But the fact of the matter is that Golding belongs to nor represents any majority. He serves no public interests. He is in the mainstream of a continuing tradition of political repression, human insensitivity and moral turpitude which has functioned as a barrier to all people concerned with progressive social change. To put it briefly, one finds it difficult to believe that the man who sent in the police, clad in riot gear to break up and gas a peaceful assembly on Oct. 22, could dig deep into his heart and find there is a noble motive for canceling classes on May 4th.

At 4:30 p.m. Glenn Perusek's leafleting case was to be reconvened before the All University Hearing Board (See related story on Dodge). While seventy-five Perusek supporters filed into the hall outside the conference suite, Perusek and attorney, Terry Gilbert, entered the hearing.

AUHB procedural guidelines state, that defendants have the right to decide whether a hearing will be open or closed to the public. However, AUHB Chairman, Ray Flynn, told Perusek and Gilbert that the defendant's right to make that determination was suspended because of the "disruption" that occurred at the first part of the hearing on April 6, 1978.

This so-called "disruption" was actually an attempt by Perusek's defense to bring out the political significance of the case; namely, that these regulations are only enforced against those who oppose and threaten the administration, and are not enforced against the Ku Klux Klan, the fraternities, religious organizations, and others who pose no threat to illegitimate administration policies.

Perusek informed the AUHB that he would not participate in a hearing that was closed to the public and stated that he felt he had no chance of getting a fair hearing if it was not witnessed by the people.

The length of time taken by the board during deliberation was evidence that Perusek's broad support outside their doors made it clear that the decision was an important one. Finally, the board rendered a verdict--Perusek was found guilty of violation of university policy regarding distribution of leaflets. He was sentenced to "conduct probation" which would not expire until the end of Fall quarter, 1978.

The terms of this light sentence, Perusek later said, "It was definitely the presence of the crowd. The board was unwilling to rule on the constitutionality of the regulation, and they knew it was an over-broad rule. Still, I think they would have set a stiffer sentence for this precedent case, had there not been such a large crowd here in my support." He went on further to say, "The 'slap on the wrist' sentence is not my victory, but shows the strength united opposition to the administration can have on this campus."

During a lengthy delay, Perusek, Gilbert and others spoke to the spirited crowd outside the hearing room. The crowd was inspired by the militant stand Perusek took in refusing to accept being railroaded through a closed hearing.

Perusek's first hearing was adjourned when the Board's attempt to railroad him out school was thwarted by 70 of his supporters who objected to this railroading at the hearing. Perusek's supporters were angered by the political biases of the University's Hearing Board.

When Perusek questioned a witness, Jane Bratnober, on what differences she saw between the distributed leaflet that Perusek was prosecuted for handing out, and leaflets passed out by the Ku Klux Klan without a table for which they weren't prosecuted, the hearing board chairman, Ray Flynn, ruled the question "out of order."

Jane attempted to point out that Glenn's anti-tuition hike leaflet was viewed as a threat by the administration and so the distribution of it was repressed. But the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan to recruit members was not repressed, apparently because the administration did not feel threatened by their actions.

When this line of questioning was ruled as irrelevant by the Hearing Board, the effect was to isolate Perusek's defense to a discussion of the facts which supported his guilt, while dismissing the presentation of any other facts, such as the uncontested KKK recruitment, as irrelevant and disruptive of the proceedings.