University of Nevada Las Vegas - Epilogue Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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i At the beginning of this year, rumblings began in the Social Science Building which were later to mani- fest themselves in the demonstration, sit-in, and con- tract burning on May 2. Herbert Diamante, Assistant Professor of English, had been asked to resign because of an indefinite birthdate. Diamante was not even given the opportunity to present his case properly but was arbitrarily dismissed of duties. His case became the cause of the faction of the faculty who refused to the standardization of in- structors and were later to form the American Fed- eration of Teachers, Local 1818, on our campus. Led by Gerald Pfaffl, their demonstration protested the further firings of English instructors Robert Serpa and Phillip Pukas and culminated in the contract burnings of Dr. Eugene Dawson, Dr. Robert Kaplan, and Mr. Fred Hetter. lt is because this activity has become so vital at our school this year that we run the following photo essay, photographed by iournalism student Robert Leavitt and dedicated to Herbert Diamante - the first to be purged.

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