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Imagining Revolutionary Feminism: Communist Asia And The Women Of The Black Panther Party, Benjamin Young

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Using newspapers, autobiographies, and interviews, this article examines the ways in which women of the Black Panther Party imagined the women of Vietnam, China, and North Korea as radical archetypes during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Using Judy Wu’s theory of “radical orientalism” in conversation with Ashley Farmer’s concept of the “gendered imaginary,” I argue that the Panther women imagined the women of “the East” as pioneers in world revolution and women’s liberation in order to protest against gendered injustices within the Party and broader U.S. society. This article also investigates the realities on the ground for the women …

Everich, William, Bronx African American History Project

Oral Histories

This is a very personal account of Mr. Everich's youth and his involvement in collectives and as a community activist. His parents are Ukraninan and he grew up in the Bronx, in a mixed neighborhood. His father was a violent man, beating his wife and children. He was also a racist man and it was this attitude, juxtaposed with the kindness of the very neighbors that he criticized, that convinced the young William of the injustices of prejudice. Everich discusses his school days and the games they played in the neighborhood, from wiffle ball to building scooters from milk crates. …

Walker, William, Bronx African American History Project

Oral Histories

William Walker, also known as Billy Bang, is a jazz violinist who grew up in the Bronx.

He was born in Plateau, Alabama, right across the tracks from Mobile. His mother had him when she was seventeen, and soon after moved into an apartment with her sisters in Harlem on Lenox Avenue between 111^th and 112^th Street. She cleaned the houses of Jewish families who lived on the Grand Concourse. His birth date is uncertain, although he places it at approximately 1947. His uncle served as a father figure.

Walker attended elementary school at P.S. 170. He attended …

Fearon, Shirley, Bronx African American History Project

Oral Histories

Shirley Fearon was born on July 8, 1945 in Harlem. However, she spent her early years in the South Bronx on Brook Avenue. Her parents met in Harlem and then moved to the Bronx. Shortly after she was born, her parents split up and she and her mother moved to Williamsbridge with her grandparents. This neighborhood was mostly Italians, but all the children got along well. Her grandparents lived in a private home. She and her family attended New Bedford, which is part of St. Luke’s. This church was predominately black, with both people from the Caribbean and African-Americans.

She …

Rooks, Valerie, Bronx African American History Project

Oral Histories

Valerie Rooks, born on July 29, 1954, grew up in the Sedgwick Housing Projects of the Bronx. Her parents, Helen Eugenia Hagen and Robert Lee Dillard, raised in Connecticut and Georgia respectively, moved into the project in 1952. Rooks recalls spending summers with her father’s family in Savannah Georgia in her preteen years. The Dillards worked several jobs to support their five children. In addition to working for the post office, her father took on odd jobs including cab driving and mechanic work. Her mother too held various part-time positions such as working for the board of elections, the census …

Petersen, Basil And Petersen, Eric And Petersen, Ishma, Bronx African American History Project

Oral Histories

Basil and Ishma Petersen were born in St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. Ishma was born on February 24^th 1925, and Basil was born on March 7^th, 1924. Ishma’s father was a navigator, in charge of bringing the ships and the pilot boat into the harbor, while her mother sold fruits and vegetables. Basil’s father was a fisherman who wanted his son to continue in his footsteps. However, Basil decided from a young age he wanted to do something different. As a young boy as Basil was sweeping water off a captains car, the captain noticed him …

Walters, Delores, Bronx African American History Project

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Delores Walters was born in Lincoln hospital and lived in Rogers Place in the Bronx for nine years. Her parents grew up in Harlem and moved from there sometime in the 1940’s. Delores fondly recalls the block in the neighborhood and the street atmosphere on Rogers Place; she remembers being very active, with a lot of playmates. The community was predominantly Black, and the building she lived in was run by a Caribbean family whom she remembers doing a great job of keeping the building up. Although Delores does remember there being bullies, she never had difficulty with them in …

