Napalm Dog Incident

The Napalm Dog Incident was a hoax orchestrated by the Radical Student Movement to raise awareness about the use of napalm in the Vietnam War. It was billed as a protest where a dog was going to be napalmed. In actuality, a hot dog was placed over a fire.

History
The protest was centred around the presence of Dow Chemical, a provider of napalm to the Vietnam War, in the UW co-op program. In November 1968, an announcement was made that a dog was going to be immolated to demonstrate the effects of napalm. This caused some outrage, even being published in the Toronto Star. The Toronto Humane Society, as well as the officers from campus and regional police promised to show up to the protest.

On November 15, Glenn Berry (a mathematics coop student), arrived in the Arts Quadrangle and began a speech protesting the hiring of UW coop students by companies which participated in the Vietnam War. At the end of the speech, Radical Student Movement members distributed flyers.

Burnt Hot Dog
Dennis Rindsmen, an Arts student, placed a hot dog on a barbeque and burned it. He later justified his actions in a letter to The Chevron, stating that he agreed with the purpose of the protest and wished to give the spectators "something more than a sermon".