Arts and Letters Colloquium : The University in Peace and War
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This collection contains student papers from the Clark Honors College course HC 421 Honors College Arts and Letters Colloquium: The University in Peace and War. For more information on the course and the Honors College program, consult the College website
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Item Open Access Drug Use Within Vietnam-era Student Protest: Central or Coincidental?(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2005-04-15) Freeland, SarahItem Open Access A War on Terror: The Civil Rights Movement and Mississippi Freedom Summer(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2005-03-14) Blakley, JuliannaItem Open Access The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps: Protests and Perspectives on the University of Oregon Campus in 1969 and 1970(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2005-03-14) Mosen, EmilyItem Open Access The Vietnam War and Anti-War Protests: The Parallels Between University of Oregon Student Protests, and One Veteran’s Experience as the Result of President Johnson’s Entanglements with the War (1962-1969)(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2005-03-14) Flowers, CourtneyItem Open Access “Stop, hey, what’s that sound”: Popular Music at the University of Oregon During the 1969-70 School Year(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2005-03-14) Roby-Sage, CourtneyItem Open Access Discrimination and Diversity: The True Colors of University Athletics(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2005-03-14) Koski, Sarah AnneItem Open Access GO GREEK TO NO GREEK: A LOOK AT THE CHANGING ATTITUDE TOWARD THE GREEK COMMUNITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, 1964-1972(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2005-03-13) Bryans, CherlynItem Open Access How Activism during the Vietnam Era Influenced Change in the Student Role on Campus(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2005-03-13) ChapmanGraves, CamasItem Open Access Little Paper Cuts: The Struggles and Demands of Black Students at the University of Oregon(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2005-03-13) Harmon, CoreyItem Open Access Successful Non-Violence? Looking at the Thirteenth Street Incident(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2005-03-11) Stocks, JenniferItem Open Access Why Here, Why Now? The Story of Student Protest on the University of Oregon Campus, April 1970(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2004-04-14) Hoogerhuis, MaraMost people know that the 1960s and early 1970s were volatile years in the United States of America, and particularly for American universities. What many do not know, is that in addition to the well-known protests at Berkeley and Columbia, Kent State and San Francisco State, there are other Universities that experienced these trying times as well. Stories, for example, like the ones that took place on the University of Oregon campus, in Eugene, Oregon: stories that have, for the most part, been lost or forgotten. I ventured into this world of protest and paranoia, students and a changing society, buried deep in the archives at the University of Oregon Library, and came out with a new understanding and appreciation for the lengths that both students and administrators were willing to go to stand up for what they believed.Item Open Access HARMLESS OR HOSTILE? :THE SDS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON IN THE SPRING OF 1970(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2003-12-11) Dicharry, Kristen MarieThe rather loosely organized (and increasingly weakening) Oregon chapter of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) reportedly influenced a number of student protest situations leading up to these events, but were the ROTC bombing on April 15th, or the riots following the Johnson Hall sit-in on April 23rd, 1970, inevitable occurrences independent of the SDS’ contributions? The true identity and campus role of the University of Oregon chapter of the SDS in 1969-1970 is difficult to define; reports of who the SDS was at that time varies within the individual accounts by the administration, The Oregon Daily Emerald, The Augur (a Eugene underground newspaper), the general student population, and the SDS members themselves. It is clear to a certain extent, that the local SDS mirrored the national chapter, but it also mirrored the general sentiment of the national youth movement at large. The SDS undoubtedly had some impact on the events in the spring of 1970 at the University of Oregon . . . but how, and to what extent?Item Open Access Robert D. Clark and Hill Walker’s Idea of “Escalation”(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2003-12-11) Nelson, SarahMost occurrences, whether they are large or small, are not merely isolated happenings, but part of a greater chain of being, so to speak. Each event leads to another, following a sort of pre-projected path, either increasing to a point of intensity, or decreasing from it. This theory has been discussed in a number of milieus: evolution, international politics, and child behavior. The latter was studied closely by former UO Professor Hill Walker, and he developed a specific theory, outlining the steps of this escalation, and what can be done to prevent its reaching catastrophic levels.Item Open Access The Roles of President Clark and the Oregon Daily Emerald In the 1970 Protests on the University of Oregon Campus(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2003-12-11) Hoogerhuis, MaraLike many colleges and universities throughout the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the University of Oregon experienced a variety of anti-war student protests on its usually peaceful green campus. Students at the University of Oregon, upset with the unjust war in Vietnam, the draft, and the feeling that their parents’ generation was ignoring their voice and first amendment right to protest, took to the streets and administration buildings their demands for justice. The administrators of the University of Oregon, as well as other demonstration prone universities like UC Berkeley, Columbia, and San Francisco State, faced new challenges as the demonstrations and protests erupted into unprecedented forms of violence and student/faculty/community discontent. Different University Presidents handled the disruptions differently. On the University of Oregon campus, President Robert D. Clark’s voice of reason and calm kept dangerous situations from escalating into uncontrollable ones. The events of the late 1960s and early 1970s, on the microcosm of the university campus, epitomized an era of transition and shifting values among the younger generation of America.Item Open Access Students for a Democratic Society: A Successful Failure?