Daily Staff Writer

September 29, 1995 — Uhuru, an African American campus newsletter edited by Meron Wondwosen, reports that Catt made racist remarks during her suffrage crusade.

October 6, 1995 — Old Botany is officially renamed Carrie Chapman Catt Hall.

Fall 1995 — Students and faculty write letters to the editor of the Daily criticizing and defending the administration’s position on Carrie Chapman Catt.

February 23, 1996 — Students and faculty begin a letter-writing campaign to change the name of Catt Hall. Letters were sent to ISU President Martin Jischke saying, “… this name choice has created an uncomfortable atmosphere on campus due to the history of the person this building is named after.”

March 6, 1996 — About 100 students and faculty marched from Parks Library to Catt Hall to protest. The name “The September 29th Movement” is first used.

March 20, 1996 — The Government of the Student Body votes 18-9 in favor of a resolution asking the Board of Regents, state of Iowa, to change the name of Catt Hall back to Old Botany Hall. Then-GSB President Dan Mangan vetoed the resolution the following week.

April 16, 1996 — Two women, ISU secretary Blue Maas and graduate student Phyllis Harris, cover their personalized bricks in the Catt Hall Plaza of Heroines with black cloth in protest of Catt. At the request of Maas and Harris, the bricks were removed in August 1996.

September 15, 1996 — Derrick Rollins, former adviser to the President’s Cabinet on Diversity and chairman of the African American Studies Program, publicly gives his support to The September 29th Movement and asks that the name of Catt Hall be changed.

September 27, 1996 — More than 100 protesters rally on central campus in support of the Movement.

October 16, 1996 — The steps of Catt Hall are sprayed with orange and black graffiti.

November 5, 1996 — About 200 students and faculty gather in the lobby of Beardshear Hall to protest.

November 13, 1996 — University officials say they are charging 20 members and supporters of The September 29th Movement for organizing the Beardshear Hall protest, which officials say was unauthorized.

January 30, 1997 — The Iowa State Office of Judicial Affairs gave eight members of the Movement closed administrative hearings for their part in the Beardshear Hall protest. Five were given conduct probation sanctions, which were later dropped by university officials.

April 21, 1997 — About 150 people assemble at Catt Hall to protest the administration.

September 22, 1997 — Movement member Allan Nosworthy begins a hunger strike, which he said he would continue until eight demands were met by the administration.

September 27, 1997 — Nosworthy is voluntarily hospitalized after six days of his hunger strike.

September 30, 1997 — Representatives from five student groups participate in a 24-hour hunger strike on the steps of Beardshear Hall.

October 27, 1997 — Talks between the Movement and ISU administrators break down when a Department of Justice conciliator walks out after discovering the Movement was tape-recording the meeting.

February 16, 1998 — Members of the Movement hold a weeklong “wait-in” in President Jischke’s office.

February 24, 1998 — About 50 people participate in a rally on the steps of Beardshear Hall to protest Jischke’s refusal to meet with the Movement.

April 6, 1998 — Three members of the Movement are arrested and charged with criminal trespass in the office of President Jischke. Meron Wondwosen, Allan Nosworthy and Milton McGriff were arrested after a sit-in in Jischke’s office.

April 22, 1998 — Members of the Movement meet with members of the administration, including Jischke.

June 17, 1998 — Two Movement members, Milton McGriff and Simon Huss, ask the Board of Regents, state of Iowa, to reopen the Catt Hall naming process. Board members decline.

September 1998 — With the graduation of its core members, The September 29th Movement becomes inactive.