Student Newspaper Satire: Protest at Burns Tower
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Title
Student Newspaper Satire: Protest at Burns Tower
Subject
False account of protests at Burns Tower
Description
The first student newspaper to be printed after the Black Student Union protest at Burns Tower featured satirical articles about "winos" protesting at Burns Tower, probably for April Fool's Day. There was no news story about the student demonstrations.
Creator
Pacific Weekly
Source
University of the Pacific, "Pacifican, April 11, 1969" (1969). Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific
Weekly. 1853.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/pacifican/1853
Weekly. 1853.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/pacifican/1853
Publisher
University of the Pacific
Date
1969-04-11
Rights
University of the Pacific
Relation
Black Student Union (BSU) Demands
Format
newspaper
Language
English
Type
PDF
Identifier
Protests at University of the Pacific
Coverage
1969
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
false reports in the student newspaper probably for April Fools Day come right after the Black Student Union (BSU) protest
Original Format
newspaper
Files
Collection
Citation
Pacific Weekly, “Student Newspaper Satire: Protest at Burns Tower,” Digital Narratives, accessed July 14, 2026, https://jenniferhelgren.com/digitalnarratives/items/show/8.