Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they'll tell you it's to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks. The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.

Portrayals
Michael Lembeck portrayed Hoffman in the 1987 HBO television film Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8. the right of the band to perform uninterrupted by distractions not relevant to the actual show. "
In Woodstock Nation Hoffman mentions the incident and says he was on a bad LSD trip at the time.

While the defendants were initially convicted of intent to incite a riot the verdicts were overturned on appeal. Hoffman came to prominence in the 1960s and continued practicing his activism in the 1970s and has remained a symbol of the youth rebellion of that era.