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WC Theatre’s International Tour: Taking The Pajama Game Overseas

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Post date January 26, 2015
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From October 21 through December 3, 1962, the Woman’s College Theatre participated in a series of college student productions that toured overseas Army, Navy, and Air Force installations and provided free entertainment for servicemen and their families. WC was one of 29 American colleges and universities participating in the tour, which was sponsored by the […]

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The Speaker Ban Law and the Controversy over Academic Freedom at North Carolina Universities

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Post date March 17, 2014
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On June 26, 1963, just before session adjournment, the North Carolina legislature ratified H.B. 1395, titled “an act to regulate visiting speakers at state supported colleges and universities.” This bill decreed that no college or university receiving state funding in North Carolina was allowed to host a speaker who “(A) is a known member of […]