Building a New Foundation

Building a New Foundation

“There are W.P.A. led projects that still influence our lives presently … One of these important buildings is the current Vol Walker Hall (1935), which … has been the site of essential gatherings such as equal housing rights demonstrations, the 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial march, and Vietnam War protests.”

Sink the Censorship

Sink the Censorship

“’…the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole or piecemeal does not appeal to the prurient interest—it is not lascivious, it does not excite lustful thoughts, and it hardly creates itching. Under any legal test, we cannot say that the poems are even arguably obscene.’”

Wearing the Burden

Wearing the Burden

“Though just like WWI, students’ lives have come to a screeching halt in many aspects, many people continue to work towards a common good. In 1917 people were called to work across the world. In 2020, we are encouraged to work from our couches.”

Humor in Hardship

Humor in Hardship

“The April 1, 1945 edition [of The Traveler] makes it clear that services were needed closer to home with the headline ‘50,000 Soldiers to be Sent to Campus to Relieve Coeds’ Frustration and Man Shortage.’”