Word: californiaisms
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...group of students plans to picket the University October 1 to protest the serving of California grapes in Harvard dining halls...
...STILL more than a week until classes begin at the University of California. But the potential for the most violent student-administration conflict since the 1965 Free Speech Movement has already developed in a pre-term battle between Regents and Faculty over Eldridge Cleaver's appointment as lecturer on racism...
Black militant Cleaver's qualifications as a University lecturer were genuinely debatable. As Minister of Information of the California-based Black Panthers, Presidential candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party, and author of the widely-acclaimed Soul On Ice, Cleaver undoubtedly had something to contribute to a course on Racism In America. But Cleaver is not a man designed to appeal to classic American educational tastes. His criminal record dates to 1954, and includes charges of narcotics violations, assault, and rape. When his appointment was announced last Wednesday, Cleaver was beginning a trial in Oakland on three counts of attempted...
More alarming was the reaction of Jesse Unruh, powerful Speaker of the California Legislature, and a frequently-mentioned opponent of Reagan in the 1970 gubernatorial race. Unruh had been Reagan's primary foe in the 1967 fight over the firing of Clark Kerr, and many professors had counted on his support here...
...even more speedy than students in protesting the decisions, charging that "it violates every principle of trust by the Regents." It is not yet clear how far the resentment will spread, or how final the Regents' decision is. But the school year is beginning on a tense note in California...