Word: siegal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with the point of order became more annoyed. He finally stood up and kept shouting that he wanted to be heard. The chairman, unable to continue, said he would have a vote by the body to see if they wanted to hear the point of order. Dan Siegal, former president of the Berkeley Association of Students, then took over the chair. "The ruling of the chair as I understand it," he said, "is to go on with the agenda and not stop for all this procedural bullshit all the time." This was greeted with cries of rage...
...chair is clearly upheld," said Siegal. This was too much for the audience, and they started screaming at him. He held another vote, which was evenly distributed, probably because no one was clear on what they were voting for. Again, Siegal claimed the chair was clearly upheld. People began standing in the aisles and velling. The marshalls started yelling "SIT DOWN," but were drowned out by the countercries of "LET HIM SPEAK." There was general chaos for at least ten minutes...