ACTIVE DISSENT.

The article focuses on U.S. President Richard Nixon decision to escalate war in Indochina triggered a wave of indignation across the state and around the country. It mentions campuses would erupt in some of the most turbulent protests since those following the killing of four Kent State students by Ohio National Guardsmenin 1970. It also mentions informants who collected intelligence on political activism and voice in campus governance, and lobbying for equal rights for gays and lesbians.