West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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In a single ye ar Change, evolutionary or revolutionary, is difficult to meter, but it can be captured partially on a calendar. We can say this happened then, and this afterwards, and perhaps years later we can look back and see why. Demonstrations gave the most evidence of change at WVU in 1969-1970. War and war-makers are seemingly perennial objects of demonstration anathema, at least to us whose lives span only the Vietnam War. But other issues also brought people into committees and into the streets. Black awareness, the environment, women ' s liberation, campus safety and security — every approach to a problem has its supporters and detractors, and it seems one could not name a campus concern that would not have someone, somewhere at WVU, working on it. -SEPTEMBER- Several things were new and changed when classes started in the fall. Sophomore and upperclass women found them- selves with privileges their male counterparts had long en- joyed, thanks to the no-hours policy initiated in dorms. But the matter of where those women lived was still determined by the in loco parentis character of the University; Like it or not, women under 21 lived in the dormitories. Also over the summer, the cheering squad, so prominent a part of the football tradition, was intearated. -NOVEMBER- -DECEMBER- The November Moratorium called some of the October par- ticipants to D.C. for the mass demonstration, but the enthu- siasm of the large October group had waned in the inter- vening month and participation dwindled. Mining disasters and an increasing awareness of the Univer- sity ' s West Virginia setting made students more sympathetic with coal miners ' complaints. Nevertheless, a DA-sponsored conference on mining health and safety, the last issue- oriented event of first semester, drew only meagre student attendance. A small group of students registered their sympathies by joining in the coal miners ' struggles for im- proved legislation, a battle partially won in 1969-1970. -OCTOBER- With the school year well underway, anti-war plan- ning began at WVU. Faculty, students, and towns- people met a month early to organize Morgantown participation in the nationwide October Moratorium. No more business as usual while the war goes on was the motivating philosophy of the Moratorium. One early headline foreshadowed an issue that would climax University demonstrations in May: Mora- torium requests denied as Harlow refuses ' U ' stand. The 24-hour observance included a Freedom School, rallies, memorial service, peace walk, public meeting at the Court house square, a Mind Garage peace con- cert, the vigil and fasting, and films. All we are say- ing is ' Give peace a chance, ' candlelight, the break- ing of bread, Woodburn striking midnight of October 15 — the conclusion of the peace demonstration was it- self as peaceful as a youthful church camp service. Polarization, mild as it was then, followed the articles and explanations of Vietnam positions of two faculty members. Dr. Wesley Bagby, professor of history, enunciated his liberal understanding of U.S. involve- ment in Vietnam and his opposition to that continuing involvement. James Whisker, assistant professor of political science, clearly delineated his conservative stance on America ' s Southeast Asian endeavors. Stu- dents who knew what they thought but didn ' t know why were likely to find out from one or the other of the two men. Another issue, one not ever clearly re- solved, surfaced during the October Moratorium. Either the University does or does not engage in chemical and biological warfare research. With journ- alists and public relations men arguing about contracts only a corporation lawyer could fully understand, most of the University public was left wondering.