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State University of New York at Albany commencement held.

The director of the Educational Opportunities Program was honored by students, faculty, and administrators in recognition of his "constant concern for all students".

Pierce Hall Day Care Center opened. September 16--Performing Arts Center courts accepted subject to punch list.

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.

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.

Mayor Erastus Corning was featured as guest speaker for the event which was thrown in honor of the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations' founding. A variety show was presented by students from all over the world, including African and Puerto Rican dances by EOP students; Arabian, Chinese,...

Memorial held for Kent State. Calls for reconciliation by some faculty are rejected by some students present.

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.

Jewish students and the University Senate urge President Benezet to cancel classes on the Jewish High Holidays, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Sixty women and children of the Women’s Liberation Front, the New Left Organizing Committee, and Concerned Parents stage “crib-in” at President Louis T. Benezet’s office demanding a day care center.