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12020-03-18T12:44:59+00:00196946Federation: May 21, 1969 The University Undergraduate Student Government Assembly held its first meeting. The Constitution of the University Faculty was approved by the Trustees. Fencing, the first varsity Case and WRU athletic team to merge, had its first match.plain2021-03-02T15:12:04+00:001969Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, June 2007.
May 21, 1969 The University Undergraduate Student Government Assembly held its first meeting. The Constitutional Convention completed its work March 15. The constitution was ratified by the undergraduate student body in May. Officers of the Assembly were Sheldon Laube, President; William Eddy, Executive Vice President; Robert Tomasko, Academic Vice President; Jeffrey Jackerson, Secretary; John Rose, Treasurer.
September 5, 1969 The first issue of The Observer was published. It was the first CWRU-wide student newspaper. The last issue of the WRU student newspaper, The Reserve Tribune, was published 5/23/1969. The Case student newspaper, The Case Tech, continued publication until 1979.
November 1969 The Physical Education departments at Adelbert, Case and Mather unified as a single department.
December 11, 1969 The Constitution of the University Faculty was approved by the Trustees. The Constitutional Assembly had approved a final draft of an interim constitution on September 27. The General Faculty had approved the constitution on November 3.