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Hola NoC,
You guys are kicking ass. Keep up the good work. I appreciate the product that comes from writing for the sake of being heard.
Tim Staley
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Kent State at UK
Thank you so much for your articles on the Kent State protests at UK. I was one of the crowd at Buell Armory that night that the ROTC building burned.
The group of students assembled at Buell Armory were committed to non-violent behavior. When someone broke out an Armory window, the group response was, without doubt, not in support of destructive behavior. As I stood in the dark with the crowd of kids, someone spotted the fireball rising above the Student Center. The rest of the night was a surreal mix of fire, smoke, police officers, and students all in the street in front of the ROTC building.
The rest of the experience which resulted gave me, then a young man, an up close demonstration of the magnitude of power that lies in wait to smash all protest, even legitimate ones.
William Munson
Thank you for these articles. So much history, especially the local history of the University’s protests, is in danger of being lost. Your essays are wonderfully succinct and informative.
Online submission by CamdenBoy
I picked up Vol. II, Issue 8 (Wed., Apr. 21, 2010) at the UK Library. I am a 1973 grad of UK and remember quite vividly the events of May 1970 (“National Guard swarms student protestors”). I still have a copy of the blue-tail fly picture of Ed McClanahan in his “Cap’n Kentucky” get-up. I still possess the advertisement from a Fall 1970 issue for a t-shirt with a bull’s-eye and logo reading National Guard Target. The caption and copy reads “Stand behind your Student Government President.” It featured Steve Bright in the t-shirt with several folks lined-up bowling pin-style behind him in the same shirt. Your periodical reminds me of that great, late rag.
I look forward to following your efforts and keeping up with the Lexington scene. Be sure to tell your advertisers that their messages are reaching outside LA (Lexington Area) and readers are encouraging others to access NOC as a source of history, information, and entertainment concerning UK/Lexington/et al.
Cordially,
Edward Ellis
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