Blockprint was a student magazine published throughout the 1960s. Contents include student artwork and photography, local and institutional news, editorials, comics, advertisements, and more. Higher resolution scans and the physical documents can be requested by contacting the Archives.
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Blockprint April 15, 1968
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student magazine published throughout the 1960s. This issue of April 15, 1968 covers the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., including editorials concerning the event, as well as more local news related to the school. Also included is a double page spread of photographs from the school's COLAB program of the year.
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Blockprint April 8, 1968
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 8, 1968 issue features articles on a lack of interest in student councils, a pottery and glass exhibition of RISD grad students at the Abacus Gallery, a new album by jazz musician Charles Lloyd, a meeting of the RISD Committee to End the War in Vietnam, an interfaith conversation in Homer Lounge, a trip to the Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) headquarters in Greenwich Village, a forum on aggression, an anti-Vietnam war protest in Boston, President Lyndon B. Johnson's about face on Vietnam, an alumni seminar, and a meeting of the Students for Conscientious Citizenship, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint April 2, 1968
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 2, 1968 issue features articles on the "March of Humanity" mural in Mexico City, a faculty statement supporting students who protest the Vietnam war, the Peace Corps and draft deferments, a new music group "The Rotary Connection," a photography exhibit sponsored by the Camera Club of Providence College, a "Yip-In" demonstration by Alan Ginsberg at Grand Central Station gone awry, a Dada and surrealism exhibit at MoMA, and the Student-Faculty committee, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint March 25, 1968
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The March 25, 1968 issue features articles on a Jimi Hendrix Experience concert at Brown, a convocation with Reverend William Sloane Coffin, a Black Power teach-in with Black artist Dana Chandler, an exhibition of RISD Professor Tom Segouros' work, a project by senior Architecture students, a disappointing Photography exhibition, Trinity Square Repertory Theatre, musical group Country Joe and the Fish, the superiority of the RISD foundry, and a poetry reading by James Dickey, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint February 26, 1968
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The February 26, 1968 issue features articles on the faculty exploring unionization, an article in "Eye" magazine advocating for women to be drafted, the policy for dances held at RISD, and the pleasures of Sundays, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint February 12, 1968
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The February 12, 1968 issue features articles on a bazaar/exhibition "Hydra," a proposal for Wintersession, Oscar Wilde plays at Trinity Rep, an increase in dorm fees, consequences of ignoring parking tickets, sports at RISD, and TAB updates, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint February 05, 1968
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The February 5, 1968 issue features articles on the faculty salary, rumors about the introduction of Wintersession, scholarship opportunities in Europe, the Peace Corps, a new production of "An Enemy of the People" by Trinity Square Repertory Company, Take-A-Break Weekend, and W.C. Fields, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint January 22, 1968
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The January 22, 1968 issue features articles on "The Bluegrass Kid" John Kornhauser, the new student group Hydra, Take-A-Break Weekend, and an upcoming exhibition by Robert Frank, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint January 15, 1968
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The January 15, 1968 issue features articles on the censorship of the publication "Avatar" in Boston, a news student communications effort "Hydra," Moby Grape, the Mystic Mexican, jazz musician Charles Lloyd, Take-A-Break Weekend, and the Grateful Dead, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint January 08, 1968
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The January 8, 1968 issue features articles on life in the army, marijuana laws in Rhode Island, a Picasso exhibit at MOMA, arrests in Boston for distributing the newspaper "Avatar," and transcendental meditation, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint December 04, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The December 4, 1967 issue features articles on a protest on Hallloween, Bob Krywy, a sculpture by Michael Casey at Woods Gerry, the drafting of a Blockprint contributor, and a satirical piece on Lyndon B. Johnson, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint November 20, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The November 20, 1967 issue features articles on jazz musician Charles Lloyd, musician Alan Sondheim, Pete Seeger, Mike Bloomfield, an organ recital, school spirit at RISD, the underground film scene, television host Robert Jungels, draft protesters, Mexicans, and a photography exhibition of Guggenheim Fellows, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint October 30, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 30, 1967 issue features articles on the March on the Pentagon, "Citizen Kane," marijuana laws in Rhode Island, Fred Sommers, the closing of the Crystal Tap, and Gilbert Franklin, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint October 23, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 23, 1967 issue features articles on the Montreal Expo, religion in art, Designers in Drama's production of "Too True to Be Good," an anti-draft protest at Kennedy Plaza, a Resistance church service in Cambridge, and the Film Society needing funding from the RISD Museum, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint October 16, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 16, 1967 issue features articles on a Tent Dance at the RISD Farm, a resurgence of interest in composer Gustav Mahler, a new arts initiative called FANDSO, the Hippie movement, a concert at which The Yardbirds failed to show up, and a draft protest at Kennedy Plaza, along with a review of the film "Bonnie and Clyde," an interview with leaders of Brown student group The Sons of Liberty, a review of the exhibition "Six Sculptors," and other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint October 9, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 9, 1967 issue features articles on WRIB DJ Chuck Stevens, drug laws in Rhode Island, Dracula, entertainment at RISD, an Industrial Design thesis project in Pawtucket, Argentinian artist Julio Le Parc, and the opening of the RISD Junior School, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint September 18, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The September 18, 1967 issue features articles on hippies, the Montreal Expo 67, and the band Country Joe & the Fish, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint May 08, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The May 8, 1967 issue features articles on the Vietnam War, the RISD Executive Financial Advisor, a rodeo in Cranston, theater at RISD, the philosophy of duality, Bud Williams of the WPRO radio station, the Crystal Tap soccer team, film reviews, the Montreal Expo 67, and the Apparel show, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint May 01, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The May 1, 1967 issue features articles on the Chairman of the Freshman Foundation Division, a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. at Brown, a dispute involving sophomore women students not being allowed to live off-campus, a new Dean of Students, community involvement, and film reviews, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint April 24, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 24, 1967 issue features articles on the Associate Dean of Students, dorm living, a peace march in New York City, a motorcylce event in Massachusetts, car racing in North Carolina, and living conditions in Farnum Hall, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint April 17, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 17, 1967 issue features articles on communication between the administration and students, the Dean of the Faculty, studio hours at RISD, a new Dean of the College, the Crystal Tap Soccer team, interactions between RISD students and the Providence community, the need for a community organization to address moral and political issues, and Providence news, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint April 10, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 10, 1967 issue features articles on Parents' Weekend, the RISD Director of Admissions, issues with college Deans, slovenliness, the Rhode Island Italian Festival, an Andy Warhol visit and exhibition, and an Architecture Department project on campus, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint April 4, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 4, 1967 issue features articles on the value of art in society, a film on New Guinea by Dadi Wirz, RISD Hockey updates, and a new curator at the RISD Museum, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint March 13, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The March 13, 1967 issue features articles on the expulsion of twelve students from RISD and a colonial portrait show at the RISD Museum, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint February 27, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The February 27, 1967 issue features letters to the editors on Associate Dean of Students Paisner and other matters, articles on a sculpture exhibition at the Tonoff Gallery and the sailing club, and a review of the film "Endless Summer," along with other opinion pieces, editorials, comics, and creative writing.