 In 1964, Hahn dropped the requirement to participate in the Corps of Cadets and severed ties with Radford University, which had been the Women's Division of VPI since 1944.These changes resulted in the student population tripling in size.During this period, Blacksburg was affected by the student anti-war protests with Hahn targeted as a symbol of the bureaucracy in 1970 when considerable disturbance erupted on campus after a group of students and two faculty members protesting U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War interrupted a Corps of Cadets drill, forcing the university to seek an injunction against further disruptive activities by the individuals involved.