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Broadhurst, Christopher. "We Didn’t Fire a Shot, We Didn’t Burn a Building." North Carolina Historical Review87.3 (2010): 283-309. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 31 Mar. 2011.

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Christopher J. Broadhurst wrote an article on what occurred in the 1970s dealing with college students in North Carolina that reacted to shootings that occurred at Kent State University. Broadhurst focused on how the students protested for a list of things. They protested for free speech, woman’s rights, and the Vietnam War. He explained when the students protested they began in a civil manor and then it ended up breaking out in vicious matters. They were protesting against the war and trying to point out to the administration system that students have rights as well. Broadhurst also mentioned that he thinks many students were only concerned about campus life things instead of all the protest and had no knowledge on what was happening with the Vietnam War. There were a high percentage of students though that didn’t want war. Those who didn’t want war are the ones that had protested. Broadhurst shows how students who have a voice can really spread the word and have others on their team and create a huge outrage of protests that erupt with craziness.

Students, who are involved in something that is occurring in the war, are normally the ones who will protest. Just like what happened on May 4th when dealing with the Vietnam War. College students were involved so they protested and stood their ground on what they believed. Then when some students were killed and wounded, they protested even more. When students are affected directly by something, they will spread their voice to others and gather them on their side and create a violent riot. Now, when Wiki Leaks released the Collateral Video, those who were hit by it, or had family members involved, those people were affected by this. So, I’m sure they had some say about Julian Assange. Now, their words can be positive or negative about Julian but there were definitely words. Unless Julian Assange releases something that affects college students, college student may not actually hear about Assange. This shows how college students aren’t that involved in politics. Now Vietnam War and Julian Assange are drastically different, but both involve people’s lives at risk.