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Vincent Riehl, Photographer
Photo courtesy of New York Daily News
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A young man wearing his allegiance to CCNY watches smoke billow out of the Finley Student Center as firemen arrive on the scene. The battle between the BPRSC and the CCNY administration escalated to a height that few would have imagined when arsonists set nine fires on campus, including a two-alarm blaze that nearly destroyed a whole wing of the Finley Student Center.
John Pedin, Photographer Photo courtesy of New York Daily News
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