1985 Retrospective

Emerson College
The Division of Communication Studies
Communication Politics and Law
Presents
"Kent State - Jackson State: 20 Year Retrospective"

March 30, 1990 Friday

12:00 - 12:30 Registration (All events will take place at 0 MArlborough Street unless otherwise noted.)

12:30 - 12:45 "Flowers and Bullets" A Special Poem of the era
Prof. Fran LaShoto

12:45 - 1:00 - Opening Remarks:
Dr. James Golden, Former chair of Communication Studies, Ohio State
Dr. J. Gregory Payne, Chair, Division of Communication Studies and Director of Political News Study Group

1:00 - 2:30 - Panel: "The Temper of the Times: Student Unrest at Emerson and Elsewhere"
Car Oglesby, Founder, Students for a Democratic Society;
Frank Napal, Emerson alum;
Prof. Walt Littlefield, Michigan State University alum;
Prof. Regina Sherard, Fisk University, alum;
Moderators: Prof. John Marlier, Bucknell alum; Prof. Bob Sullivan, Emerson alum

2:30 - 4:00 Panel: "What Occured at Kent State and Jackson State: The Friction Between Fact and Fiction."
Gene Young, "The History of the Shootings at Jackson State."
Alan Canfora, activist wounded at Kent State, "Student Activisim From the 1960's to the 1990's"
Dr. J. Gregory Payne, author, "Kent State: 13 Seconds and A Generation Later"
Moderator: Prof. Valeria Fabj, Communication Studies

Special thanks to:
President John Zacharis
Dean Jacqueline Liebergott
David Calusdian
Jane Pierce
John Diamantakiou
Students of CS 471 Seminar in Student Protest: Kent State
Karen Asaro
Diego Salazar
Carol O'Neill
Marie Nichols
A special thanks to the Students and Faculty of
Communication Studies and Communication, Politics and Law
And to the Emerson College Community:
Communication Disorders
Mass Communication
Performing Arts
Humanities
Writing, Literature and Publishing
Physical Plant
Public Safety
Purchasing

" Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

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