Page Six SCARLET AND BLACK Past Spring Riots Cause Current Concern By KRISTI RENNEBOHM The Senate is now in the process of reevaluating Spring Riot in terms of its mounting property damage and bills from BXLGT A review of past Spring Riots re veals the validity of their concern. On Tuesday night, May 9, 1961, North Campus men invaded the Quad and remained inside the locked loggia after hours. Fortun» ately, the would-be riot caused lit- the damage. Costs came to ap- proximately $10.00. The Riot on Wednesday, April 25, 1962, was a diiierent story. The hall presidents were kidnapped and taken to a deserted school- house. According to the S St B re port, the riot “was not an lrre sponsible student outburst” but rather“‘a well planned affair con- trolled by various student lead- ers.” The S 8: B regarded it as “a substitute for the potentially dan- gerous panty raid type of nut- burst.” It stated that there was "no malicious damage inflicted to property in the incident.” How ever, costs ran up to $117.39 in addition to the $183.50 fine paid by students for vandalism. On Sunday night, May 5, 1963, one of the longest and noisiest water fights in the hisotry of Grin- nell took place on North Campus. Approximately 150 students had the pleasure of drenching and drown- ing one another, 0n the following evening, May 6, another unofficial riot began with the Burling library lights being cut off. This was followed by men breaking into the women’s dorms. This riot turned out to be one oi the most successful ones in the his» tory of Grinnell. That same week, on Tuesday night, May 7, the oiiicially planned Spring Riot took place, The com? and AWS board members were kidnapped and a dance was held. ) Senate (Continued trorn Page 1) spoke against the resolution, point- ing out that halls lacked the power to collect assessments against indi- viduals. Bob Foote answered that stu- dents who fail to pay hall fines may be taken to the Pr la ry Court, Where an additionai fine is possible, and that students who rail to pay court tines may be brought to the attention of the Faculty Committee on Student Ai- fairs. Another part of the resolution notifies the Student Auditor “that it would be unwise to have hall social tunds used to pay for dani— ages.” The Senate also sent to the ad- ministration a proposal to extend telephone hours to one hali hour after the present women’s hours. Ron Fiscus reported that 65 per cent of the questionnaires returned favored that particular time. And the Senate continued its concern with the most prominent is» me of the last SGA‘ campaign: ltudent involvement. Currently the Senate and Coil-[P are organizing committees to examine (a) the tar-rule; (b) the Men's Primary Court; (c) college transportation; ((1) curricular, affairs; (e) open rooms; and (1) Building and! Grounds. Activities ended quietly at mid- night as the students were exhaust- ed from the previous two riots. The total cost at these three riots was approximately $140.00. In the spring of 1964, another successful riot was held. The elec- tricity on campus was turned off in all buildings. Water fights went on all over North Campus and a dance was held on the roof of Cowles. The good time that was had by the students cost $244.93. On Tuesday, May 4, 1965. a fight broke out on North Campus which turned into a spontaneous riot. It migrated to South Campus where the rioters broke into the loggia at 12:30 am. Students wan- dered around and marched through the loggia. Attempts were made to get the girls out» side either on their own accord or by force. The unofficial riot ended at 1:45 am Damage was remarkably light —- two windows and locks were broken and a few screens were pushed out. On the following Thursday, May 6, 1965, the official Spring Riot took place. There were fireworks, water tights and “happy” Grin- nellians floating around Broken glass and small fires were seen around campus. The total bill for these two riots came to $999.85 The high cost of damage done during the riots at Grinnell is the reason for Senate's concern and re-evaluation of the traditional Spring Riot. Friday. April 3, lm Group Still linvolvetl. But Who Gan Know? Gl‘innell’s Committee on Student Involvement, GCSI which, by the way, is still in existence, is going “through a state of flux” accord- ing to the group’s leader, Dale Levine. He stated that the pun pose (sic) of the committee had not changed substantially, but that there were some “questions." 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