Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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Those 23,600 students! Twenty-three thousand completely individual personalities! Who can be easily sorted into a small handful of sharply defined categories. The Commonssitter: Hi Ralph. ( Ugh. ) Sit down, both of you. Bob Winner? Pleased to meet you. Bob. ( Ringading- ding. ) I ' m Nancy Forbish. (Where did he get those big blue eyes?) This is Shiela. And Patti. .And Joanne. ( Thank goodness I ' m the best look- ing. ) Weren ' t you in my French class last semes- ter? ( Second row, fourth seat, missed 13 classes, got a B, wore the NEATEST clothes.) Me? I live in Fo.ster. ( Ooo, I hope, I hope . . . ) Got to go to class, huh? Well nice to meet you. Bye, Bob. ( I hope he calls me ... I hope he calls me. ) Bve, Ralph. (Ugh.) ' Bob didn ' t. Ralph did. Commonssitting is the Independent ' s answer to being Greek. Being Greek is an answer to a much larger problem.

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child approaches to offer vou a dandelion. What would you doy Remember, kicking children tends to alienate support from vour position. But the biggest kick in campus politics came when the newly-organized Student Liberation Front announced its platform. Taking as its slogan, Get the student out of student ' govern- ment ' , the fledgling party pledged itself to push for, among other things, a marijuana license for the Union Building, oaths of nondiscrimin- ation against beatniks from fraternities and sororities, and the complete abolition of stu- dent government. If elected, thev said, thev d just call the whole thing off. Is it any wonder that someho - you didn ' t hear too much about the Young Democrats, Young Republicans, Trvus, and (except for Jim Kittle) Action? 13

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The Greenbagger: This is a rough one. With Commonssitters there is no middle ground. You either are or you aren ' t. Not so with the Greenbaggers. There are Pseudogreenbaggers and actual Undercover com- monsitters. The green book bag is not the dis- tinguishing characteristic, although it is of some use as a clue for sorting the subspecies. The Hardcoregreenbagger carries his her books (and PEACE buttons) in an Army surplus gas mask bag. The Pseudogreenbagger carries his her Hegel and Kant ( and perhaps a Chopin score ) in his Lincoln green bag obtained from the Bookstore for $1.50. The Undercommonssitter doesn ' t carry a bag at all. But he she still has the look: An Air Force ROTC raincoat worn over a madras sport coat, a silk shirt, and 0.sh- kosh ( B ' gosh ) blue jeans. A lot of limp hair. Being hirsute is the hallmark of all three. Fe- males may have hair that hangs straight to the waist. Males may have either a Beatle cut or the more classconscious ducktails and long side- burns. Either sex mav have a mustache. f.