Other major U. protests

· February 1969 -- Students for a Democratic Society staged a six-day sit-in at College Hall protesting reported military research taking place at the University City Science Center. The administration agreed to donate $10 million for community renewal projects and to replace homes destroyed by University construction. · April 1972 -- In reaction to the continual bombings in Vietnam during the war, 250 undergraduates and several faculty members staged a protest demanding that the University get rid of rumored war-related stocks it owned and sever its relations with Reserve Officer Training Corps. The students conducted a sit-in at College Hall, barricading its doors for 36 hours and stealing confidential financial documents. For the first time in the University's history, officials sought a court injunction to end the protest. Though the demonstrators were tried internally within the University's judiciary system, the charges were dropped on account of "insufficient evidence," since few people were willing to testify against the students. · April 1973 -- Two hundred female students and faculty members rallied on College Green in response to a series of rapes that had occurred in the University area, including an attack on two Penn students. Twenty students then slept in College Hall for three nights. The students demanded escort services for women, better lighting around campus and the establishment of a women's center. Most of their demands were met by the administration. · March 1978 -- After a rally supported by the Undergraduate Assembly and the Student Activities Council, students staged a 3 1/2 day sit-in at College Hall to protest budget cuts that would drop hockey and other sports or curtail professional theater programs. The sit-in was supported by the Black Student League, which took over the Franklin Building, demanding that minority issues also be addressed at College Hall and calling for the creation of a minorities group -- which resulted in the United Minorities Council. The administration ultimately decided to concede to the students' demands, allocating $125,000 to sustain and recreate certain sports and performances. -- Lily Nonomiya