This Week in Amherst History

Ten students actually chose to join the 100 or more peaceful demonstrators at Westover Air Force Base in Chicopee, where they were all arrested for blocking the entrance. One student remained unfazed and compared himself to the “man who drives through a stop sign to stop a murder,” reported The Student. The decision to strike had been made by one-third of the student body on the previous Monday. By the end of the week, many of the additional actions proposed by students had been adopted. Over 2