Post Author: Alexandra Kolleda On December 10, 1992, The Breeze, Madison’s student newspaper, announced that a former minor would be reconsidered for the next year’s course catalog. That minor, African-American studies, had originally been provided in 1980; however, it had faded away Continue reading But What About Class?
Post Author: Alexandra Kolleda After the 1978 Supreme Court decision in University of California v. Bakke, Affirmative Action received significant backlash from the public. Whites were becoming frustrated with what they called “reverse discrimination” (Schulman, 69-70). They feared that white Continue reading Massive Resistance or Massive Representation?
Post Author: Alexandra Kolleda The Madison College student newspaper, The Breeze, is one of the best sources of student perceptions on the integration of their campus. It is significant to mention that The Breeze and its writers prided themselves on being Continue reading The Breeze Presents Mixed View of Integration
The integration of Madison College certainly did not go off without a hitch; however, it appears as if the Southern, Conservative culture was largely countered by a more Liberal, college environment historically geared towards educating women. This allowed integration to Continue reading Weighing the Facts
Post Author: Emily Kohl [hide-featured] The seventies was a decade of revolutionary social change on a national level. One of the most obvious trends of this generational cultural shift was the emergence of youths in search of alternative lifestyles. In Continue reading Searching for Hippies
Post Author: minksc As Madison College opened as a women’s teaching college in 1908 it strove to keep the virtue of its ladies intact. Even as male students flooded the campus, the rules and regulations that governed the women’s behavior Continue reading A Shift in the Rules
