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Show Existential Funk -in the streets" byDon Garret "Students are going to demonstrations," I insisted, "to prove their commitment." "They're going to demonstrations demon-strations because it's a good place to meet girls." When things turned violent I'd say, "They're angry." Myself suspected they were enjoying it. And when, in spite of ail the Administration's efforts, the campuses cooled off, I told myself that we had learned the futility and more, the destructiveness-of violence. Then I had another Psychic Flash. I saw my old high school stadium, where whenever our team got behind by a touchdown touch-down or two the whole student- V All the time I've been a "student" I've been having a debate with myself about the seriousness of youth mvolvement n politics. It started with a Psychic Flash back in the sixties, in which I S w America as a boat floating toward a waterfall, with young people lining the banks trying to warn it. "Hey," I said to myself "we're going to be a new force of conscience in this country.' "You just don't want to get drafted," Myself answered. "It's more than that. Were concerned about the soul and the direction of this country. Its a crusade." "It's a panty raid." bdy (noingrr start sitting onthej point, our almost 1 ' pretty cheerleaders looking atusasifthei about to break, and pj; you guysl" v La!ely rve " People going back it 2' but this time with , ! I would say i,Wasft f between anger and ho,,-working ho,,-working in the McGovL.' they are the McGover, With allkindsofoCl; are working in , an ''ke no other in pJ going door-to-door people McGovern' a-V, showing them that so about their problems . of the pollsters, they p. and finding the mood oil-Amazing oil-Amazing asitmaysoundv from the hundred lis districts already comfc. of them Republican J districts-show McGover-Nixon McGover-Nixon by a narrow marc-' people were the seas; Senator McGovern'sssg primaries, and they en secret behind his e November. They were out in i. Saturday and the effort pi-this pi-this Saturday is evenfe McGovern people are si Saturday the most import of the whole campaign.! last week and I'll be 5 week, because when m' forbid) children ask met; to end the war or brine; -government, I want to s: say that I did morettar hands or go to derrars-I'm derrars-I'm not a cheerleader even going to try to teJI ; candidates to support. In. I have a running argurrc and I want to know oncer do we care? The count)! |