villanova was one of the first to do that.o along with the lipid boycott movement throughout the spring and summer, it tended to revolve around the issue of whether -- so along with the olympic boycott movement throughout the spring and summer, that tended to revolve around the issue of whether or not south africa was going to participate. interestingly enough, the track team had another decision in april of 1968 when martin luther king was assassinated. later that month, the villanova team was scheduled to compete at the university of tennessee. larry james rivette this. when martin luther king's death was announced at the university of tennessee, there was a standing ovation at the student center at the time. had a difficult decision to make as to whether they were this event or not. they took a vote and agreed that it had to be unanimous. even some of the african-american athletes at the time decided they wanted to go. was a little different spin to that event. .illanova had a showcase team it was a lead up to the olympics.

villanova was one of the first. that set in motion the olympic boycott movement throughout the spring and summer. to revolve around the issue of whether south africa was going to participate or not. ultimately, they were barred from participating in the decision for athletes to participate in the olympics. decision inam had a april 1968 when martin luther king was assassinated. the villanova track team was scheduled at the university of tennessee. larry james wrote about this. he found out that when martin death wasg's announced at the university of tennessee, there was a standing ovation in the student center. they had a difficult decision to make as to whether they were going to go to this event. they ended up taking a vote and agreed it had to be unanimous. even african-american athletes decided they wanted to go. it was a different spin to that type of event. villanova had a showcase team and they normally were not invited and it was a lead up to the olympics. the black athletes interviewed felt supported by the

sports and philadelphia right now between villanova, the eagles, the, you know, tomorrow night. tomorrow night is big. all right, jim. >> the first team that comes back from the 0-3 deficit. >> fingers crossed. >> i used to like the celtics. if the facts change -- >> exactly. >> i got to change. >> can we talk comcast >> yeah. let's talk comcast what do you think? >> which is based in philly. >> a lot of debt huge amount of debt. got to love debt disney is going to have to pay more definitely it's a complicating factor for disney, i would say. >> we were talking about that. can rupert say -- i want to own a lot of disney. can he say that? >> i think he already did that once i think that's probably what this is about. and, jeez, they're taking a lot

this is keith wright a professor of villanova school of business so we should be seeing that uniform and saying well you know the change for returns over the past ten years as i just read every man zero migrated into the startup space on the unicorn space but the liquidity never came to the aftermarket never came the cash flow never came so now they all have to go over the cliff of the abyss proving once again the world is flat of course there are eighteen these are dead unicorns held by silicon valley investors they have deep pockets and of course they could afford to perhaps lose all of this but they're competing with china which has i guess a bigger market but also more capital to work with and you know they're in the race to see who can create more monopolistic sort of positions of course these unicorn holders from silicon valley have donald trump to crush competition which was crushed and now that brought. china to the trade table there is supposedly

discussionrd of a hosted by the lepage center for history in the public interest at villanova university. >> we are continuing our conversation, shifting to the discussion of war. i want to introduce our speakers. and leave things off plenty of time for conversation, so we have an hour and a quarter to

this event was hosted by bill -- villanova university and cohosted by the historical society of pennsylvania. this event is about one hour and 20 minutes. >> this has been a wonderful, wonderful day. thank you all so much for coming. thank you to all of our speakers, thank you to my colleagues, as well as the wonderful volunteers. we could not have done it without them. let's give them a round of applause right now. [applause]

this event was hosted by bill -- villanova university and cohosted by the historical society of pennsylvania. this event is about one hour and 20 minutes. >> this has been a wonderful, wonderful day. thank you all so much for coming. thank you to all of our speakers, thank you to my colleagues, as well as the wonderful volunteers. we could not have done it without them. let's give them a round of applause right now. [applause] this is our last panel that the -- the last panel, the theme of which is protests. it is appropriate because we have been circling around this theme all day as you have seen all the topics have been somehow connected to the theme of protests, so it is appropriate we have a final panel dedicated specifically to delving into that. so let me first go ahead and introduce our speakers. to my right is raul diego rivera hernandez. he is assistant professor in the department of romance languages and literatures at villanova university. and he is here primarily to speak to us about student activists in mexico in 1968. next to him is alyssa ribeiro, a historian of the late 20th

about over half of them are actually fifty percent overvalued this is keith wright a professor of villanova school of business so what we should be seeing that uniform and saying well you know the change for returns over the past ten years as i just read every man zero migrated into the startup space on the unicorn space but the liquidity never came to the aftermarket never came the cash flow never came so now they all have to go over the cliff of the abyss proving once again the world is flat of course there are eighteen these are dead unicorns held by silicon valley investors they have deep pockets and of course they could afford to perhaps lose all of this but they're competing with china which has i guess a bigger market but also more capital to work with and you know they're in the race to see who can create more monopolistic sort of positions of course these unicorn holders from silicon valley have donald trump to crush competition which was crushed and now that brought. china to the trade table there is supposedly negotiating trump keeps on almost getting a trade deal with china and

the lepage center for history in the public interest at villanova university and the historical society event. it is an hour and 10 minutes. sarah: my name is sarah leu. i am the edwin forrest curator of performing arts collections here at the historical society of pennsylvania. but prior to that i actually worked on several sports collections that we have here in the archives. and i am overall just a giant sports fan. [laughter] let me introduce you today to our panelists.

