I and others were editors at The Ticker in the spring of 1971. In
the spirit of the times, we had
columns on race relations, leftist and rightwing
politics, and rock 'n' roll and printed
the paper in a quarter-fold. We intentionally
neglected the purpose of a school
paper—the everyday events that drive an
institution. We would often run a picture
on the front cover with a caption that was
whim, not fact. One cover had a photograph
of two hefty lumberjacks in plaid
shirts shaking hands, with the headline
"Marketing and Management
Departments Merge." Another, however,
incurred the wrath of the
Baruch administration
and the Board
of Higher Education.
The front page was
filled with a drawing of
a bar-room brawl with
about 10 people fighting.
The caption read,
"President Drops Quarter
at Facility Meeting."
For that and scores of other
reasons, our tenure as editors
was limited to one term.
—WARREN ALEXANDER ('72)
