5 . ▁It ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁five ▁original ▁found ing ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Under ground ▁Press ▁Sy nd icate .< ref > Pe ck , ▁A be . ▁Un cover ing ▁the ▁Si xt ies ▁( New ▁York : ▁P ant he on ▁Books , ▁ 1 9 8 5 ). </ ref > ▁Start ed ▁by ▁Michigan ▁State ▁University ▁student ▁Michael ▁Kind man ▁as ▁a ▁radical , ▁counter c ulture ▁alternative ▁to ▁the ▁official ▁MS U ▁campus ▁newspaper , ▁it ▁was ▁sympath etic ▁to ▁the ▁politics ▁of ▁SD S . ▁Initial ly ▁toler ated ▁by ▁the ▁MS U ▁school ▁administration , ▁The ▁P aper ▁briefly ▁received ▁fund ing ▁from ▁a ▁campus ▁publications ▁board ▁before ▁controvers ial ▁content ▁caused ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁b anned ▁from ▁the ▁MS U ▁campus , ▁but ▁it ▁continued ▁to ▁grow ▁in ▁popular ity ▁after ▁the ▁ban . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁U PS , ▁ ▁Kind man ▁met ▁Thor ne ▁Dre yer ▁and ▁Carol ▁Ne iman ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Texas ▁at ▁an ▁SD S ▁summer ▁project ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco — and ▁told ▁them ▁about ▁The ▁P aper . ▁After ward , ▁on ▁their ▁return ▁to ▁Austin , ▁Texas ▁they ▁were ▁inspired ▁by ▁Kind man ' s ▁example ▁to ▁found ▁their ▁own ▁pione ering ▁radical ▁college ▁under ground ▁paper , ▁The ▁R ag , ▁which ▁was ▁to ▁play ▁an ▁important ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁under ground ▁press ▁around ▁the ▁country . ▁▁