Student Life Items (6 total)
"Student War Protest Gets Faculty's Blessing"
Newspaper article describing the IU Faculty Council's decision to support the students' right to peaceful protest on the upcoming Vietnam Moratorium Day. In light of past events when students had faced punishment for "disrupting campus activities"…
Ballantine Faculty & Administrators' Statement
Statement issued by faculty members and administrators who were present during the Ballantine Lock-in. They state that at no time was violence threatened against them, and the meeting was in fact beneficial for all parties.
Taken from the IU…
Taken from the IU…
"A Faculty Affirmation"
Statement of the Indiana University faculty reaffirming their commitment to finding new ways to reform the system of funding for IU students. The affirmation was printed in the Indiana Daily Student in reaction to a widespread student boycott of…
Tags: 1969, demonstrations, faculty, student fees, student unrest, tuition
"State Joins Probe in 'Market' Blaze"
Newspaper article discussing both the faculty plea for funds to rebuild The Black Market, and the ongoing police investigation into the firebombing of The Black Market, which occurred on December 26, 1968.
Taken from IU Archives' reference file…
Taken from IU Archives' reference file…
AAUP Black Market Statement
Statement issued by the Indiana University chapter of the American Association of University Professors expressing shock and dismay over the firebombing of The Black Market.
Taken from IU Archives' reference file "Black Market Fire - Dec. 26,…
Taken from IU Archives' reference file "Black Market Fire - Dec. 26,…
Faculty Council Circular #52
Circular soliciting donations from faculty members to help out the owners of The Black Market in the wake of its firebombing.
Taken from IU Archives' reference file "Black Market Fire - Dec. 26, 1968."
Taken from IU Archives' reference file "Black Market Fire - Dec. 26, 1968."
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Dean Rusk in Front of Crowd
Photograph depicting Secretary of State Dean Rusk arriving to speak at IU. In the background are both supporters of and protesters against the war in Vietnam.
Taken from the IU News Bureau photograph collection, accession number 99/075