Strive and Struggle: Documenting the Civil Rights Movement at Cal Poly, 1967-1975

“Strive and Struggle: Documenting the Civil Rights Movement at Cal Poly, 1967-1975,” pays tribute to the students, administration, and national civil rights leaders that brought about lasting changes to Cal Poly. In collaboration with University Archives, Kennedy Library staff, Graphic Design student assistants, and History Department graduate students, the exhibition is presented through the pages of the campus newspaper, the Mustang Daily, and explores campus reactions, struggles and triumphs during the Civil Rights years, as well as the efforts to establish Ethnic Studies courses, recruit Black faculty, and combat racial prejudice on campus. Though the peak of the Civil Rights Era fell between 1955 and 1968, as Myrlie Evers indicated, the struggle continued long after this period. The exhibit focuses on the height of the Civil Rights Movement on the Cal Poly campus during these latter years. The exhibit also highlights national Black leaders who visited Cal Poly’s campus during this period. Visitors included political leaders, sports legends, comedians, musicians, educators, and civil rights activists. These men and women shared their experiences combating racism, encouraged cooperation, and discouraged apathy. “We must continue to strive and struggle for equality no matter how tired or successful we are ourselves, to help all our brothers and sisters... we must pick up and finish the work that others have died for trying to get our rights.” -- Myrlie Evers, African American Activist, as quoted during her campus visit on Jan. 8, 1973. The Mustang Daily, Cal Pol

Where We Stand: 1975-2011

Where We Stand is an extension of the 2009 exhibit Strive & Struggle: Documenting the Civil Rights Movement at Cal Poly, 1967 – 1975 and similarly draws from Mustang Daily articles, student club documents, and oral accounts to construct a brief history of African American advocacy on the Cal Poly campus from the Civil Rights Movement to the present day. The exhibit documents the roles that student and faculty organizations played in building awareness of issues of diversity and identity on campus. Assessing their efforts reveals both what has changed since 1975 and what remains to be addressed on the Cal Poly campus. The Black Student Union, fraternities and sororities, faculty groups, the Society of Black Engineers & Scientists, and the Multicultural Center served as catalysts for student empowerment. These organizations promoted African American culture and diversity on campus at a grassroots level and established a community for black students at Cal Poly. Despite difficulties in obtaining both members and recognition from the student population, these organizations remain relevant and are crucial to campus efforts to reach a shared understanding of issues of race and diversity

The Vehicle, Spring 2004

Table of Contents Mother Nature\u27s PotentialsChristina Leepage 4 The Elephant in the RoomErika Olsenpage 5 Sin of MortalsHeather Harmonpage 6 Autumn GoldBrianne Kennedypage 7 Flight to the SeaBrianne Kennedypage 8 SmileTravis A. Probstpage 9 The BodyLavada Rainierpage 10 GuessTravis A. Probstpage 11 MonopolyCatherine Apodacapage 12 MourningLavada Rainierpage 13 A Premonition During My Sister\u27s PregnancyLavada Rainierpage 14 The Things I LoveSarah Chancepage 15 Flights of BirdsLavada Rainierpage 16 The Slumbering LibrarianJosh Sopiarzpage 16 Untitled (1)Josh Reeleypage 18 Untitled (2)Josh Reeleypage 19 Untitled (3)Josh Reeleypage 20 Self-IntrospectionLiz Toyntonpage 21 Mother\u27s DayCatherine Apodacapage 22 CarolJosh Sopiarzpage 23 PerhapsWillie Griggspage 24 PoemWillie Griggspage 25 In Longing for WealthWillie Griggspage 26 Crisis by DesignCatherine Apodacapage 27 UntitledLiz Toyntonpage 28 SleetCara Moranpage 29https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1081/thumbnail.jp

The Vehicle, Spring 2004

Table of Contents Mother Nature\u27s PotentialsChristina Leepage 4 The Elephant in the RoomErika Olsenpage 5 Sin of MortalsHeather Harmonpage 6 Autumn GoldBrianne Kennedypage 7 Flight to the SeaBrianne Kennedypage 8 SmileTravis A. Probstpage 9 The BodyLavada Rainierpage 10 GuessTravis A. Probstpage 11 MonopolyCatherine Apodacapage 12 MourningLavada Rainierpage 13 A Premonition During My Sister\u27s PregnancyLavada Rainierpage 14 The Things I LoveSarah Chancepage 15 Flights of BirdsLavada Rainierpage 16 The Slumbering LibrarianJosh Sopiarzpage 16 Untitled (1)Josh Reeleypage 18 Untitled (2)Josh Reeleypage 19 Untitled (3)Josh Reeleypage 20 Self-IntrospectionLiz Toyntonpage 21 Mother\u27s DayCatherine Apodacapage 22 CarolJosh Sopiarzpage 23 PerhapsWillie Griggspage 24 PoemWillie Griggspage 25 In Longing for WealthWillie Griggspage 26 Crisis by DesignCatherine Apodacapage 27 UntitledLiz Toyntonpage 28 SleetCara Moranpage 29https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1081/thumbnail.jp

A stroke preparedness RCT in a multi-ethnic cohort: Design and methods

Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), the only approved treatment for acute ischemic stroke (IS), is significantly underutilized likely due to poor lay information about stroke as an emergency. In order to improve outcomes in acute IS, it is critical to raise awareness and recognition of stroke symptoms particularly among minority populations. This manuscript describes the application of a stroke preparedness behavioral intervention and includes baseline information in a multi-ethnic population of stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) survivors. In the Stroke Warning Information and Faster Treatment Study (SWIFT), we prospectively identified, and randomized IS and TIA patients to determine efficacy of a culturally tailored interactive stroke preparedness strategy. Data collected at baseline included acute stroke parameters, stroke knowledge, severity, social resources and vascular risk assessment. Of the 736 enrolled to date, 76% were IS and 24% TIA events. The cohort was 51% female: 45% Hispanic, 26% White and 25% Black. Over 75% reported hypertension, 36% diabetes, and 16% cardiac disease. Mean time from onset to emergency department (ED) arrival was 46 h (median 13 h) differing significantly between Whites (mean 52 h, median 11 h) and Blacks (mean 52 h, median 17 h) versus Hispanics (mean 39 h, median 11 h). Knowledge that a stroke occurs in the brain differed significantly by between Whites (85%), Blacks (64%), Hispanics (66%, p < 0.000). Disparities remain in both action and knowledge surrounding acute stroke. Use of written information has not proven an effective means of changing health behaviors. We propose an interactive culturally tailored intervention to address behavioral change in acute stroke

Sharing her Bewilderment: Not I

Samuel Beckett is often thought of as an experimental writer but little critical attention has been paid to the question of what the term ‘experimental’ means when applied to Beckett's work (and arguably literature in general). One might suggest that to call Beckett an experimental writer is to identify him as a member of the avant-garde, placing his writing in opposition to more commercially-orientated, ‘mainstream’ works of literature. Alternatively, the term might be taken to highlight Beckett's formal innovations – his capacity to change conceptions of what literature is and does. This article, though, specifies another way in which we might understand Beckett's writing to be experimental. Drawing on Beckett's engagement with the discipline of psychology, the article puts forward the case that Beckett's works can be seen as experiments in a more scientific sense. Beckett's writing, I suggest, can be defined as experimental insofar as it works to change our understandings of particular psychophysiological concepts and phenomena. Through a consideration of the 1972 play Not I, this article argues that one concept Beckett's work investigates is speech perception. Reading Beckett's play alongside various psychological experiments on auditory and visual speech perception, the article concludes that Beckett's play can be seen as scientifically-informed aesthetic experimentation, though not scientific research