Title: COLUMBIA STUDENTS TO END ANTI-APARTHEID PROTEST - The New York Times
Headings: COLUMBIA STUDENTS TO END ANTI-APARTHEID PROTEST
COLUMBIA STUDENTS TO END ANTI-APARTHEID PROTEST
By Larry Rohter
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Content: ''We've come a long way from April 4,'' Mr. Townsend said. '' We gained 15 days of community and national support which exerted a great deal of pressure on the university and put the spotlight on the trustees. We didn't lose anything; we gained a great deal of momentum.'' In an action announced at the same time as his preliminary injunction, Judge Sherman postponed until June 10 any further action on contempt summonses issued to 31 Columbia students after they ignored a temporary restraining order forbidding them from blocking university buildings and activities. Conditions for Dropping Charges
Mr. Abrams, who argued the case for Columbia, said the university would drop the contempt proceedings against the students if the demonstrators complied with the latest court ruling. But if they continued their protest, he said, Columbia intended to file new contempt complaints and would also continue prosecution of the original charges. It was not clear, however, whether Columbia was willing to extend its offer if the students did continue the demonstration through Thursday. ''If the students don't abide by the decision and at the same time say they will end their demonstration Thursday, we'll have to make a new decision,'' he said. '' I don't have a definitive response.''