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E p i l o g u e : " W e S t a n d a g a i n s t F e a r , H a t e , S y s t e m s , a n d S t r u c t u r e s N o t i n t h e S e r v i c e o f M a n " : L e g a c i e s o f P r o t e s t In th e month s followin g th e 197 0 strike, the campu s Lef t collapsed . MSU SDS , crippled b y ideological division s an d th e los s of its mos t dynamic leader s and members , faded away . Steve Badrich an d Georg e Fish ha d lef t MSU , and Lind a Evan s ha d gon e underground. Evans , however, wa s soo n capture d b y th e FBI . Released, sh e disappeare d until 198 3 when sh e wa s arreste d an d charge d wit h plantin g a bom b in th e U.S . Capitol Building . Th e Pape r cease d publicatio n an d th e alternative newspape r whic h too k it s place , th e Bogu e Stree t Bridge , was mor e oriente d toward s countercultura l tha n politica l issues . Significantly, th e mos t popula r antiwa r organization s a t MS U afte r the strik e wer e largel y community-directe d an d based : th e Greate r Lansing Communit y Organizatio n an d th e Lansing-MS U Vietna m Veterans Agains t th e Wa r (VVAW) . Th e tw o group s wer e als o lib eral -dovish an d sough t t o wor k throug h th e electora l syste m t o achieve socia l chang e an d peace. 1 Penn Stat e SDS also fell upo n har d times , losing membership an d discontinuing publicatio n o f th e Water Tunnel fo r lac k o f funds . Nonetheless, i t continue d t o b e active , filing lega l sui t agains t th e university i n connectio n wit h th e 197 0 student-polic e riot . Th e radicals als o trie d t o buil d u p campu s oppositio n t o Walker' s suc cessor , John Oswald , wh o ha d annoye d man y activist s b y declarin g that th e "universit y mus t no t allo w itsel f t o becom e a n instrumen t for socia l o r politica l change/ ' H e als o create d som e bitternes s b y concurring wit h Walker' s decisio n t o den y tenur e t o Well s Keddie . 257 258 Epilogu e However, th e majority o f campu s dissenter s regarde d the new pres ident a s a benig n figure. The y woul d neve r b e abl e t o promot e opposition t o Oswal d t o th e sam e degre e tha t SD S ha d mobilize d sentiment against Walker. 2 In contrast t o th e PS U SDS , th e Coalitio n fo r Peac e ha d becom e somewhat mor e popula r an d a n increasingl y assertiv e forc e a t th e university. I n 1971 , dovis h an d radica l pacifist s affiliate d wit h th e Coalition fo r Peac e founde d a n undergroun d newspaper , th e Hen derson Station . It s editors embrace d th e desirabilit y o f cultural an d ideological diversit y an d sough t t o buil d a jus t society . Toward s those ends , th e editor s an d writers , amon g the m Rev . Fre d Reisz , advocated a variety o f nonviolen t tactic s t o oppos e th e war . Larr y Smuckler, a n undergraduat e psycholog y majo r fro m Philadelphia , urged readers no t to pay their "war taxes," and other writers publi cized th e Coalitio n fo r Peace's studen t voter registration drive . Th e editors wer e...

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