The photo on the cover of this issue is from the 1968 edition of the Houstonian Yearbook. It shows a UH student named Scott Alexander participating in a silent protest against the Vietnam war.
In this issue you will have the pleasure of reading an article by opinion writer David Haydon on the apathy of current US college students, and how they should be organizing protests here in the states instead of simply tweeting about protests occurring overseas — an argument former UH student Scott Alexander would likely agree with.
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"In this issue you will have the pleasure of reading an article by opinion writer David Haydon on the apathy of current US college students, and how they should be organizing protests here in the states instead of simply tweeting about protests occurring overseas — an argument former UH student Scott Alexander would likely agree with."
Yes, let us all sit on our asses silently and do nothing. While our parents (or parents' parents in a growing number of cases) were content to sit quietly and either tacitly approve of or vociferously smoke as much pot as they could get their hands on while indignantly holding signs at our leaders, the current generation I find seems to place higher value on 'doing something' rather than 'saying something.'
The notion that people should be encouraged to waste their time is ridiculous. Free speech doesn't mean free stupidity.
what does smoking pot have to do with anything – more smoke now than in the 60s i bet, and you really think this generation is more driven than the 60s youth? maybe you were around in the 60s and so you can compare better than me, but i think you're way off here.
holding signs at people is sometimes all you can do to get your message out when the media is controlled by a few businessmen. it's nothing to belittle and it is 'doing something.'
are you really saying protesting is a waste of time? i don't get that at all if you are.
and how did you get to say asses? does it really let us say that? i thought this was PG. asses
k it does