(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2003-12-11) Abbott, JustinThe Students for a Democratic Society, or SDS, were characterized by their fervent, enthusiastic discontent, their lofty ideals, and their incapacitating lack of organization. The group, both nationally and locally, undoubtedly strayed far from its foundations, a downward spiral culminating in the SDS’ ultimate factionalization and collapse. Despite its unfortunate an ungraceful demise, the SDS has left a legacy that still benefits us, in one way or another, today.Item Open Access Shades of Scientific Activism: John Froines and Ralph Spitzer(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2003-12-11) Drueding, KatieIn 1959, a young physical chemist by the name of Ralph Spitzer left Oregon State University, then Oregon State College. Eleven years later, in 1970, another young chemist, John Froines, left the University of Oregon. Both men were deeply involved in left-wing politics, and both lost their positions for political reasons. But more than the passage of time separates these two men. Spitzer was fired from his position; Froines resigned. Between them was a philosophical gulf regarding the practice of science, the practice of politics, and how the two should be linked.Item Open Access The University Student: Scholar, Citizen, and Protester(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2003-12-10) Connolly, Rose E.The 1960s brought about a remarkable time of change for universities as institutions. Relations between administration, faculty, and students changed dramatically. Student life took on a new form of liberal living and students began questioning student rights and authority. Confronted daily in their lives with questions about the unjust war, civil rights and freedom of speech, students had the time and personal concern to work for change. Across the country, students were in violent opposition about the war, both with each other and with an older, more conservative generation. The question of the university’s role in society came under great scrutiny by students, administrations and communities, especially that of a public university. Did the purpose of a university being a forum for question and debate give students the right, as a part of the university, to host protests and make administrative demands on campuses? As an institution, should a university take a side on political issues? To what extent should the administration listen to both students and taxpayers?Item Open Access Protesting the Media: The Students’ Plea to be Heard(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2003-12-10) Haire, LaurenThe sixties and seventies were marked by unprecedented revolution. The world was changing and people were waking up to the social inequalities and political deviations. During a time when civil rights were scarcely recognized and young men were being shipped off to fight in the Vietnam War, concerned citizens emerged to voice their opinions. One of the major sources of activism occurred on university campuses.Item Open Access Oregon’s Silent Majority v. their Children: Challenging the role of the University and widening the “Generation Gap”(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2003-12-10) Friedman, JudithStudent unrest in 1970 at the University of Oregon and across the nation reflected the increasing tensions, frustrations and disillusionment that the younger generation of Americans felt toward their place in the global political drama. They felt confused about their roles as citizens enrolled in institutions funded by a government and a military whose actions and ideology conflicted with their developing attitudes about the national and local power structures. How did this enable them to be heard in the wake of the older generation? The younger generation insisted that social, cultural and political movement and sentiment of the era was unprecedented. Rather than imitating their parents, students and youth of the late 1960s were rebelling against them and creating something new—something radical. Students threw the American dream to the wayside. They went to college and many defied the morals and models their parents had established for them. Instead of following in the footsteps of an earlier generation, the youth of America was trying to create a different path. Students utilized their position as students and disputed the role of higher education. They changed the concept of the university from that which their parents cherished as an almost sacred instrument of self-improvement, to a forum for their political expression. They rebelled against both their parents and the in loco parentis role of the University. The voices of radical minority were heard in spite of the wide generation gap and answered by gasps and hushes from the silent majority.Item Open Access The Role of the Civil Rights Movement in Oregon(Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2003-12-10) Vitus, StephanieI started researching the role of the Civil Rights Movement in Eugene with high hopes. Civil Rights as a subject is so large, and so well-covered nationally, that I figured sources would overflow. I knew that Oregon had a spotty history at best concerning the treatment of African Americans, but that knowledge lent me to expect a more fervent Civil Rights Movement in the area. As it turns out, racial oppression dates back to before Oregon became a state, when the Ku Klux Klan was a powerful force. The citizens of Oregon tried their utmost to keep African Americans away, so any Civil Rights Movement later contained mostly whites. Looking at the greater picture of Oregon as a whole, including the roles of Eugene, Portland and other cities, provides a clearer picture of the local Civil Rights Movement than studying any one city can. The role of the Movement was change, but it didn’t happen suddenly, and it grew out of a sordid history of discrimination.