THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE SIXTIES
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE SIXTIES
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ILLUSTRATIONS
PROLOGUE: OHIO STATE IN THE FIFTIES
THE UNIVERSITY: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
STUDENTS: DON’T ROCK THE BOAT
SOCIETY: A TIME OF TRANSITION
CHAPTER 1: NEW FRONTIERS (1960–61)
“ABOUT BUCKEYE COEDS”
THE END OF COMPULSORY ROTC
BLACK STUDENTS: NOT SEPARATE, BUT NOT EQUAL
PICKET AT YOUR OWN RISK
NO SUBVERSIVES NEED APPLY
A NEW ACTIVISM?
THE UNIVERSITY: THE GOLDEN AGE OF RESEARCH
NEW FRONTIERS IN SPACE
THE GOLDEN AGE OF TEACHING?
SWING STATE
THE PSEUDO-EVENT IS THE MESSAGE
PARANOIA ON PARADE
CHAPTER 2: GOING NUCLEAR (1961–62)
CLASH OF THE TITANS: FULLEN VERSUS HAYES
THE DECISION
FALLOUT
APATHETIC STUDENTS?
GOOD TO BE GREEK
SPEAKERS RULE LOCKOUT
THE UNIVERSITY: COMPETING VISIONS
FAWCETT PLANS
STUDENT SENATE PLANS
RESEARCH: DAY OF THE COCKROACHES
SOCIETY: LIVING WITH THE TSAR BOMB
VISITORS: FROM CHEERING GOLDWATER TO CHANNELING DYLAN
CHAPTER 3: IN DREAMS (1962–63)
THE NSA GOES DOWN
STUDENT POLITICS: HAD ENOUGH?
IS GOD DEAD?
SPEAKERS RULE CHALLENGES CONTINUE
THE UNIVERSITY: A RACE AGAINST TIME
WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON
JIM’S PLACE
SOCIETY: NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE
YEAR OF THE SYMPOSIUM
SUMMER OF DREAMS
CHAPTER 4: WINDS OF CHANGE (1963–64)
STUDENT HOUSING: UNREST IN THE PROVINCES
WOMEN: MOVING TOWARD EMANCIPATION
BLACK STUDENTS: SIT-INS FOR EMANCIPATION
STUDENT GOVERNMENT: NOT THE NSA AGAIN!
A DARK DAY IN NOVEMBER
JUSTICE FOR JAYWALKERS
RED ROVER, RED ROVER
AFTERMATH
THE UNIVERSITY: WE LOVE ISSUE ONE
INSTRUCTION: FRESHMEN DO NOT LOVE MATH BY TELEVISION
RESEARCH: GLOBAL REACH
VOICES FOR CHANGE
TOWN VERSUS GOWN
EYES ON THE PRIZE
ALL NECESSARY MEASURES
CHAPTER 5: BOOMER INVASION (1964–65)
WOMEN AND SAFETY
GREEKS ON THE DEFENSIVE
THE SUNDIAL ON THE OFFENSIVE
THE UNIVERSITY: A NEW PARTNER
A BANNER YEAR FOR RESEARCH
INSTRUCTION: CALLS FOR REFORM
THE BIRTH OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
TOWER MANIA
SOCIETY: ALL THE WAY WITH LBJ
ESCALATION IN VIETNAM
ESCALATING RACIAL TENSIONS
CHAPTER 6: THE END OF THE SPEAKERS RULE (1965)&
BERKELEY BOILS OVER
RISE OF THE FREE SPEECH FRONT
THE UNIVERSITY: LAST STAND OF THE OLD GUARD
A SPLIT IN THE RANKS
FINESSING A SOLUTION
SOCIETY: AN ODD ALLIANCE
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
REQUIEM
CHAPTER 7: SOARING (1965–66)
DUELING REFERENDUMS
THE CONVENTION AND THE OLD GUARD
MORE NEW VOICES
PUNTING ON DISCRIMINATION
THE LANTERN PSEUDO-CONTROVERSY
COMMUNICATIONS AND THE PRESIDENT
THE BENEFITS OF FEDERAL LARGESSE
FAWCETT PLANS—MOVING AHEAD
THE BOARD OF REGENTS MASTER PLAN
PLANS TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION
THE FACULTY PUSHES BACK
SOCIETY: EVE OF DESTRUCTION
CHOOSING SIDES
LEWIS B. HERSHEY WANTS YOU
DRUGS, SEX, AND PERVERSION
SUMMER OF FEAR
CHAPTER 8: THE BEAT GOES ON (1966–67)
MOMENTUM FOR REFORM
THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF IN LOCO PARENTIS
LINES, LINES, AND MORE LINES
TOWERS A-GO-GO
ROTC BECOMES A TARGET
RANKINGS RANCOR
RESTRUCTURING ARTS AND SCIENCES
RESEARCH: STILL SOARING
INSTRUCTION: STILL SEARCHING
RUNNING WITH RHODES
TUNE IN, TURN ON, DROP OUT
MISPLACED PRIORITIES
CAMPUS VISITORS
SUMMER OF LOVE
CHAPTER 9: DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE (1967–68)
STUDENTS: SEETHING
THE “MORBID AMUSEMENT” OF D PLATOON
FRUSTRATED WAR PROTESTORS
FRUSTRATED BLACK STUDENTS
TRAGEDY IN LINCOLN TOWER
THE UNIVERSITY: TRIANGULATING
THE MEGAVERSITY RECONSIDERED
AN EMOTIONAL TIME
RESEARCH: SHIFTING TIDES
WHO’S IN CHARGE?
