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Town-Gown Relations

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Post by: Alexandra Kolleda As mentioned in the introduction, town-gown relations between Madison College and the city of Harrisonburg were not very genial in the 1970s.  In regards to the atmosphere of student protest that pervaded the entire nation, Harrisonburg Continue reading Town-Gown Relations→

Massive Resistance or Massive Representation?

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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?→