A SUNY Board of Trustees resolution of November 27, 1968 stated that the fee could be made mandatory either by a referendum of the student polity or by a declaration from University President John S. Toll.

LYNDON JOHNSON WILL NOT ACCEPT HIS PARTY’S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT IN 1968. Amidst cheers in all the television rooms in the dorms, dancing in the lobbies, Food and drink, some 3-400 students joined in the celebration.