This is one of the articles that most clearly delineates the cultural differences between the humanities students of City College’s south campus, and the science and technology students of the north campus. In no uncertain terms, it suggests that disciplinary practices shape the student outlook on contemporary issues; and it paints the different student groups as actively hostile towards one another. The Times reports that the north campus students are focused on personal advancement, while the south campus students were focused on reform.

This predates the 1969 protests that occurred on the campus, calling for increased admissions for Puerto Rican and Black students, and the creation of cultural studies programs to accommodate them. Instead, the liberal arts students were protesting job recruitment by Dow Chemical Company due to its manufacture of napalm used in Vietnam.

The reporting is not inherently harsh towards either side, though it leans sympathetic towards the liberal arts students.

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