The administration of Evergreen State College has suspended that school’s chapter of Students for a Democratic Society.

In February, students and others clashed with campus police after a Dead Prez concert in the university gym, overturning and vandalizing a police car. After that incident, the university declared a moratorium on on-campus concerts. In March, SDS held an anti-war folk music performance in defiance of the ban.

The chapter has been suspended for the remainder of the academic year and placed on probation until January 2009.  According to an SDS press release, “the suspension means that SDS has lost its budget and office, can no longer hold meetings, book events, or use school facilities and equipment.”

An interview with two members of the suspended SDS chapter has been posted at the Dissident Voice.