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Silber: no run for governor

Description: BU president John Silber announces he will not run for statewide office in 1990; instead will devote himself to rebuilding Chelsea public schools.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/24/1989

Student Loan Hearing

Description: Story on a proposed expanded student loan program for public and private institutions in Massachusetts. Reporter standup. John Silber addresses hearing, speaking in favor of private institutions. Reporter standup. Another man addresses the hearing on the banks' role in the current student loan program. Silent b-roll of Wellesley College and Holy Cross College. B-roll of the hearing at the State House. Reporter standup. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/10/1973

TOCN show tape

Description: 1) Questions about BU investments through Commonwealth Partners; trustees and officers benefit privately, violate fiduciary responsibility; John Silber on Seradyn. 2) Daniel Ellsberg on US troop buildup in Saudi Arabia parallel to Vietnam. 3) Increasing incidence of AIDS among women; interview with Maryalice Guilford. 4) Gov. Dukakis on tax on professional services needed to make up budget deficit; Sen. Paul Cellucci.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/30/1990

TOCN show tape with Chomsky and Silber interview

Description: Ten O'Clock News broadcast. Anchors Christopher Lydon and Gail Harris. David Williams reports on gubernatorial political campaigns of Michael Dukakis and Greg Hyatt. Marcus Jones reports on Healthy Start program providing better maternal health services to poorer women. Interviews with Dr. Juliette Tuakli-Williams, Sen. Jack Backman, Joan Tighe, Rep. Patricia Fiero, and Kathy O'Donnell. "Today on Wall Street" segment. Gail Harris reports on 1987 federal budget and tax reform bills. Christopher Lydon reports on Reagan Administration and Tip O'Neill's views on US aid to Nicaraguan Contras. On-set interview with Noam Chomsky and John Silber on contra aid. Silber argues for and Chomsky argues against US aid to the Contras. The two guests interrupt each other and talk over each other. Gail Harris reports on employee strikes in several business. Christy George reports on the development of Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge through history. Interview with Charles Sullivan, Director of the Cambridge Historical Commission. Interview with Kevin Crane, attorney for a developer, on the development plans along Mass Ave. Interview with Kate Mattes, local business owner of Kate's Mystery Books. Interview with author Robert Parker. Interview with Betty Desrosiers on the effect of the Red Line extention on Mass. Ave development plans. Interview with Cambridge resident Joel Bard. Interview with developer Peter Wasserman. Weather and Sports reports. Lydon reports on Chilean human rights violations and South African funerals. Harris reports on a Soviet launch of a manned space craft and Haley's Comet.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/13/1986

TOCN special on John Silber

Description: TOCN special on John Silber as Democratic gubernatorial candidate. ,Fields
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/31/1990

TV ratings for gubernatorial debate

Description: Examples of what was on television against the first Weld Silber debate: Cosby Show, The Simpsons, Patriots football. Monica Collins comments on what viewers chose.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/19/1990

Vote to oust Silber

Description: People leaving meeting at Boston University. Interview with Howard Zinn on vote to remove John Silber as BU president. Zinn says acts of conscience and criticism of administration result in retribution. He calls for a change in the situation at BU. Interview with John Silber, who says BU is a place of debate and academic freedom without repression. Faculty assembly votes (456 to 215) to ask Board of Trustees to dismiss Silber. Press conference held by psychology professor Joe Speisman, who speaks on behalf of faculty. Other professors, student leader Maureen Sultzer, and District 65 labor union representative Carol Yorman speak about their support of the vote to remove Silber from office and other related matters.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/18/1979

Weld Silber debate analysis

Description: Analysis of second debate between gubernatorial candidates John Silber and William Weld.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/30/1990

Weld and Silber - men of means

Description: Silber and Weld are men of means, but Weld denies self-consciousness about it and Silber downplays it. Family backgrounds. BU president's house. Photos of Silber as a boy. Weld home,boathouse,hall at Harvard.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/11/1990

Weld and Silber campaign ads

Description: Ads from the 1990 gubernatorial campaigns of William Weld and John Silber.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News