@inbook{10.7591/j.cttq432t.13, ISBN = {9780801436536}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.cttq432t.13}, abstract = {Allan Sindler’s premonition, matched by authorities downtown, proved correct. Something was brewing for Parents Weekend, when several hundred parents would come to Cornell.The AAS claimed that certain events triggered the takeover of the Straight, but the evidence suggests it was carefully planned. Students had started coming to the office of Dana Payne, associate dean of the Arts College, two weeks before the takeover, asking to drop courses because the time they should have spent studying they had instead used to participate in marathon AAS meetings (by this time the AAS was meeting virtually every night). An assistant dean, Pearl}, bookauthor = {Donald Alexander Downs}, booktitle = {Cornell '69: Liberalism and the Crisis of the American University}, edition = {1}, pages = {165--191}, publisher = {Cornell University Press}, title = {DAY 1: THE TAKEOVER AND THE ARMING OF THE CAMPUS}, year = {1999} }