Slotnick grew to be opposed to the use of the machine on classified research, and announced that as long as it was on the university grounds that all processing that took place on the machine would be publicly released. He also grew increasingly concerned that the machine would be subject to attack by the more radical student groups. a position that seemed wise after the local students joined the 9 May 1970 nationwide student strike by declaring a "day of Illiaction", and especially the 24 August bombing of the mathematics building at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.