Selected Newspaper Articles, Aftermath Willard
Straight Hall Takeover,
1979-1999
(http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/guides/wshnews4.html)
Compiled by Eric Kofi Acree, Librarian
“’70s Protest: A Sleeping Beast.” Cornell Daily Sun, April 19, 1979, p. 34.
“The Bitter Spring of 1969.” Cornell Daily Sun, April 19, 1979, p. 1.
“Much Different Times, After and Before Change.” Cornell Daily Sun, April 19, 1979, p. 14.
“Perkins Remembers.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1979 p. 18.
“Reflect Remembering: Decent Men, and Foolishness.” Cornell Daily Sun, April 19, 1979. p. 4.
“Alan Keyes: Memories of a Black Student at Cornell.” Cornell Review, April 1989, p. 10.
“Committee on Anniversary of Straight Takeover Folds.” Cornell Chronicle, February 9, 1989, p. 1.
“The Week That Was.” Ithaca Times, April 6-12, 1989, p. 6.
“Evaluating the Takeover.” Cornell Daily Sun, April 11, 1989, L. Pearce Williams, p. 4.
“Panel Members Discuss History, Aftermath of Straight Takeover.” Cornell Daily Sun, April 18, 1989, p. 1.
“Rhodes Speaks.” Cornell Daily Sun, April 18, 1989, Frank H. T. Rhodes, p. 4.
“20 Years After Takeover Divestment Issue Burns.” Ithaca Journal, April 19, 1989, p. 1A.
“Alumni: Forgiveness Follows Anger.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 18.
“Campus Government Born After Takeover.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 10.
“Carter Recalls Straight Siege.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 6.
“Conduct at Cornell: Judiciary Threatened.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 22.
“Cornell Experiences Slow Progress.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 25.
“Corson Took Cornell Helm Amid Tumult.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 16.
“C.U. Students of ’80 Still Concerned.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 23.
“Day Hall Buys Blacks Bongo Drums.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 20.
“Donald Planning Scholarly Work.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 4.
“Edward Whitfield: Struggle Continues.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 5.
“Eric Evans: Still Proud.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 4.
“Ex-President Perkins Enjoys Post-C.U. Life.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 17.
“The Faculty: Bitter Conflicts.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 13.
“Frank Dawson: Making a Movie.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 5.
“Government Profs Severely Affected.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 15.
“Goodwin: Not a Protester.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 7.
“In Their Own Words: Essays.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 11.
“Irene Smalls Faced a Different Battle.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 7.
“Ithaca Unprepared for Uprising of ’69.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 21.
“A Lesson in History.” Cornell Daily Sun, April 19, 1989, p. 4.
“Loncke, 20 Years Later, Settles Disputes for a Living.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 4.
“Meade Remembers Rebellion at Cornell.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 5.
“Muller Reflects on ‘Nightmare Episode.’” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 18.
“National Press Arrived at C.U.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 22.
“Poet, Teacher Burak Reviews ‘60s Activism.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 8.
“Reflections on the Crisis of April ’69.” Ithaca Journal, April 19, 1989, p. 12A.
“Rhodes Urges Increased Campus ‘Interaction.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 17.
“Sequence of Events.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 27.
“Staff Members Served Day Hall Front Lines.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 20.
“Stewart’s Radio Days.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 22.
“Straight Takeover Continues to Split CU Community.” Ithaca Journal, April 19, 1989, p. 3A.
“Students Slept in Barton Hall.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 9.
“Summer Inquiry Probes Takeover.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 19.
“Time of Crisis: April, 1969.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 3.
“Tom Jones Pursues Private Life, Career.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 5.
“Turner Recalls Center’s Founding.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 14.
“Two Decades Later: Details Hazy for Students.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 2
“University Marks 20th Anniversary.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 3.
“The Wari Cross Burning.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 26.
“A Week in the Life of a Cornell Student.” Cornell Daily Sun, supplement, April 19, 1989, p. 9.
“With Respect to the Straight.” Ithaca Journal, April 19, 1989, p. 12A.
“Takeover Participants Return to Campus.” Cornell Daily Sun, April 24, 1989, p. 1.
“Participant in Straight Takeover Plans Movie About 1969 Turmoil.” Cornell Daily Sun, March 5, 1991, p. 1.
“The Takeover of Willard Straight Hall – 25 Years Later.” Cornell Chronicle, April 14, 1994, p. 1.
“25 Years Later, Protest Stirs Mixed Responses the 1969 Takeover at Cornell University Library Changed the Lives of the Students and Faculty Involved.” Syracuse Herald American, April 17, 1994, p. E1, Rebecca James
“’69 Radical Returns to Campus, Bearing A Healing Gift.” New York Beacon, May 17, 1995, Ben Dobbin, p. 11.
“James A. Perkins Cornell University President During the ‘60s.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 30, 1998, p. E5.
“Cornell ’69 Author Says Student Takeover 30 Years Ago Opened Some Doors, Closed Others.” Herald American, March 21, 1999, p. 22, Laura T. Ryan.
“Guns on Campus.” Washington Times, April 28, 1999, p. A2.
“Anniversary Commemoration Focuses on the Positive Legacy of the Takeover.” Cornell Chronicle, May 6, 1999, p. 7.
“Book on Events Around the ’69 Straight Takeover Selling Well on Campus.” Cornell Chronicle, May 6, 1999, p. 8.
“Forum Finds Various Views on Cornell ’69 – The Events and Book.” Cornell Chronicle, May 6, 1999, p. 7.
“Campus Crisis.” Wall Street Journal,
May 20, 1999, Daniel Silver, p. A8.
