Word: blacking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There was blood on the sidewalk in the Yard. There were press conferences, endless faculty meetings. "The New College" convened outside; the old college caucused indoors. Black students marched, SDS marched, moderate students marched...
Upon arrival, there was a mix-up over the Black and White's rooming accommodations at the 32nd Street Naval Base. The heats for the light-weight event, cancelled because CalPoly scratched, threw Radcliffe directly into the final with no idea of what to expect from the other crews. And a vicious rumour in an inaccurate program made some rowers think that they had to weigh 125 lbs. (instead of 130) to make weight for the regatta...
...University Hall had its own leadership and prolonged discussions through the night time hours about what our posture (political and physical) would be if and when a police bust happened. For years afterward, I wore those orangish brown wool pants with pride--my Mom had patched with a big black patch the rip at the knee from getting knocked down the steps by the cops. Did I get clubbed, kicked, or shoved down the steps? I don't know; I shut my eyes when they got within a few yards of me."--Dale Borman Fink...
Stephen L. Black, the professor who wrote the memo, says he issued the letter to allay the fears of a specific section leader who was unfamiliar with one area of the course...
...impossible for any TF to be equally well-versed in all areas," says Black. "The memo was written for the first section of the year to reassure them, as sort of a pep talk...