UNCLE SAM WANTS JOE COLLEGE
DUMP JOHNSON
ANGRY VOICES
CHAPTER 10: COME TOGETHER (1968–69)
WE’RE NO. 1
BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL
SDS GO HOME
YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY
THE UNIVERSITY: NO. 1 IN ALL FIELDS
INSTRUCTION: A MIXED BAG
RESEARCH: THE PARTY’S OVER
LEADERSHIP CHANGES
NOT A DIME’S WORTH OF DIFFERENCE
BRING US LAW AND ORDER
REVENGE OF THE COUNTERCULTURE
BIG NAMES
WOODSTOCK SUMMER
CHAPTER 11: ROAD TO ARMAGEDDON (1969–70)
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
SDS UNDER FIRE
THE EMERGENCE OF AFRO-AM
A NEW COALITION
THE UNIVERSITY: CELEBRATING
RESEARCH: MORE NEW FRONTIERS
INSTRUCTION: CLOSED COURSE CRISIS
DRUG CRISIS
MONEY SQUABBLES
SOCIETY: CRACKING DOWN
GOING GREEN
LAW-AND-ORDER GOVERNOR
LAW-AND-ORDER MAYOR
CHAPTER 12: CENTENNIAL CHAOS (APRIL–AUGUST 1970)
THE FIRST CONFRONTATION (APRIL 29)
TEAR GAS UNIVERSITY (APRIL 30)
PEACE IS AT HAND (MAY 1–4)
THE SUM OF ALL FEARS (MAY 4–6)
THE UNIVERSITY: CHANGING STRATEGY
OPEN OR CLOSED? (MAY 7–17)
PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY (MAY 19–21)
PARTICIPATORY MISCHIEF (MAY 21–31)
DAZED AND CONFUSED (JUNE 1–13)
SOCIETY: SUMMER OF REFLECTION
DIVIDED UNIVERSITY
EPILOGUE: LIVING WITH THE SIXTIES
WELCOME BACK
BLACK STUDENTS: FROM INVISIBLE TO VOCAL
BUCKEYE COEDS: HEAR US ROAR
DISSENTERS OR DISRUPTERS?
STUDENT GOVERNMENT: EMPOWERED OR POWERLESS?
THE UNIVERSITY: PICKING UP THE PIECES
LAW AND ORDER REVISITED
INSTRUCTION: STUDENTS COUNT
HOUSING: BEYOND SODOM AND GOMORRAH
GREEKS: LESS INFLUENTIAL
RESEARCH PRIORITIES SHIFT
SOCIETY: INTO THE SEVENTIES
THE POLITICS OF BLAME
THOSE UNIVERSITY BASTARDS
THE END OF THE SIXTIES
SOCIETY REMADE
CONCLUSION: LIFE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
RESISTANCE FROM ABOVE
THE FIRE DOWN BELOW
THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE
CHANGING OF THE GUARD
NOTES TO CHAPTER 1
NOTES TO CHAPTER 2
NOTES TO CHAPTER 3
NOTES TO CHAPTER 4
NOTES TO CHAPTER 5
NOTES TO CHAPTER 6
NOTES TO CHAPTER 7
NOTES TO CHAPTER 8
NOTES TO CHAPTER 9
NOTES TO CHAPTER 10
NOTES TO CHAPTER 11
NOTES TO CHAPTER 12
NOTES TO EPILOGUE
NOTES TO CONCLUSION
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