{"value"=>"<p>This subseries is comprehensive in its coverage of the 1968 strike. Background information is provided on the activities of the Student Democratic Society nationwide as well as at Columbia, and on the nuclear reactor, TRIGA II, which became a focal point of student protest in 1970.</p> <p>Although the student strike commenced in April 1968, students and community members began protesting the construction of the gym in Morningside Park in February; these protests are represented by handmade posters, one with an enlarged photograph of the construction site. The bulk of the subseries consists of news clippings, primarily from the <span class=\"title\">Columbia Daily Spectator</span> and <span class=\"title\">The New York Times</span>, covering every aspect of the strike, almost on a daily basis, from the students' point of view (opinions run the gamut from the radical to the conservative), as well as from the perspective of the administration (largely critical of the radical student activities) and the faculty. Many flyers were distributed by the Columbia SDS enumerating their demands and explaining their viewpoint and calling for meetings and rallies; other flyers were prepared by the Columbia Strike Coordinating Committee, the Columbia law students, and the Students for a Restructured University, as well as conservative groups such as Students for Columbia University. Flyers and news clippings document the Summer Liberation School sponsored by the SDS in 1968. Student and community newspapers which also have articles found in this subseries include the <span class=\"title\">Columbia Owl</span>, <span class=\"title\">Barnard Bulletin</span>, <span class=\"title\">Harvard Crimson</span>, <span class=\"title\">Guardian</span> (an independent radical newsweekly), <span class=\"title\">West Side News</span>, and the <span class=\"title\">New York Post</span>. Of interest is a booklet published by the Columbia Strike Committee, \"Why We Strike\"; there are also reports written by Columbia clergymen and students, press releases, and magazine articles.</p>"}