March to Monroe County Courthouse

Approximately 800 students gathered to protest the calling of a Grand Jury for the Ballantine lock-in arrests, a tuition increase and the withdrawal of an offer of vice chancellorship to Professor Orlando Taylor. The students set a May 20 deadline for the administration to reply on the withdrawal.

A march by approximately 300 students to the Monroe County Courthouse to give evidence before the Grand Jury ended the rally. The students wanted to meet with Monroe County Prosecutor Thomas A. Berry to discuss bringing indictments against Acting President David Derge, Acting Chancellor John Snyder and other administration members.

At the courthouse, however, the Grand Jury disbanded the group.

"About 50 deputies and plainclothed policemen surrounded the locked courthouse..." according to an IDS article. "The doors had been locked by Sheriff Clifford Thrasher whose department had been notified to send men to the courthouse after the students walked past the police station."