1968 Commemoration Begins Today

This week’s commemoration of Columbia’s 1968 student protests will kick off tonight with an opening reception at 7 p.m. in Casa Italiana, during which University President Lee Bollinger and Nancy Biberman, BC ’69, will speak. Organized by several alumni, the conference will include panels and social functions examining issues including the feminist movement, the civil rights movement, and 1968’s global climate. It will conclude on Saturday. See Spectator’s news supplement, 1968: Forty Years Later, and Web site for in-depth coverage of both the conference and the issues tying the events of 1968 to the present day.