Blakeney, James, Bronx African American History Project

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James Blakeney is a long time Bronx resident who grew up in the Patterson Housing Projects. His parents were sharecroppers from North and South Carolina. Neither of his parents received an education beyond the 6^th or 8^th grade. His father fought in World War II and then returned to the states to live in Queens, where James lived for three years, before moving to the Patterson Houses. His father worked at the mess hall of St. Albans Neighborhood Hospital and left the family, as many fathers were beginning to do, when James was ten years old. Mrs. Blakeney …

Johnson, Robert, Bronx African American History Project

Oral Histories

Interviewee: Robert Johnson

Interviewers: Mark Naison, Brian Purnell, Natasha Lightfoot, Claude Magnum, Maxine Gordon, and Peter Derrick

Summarized by Alice Stryker

Robert Johnson the Bronx District Attorney, was born in the Bronx, but moved to the Amsterdam houses shortly after he was born. His father was a clerk in the United States Post Office and his mother was a stay at home mom when they were growing up, but moved on to a number of positions once her children had matured. Their house was not very political.

His father was Catholic and his mother was Episcopalian. He and his brother …

Best, Gloria And Best, Adrian, Bronx African American History Project

Oral Histories

Interviewees: Gloria and Adrian Best

Interviewers: Dr. Mark Naison

Date of Interview: July 1, 2003

Summarized by Alice Stryker

Gloria Best lived in the Bronx for most of her life and lived in Manhattan only for a short while when she was a child. When she moved back to the Bronx, she was 12 years old and moved to Union Avenue. She attended Morris High School and attended Zion Apostolic. Morris High School as well as the neighborhood she lived in at the time were predominately white.

