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A call between the president of the University of Virginia, Colgate Darden Jr. and Charles Mann Jr. calling for the creation of a new higher education institution in Northern Virginia. Darden asked Mann to head a committee to explore the feasibility…

The first issue of the Gunston Ledger in which O.M. Wood is the head editor. Taking the lead during student protests over the possible firing of Dr. James Shea jr.

Back page text reads, "Pray for Obscene Mail" not associated to any of the articles in the student newspaper. A sign of pent up newspaper editors or reference to something else?

The first appearance of O.M. Wood in the student newspaper, the Gunston Ledger, was for an editorial called "The Devil's Advocate."

The Gunston Ledger and Broadside student newspaper listing its editors and staff. O.M. Wood making repeat appearances often as a caricature.

The first issue of the Broadside student newspaper after it's re-naming from The Gunston Ledger, in Oct 28, 1969

The Broadside student newspaper featured a section called "Ask Arafat" where students sent their mundane or ridiculous questions to a fictional representation of Yassar Arafat.

Photos of student protestors and anti-Vietnam war cartoons

Photographs in the Gunston Ledger and Broadside for the section listed as "C.B.A" or "campus beautification award." Risque photos taken of selected female students often paired with suggestive humor.

First issue of the Gunston Ledger presenting a realistic depiction of George Mason with the Bill of Rights written along the bottom on it's first front page.