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: The Order Takes Effect
Acting Justice Burton S. Sherman of State Supreme Court in Manhattan ordered the demonstrators to remove all chains and padlocks from the front doors of Hamilton Hall and to open a pathway for students and faculty members to enter and leave the building and others near it. But Judge Sherman also designated an area on the steps of Hamilton Hall and in the adjoining quadrangle in which he said the demonstrators would be free to continue their protest ''peacefully.'' The court order took effect at about 5:30 P.M. yesterday, when it was read to the demonstrators. Asked if Columbia was demanding immediate compliance, Floyd Abrams, a lawyer for the university, said: '' We hope and expect the students will abide by the court order. If they do not, then we'll have to decide what to do.'' Mr. Townsend said that the students had reached their plan to end the protest ''before we knew what decision'' Justice Sherman would announce. But Mr. Townsend also acknowledged that the demonstrators had expected the court to rule against them. Safety Is Judge's Main Concern
He said the students recognized that ''the demonstration cannot continue with a corridor,'' and had decided it made more sense to take a different approach, one that remains to be determined. About 150 student demonstrators have blocked the entrance to Hamilton Hall since April 4, demanding that Columbia rid itself of $32.5 million in indirect investments in South Africa because of apartheid.