 Due to the conflict in Vietnam, and the still fresh Kent state shooting, many departments on campus were opposed to such a "militaristic medical organization" on campus.As the matter of fact, student support for the organization was strong, and one evening hundreds of students disrupted a boardroom meeting in an anti-war protest, causing the board of trustees to shut the institute down for a week.Keith Taylor, President of the Student Association, was vehemently opposed to the EU, fearing the possibility that the organization rendering aid would result in death or other situations in which the institute would be liable.