Saturday, January 5, 2013

Columbia SDS Memories Revisited: Summer Folk Songwriting, 1966--Part 1

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I applied at Columbia’s Placement Office in Dodge Hall for a work-study New York City Urban Corps summer job. But the Lindsay Administration...
Friday, January 4, 2013

Columbia SDS Memories Revisited: Freshman At Columbia, 1966--Part 9

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I continued to go to anti-war meetings and attend anti-war campus rallies. From a distance, I watched Dave give anti-war speeches from the s...
Thursday, January 3, 2013

Columbia SDS Memories Revisited: Freshman At Columbia, 1966--Part 8

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During the Spring 1966 term, my strongest feeling was falling madly in love with Pat. Pat was a senior at Barnard, majoring in Sociology, wh...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Columbia SDS Memories Revisited: Freshman At Columbia, 1965-1966--Part 7

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The Thanksgiving break came and I went back to Queens to visit my parents. I felt much more distance between us and felt I had changed as a ...
Monday, December 31, 2012

Columbia SDS Memories Revisited: Freshman At Columbia, 1965--Part 6

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Around the time I was still being radicalized in relationship to U.S. policy in Viet Nam, I attended my first off-campus anti-war rally. I...
Sunday, December 30, 2012

Columbia SDS Memories Revisited: Freshman At Columbia, 1965--Part 5

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I discovered a bookstore on West 114th St. and Broadway. It was owned and operated by this tall, quiet, solitary white man in his late ‘50s ...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

Columbia SDS Memories Revisited: Freshman At Columbia, 1965--Part 4

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Mel had black hair and was of medium height. He was in his mid-to-late 20s. He seemed to know Vietnamese history and the history of U.S. mil...