After months of student protests and a declaration of budget cuts, longtime president Buell Gallagher of CCNY resigns.

This report from the Daily News is much more emotive than the times supporting, juxtaposing a frantic and distressed-looking Gallagher with a smug looking Albert H. Bowker, then chancellor. This type of visual flourish completely contradicts the Times reporting, where portraits are always formal, and frequently not included at all.

In his resignation, he vehemently rejects the idea of cutting back on expanded admissions (which would include the gutting of SEEK), and the elimination of plans for Black and Puerto Rican studies programs. His resignation shows the deep linking between expanding opportunities for Black and Puerto Rican students and introducing new programs in the humanities.