The late sixties were a time of controversy, protest and activism in America. College campuses embodied this spirit and Wilson College was no exception. In 1969 students launched the underground newspaper The Finger in order to communicate to the administration their concerns and allow their peers a voice. In one article entitled “Things We’d Like to See,” items included contraceptives on sale in the bookstore, a re-enactment of the burning of Chambersburg, and a Viet Cong graduation speaker. Another excerpt from the same issue included a poem entitled “We Took the Road Less Traveled by, and Decided We Had Made a Mistake” that was critical of the college. Lines such as “A surplus of dowdy male professors,” “Our wise have left in multitudes,” and “The state of Wilson has gotten rotten” gave a view of how some students really felt about their college. But while the paper served as an outlet for ranting and poking fun at faculty and staff at Wilson, it also provided some important social commentary. Essays such as “Is College Going to Pot” discussed real problems such as society’s attitudes toward drug use. Another essay titled “Pledge of Allegiance” discussed the prejudices of the American government which, according to the piece, allowed “justice for all except atheists. . . homosexuals. . . protesters. . . pacifists. . . people who like revolutions other than the American one” and many other groups including “finally, everybody who isn’t what we think they should be.” Always thought-provoking, The Finger provided an unfiltered glimpse into Wilson student politics during the late 1960s. --Melanie Mills