Her husband was in the military and when they initially got married they …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 52, No. 20, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Pence, Carter. Toppers Host Middle Tennessee State University in 43^rd Homecoming
• Fletcher, Barry. First WKU Homecoming Observed Nov. 5, 1927
• Groves, Cindy. Students Centers Have Always Stressed Hospitality
• Madison, Stephanie. Homecoming Has Lot to Offer
• Hayes, Judy. Early Catalog’s Worry: School’s Moral Safety
• Register, Mona. College Newspaper Traces Development of Homecoming
• Turner, Tom. Nipped: Guy Newcom Remembers 1950 Tilt
• Clayton, Craig & Dennis Tomek. Jimmy Feix aka Botts and Butch Gilbert Team Up to Defeat Maroons
• Watson, Brad. Beanies Are Freshmen
• Hilltoppers Quartet Revive …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 52, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Final Day: Voters Must Register by 4:30 Today
• Millay, Zenda. USSR Expert to Lecture – Michael Pap
• Russell, Steven. Committees Appointed by Associated Student Government to Study Possible Discrimination
• Photos Exhibited in Cherry Hall
• Black Greek Evening is Scheduled Oct. 21
• Panhellenic Council Tea Draws 60 Coeds
• Millay, Zenda. Moliere’s Satire is Show Case for Hypochondriac – The Imaginary Invalid
• Theatre Tickets on Sale Thursday
• Bring Home Our Boys from Canada
• Dorm Study is Promising
• Akin, Gary & Jim Patterson. Thanks Blood Donors
• Vance, John. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 52, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• University Bows to Blacks Demands: Associated Student Government Resolution Deplores Cheerleaders Ruling
• Pence, Carter. Fannie Cole Appointment Causes Cold Feelings
• Rabold, Cindy. Five File for Student Regent
• Dorm Occupancy Drops: Enrollment Up Slightly
• Millay, Zenda. Economist to Speak: Issue ’73 Series to Begin – Richard Sherman
• 18 Girls Named Now Rebelettes
• Everyone Ends Up Loser in Cheerleader Squabble
• Tarnished Gold in Munich
• Keen, Ginny. Questions Additions – Cheerleaders
• McCurry, Pam. Invalidates Vote
• Baskett, Jim. Applauds Blacks
• Nevitt, Marcia. Feels Injustice Done
• McPherson, Patty. Says Decision …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 51, No. 52, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Ed Jordan Wins Top Office
• Pence, Carter. New Associated Student Government President Needs Cooperation and Support
• Herald Takes Top Honors at Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association
• Academic Council Approves Testing Plan
• Advertising Executive to Lecture – Robert Goodman
• Singers Present Chamber Music - Madrigals
• Board of Regents Endorses Ban of the Fly
• Gray, David. Kentucky Historical Society Erects Markers
• Workshop Gets Grants – Journalism & Broadcasting
• Sign-Up Period for May Term to End Friday
• No-Hours Dorms Solve Many Housing Problems
• Nurturing Paper Not Easy, but Willson …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 51, No. 35, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Radford, Judy. Bouncing Checks
• Miller, Roger. Associated Students Asks Reporter to Leave
• Russell, Steven. Graduation Set May 13
• Madison, Stephanie. Seventh Century Celebration Scores Bullseye for Cupid – Valentine’s Day
• Miller, Roger. Peru Impresses WKU Emissary – William Lloyd
• Flanders, Jill. Residency Requirements for Kentucky Outlined
• Lawrence, Fred. Development in Latin America Varies of Geography – John Augelli
• Associated Students Protests Censorship While They Practice It
• Miller, George. Wants Visitation Rights
• Vaughn, Keith. Enjoyed Pig Story
• Jacobs, Stephen. Questions Associated Students
• Hyman, Muriel. Wants Draft …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 51, No. 34, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Gray, David. Tuition Increase Planned in Budget
• Miller, Roger. Norman Mailer Lecture Slated Tomorrow Night
• Radford, Judy. Campus Employment Recruiting Decreases
• Achoo! Flu Bug Bites
• Gray, David. Car Registration Has Dropped
• Carolyn Raglin Installed as Panhellenic Council President
• National Leadership Methods Conference Draws Students, Faculty
• Madison, Stephanie. Symposium Airs Problems
• Jamboree Set Thursday Night – Kappa Delta
• State of the Union Address Reassuring, Maybe
• Speed Bumbs: A Controversial Topic
• Gray, David. Looks Both Ways
• Ryan, Peggy. Calls for Involvement
• Matlock, Bill. Disgusted by White-Tie Group …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 51, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Register, Mona. Academic Council Race Attracts 22 Candidates
• Who’s Who List Not Available
• Cramer, Jackie. Gala Activities Planned for Homecoming Week
