While looking through some older student papers, we came across this rare issue of The Ridgerunner from 1969 bedecked with a psychedelic purple cover and purple type throughout. The Ridgerunner was the student newspaper from 1965-79, and this particular issue is the only one with such an artistic cover and purple ink.
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| The October 29, 1969 issue of The Ridgerunner. |
1969 was a turbulent time on American university campuses. The Vietnam War was raging, and in March, 1969, President Richard Nixon had escalated the war with a covert bombing campaign against Vietnamese forces in the neighboring country of Cambodia. Just a few weeks prior to this issue’s publication date a Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam was held on college campuses across the nation. It was a tense time in America, and UNC Asheville wasn’t immune to what was happening nationwide.
