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The Cycle, vol 1(3), 1969

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Title	The Cycle, vol 1(3), 1969
Subject	Censorship, Free Press, Student Newspaper
Description	In the fall semester of 1969, the editor-in-chief of the FSC Cycle newspaper reprinted the short story “Black Moochie” by known civil-rights activist and Black Panther Eldrige Cleaver. College President James J. Hammond and the regular printer Raymond Plante took issue with the language and content of the story and printed an edited version. The school board considered the article “garbage” and unfit to be published in the school paper. Student newspaper editor, John Antonelli found a different printer using alternative funds to print it in its entirety. Hammond changed school policy for the student newspaper requiring that he, or a faculty advisor, would pre-approve all future issues of the paper before they were to be published and sent out across the campus. This lead to further disputes between the administration and the editorial board of the paper, and by November 20th 1969 the editorial staff resigned from their posts at the newspaper. Antonelli sued Hammond over a violation of the 1st and 4th amendments of the US constitution. This issue of the Cycle includes several articles referencing many students’ distaste for President Hammond’s decision to override the student editors’ authority in publishing the short story “Black Moochie” by Eldridge Cleaver, as well as the censored version of the story itself. The articles include “An Open Letter to the Student Body” in which editor John Antonelli expresses his faith in the student body to make informed decisions as opposed to Hammond’s complete distrust in his students, “Clamps of Censorship Tightened” which discusses the censorship issue that has taken over campus, “How Do You Spell Catastrophe” by Anthony McNamara discusses the small concern Hammond should have about the free speech issue on campus compared to the wide-spread violence that has taken place on campuses across the nation, and “Let’s Think Seriously About…” lists off an A-Z list of worries President Hammond and the student body should have before worrying about censoring the student newspaper. This issue of the Cycle is important in viewing the Hammond vs. Antonelli case, because it is the first instance in which students show a sense of revolt against the president and the institution. This issue is a stepping-stone in the direction of understanding the students’ point of view in the censorship debate and is a necessary document to look through in order to understand this piece of Fitchburg State’s history.
Creator	Student Government Association, Student Newspaper
Contributors	Tyler Rubchinuk; Melissa Mazzone
Date	[October 1969]
Type	jpeg
Language	English
Rights	Dean of Students records are considered public records that document the activities of a public office of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Fitchburg State University Archives retain the original document.

The Cycle, vol 1(3), 1969

UA RG 2-14_1_3_1

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The Cycle, vol 1(3), 1969