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Vanessa Carlton's pop-hit "A Thousand Miles" has blasted through my car radio the past three nights. And right before she sings her heart out in the final chorus, there's a siren sound. And when I hear it I almost run off the road thinking a cop is behind me. All I have to say is, "Vanessa Carlton, we need to talk." This paragraph is for you, ( Read more... ) -
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"We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed now in universities, looking uncomfortably to the world we inherit." With that first sentence of the Port Huron Statement, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) established itself in 1962. Unfortunately, the Port Huron Statement’s opening words remain true for us, the ( Read more... ) -
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"I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah" -
David Hamilton's 2007 Suggested SDS Call
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was founded in 1962 with ( Read more... ) -
Gary Thither's 1966 UT Student Government Platform
In the spring of 1966, Gary Thiher, a member of the University of Texas’ chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, ran for president of student government. He lost, but his energetic campaign changed the student dialogue. An SDS candidate, Jeff Jones, was elected president of the UT student government in 1970. Some of the ideas - radical at ( Read more... ) -
SDS's 1967 Freedom Platform
In spring 1967, six members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at the University of Texas in Austin ran for Student Assembly on the following platform. The original platform was mimeographed. It has been reproduced in 2007 for cyberspace consumption so that it can be a reference for students who are again organizing chapters of SDS across ( Read more... ) -
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"Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage" -
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I've been thinking hard about what to write my senior thesis about, and I've found it: "Bert and Ernie: Straight or Gay?" Junior Fellows applications are due March 1st. Dr. Carver reviews these, and I think everyone that applies is guaranteed an interview. Wish me luck. -
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Me, Jessica, Geoff, Mike Casey, Tomek, a bottle of wine. Last night was great. Geoff turned 21 yesterday, but no one had made any plans. I just didn't make any plans, and Jessica forgot it was his bday. So we scrounged around Jessica's kitchen and found a brownie, two pieces of italian creme cake, a "2" candle, a "1" candle, and some boring ( Read more... )