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Robert Friedman had just become editor of the campus newspaper, The Columbia Spectator, a month before the protests broke. (Dorian Merina/WNYC)
Remembering Columbia, 1968
by Dorian Merina
NEW YORK, NY April 27, 2008 —This week marked the 40th Anniversary of the student protests at Columbia University. Dorian Merina spoke with some of those who took part in the protests and filed this report.
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