American University - Talon / Aucola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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his music is not for all ages it is for just this season rock and roll is not here to stay and the frug will go the way of the twist and the jerk the way of the cha cha he twangs his guitar to the slow tunes of folk this land is his land he shall overcome finding solace to his present dilemna with the tunes of the past when not intoning the protest songs he likes his music fast and furious loud and constant his kicks becoming more elusive as eleanor rigby stands in the door of a church where a wedding has been he boards yellow submarines as the danceman cometh he gyrates somewhat in tune to the music performing motions vaguely echoing primeaval fertility rites he releases his pent up tensions on the dance floor moving moving going no where more than any other aspect of a student ' s mores his music the most effective barometer of his emotions and feelings his melancholy and his exhultation his moods and his madness finding inner allegorical meanings to the simplist lyrics is a favorite student pastime his lonliness his alienation his confidence his selfassuredness are all expressed in his music

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not the most school-spirited campus in the country au students do take part in many extra-curricular activties this lack of participation can be attributed in part to high proportion of non- resident students however those who do partake do so with a ve hemence bordering on passion whether editing a student publication or starring in a theatrical production participating in a sport or cheering others on many find these activities more rewarding than there curricular activities as they express themselves in more personal terms than academic life permits probably the most pressing problem for today ' s student to face is his ultimate insignificance his multi-digital identity his inability to adjust his personal desire with society ' s demands he often finds his academic courses insufficiently challenging not permitting him to develop to his own potential as he wrestles with burdensome university requirements preventing him in his grail-like quest for the sacred parchment from finding truly meaningful academic opportunities so he searches for these challenges elsewhere. 13