Boston State College - Bostonian / Lampas Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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- ' ' V PROTES Since we were born men have c, a time called peaceful. Their timd i p characterized by: Vietnam, Laos, Chicago,- s Nigeria, Berlin. Crete, Lebanon, Israel, Syrt ola. Nepal. Cuba. Newark. Korea, Seine! prus. Dallas. Londonderry, Czechoslova Vhis ' tory has been written in terms of battles! fategies. their results, their heroes, their vicTirris. n has wasted his Man-ness on schemes based ; .on greed and self-esteem. The resulting balance of terror has raped a once beautiful world. Now men ( mor for an end to a war. The liberals wee, ' leace. The conservatives rage for it. Rjjgtest .students have incurred the wrath of t ' lw ' olat wiser generation, i ne protesters aie caiiea Unshaven, Communist, Irreligious. Dirty. Just •has t h||t.. a oyo Jnmth ji hg , PTO tes t? The silence everyOTie ilftl oT a n lished anything anywhere. Complacence to ' wards an acknowl wrong is not a fitting response from the human spirit. I

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BLACKS dr after year the probability of a real increase of a Black student population has been PLOi]J ' °° ' - ' ' never realized. Two programs of recruitTn implemented since 1968. but lack of committment forced their failure. After much time and effort a Black Studies Program now exists, though it is only an inner discipline of the History Department. The program is inadequate. More is needed. To be Black at Boston State means to be angry. Angry at an institution whose administration, faculty, and student body, on the most part, bear only lip service to the cause of civil liberty. Angry at the educated lot who have overlooked your human rights. And angry at yourself for accepting a sometimes half- baked loaf of bread, accepting less than what is needed by you, your people, and mankind. ' 4. t