• Williams, Charles. Edward Breathitt Assigns Importance to Race
• Weaver, Kim. Campus Ministry Continues Draft Counseling
• Teachers’ Meeting Begins Thursday
• Dormitory Fire Safety Subject of Planned Film
• Students Attend Student National Education Association Meeting
• Science Symposium Opens with Kepler
• What’s Happening
• Drug Education Beings to Face Pitfalls of Duty
• Downing University Center Needs Mailbox
• Steps Taken to Conquer Alcoholism
• Pusateri, Joseph & John Kleinman. Calls …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 51, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Variety of Issues Face Voters Thursday
• Eric Sevareid to Lecture Here Tonight
• Radford, Judy. Marchers Demonstrate for Jesus
• Wilkerson, Larry. International Student Program Operating in Troubled Waters
• Special Forces Take Water Survival Test
• WKU Can Submit Four Names for Danforth Fellowships
• Lawrence, Fred. Latin American Studies Minor Offered
• Petty Regulations Hamper Search for Clinic Doctor
• Ding Dong No Longer
• Quade, Kenneth. Concerned About Environment
• Wright, Jerry. Criticizes Bookstore
• Brownlee, Tim. Disagrees on Rock
• Ayers, Elaine. Benjamin Spock Explains His Evolution, Attacks U.S. on All Fronts …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 51, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Registration Rises 6 1/2% to Record 11,432
• Two Head Talisman
• Cramer, Jackie. Parking Problem is Solved
• Associated Students Approves Committees
• Girls with 2.0 Eligible for Rush
• Russell, Steven. Doctor Still Needed for Health Services
• Law School Admissions Test Dates Announced
• Roberts, Mike. Americans Still Remain in Well Illusion Over Vietnam War
• Penoyer, Patt. Downing University Center Closing
• Jones, John. Black Representation in College Heights Herald
• Witt, Travis. Floor Counselors Adapt Through Evolution
• Hardin Planetarium Sets Program
• Ayers, Elaine. Bikes Take America’s Young for Ride
• Academic …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Hanes, Clark. Double Duty Awaits Academic Council Newcomers
• Herald Staff is Completed with Naming of 11 to Posts
• City Government Hassle Continues
• Teachers Learn ABC’s of Drug at Workshop
• Associated Students Committees Listed
• Membership Open in Cinema Guild
• Campus Clubs Begin Year’s Activities
• Magazine Editor to Address Librarians – Mary Johnson
• Louie Nunn’s Write Way May Be Wrong Way
• Challenge to Bowling Green High School ROTC Makes Sense
• Code Overhaul is No Undercover Job
• Smith, Don. Today’s Man Roughing It: Just ‘Turn on’ to the …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No 49, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Roberts, Mike. Group Plans to Test Restraining Order
• Sutherland, David. Academic Council to Study Removing Credit from ROTC
• Hightower, Paul. Associated Student Congress Unanimously Endorses Dero Downing’s Reply to Protesters
• Skin of Our Teeth Continues Tonight
• Hightower, Paul. 5 Constitutional Amendments to Appear on Tuesday’s Ballot
• Candidates Seek Spots on Cheerleader Squad
• Potter, Jerry & David Jordon. Foreign Policy Should Consider People
• Students Seeking Support for Positive Alternative
• Marketing Group Elects Officers – Pi Sigma Epsilon
• Restraining Order Slaps Threat on All Students
• Write Congressmen …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 48, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• President Dero Downing Replies to Volunteers
• Hubert Marshall to Lecture Tonight
• Skin of Our Teeth Begins Run Tomorrow
• Herald, Talisman Name Editors for Next Year
• Franklin to Head Western’s Student National Education Association
• Kappa Delta to Sponsor Washboard Band Thursday
• Circle K Elects John Hughey President
• National Collegiate Association for Secretaries to Hold Banquet Tonight
• Associated Student Congress to Hold Session
• Jewish Student Association to Meet Thursday
• Will the Dissent Serve a Purpose?
• Condra, Steve. Says Students Dead
• Hatfield, Robert. Urges Public Action
• Beal, Mrs. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 47, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• WKU Student Join Nationwide Protest – Kent State Shootings
• Roberts, Mike. Wendell Ford ‘Raps’ with Students
• Washboard Band Set for Thursday – Kappa Delta
• Cheerleader Tryouts Set Today
• Home Economics Club Sets Bake Sale Today – Iva Scott Home Economics Club
• Many Western Students Voice Opposition to Demonstrations
• Motsinger, Mary Jo. Man Has Survived by Skin of Teeth
• Correspondence Studies Offers 37 ‘Home’ Courses
• Tutorial Group to Elect Officers
• Elections Slated for Dorm Officers
• Hanes, Clark. Western Leads All-Sports Race
• Tracksters Close Season at Murray …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Todd, Tom. Voting Continues Until 4 P.M. for Cheerleaders, Amendments
