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Robert L. Ketter was chosen to succeed Martin Meyerson as President of UB.  His tenure as president began on July 1, 1970 and he would be inaugurated as UB's 11th President on February 15, 1971.

*Adjusted for inflation

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Traditions such as Homecoming and Spring Weekend were held during the 1970/71 academic year.  Here, President Ketter stands beside the 1970 Homecoming Queen (name unknown).  UB beat the University of Massachusetts 16-13 in the Homecoming football game.

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Throughout the school year, topics such as the security of Norton Union, the conditions inside Attica State Prison, the UB Daycare Center, a referendum on mandatory student fees and the end of the ROTC program at UB filled the pages of the Spectrum.

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After joining the State University of New York in 1962, UB quickly outgrew its campus on Main Street.  The temporary Ridge Lea Campus was occupied from 1967 through the early 1990s.  It helped to alleviate UB's space shortage while construction on the new campus in Amherst progressed.

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From March 25-28, four athletes from the Women's Swimming team competed in the National Women's Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Championship at Arizona State.  Among them, future NASA astronaut Ellen S. Baker (BA '74) pictured above, first row, far right.

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In 1970, Ed Wright became UB's first full-time professional hockey coach. He was the first Black collegiate hockey coach in the United States. This drawing by Tom Toles (BA '73), appeared in the March 10, 1971 issue of The Spectrum.

On Halloween 1970, UB played Holy Cross in a game that was televised by ABC.  The Bulls defeated the Crusaders 16-0 for their second (and last) win of the season.

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The game's halftime performance by the UB Marching Band "Give Peace a Chance" was blacked out by ABC for its "definite political implication."  The game was also marked by a demonstration by students who marched around the outside of Rotary Field, protesting against war, racism and sexism.

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On January 11, 1971, President Ketter held a press conference to announce the cancellation of the UB football program due to insufficient financial support.  Varsity football would not return to UB until 1977.

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Each year, a number of guests visit UB to give lectures.  Pictured above is William H. Masters, whose "Facts and Fallacies of Human Sexual Response" was part of the School of Medicine's annual Harrington Lecture Series.  This lecture was given on March 19, 1971 to a crowd that overflowed the Butler Auditorium in Capen (now Farber) Hall, filling two other rooms and the hallway.

* According to besteveralbums.com

**Based on box office gross

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UB began its 125th Anniversary Celebration on May 11, 1971 with the Founders Day Banquet.  Other events marking the anniversary would take place into December and would include the cornerstone laying of O'Brian Hall, a number of symposia and lectures, and the Women's Club Ball.

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On May 28, 1971, graduates assembled on Rotary Field for the 125th Commencement.

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On July 30, 1971, The Spectrum published a review of President Ketter's first year in office.  In it, Ketter is lauded for his efforts in improving relations with the local community, and the "quiet advancement" and "consolidation" of the university.  One faculty member is quoted saying that the year was "uneventful, cautious and damned dull." This drawing by The Spectrum's Tom Toles (BA '73) depicts President Ketter as a centaur.