Scope Voter Registration 1966 March 4 Summer Community Organization and Political Education group (SCOPE) announces its second year of the southern voter registration drive and call for student participation.
Aparteid Discussion 1966 March 22 Golden Eye Coffee House hosts discussion on apartheid in South African and U.S. policy.
Selective Service Deferrals 1966 March 29 Selective Service Board announces deferral exams will be given on May 14, 21, and June 3 at colleges and universities nation-wide.
James Farmer Speaks Against Segregation 1966 April 20 James Farmer, former head of CORE, speaking at Page Hall, attacks segregation in the North as more of a long term problem than Southern segregation. He also says “integration” is not the only answer to the problems of African-Americans, but that areas like Harlem should be made “livable.”
Selective Service Protest In Buffalo 1966 May Sit in to prevent Selective Service exams at State University of New York at Buffalo.
Wayne Morse Speaks On Campus 1966 May 22 U.S. Senator Wayne Morse, Democrat of Oregon, opposes the escalation of the war in Vietnam. Morse, in a well received address at Page Hall, states that “The only way you can stop Johnson’s bullets in Vietnam is with your ballots at home starting with the next election.”
Alpha Phi Alpha Sponsors Early Christmas 1966 October Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity works with American Red Cross to sponsor gift boxes for G.I.s in Vietnam.
George Bunch Arrested 1966 October Students protest the arrest of George Bunch at the Trinity Institute in conjunction with the newly formed Brothers. Bunch had slapped a girl who called him “Blackie.” The demonstrators view the "Albany political machine" as the instigator of Bunch's arrest
Changing Role Of University 1966 November In loco parentis, the traditional role of the school as the guardian of student morality, begins to crumble. The Golden Eye Coffee House hosts debate asking “Is God Dead?” The University allows alcohol on campus and, in subsequent years, loosens, and then drops, restrictions on women's hours.