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Valdosta State University and Vietnam: 1965 The beginning of the Anti-War movement

The anti-war movement against Vietnam started for Valdosta State College around the same time it did for the nation in the year of 1965. The Campus Canopy was Valdosta State College newspaper that circulated through the university. In it what shows during the year of 1965 is the student body beginning to rise against the Vietnam war and siding with the protestors both in the Tennesse and over the whole nation seeing it as the correct thing to do. The Campus Canopy began to voice the concerns and ideas of the students and allowed them to connect with the student body. The newspaper allowed also fo the spread of information about current events surrounding Vietnam such as governmental actions. 

The New Draft Part One

With the on going conflict of Vietnam the goverment of the United States called upon a new draft to gain enlisted men. The draft was seen as not only an interruption to a man's normal life it now threatened his life and drew him into the crisis in Vietnam. It was predicted by Time Magainze that the rate of casulities that had been mounting in combat that the draft would soon reach nearly 30,000 men a month to continue the draft.

Posted in The Campus Canopy newspaper on February 25, 1966, on page one. The Vietnam war saw a new draft being pushed into act to combat the loss of troops in Vietnam. The Time Magazine saw that at current rate the draft would take 30,000 men away from their daily life and interrupt their normal lives and risk his life. The new draftees are not the same from previous wars and are more educated on matters such as the conflict and appear to have more opinions on not joining it compared to World War Two or the Korean War.

The New Draft Part Two

Posted in The Campus Canopy on February 25, 1966, page eight. While this is a continuation of the article what the part goes over is how the draft will work and how some will be exempted from the draft. What is important in this article is that is talks about how many African Americans will be disproportionally affected by the draft. It is because many African Americans during this time largely had a high school degree and a higher retention rate in the military compared to their white counterparts. It also talks about how to avoid the draft by signing up for the National Guard or the Reserves.

Anti-War Protest in Tennesse

Post in the December 3, 1965, The Campus Canopy newspaper page eight. This newspaper articles goes over the recent protest of the Vietnam War in the University of Tennesse. The article talks about how they appreciate the protesters and how they are allowing their voice to inform the people about the policies of America and showing the recent increase in the public's perception and role in the policies that the government issues. 

America Should Support the Country, not always the policy

Posted in The Campus Canopy February 11, 1966, page two written by Sheila McCoy. The newspaper article written by Shelia McCoy goes over how people need to understand the love for one's country and patriotism does not mean that they should accept the policies blindly. McCoy talks about how there is a need for views that do not stick to blind dogmatic obedience and that if it the blind obedience would win out over rational views that the country would face danger in the future.