of student discontent have obviously produced an ominous rise in the frequency and intensity of protest. Now there are unmistakable signs that it has also produced something else: a growing feeling throughout the nation that the rebels have at last gone too far. If there was one word that summarized the...

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