Turbulent times for CPE

1970: Student activists create CPE, the first student government agency, with one desk, an unpaid director, 12 classes

1971: State legislator W.D. Barrows calls for investigation of CPE; CPE required to submit all classes to FSU president for approval; CPE instructor "Radical Jack" Lieberman suspended for teaching a course on revolution, joins ACLU in suit against FSU; Lieberman reinstated but CPE loses case in federal court.

1977: Autonomy of CPE threatened by student government president; CPE sponsors successful recall drive that forces his resignation.

1981: State legislators Alan Trask and Tom Bush introduce amendment cutting off state money to universities that allow groups or individuals to advocate sex between unmarried persons; FSU asks CPE instructors to sign "sexual loyalty oath"; Issue debated on Donahue ; State Supreme Court declares Trask/Bush amendment unconstitutional.