This collection includes all of the student newspapers currently uploaded by the Archives in reverse chronological order. For issues of individual student publications, please visit the Student Newspapers homepage. Higher resolution scans and the physical documents can be requested by contacting the Archives.
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Blockprint October 17, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 17, 1966 issue features articles on bussing, the films of Peter Kubelka, the Motorcycle Club, A Lovin' Spoonful concert, a Trinity Square Playhouse production of "Saint Joan," the student council, a tent dance, and the Selective Service, along with opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint October 03, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 3, 1966 issue features articles on writer's block, films by Peter Kubelka, new officers of the RISD Alumni Association, the film "A Man and a Woman," and various events around campus, along with opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint September 26, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The September 26, 1966 issue features articles on the rivalry with Brown, student housing, a Beatles concert in Boston, and the RISD Museum, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint September 19, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The September 19, 1966 issue features articles on the start of the new school year, new faculty appointments, and freshman orientation, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint May 25, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The May 25, 1966 issue is a satirical spoof of Playboy called "Blockboy" that features humorous articles on the Blockboy philosophy, RISD President Albert Bush-Brown, Mike Fink, fahsion at RISD, "Blockboy Mansion," along with photo features and other creative writing.
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Blockprint May 2, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The May 2, 1966 issue features articles on tricks and tips for creating work at RISD, Parent's Weekend, a Carlos Montoya concert, Marcel Marceau, and the Vietnam War, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Spectrum 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Spectrum was a publication released in the early 1950s by the undergraduate students at Rhode Island School of Design. This issue from 1967 is formatted as a portfolio, with loose pages of student artwork, including photographs, drawings, paintings, woodcuts and art in other media. Likely published in May. Contributors include Pam Resch, Richard Fleischner, Speiser, Markham, Holmes, Gerry Lubensky, Michael Cox, James Mahon, Lee Post, Derek Durst, Ann Worthington, Courtney McGlynn, Sergio Tarantino, Fredda Kapstein, Dianne Talan, and Xavier Brockman.
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Spectrum 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Spectrum was a publication released in the early 1950s by the undergraduate students at Rhode Island School of Design. This issue from 1966 is formatted as a portfolio, with loose pages of student artwork, including photographs, drawings, paintings, woodcuts and art in other media. Likely published in May. Contributors include Robert Simone, Martin Mull, Judith Wolfe, Don Gill, Haig Arslanian, Marjorie Greenhut, Julie Wagner, James Stafford, Mark Rogovin, Amalie Rothschild, Kathryn Cleaves, Liza Jones, Leonore Katz, Walter Operer, Diane Talan, Bruce Tibbetts, and Gordon Goldberg.
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Blockprint April 25, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 25, 1966 issue features articles on an incident involving Brown students, the Vietnam War, a Board of Trustees meeting, an Animals concert, individuality at RISD, and a Diter Rot show, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint April 18, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 18, 1966 issue features articles on student housing, a new curriculum committee, the film Dr. Zhivago, Parent's Weekend, hallucinogenic drugs, and various films, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint March 28, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The March 28, 1966 issue features articles on the student dormitories, the student refectory, Designers in Drama's prodcution of "Light Up the Sky," a review of the RISD Museum exhibit "The Paintings of Edward Mitchell Bannister," a review of bullfighting movie "The Moment of Truth," the Vietnam War, a local rock band called "The Chosen Few," and a review of Victor Borge's "Comedy in Music," along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint March 21, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The March 21, 1966 issue features articles on Blcokprint's new editor, changes to the RISD refectory, a RISD Museum exhibition on Edward Mitchell Bannister, film and play reviews, contemporary art, a photogrpahy lecture by Carl Chiarenza, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint March 17, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The March 17, 1966 issue features articles and photographs documenting Take-A-Break Weekend.
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Blockprint February 28, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The February 28, 1966 issue features articles on the commercialization of RISD, school spirit, a RISD Museum exhibition "Recent Still Life," Take-A-Break Weekend, and a RISD hockey team, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint February 14, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The February 14, 1966 issue features articles on individualism, Thelonious Monk, Take-a-Break, TAB queen, and a review of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, student artwork, and creative writing.
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Blockprint February 8, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The February 8, 1966 issue features an article on individualism, along with artwork created by Jon Wigren on the Vietnam War.
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Blockprint January 18, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The January 18, 1966 issue features articles on a proposed Providence Honors Program, Americans abroad, the construction of a new art museum at Brown [David Winton Bell Gallery], a sculpture exhibition, a Pauline Kael lecture, and a faculty show, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint January 10, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The January 10, 1966 issue features articles on a tuition increase and arts funding, and a Christmas party hosted by the Newman Club, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint December 13, 1965
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The December 13, 1965 issue features a new layout and articles on a mixed-media production "Hubbub," the Snack Bar, events around RISD, a speech given to the European Honors students, a RISD basketball team victory, and Harry Smith film screenings, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint November 29, 1965
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The November 29, 1965 issue features articles on fears over the selective service, a new RISD museum exhibition "Art for Your Collection," an award for Thomas Morin, a ban on RISD students using Brown's library, and Mr. La Farge's class and methods, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint November 22, 1965
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The November 22, 1965 issue features articles on a RISD basketball victory, fallout from a Brown and Bryant raid on a RISD women's dorm, an advertising career conference, and Edna Lawrence's nature drawings, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint November 15, 1965
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The November 15, 1965 issue features articles on a Providence power outage that saw Brown students raid the women's dormitory, a lecture by Paul Weiss, and a review of Tartuffe at Trinity Square Playhouse, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint November 8, 1965
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The November 8, 1965 issue features articles on a tent dance, a volunteer program helping inner city youth, events around RISD, the RISD Museum acquisition of "Head of a Child" by Mary Cassatt, a Rolling Stones concert in Providence, and an Australian's perspective on RISD, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint October 25, 1965
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 25, 1965 issue features articles on a new editor-in-chief for Blockprint, Board of Trustees updates, the European Honors Program, and Richard Merkin, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint November 1, 1965
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The November 1, 1965 issue features articles on a grant from the Anaconda American Brass Company, a tent dance at the RISD Farm, a new Structure of Science course, Hardu Keck, the New England Silversmith exhibition at the RISD Museum, and the industrial design department, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.