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Goodwill & Scorn<\/h2>\n

10\/15 <\/b>\u201cM marks the day\u201d – Published on the day of the\u00a0October Moratorium, this editorial implies that we cannot support the men at war while opposing the war itself.<\/p>\n

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\n10\/15<\/strong> Photos from moratorium events.<\/p>\n

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\n10\/16\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cPeaceful Moratorium commended\u201d \u2013 Editorial gives VMC credit for provoking discussion and conducting peaceful protest.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n10\/16<\/strong> \u201cVigil goes all night\u201d \u2013<\/span>\u00a0120 students gathered at beginning of reading of names, which lasted all night.\u00a0 150 students attended special mass.<\/span><\/p>\n

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10\/16<\/strong> \u201cReading of dead\u2019s names proves main objection\u201d \u2013 Interviews with several students with emphasis on opinions about reading names.<\/span><\/p>\n

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10\/17<\/strong> \u201cResidents\u2019 letter support Nixon policy \u2013 Beeman Hall residents <\/span>signed a letter supporting Nixon and asking others to have more faith in the government.<\/span><\/p>\n

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10\/17<\/strong> Letter to editor by <\/span>Don E. Blom<\/span> \u2013 Blom served as a clinical psychology specialist at the Army\u2019s Medical Training Center. He states that most of the soldiers he interviewed did not want to go to Vietnam and that reading their names did not indicate how they felt about their service.\u00a0 Blom participated in name-reading.<\/span><\/p>\n

10\/17<\/strong>\u00a0“What is happening?”\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Casts doubt on VMC, describing it as a shady organization started in East Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n

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10\/17<\/strong> \u201cOpen letter from Vietnam\u201d \u2013 A student’s father (a colonel) wrote to her from Vietnam stating that he was against the war \u2013 she would not want his name read if her were killed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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10\/17<\/strong> \u201cNixon and Vietnam\u201d \u2013 Argues that Nixon should listen to the\u00a0<\/span>people.<\/span><\/p>\n

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10\/20<\/strong> \u201cMoratorium betrayal\u201d \u2013 Argues that the Vietnam war is a just cause and soldiers would oppose the VMC. The article goes on to criticize the VMC for projecting their political beliefs onto dead service members.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Goodwill & Scorn 10\/15 \u201cM marks the day\u201d – Published on the day of the\u00a0October Moratorium, this editorial implies that we cannot support the men at war while opposing the war itself. 10\/15 Photos from moratorium events. 10\/16\u00a0\u201cPeaceful Moratorium commended\u201d \u2013 Editorial gives VMC credit for provoking discussion and conducting peaceful protest. 10\/16 \u201cVigil goes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":48,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scrapbook"],"yoast_head":"\nVMC Scrapbook Part Two: October 15, 1969 - October 20, 1969 - Vietnam Moratorium Committee 50th Anniversary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/vmc50\/2019\/09\/23\/vmc-scrapbook-part-two-october-15-1969-october-20-1969\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VMC Scrapbook Part Two: October 15, 1969 - 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