• Commencement to Climax Stretch Run Activities
• Restraining Order Foes Get Court Hearing Today
• Talisman Pickup to Begin Friday
• Foreign Student Adviser Leaving; Richard Troutman Named – Robert Wurster
• Walls, Gary. Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Plan Chapters Here
• Phi Mu, Pi Kappa Alpha Win Washboard Jamboree
• A Glance Backward and a Look Forward
• Koch, Dana. Deplores Destruction - Kent State Shootings
• Lowe, Jimmy. Commuter Complains
• Roberts, Mike. Academic Council Must Weigh Both Sides of …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 44, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Morris, Richard. Mayor R.D. Graham Says Western Boost Crime Rate
• Miller, Joyce. Alpha Delta Pi, Sigma Chi Emerge Victorious
• Application Forms for Cheerleaders Now Available
• Potter, Jerry. Associated Students President Predicts New Breed Leaders
• Audience ‘Entertains’ Entertainers – Blood Sweat & Tears
• State Journalism Group Selects Bruce Tucker President
• Real Crime Problems Whitewashed by Mayor R.D. Graham
• Married Students Still Need Housing
• Vertner, Russell. Seeks Constituents’ Reaction - Tokenism
• Cross, Winifred. Says Sunbathing Hypocritical
• Volz, Rick. Keep Heralds Coming
• Hightower, Paul. Construction Projects Change Campus …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 40, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Walls, Gary. Pollution to Get Full Airing During Environmental Teach-In
• Smith, Don. Nine-Piece Puzzle Booked for April 25 – Blood, Sweat & Tears
• Walls, Gary. Thoughts Turn Toward South as Awaited Break Approaches
• New Body to Rest – College Heights Herald, IBM Computer
• Hightower, Paul. Legislators Feel Independence During Session
• Folk Festival to Return April 16
• Applications Being Taken for Administrative Interns
• Libraries Set Vacation Hours
• Campus Mail Guidelines Need to Be Clarified
• Dowd, Jim. Abhors Military Recruiters
• Yell Leading Program Needs Re-Examination
• Hawkinson, Kristi. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 36, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Todd, Tom. Campus-Wide Voting Continues Until 4 P.M.
• Caligula Slated for Friday Night
• Speakers to Invade Campus – Kentucky Intercollegiate Forensic Conference
• Black Studies Program Set March 23-25
• Senior Recital Scheduled Tonight – Cheryl Pierson
• Blood, Sweat & Tears Signs Associated Students Contract
• Dr. Floyd Cunningham Donates Material
• Trojan Women Set for March 25-28
• Music Faculty Slates Recital Thursday Night
• Guild Slates Twin Feature
• Conrad, Peggy. St. Patrick’s Legacy - - Luck ‘O the Irish
• Confab to Study Social Deviance
• Speakers Invade
• Legislature Needs Annual …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Editor Resigns After Dispute – Bruce Tucker
• Forum Slated for Tuesday
• Hightower, Paul, Jerry Potter & Tom Todd. Wilmot Hess Says Goal of Space Program to Learn Origin of Solar System
• Wilkerson, Larry. Survey Reveals Political Attitudes of Area Youth
• Music Lecture Billed Monday
• 5^th Dimension Coming
• Sweetheart Ball Slated Tomorrow
• De Cormier Singers to Appear Monday
• Candidates Must Consider Issues – Associated Students
• People Deserve Free Choice – Movies
• American Association of University Professors Support Regent Vote
• Nickel, David. Expresses Concern
• Hickey, Timothy. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Wilkerson, Larry. Dero Downing Opposes Voting Privileges – Student Regent
• Wilmot Hess to Speak Here Tuesday
• Neumayer, Rick. Judge Orders Probe of Activities at Controversial ‘Nickel Bag’
• Tucker, Bruce. Black Student’s Housing Search is Odyssey of Deceit – Wayne Harris
• 5^th Dimension Booked for Concert
• Harris, Mike. Home Proposed for Unwed Mothers
• The Dero Downing Paradox: Words Versus Deeds
• Mass Media Threatened by Federal Subpoenas
• Gildersleeve, Kent. Charges Herald
• Lyne, John. Higher Head Fee Needed
• Neumayer, Rick. How Cold is It?
• Tucker, Bruce. Shadow …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 22, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Tucker, Bruce. No Cases Reported of Discrimination
• Regents Announce Promotions; Paul Cook Named to Assist Dero Downing
• E.A. Diddle Improving
• Harris, Mike. Dero Downing Takes Negative View of Superboard
• Vacation Begins Friday for Most
• University Involvement Needed in Housing Cases
• Nixon’s Troop Cuts
• Christmas Comes, Goes but Poverty Remains
• Fuller, Thomas. Would Retain College High
• Barlow, Sharon. Enough on Dixie
• Huff, Gary. Wants Busses
• Lyne, John. Faculty Pressured to Avoid Students?
• 269 Needed from Pool for Draft Next Month
• Christmas Party Scheduled Today – Panhellenic …