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Identifier
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PUA_MS95_525
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Title
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"School's Tradition Questioned" news article on the last Boxer Toss
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Description
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A newspaper article from The Oregonian titled "School's Tradition Questioned," regarding a "Boxer Toss" which occurred on Pacific University's campus on October 16, 1969. This would be the last time that the original Boxer statue was seen in public for 55 years, until it was returned in 2024. The article describes how the Alpha Zeta fraternity "threw out" Boxer into a crowd of students who fought over it. This had been a tradition at Pacific University for decades. However, this Boxer Toss took place one day after anti-Vietnam activists had organized a "Peace Moratorium" march in Forest Grove. The article describes how several students involved in organizing the march opposed the tradition as violent and antiquated.
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Date: Year(s)
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1969
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Date: Display
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October 17, 1969
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Copyright
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English
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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