Kent State
On May 4, 1970, the Ohio State National Guard open fire upon a group of protesting students. The surrounding outrage at the lives of four students were killed in this senseless violence at the protest of the draft caught national outrage. This was felt across all ages of society but were especially felt by the college students across the nation. The Valdosta State College students were no exception to this outrage of military violence against the students of Kent State. The students at Valdosta State College resisted the draft by taking away nearly all recruiting material from the local Marine recruiting station, the heavy influx of text, pictures and items of fear of the attacks and the increase in protesting that occurred from this event.
Frankly Speaking
A comic by Phil Frank posted in The VSC Spectator October 6, 1970, issue page two. The image is one of the army tank, an M48 Patton, being used to usher around a person on a college campus. This is a image that shows that the fear of the shootings and the army using force against the students to still be a present danger even if appears to be humorous the idea that anytime the military could return with violence plagued many students.
Protestors march onto the capitol of Atlanta
Posted in The Campus Canopy May 14,1970, issue of the newspaper page three written by Wesley Hesters. In this article it talks about how the Kent State shootings led to a crowd of estimated 5,000 college students to march to the state capitol of Atlanta on May 9, 1970. The protest the killing of the college students with signs and chants in the people attending. There are VSC students in this march with Wesley Hesters being the one who takes the photos of the march.
VSC students against recruiting
Post in The Campus Canopy May 7th, 1970, issue on Page two written by Mike Hill. In this article it talks about the immediate effects felt by the Kent state shootings in the Valdosta State Colleges student body. In this they protest by taking the Marine Recruiting table's pamphlets and depositing them in the trash in responds to the Kent State shooting and the ongoing protest of the Vietnam war.
