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Y Archives – 2002-2003 – SILA – Dissection Choice Campaign – Computer based alternatives – news article – Daily Illini – Christy Blandford Image by universityymca Article from Daily Illini written by Christy Blandford about students fighting for alternatives to dissection.

College Archive Exhibit: A Legacy of Learning Image by Lower Columbia College An article from the local news daily featuring the rise in number of female students at Lower Columbia College taking math classes – 1980s.

America’s first televised war comes starkly and comprehensively alive in this weeping documentary collection. The best material from the archives of THE HISTORY CHANNEL and CBS News. 7 complete documentaries offers rare insight into critical elements of the Vietnam War. Contemporary footage and commentary capture the Vietnam experience as it happened. At a total cost [...]

College Archive Exhibit: A Legacy of Learning Image by Lower Columbia College An article from either the local news daily, or the Lower Columbia College student newspaper, addressing conscientious objection to the Vietnam War during the 1970s.

www.democracynow.org After one week, the fate of negotiations at the UN Climate Change Conference remains uncertain. At the center of the debate is the future of the Kyoto Protocol, the only treaty that binds almost 40 rich nations to cut their greenhouse gases until 2012. Last week, Japan said it would oppose extending Kyoto unless [...]

www.democracynow.org – On this eve of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday we host a wide-ranging discussion with TransAfrica founder Randall Robinson and author Michelle Alexander about the mass incarceration of African-Americans that has rolled back many achievements of the civil rights movement. Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — whether in prison [...]

College Archive Exhibit: A Legacy of Learning Image by Lower Columbia College An article from the local news daily featuring Lower Columbia College art instructor Arther Miller and his legacy – 1980s.

President Obama has recently signed the National Defense Authorization Act. Today we discuss it’s implications on the Canadian people. Get these daily updates and more on the day they were uploaded by joining PFT TV! Support alternative independent media by joining Press For Truth TV pressfortruth.tv We receive no sponsorships or funding from anyone and [...]

At a total cost of more than 3.1 million lives, the Vietnam conflict is, to date, Americas longest and most controversial war. It also marked the first time TV journalists ventured to the frontlines to bring the spectacle of combat into American living rooms. Across the nation, Americans watched, captivated by the surprise Tet Offensive [...]

Y Archives – Sieberb – Lehwann – Vaughn Shoemaker cartoon – date unknown Image by universityymca Lengthy caption on back: Prof. F. S. Sieberb presenting to Prof E W Lehwann chairman of the Board of the U of I YMCA a framed copy of "The Meaning of America" by Vaughn Shoemaker of the Chicago Daily [...]