On Tuesday, about four hundred students "stood - in" on the Kelburn Parade-Salamanca Road intersection in a forty-minute protest.

Their action culminated ten years of student pressure for safety measures at this corner.

Just two weeks ago a student, Miss Barbara Fehl, was knocked down by a car and suffered a broken leg at this intersection.

On Monday of this week a new illegal crossing was painted in, but it disappeared the same morning under the tar-brush of a city council employee.

This employee told a passing student that the crossing was "better painted in than many official ones."

On Tuesday Forum collapsed as students surged forth spontaneously.

Long-time crossing proponent Mike Hirschfeld—who had last April called for a sit-in—found himself challenged by another Forum speaker to take part in an immediate protest.

Apathetic students stared blankly.

Mike agreed—a few others followed—then a half a dozen students yelled "let's go" and several hundred students strode down the drive to the intersection.

Within minutes the intersection was blocked to traffic. In an effort to avoid breaking the law, students moved backwards and forwards across the road.

Forum controller Dave Shand (who had followed mutely behind the protesters carrying the soap-box) endeavoured to keep the protest orderly.