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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.

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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?

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

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

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Photos of student protestors and anti-Vietnam war cartoons

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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.

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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.

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Front page of the Gunston Ledger. A cartoon on the front labeled "The Student Body" making fun of campus life through a diagram.

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Oct. 11, 1968 issue of The Gunston Ledger, this cartoon was drawn in the issue under a "MSJS" initial. The issue mentioning Dr. Shea about gown and cap rental money, accusing him of sending it off to a charity due to his idealistic views.

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Gunston Ledger covering drug related news in college paper, which is part of the student assemblies criticisms of too much focus on drug related issues.
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