 When the group's charter was finally granted in April 1967, Donaldson sent an announcement to every media outlet he knew, but the only response was a radio interview on WNEW, a New York station, and an article in the "Columbia Daily Spectator", which reported that some students believed the new group was an April Fools' Day joke.Two weeks later, on May 3, "The New York Times" reported the story on its front page.Donaldson later wrote