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“Why the lack of black students at Bucknell?” asks a current student in this February 1961 issue of the Bucknellian. The student speaks for others on campus concerned that admissions has actually regressed in its acceptance of black applicants.…

This local news article from the 1960s applauds local schools, Bucknell and Susquehanna Universities, for making their campuses open to black applicants. The author makes it clear that Bucknell’s tactic is to offer funding for such prospective…

This March 1961 Bucknellian article reports on the panel on discrimination (made up of administrators and faculty) that took place in the basement of the Phi Lambda Theta house. The event was a huge success as more students and faculty members…

This article published by the Union County Journal in March of 1961 provides a timeline of events at Bucknell following the original Bucknellian editorial that criticized the university for discrimination. After the original editorial was published…

In this March 1961 edition, the Bucknellian clarifies its stance on discrimination in this article, and the author highlights the problem of discrimination at the university, claiming that “the question is not one of clauses, but one of…

These two articles from the Sunbury Daily Item in March 1961 follow the Bucknellian’s editorials and the action Bucknell has taken to eliminate discrimination while validating the recent campus claim that there are no discriminatory practices to…