Kevin Jeys, a philosophy student at the time, recalls much the same thing. George Wright, by then a political science professor, and other faculty who joined the occupation encouraged students to allow people access to their offices. As time went on, the protesters realized they were losing physical ground. More of their time was taken up with negotiating where they could sit and less time negotiating for the removal of guns. They did so, and about thirty people were arrested, ending ten weeks of continuous occupation.
Campus police remain armed today.
A Time of Hope Controversy, action, and political awakening. But most of all, the turbulent decade of 1965 to 1975 created great hope and excitement for those who participated in the political events of the time. Burk remembers it as a time when students questioned everything. I was inexperienced, but I was right.