Assignment 9 - Reading Response and Alumni Prep
- Read the assigned chapters from Michael Metz's Radicals in the Heartland, and Skim pages 6-8 of the 1970 Issue of the Technograph: An Engineering Student Publication (the essays by Paul Rapp ("Consider") and Dan Nelson "Up Against The Wall"). In a few paragraphs, describe how these readings reflect the diverse concerns around security and safety on the Illinois campus, as well as US society more broadly.
- Review the 2 timelines in the student-authored “History of the Movement (1948-72)” at Illinois - and the Campus Timeline at the opening pages of Michael Metz's Radicals in the Heartland. Now read through the Bios/Bio Essays of the visiting alumni. Reflecting on these documents, prepare 2 questions you’d like to ask them.
- For each question, describe your reasoning and process for developing that question. What from the readings or documents made this seem like a relevant question for you to ask? Is there anything relevant for your project that would be opportune to ask this group of Alumni?