Zip to Zap
by Merry Helm
May 10, 2021 — Today is the anniversary of the only official riot in state history that called on the National Guard to disperse the crowd.
It started innocently. In April ‘69, NDSU student body president, Chuck Stroup, couldn’t afford to go to Florida with his sister for spring break. So he came up with a cheap alternative and took it to NDSU’s school paper, the Spectrum. He…