The college authorities at Bath Cutversity have finally adopted the ulti mate weapon. The library, shop and sports facilities have all been shut Blath students joined the battle last Wednesday when 400 occupied the aimi istration buildings. They are demanding the 35% rent increase be dropped, that campus pricos (wichi the administration watt lo put up by 353) be loweed, that there be no stalf redundancies or wage cuts; and a guarantee of no vierimisscion as a result of the occupation.
The academic staff have demanded that the university be kept ogen, while the campus ASTMS branch have stated that the disruption lay squarely ar the door af the rice chancellor and called for the facilitics to be roopened.
The closure of a college in response to sendent direct sction is unprecedented since L5F in 1968, Even Sioman duriog the big strueles at Essex last summer we Hot go that 1at Hat through all this vice chancellor Rolberhain still cloims that the prants campaige has bis Tall support He is one of the representatives of the authorities whom. according to Communist Parly NUS President Digby Jacks in 1913, students should win to their side Bath students tenlise that it is no use winning a higher grunt if rents and prices immodiately po up. Students must fight locally and rationally both apainst thu lousy grants system and The cash crisis in bigher education has apped the sakes. The authorities and the Governet ate partners in the same sune of making students and workers pay for the crisis. Having shuttled and cut education. they gave students a raw deal and expected them to Ulow in them hand But studensat Bath and across the country have called the blott and are fitting back disobey an inspector's directions ob a TON OF BRICKS But what must be mast be. The police have to hit demonstrations and pickets bard, and Scarman must make zome worthwhile recommendations. Not to de do would outrage the rest of the judiciary. who are now coming down on the working class through the courts like a ton of The left's presence inside the Tribunal has belped lay the basis for a campaign of protest at the police proposals. This must now be develoned, so that when Scarmer is reflecting over Christmas on what he should say in his Report, he will not forget ahout the public disorder liable to bo