 Richard Nixon had promised to let the Vietnamese take the "burden of battle," but his first year in the White House was marked by heavy American casualties. Students criticized Nixon as an "angel of death" (MSC protest photo). |
 Dissatisfaction extended beyond foreign policy -- women athletes chaffed at the limits placed on their sports by poor funding. |
.JPG) Click to read story from January 1970 Mystic |
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 1970: MSC's largest dormitory opens (will be named Neumaier Hall). |
 In the 1970-71 season, MSC's men's basketball team went 11-1 and won the conference championship. |
 Students stage a scripted demonstration to demand changes in dormitory and alcohol regulations on campus. While President Dille was sympathetic, he worried about parental and community reactions. |
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 Representatives of all MSC dorms convened in a special committee to rewrite dormitory rules, alcohol use, curfews, and other changes from the traditional "loco parentis" supervision of students. |
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 It is clear from this 1970s dormitory photograph that the "television generation" had come of age. Henceforth, electronics would compete with traditional studies. |
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