Whilst President, Straw played a role in leading a student sit-in in June 1968.

Seven students were summoned to disciplinary hearings but student sit-ins prevented these hearings taking place.

There was the odd student sit-in and the National Union of Students was beginning to find a voice.

In May 1968, with campus buildings occupied by a student sit-in, he resigned.

A student sit-in was held in April.

The successful student sit-in at Harvard in the spring is likely to give further impetus to student movements around the country that were already under way.

Those tactics include a student sit-in last year and, the police say, the vandalism of which he stands accused.

An 11-day student sit-in at an administration building at Rutgers University ended peacefully this morning without arrests.

But I was not sympathetic with the methods," such as student sit-ins and strikes.

Following the Oklahoma City sit-ins, the tactic of non-violent student sit-ins spread.