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28 x 22 cm. handbill, 1 page. 11 demands from Chicano Studies, echoing the 11 Third World demands, to help reduce racism.

Portraits of the Washington State University football players from the program for the 11/18/1972 football game between Washington State University and the University of Washington (page 19). This page is part of the digital exhibit about student…

Portraits of the Washington State University football players from the program for the 11/23/1968 football game between Washington State University and the University of Washington (page 16). This page is part of the digital exhibit about student…

Commencement goes off without a hitch; President Terrell is cheered when he commends the demonstrators for their dedication to non-violence. The image featured in this item may be found in the Paul Philemon Kies Photograph Collection…

The Resident Instruction Staff (RIS) announces students may petition to have their grades based on work done to that point in the term, effectively making finals optional.

The University announces a new Chicano Studies Program.

A student strike from May 24-June1, including all-day picketing of campus buildings, begins in response to Terrell's rejection of Third World student group demands. Students also announce an intent to withdraw all their money from downtown bank, and…

4:30 PM. 250 students stage a sit-in blocking Stadium Way for 90 minutes. At one point, a demonstrator throws a two-by-four through the window of a car attempting to drive around them. The image featured in this item may be found in the Barbara J.…

President Terrell releases his (mostly negative) response to the eleven demands.

An alliance of self-described "Third World" student groups presents the University with a list of eleven demands as "a minimum commitment against racism." President Terrell would reject these demands on May 22. The label Third World arises from the…

An all-day Indochina teach-in is held in the CUB ballroom; classes are cancelled so students can attend. This was one of the demands that President Terrell had agreed to in ending the "Fort French" occupation.

A "Black Symposium," sponsored by the Political Union Committee and the Black Studies Program, is held on campus, bringing in speakers and films about the black experience.

Hundreds of students occupy the French Administration Building ("Fort French"), refusing to leave until President Terrell submits to their demands. The WSU protest is one of many across the nation on May 5 protesting the Kent State University…

During a protest against the invasion of Cambodia, four students at Kent State University in Ohio are killed when National Guardsmen open fire on the protesters.

President Nixon sends U.S. troops across the Vietnamese border into Cambodia, which is being used as a sanctuary by the People's Army of Vietnam (they can strike at South Vietnam forces and U.S. forces and then withdraw into Cambodian territory and…

Four male black WSU students, including the head of the Black Student Union, are arrested and charged with "willfully, unlawfully, feloniously, perpetrating an act of sexual Intercourse with a female, not his wife, by forcefully overcoming her…

WSU hosts a full day of environmental talks, films, and forums, as part of the first ever "Earth Day." Washington senator Henry M. Jackson speaks in the CUB Ballroom about environmental issues. Jackson, a Vietnam supporter, was repeatedly shouted…

A Molotov cocktail is thrown into a basement hallway of Waller Hall, but quickly extinguished by the residents. Three other arson fires occur in Waller in the weeks around this.

MEChA recruits in the CUB lobby for its weekly picketing of Pullman's Safeway store, asking people to refuse to buy grapes.

The ASWSU Senate authorizes the formation of the "Soulin' Coubabes," an African American spirit squad intended to "promote more school spirit among black students and black players." The image featured in this item may be found in the Chinook digital…

The south stands of the football stadium are destroyed in an arson-caused fire. This follows the similar burning of UI's stadium seven months earlier, and downtown Pullman's Anderson Berger Toyota on March 24th. The Lewiston National Guard…

WSU announces that that fall, for the first time, some campus dorms (Orton, Neill, Streit, Perham) will be co-ed.

The World Affairs Institute holds a program of films and speakers titled "Why Student Unrest?" in the CUB auditorium.

Carlton Lewis is elected ASWSU President. He is the first African American to fill that role in the school?s history. The image featured in this item may be found in the Hilltopics Photograph Collection (pc123b7f1_lewiscarlton.tif).

Washington state Selective Service administrator Chester Chastek is invited to speak at a 3:00-5:00 forum, but the event ends after just 75 minutes due to the hostility of the attending students.

A volunteer undercover narcotics agent comes to Pullman, which leads to the arrest of four students for drug possession, setting off a long-running student fear of WSU employing undercover officers against their students.

A left-wing campus organization of motorcycle-riding professors and grad students (the UAWMFMC, known informally as the "Mothers") hosts a nine-hour kegger benefit of the Seattle Black Panthers' free medical clinics.

"Women in Revolt" is the title of a three-day series of WSU speeches and discussion on women's liberation

Anti-Draft Week includes panels, marches, church services, and a dance. It's organized by the Three Forks Peace Coalition, a regional organization of groups working towards an end to American involvement in Vietnam.

Several hundred draft protesters march from campus to the Selective Service (draft) office, and after police break that up, many march into three grocery stores to participate in a grape boycott protest. The protesters do minor damage to the stores,…