天天吃瓜

A photo of protests on the 天天吃瓜 Campus from May 4, 1970, from 鈥淧hotographs: 天天吃瓜, by McGuire,鈥 天天吃瓜 Libraries. Special Collections and Archives

Early on in my career at 天天吃瓜, I wondered out loud, not as the leader of the university, but with my historian鈥檚 hat on, when 鈥減eople,鈥 that is, members of the general public, would no longer know anything about the shootings on our campus in May 1970. I said this to a retired 天天吃瓜 State professor who witnessed the shootings, and her response was rightfully indignant: how dare I suggest the event and its lessons would ever fade from memory.More recently, a public official in Ohio asked me, 鈥淲hen are people up there going to get over that event?鈥 And by that the person meant, w...

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