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It Happened Here: The Civil Rights Movement In Utah, Jace Jones

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

This plan B project is a series of lesson plans focusing on the Civil Rights Movement in Utah. These lessons are designed to give students a broad understanding of the Civil Rights Movement as well as the tools and knowledge to understand how the Civil Rights Movement manifested in Utah. To fulfill this goal these lesson plans focus on local and lesser-known history. This will allow students to gain an understanding of how the movement operated in Utah and how it relates to their own lives.

These lessons use the Stanford: Reading Like a Historian framework by the Stanford History …

Out Of Chaos: Reflections Of A University President And His Contemporaries On Vietnam-Era Unrest In Mankato And Its Relevance Today, James F. Nickerson

MSU Authors Collection

Out of Chaos: Reflections of a University President and his Contemporaries on Vietnam-era Unrest in Mankato and its Relevance Today is a collection of personal reminiscences that provide a glimpse into what Mankato was like during the 1960s and 1970s. The book was created by Dr. James F. Nickerson, former Mankato State College president, with input from a variety of graduates, faculty, administrators and citizens who were witnesses to these local events. It is by piecing these stories together that the reader gets an understanding of this dynamic time period and how one person can make a difference in the …

Ua1b2/1 War & Wku, Kim Purvis

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

A paper regarding how WKU was affected by war during the 20th century, includes an overview of protest movements and underground newspapers in the late 1960's.

The Grizzly, December 7, 1979, Brian Barlow, Ross Schwalm, Douglas Cinoman, Diana Dakay, Larry Muscarella, Thomas A. Reilly, Michael Lees, Jay Repko, David Garner, Tracy Nadzak, Martin Katz, Patricia Loefflad

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Faculty Approves Combined Majors • C&C Offered Next Semester • College Applies To Phi Beta Kappa • Vandalism Strikes Beardwood • Letters to the Editor • Roving Reporter: Final exams • Timely Displays Of Popular American Feeling • Music News: The Year In Music • Ursinus To Present Messiah • Alumnus Donates Sculpture • Friends Of The Library Hold Fall Meeting • College Institutes Math/Econ Program • Swimmers Rebound To Notch Initial Win • Penalty Flicks Hurt Hockey • Volleyball Club Shows Progress

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Hightower, Paul Tape Players Top Theft List
• Noted Ecologist to Lecture Tonight – Lamont Cole
• Sutherland, David. Good-By, New Left; Hello, Non-Violent Students
• Roberts, Mike. Fraternities Probe Current Issues
• New Law Boosts Benefits for POW, Families, Vets
• Steel Band to Play Thursday – Trinidad-Tripoli Steel Band
• Student Work on Display
• Kentucky Education Association Hopes to Gain by Planning Early
• Center Theatre Film Selectors Improve Campus Entertainment
• Sutherland, David. Newspaper Reading Habits of Students Surveyed
• Hoppe, Arthur. V.A. Sukhomlinov Theory Works
• Figure Preference Reflects Male Personality …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Sutherland, David. Associated Student Committee Drafts Steps Toward Abolishment of Hours
• Louie Nunn Appeals for Drug Education
• Athelstan Spilhaus to Speak Tonight
• Thomas Fuller’s ‘Isoric’ to Open Three-Night Run Thursday
• Publications Heads Attend Conventions
• Economic Security Chief to Speak Here Tomorrow – Merritt Deitz
• Morehead Debaters Win
• Activities to Note WKU Founders Day
• Western No Longer Devoid of Speakers
• Politicians Told to ‘Cut Out Nonsense’
• Study Finds Size of Institution a Factor in Protests
• Hoppe, Arthur. Mr. Nixon, Keep Us Apart
• Smith, Don. Some Second …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Sutherland, David. ‘Lone Ranger’ of Civil Rights, Dick Gregory, Speaks Monday
• Hightower, Paul. Associated Student Congress Maps Strategy for Dorm Issues
• Jennings, Ed. Nixon Signs Controversial Drug Bill
• On the Agenda – Sigma Tau Delta, Graduate Students, Textile Students
• Western Towers Faces Foreclosure Following Ruling
• Vaillancourt, Carolyn. Elmer Gray Caught Spark From Instructor
• Dick Gregory Go-Ahead Poses Second Test
• Bond Issue Promise Benefits for All
• Todd, Tom. Inconceivable He Says – Kent State
• O’Sullivan, Dona. Appalled by Editorial – Kent State
• White, Linda. A Blow …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Sutherland, David. Curfew Abolition Doubtful This Year
• Thomas, Kaye. Anticipation to End Friday – Downing University Center
• Associated Student Congress Resolution Re: Curfew
• Slinker, Pandora. Concert Tonight Signals Beginning of Last Season
• Madison, Stephanie. Fashions Reflect Individuality
• Chemist Tires to Pour Oil on Pollution’s Troubled Waters – Charles McCaffree
• Associated Student Congress to Show Films for Halloween
• Bloodmobile to Visit Western on Thursday
• Curfew Obsolete; Action is Needed
• Tucker, Bruce. Calls Herald Inhuman – Kent State
• Ellis, Glen. Commends Firm Stand – Kent State
• Gordon, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Balloting Continues Until 4:40 P.M. Today
• Hearion, Ernie. Details Asked on Bond Sale for Married-Student Housing
• ‘Ides of March’ Billed Saturday
• Few Balcony Seats Left for Broadway Musical
• Curtain Rises Thursday for Studio Production
• Academic Council Hopefuls to Meet Tomorrow Night
• Norman Holy Charges City is Inhospitable to Blacks, International Students
• Spring Student Teaching Preference Due Thursday
• Billy Budd Set Tomorrow Night
• Real Patriotism is a Way of Life
• Campus Unrest Report Offers Needed Directives
• Smith, Don. WKU Excitement? Imagine That!
• Conversation with Dero Downing …

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

WKU Archives Records

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. 50, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Sutherland, David. Dero Downing Greets New Westerners
• Morris, Richard. Regents Okay Eight Students as Academic Council Members
• Lecture Series to Offer TV Personality, Ecologists
• Hearion, Ernie. Regents Appoint Two New Vice Presidents – Harry Largen, John Minton
• Buildings Behind Schedule – Pearce-Ford Tower
• Women’s Liberation: Freedom Or Folly?
• Volunteer Army Needed as Draft Law Death Nears
• Regents Open Doors to Student Expression in Academics Council
• A Time for Protest – but Who’s Protesting?
• Hearion, Ernie. Women Suffer Because of Worm in Apple
• Smith, Don. Another …

Ua3/4/1 Student Unrest - Letters Of Support, Wku President's Office, Dero Downing

WKU Archives Records

Contents of folder entitled Student Unrest - Letters of Support housed in UA3/4/1 President Dero Downing's Subject File for the period May through June 1970. Correspondence between Dero Downing and WKU supporters praising his actions in handling student protests.

Ua3/4/1 Student Unrest - Reports & Remarks, Wku President's Office, Dero Downing

WKU Archives Records

Contents of folder entitled Student Unrest - Reports & Remarks housed in UA3/4/1 President Dero Downing's Subject File for the period February 1969 through June 1970. Includes correspondence between Dero Downing and students, form letters used by Yale University during the period, White House press releases and clippings.

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

WKU Archives Records

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

WKU Archives Records

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

WKU Archives Records

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

WKU Archives Records

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 …

Ua94/6/1 Correspondence, Western Vietnam Moratorium Committee

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Open letters to the faculty and staff of Western Kentucky University regarding the Vietnam Moratorium staged at WKU on October 15, 1969. Includes Student Call for a Vietnam Moratorium and schedule for the Give Peace a Chance Rally.