Day Care Center Announced 1970 October Day Care Center slated for Pierce Hall to open on December 1. Within two years the women’s rights movement would successfully achieve the creation of a Women’s Studies Program.
Kent State Memorial 1970 October 23 Memorial held for Kent State. Calls for reconciliation by some faculty are rejected by some students present.
Anti War Marches 1970 October 31 Fall anti-war marches planned in 30 cities (Kenneth Deane, "Oct. 31 Action"). The march on the NYS Capitol draws a disappointing 300 demonstrators, about ten percent of the previous year's turnout. Subsequent marches also draw disappointing numbers.
Campus Expansion Cancelled 1970 November NY State’s worsening financial crisis leads to canceling of plans for expansion of SUNYA campus to 20,000 students by 1975. No new buildings are built on the SUNYA campus until Freedom Quadrangle dormitories open in the Fall of 1988.
Puerto Rican Organization For Liberation & Education Formed 1971 October 26 Puerto Rican Organization for Liberation & Education formed as a separate entity within the EOP student body. It is the predecessor of Fuerza Latino.
Chicago 7 Leaders Speak On Campus 1971 April On April 20th, 1971 Abbie Hoffman gave a press conference in Lecture Center and spoke at a rally in the Gym that the ASP estimated drew 2,500 attendees. On April 30th, Jerry Rubin also spoke to an "overflowing crowd" in the Campus Center. Dave Dellinger was also schedule to speak, but was unable...
The Struggle for Latin-American Representation in the EOPSA Continues 1973 December 4 In an editorial letter to the Albany Student Press, Fuerza Latina (Latin Power) member José Alicea seeks to offer his side of the story about the conflict over Puerto-Rican representation in the Educational Opportunity Program Student Association. A Central Council meeting to investigate the...
Central Council Attempts to Resolve EOPSA Tensions 1973 December 7 Seeking to alleviate the conflict between the administration of the Educational Opportunities Program Student Association and a contingent of Puerto-Rican students united under the group Fuerza Latina (Latin Power), the Central Council continues their investigation into the struggle over...
Fuerza Latina is Officially Separated From EOPSA 1974 April 23 After months of conflict over the representation of Puerto-Rican students in the Educational Opportunities Program Student Association's governing board, the Central Council accepts the recommendation of the Executive Budget Committee to separate the faction representing the Puerto-Rican and...
Ethnic Based Student Groups Fight For Autonomy of Programming 1975 January 28 In an editorial against a proposal introduced by the Central Council chairperson in an earlier meeting which would authorize a 67% budget cut for ethnic based student groups on campus, the Assistant Coordinator of Fuerza Latina (Latin Power), Juan Tito Melendez, praises the Central Council for...