The report is a chronology from April 26, 1979 through June 9, 1984 of the controversy over naming the Festival Stage of the Wharton Performing Arts Center on the campus of Michigan State University (MSU) for Margaret E. McGoff, wife of John McGoff. Statements of support for removing the McGoff name from the Festival Stage were made by the African Students Union, MSU Black Faculty and Administrators Association (in letter from Dr. Lamont Walton), Associated Students of MSU (ASMSU), National Pan-Hellenic organization, and Southern Africa Liberation Committee (SALC), as well as Nursing graduate students protesting their commencement on that stage. The report also mentions President Harden,...
The report is a chronology from April 26, 1979 through June 9, 1984 of the controversy over naming the Festival Stage of the Wharton Performing Arts Center on the campus of Michigan State University (MSU) for Margaret E. McGoff, wife of John McGoff. Statements of support for removing the McGoff name from the Festival Stage were made by the African Students Union, MSU Black Faculty and Administrators Association (in letter from Dr. Lamont Walton), Associated Students of MSU (ASMSU), National Pan-Hellenic organization, and Southern Africa Liberation Committee (SALC), as well as Nursing graduate students protesting their commencement on that stage. The report also mentions President Harden, President Mackey, the Board of Trustees, and the building naming policy.
