John Kneller was the fifth President of Brooklyn College , from 1969 to 1979 . Students occupied his office at the college during a student strike after the Kent State shootings and the Cambodian Campaign in 1970 . He terminated classes , but kept campus buildings open for students and faculty . A member of the Brooklyn College Fencing Team introduced streaking to the college in 1974 , dashing across the Quad . The campus located in Midwood became the only Brooklyn College campus after the school 's Downtown Brooklyn campus was shut down during the 1975 budget emergency
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