about over half of them are actually fifty percent overvalued this is keith wright a professor of villanova school of business so we should be seeing that uniform and saying well you know the change for returns over the past ten years as i just read i remain zero migrated into the startup space on the unicorn space but the liquidity never came to the aftermarket never came the cash flow never came so now they all have to go over the cliff of the abyss big proving once again the world is flat of course there are eighteen these are dead unicorns held by silicon valley investors they have deep pockets and of course they could afford to perhaps lose all of this but they're competing with china which has i guess a bigger market but also more capital to work with and you know they're in the race to see who can create more monopolistic sort of positions of course these unicorn holders from silicon valley have donald trump to crush competition like which was crushed and now that brought. china to the trade table they're supposedly negotiating trump keeps on almost getting a trade deal with china an

he has decided to transfer to another college team a lot of speculation about kentucky or villanova. averaged almost 20 points and nine rebounds per game. first time we have seen reuben foster on a football team in a while. been in court, charges ultimately dropped. how about jimmy garoppolo. he looked good in practice. a lot of people in our news room say, jimmy looks good. but can he sing? >> what is that one song you sing? >> ain't no mountain high. >> ain't no mountain high, ain't no valley low. ♪ if you need me, call me, no matter where you are ♪ ♪ no matter how far >> in the case of cleveland browned randall, he tweeted if the cavaliers win the 2018 nba finals i'll buy everyone who retweeted this a jersey. that tweet has been just shy of 891,000 retweets. 75 bucks apiece, he would have to fork over $66 million. >> honestly my phone freeze. i mean, i didn't really know it got that crazy. >> this is going to make the game a lot more exciting for the fans and for myself. i think it should be a great, great series. >> he is the biggest warrior fan on the planet this week. yet anoth

about over half of them are actually fifty percent overvalued this is keith wright a professor of villanova school of business so we should be seeing dead unifor and soon well you know the change for returns over the past ten years as i just read every man zero migrated into the startup space on the unicorn space but the liquidity never came to the aftermarket never came the cash flow never came so now they all have to go over the cliff of the abyss big proving once again the world is flat of course there are eighteen these are dead unicorns held by silicon valley investors they have deep pockets and of course they could afford to perhaps lose all of this but they're competing with china which has i guess a bigger market but also more capital to work with and you know they're in the race to see who can create more monopolistic sort of positions of course these unicorn holders from silicon valley have donald trump to crush competition like which was crushed and now that brought. china to the trade table they're supposedly negotiating trump keeps on almost getting a trade deal with china and

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the lepage center for history in the public interest at villanova university co-hosted this event. it is about one hour and 10 minutes. >> ok, well, hello again. i want to take a brief minute to introduce each panelist. there are bios in the program, so if you want a full bio of each of our speakers, look in the about the speaker section of the program. i have the real privilege first

the lepage center for history in the public interest at villanova university co-hosted this event. it is about one hour and 10 minutes. >> ok, well, hello again. i want to take a brief minute to introduce each panelist. there are bios in the program, so if you want a full bio of each of our speakers, look in the about the speaker section of the program. i have the real privilege first ,f all to introduce larry magid who is a local philadelphia legend, as well as a national music legend. larry reminded me over email that he is not retired and is still the owner, operator, for the electric factory in philadelphia. the electric factory a significant music venue in town which was founded and opened in 1968, so we will have some discussion around that. larry has also worked on broadway and done concerts with pink floyd, bruce springsteen, jimi hendrix, tina turner, billy joel. he has produced broadway musicals. he has won tony awards. he is sort of a living legend and we are delighted to have him here on the panel. next to him is steven garabedian coming to us from new york, my home are

to my right is a professor in the department of romance languages and literatures at villanova university. to us abouto speak student activists in mexico in 1968. historian ofs a the late 20's century united states and an assistant professor at allegheny college. her research focuses on north philadelphia residents in the 1960's to the 1980's. is an associate professor of history at rutgers university camden and is an expert in african-american history and the civil rights movement. finally is a professor of history at rutgers university in new brunswick and director of the center for european studies. mostly to speak about activism in germany in the 1960's. manager here.d wanted to god, i back to a question that came up , that is the tendency certainly among americans to think about the early 1960's and late 1960's as very different. i think one of the benefits of this panel is that we can get an international perspective on the question, although i am eager to have our americanist speak as well. the question is how different as, whyere these er do we think of them as some different come

discussionrd of a hosted by the lepage center for history in the public interest at villanova university. >> we are continuing our conversation, shifting to the discussion of war. i want to introduce our speakers. and leave things off plenty of time for conversation, so we have an hour and a quarter 198.lve into -- 1968. ege. paul ste by -- i will go that end to this end. mark, a specialist on u.s. and east asian relations. he has written a number of books, most recently, book, which was awarded a prize earlier this year. is professor simply -- professor sibley. -- and interesting angle -- an interesting angle. also, is on the historical advisory committee of the united states department of state. professor is nick, a at the college of philadelphia. and has doneook ark on oral history and fascinating project about student oral history. collecting stories. it is where i want to kick things off, to think about the kind of war stories you told in philadelphia. ahind me is a copy of document. you can look at it in greater detail on the table in the lobby . it is part of the collection at the