1970
Give Peace A Chance
John Lennon
((( & Yoko )))
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“Give Peace a Chance” is an anti-war song written by John Lennon (originally credited to Lennon–McCartney), and recorded with the participation of a small group of friends in a performance with Yoko Ono in a hotel room in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Released as a single in July 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records
The Seventies …
We’ll Make It, Or Break It.
By Rob Matte
Alligator Staff Writer
I was driving from Orlando to Tampa late in the afternoon on New Year’s Eve. Before me was the most unbelievably beautiful sunset I have ever seen. The golden rays lit the underside of a huge cluster of clouds in such a way that there appeared to be a magical island in the sky.
Suddenly, it seemed very appropriate that this particular sunset had occured. This was the eve of a new decade and maybe, just maybe, this phenomenon of extraordinary beauty was an omen that all is not lost. That there is still hope for us. This is our decade; we of the younger generation. The seventies will determine whether we make it or break it.
During the sixties, we of the post-war baby boom were growing up and reaching maturity. It happened fast. We saw a president and his brother assasinated “live” on television. We lost friends, brothers, and sweethearts in Vietnam. Our cities were ravaged by fires of hatred. There is hunger in a land of plenty. We grew up fast, there was nowhere to hide.
We have blamed it on the older generation. They are responsible for a “sick society.” Well, now it’s our turn; we have ten years, maybe less. This is our decade. We can become the driving force in politics, the arts, the sciences, the business world.
Tearing down the walls is not the answer. It is hard, surviving amid rubble. Renouncing our fellows is not the answer. Individuals quickly perish in the wilderness. We must change the system from within, subvert evil and corruption with love and honest dedication. It can be done. Ask Ralph Nader. Ask James Brown. Let us take the spirit of Woodstock and harness it as an instrument of change.
This is our decade. It’s up to us.
We can find each other or continue to think only of number one. Life may be a crock, but we’ve one last chance to make it a worthwhile crock.
The sun wen down. It grew dark. I hope that someday there will be another sunset like that one, and a way of life to match.
All Right Now
Free
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By Don Yokel
Alligator Staff Writer
Sexual engineering will be one of the subject areas covered in a new two-hour course offered this quarter in the College of Engineering. Professor of Chemical Engineering Dr. Seymour S. Block is course instructor. Entitled * EGC 300-Technology, Civilization, and Man,” the course will be taught starting today in the Engineering Auditorium, Rm. 270, sixth period, and on Thursday at the same time and place.
Block is also president of Zero Population Growth Inc. (ZPG) of Florida, an organization which has as its goal freezing the world population explosion by. the year 2000.
“Not a bread and butter course,” according to Block. “It will cover the chances of a person surviving a nuclear war because each of us is too highly specialized, our chances of surviving are slim.”
“The man with the best chance of survival will be the man lowest on the economic scale.” Also, Block said universities haven’t been thinking enough about the “social costs derived from the development of engineering projects.”
“We have to rethink our way of living. Ethical problems are involved. From an economic standpoint the family has changed. Women can earn as much as a man today. Does she or anyone else really need a marriage license? Maybe it’s more relevant to acquire a license for having more children,” he said.
In addition to the above subject areas, Block said questions like the following will be raised.
• How can technology work for us and not control us?
• Can the computer be made to think for itself and possibly outwit us?
• What are our natural resources and how long will they last?
• Can babies be made to conform to specifications through
the study and application of genetics?
• Can we find suitable engineering solutions for pollution and waste disposal?
• What role has technology had in determining history?
Not listed in the catalog, EGC 300 may be added with the permission of the student’s academic advisor through Wednesday.
According to Block, there is available classroom space for about 200 students at the Engineering Auditorium. Non-engineering students are being allowed to take the course on a pass-fail basis, with engineering majors given the opportunity to take the course on a regular basis as an elective.
Block said he’ll take students who want to enroll in the course any time during the quarter, but added, “The longer you wait the more red tape you will have to go through to get in the course.”
UF Time Capsule
A war in Vietnam, three days of peace and music in Woodstock, New York, and Neil Armstrong walking on The Moon. The whole damn World was shaking in 1969, and at the same time, the University of Florida and the Florida Alligator were in a guerilla war of their own. [STORY]
