Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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Flea (?) Market Ever wonder how the word, flea got into the term flea market ! ' ' It ' s just one of those things a person can ' t help wondering about. Well, how about a hypothesis? Years ago when people gathered in the streets of town to get rid of various unneeded items, they might have given them away, thus the word free. So tar so good. As the practice caught on in different countries, the accents were changed as a result of the dif- ferent languages. Eventually the word free changed to the word flea when it came over on the boat. Voila, a flea market. Before you react with guffaws, remember that Aristole said that anything is possible. There- fore, the emphasis must be placed upon the probable. Aristode can do anything. At People ' s Park (a grassy field across from Dunnkirk Square) the shoppers, sightseers and the bargain hunters were treated to a variety of items, some used, some new, all inexpensive. The People had their choice of blankets, jew- elry, belts, jeans, albums and just about anything else a person might need ... no fleas by the way. RiiharJ Hickma)! ihelou i giies advice to hh parents. Leo atiJ Dehbie. in the selection of the best bargain. Les Hershelman left ) gives change to a customer under the watchful eye ofVicki Bartholomy - Photographs David lay

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Everything from a kitchen sink to a forklift University Auction Auctioneer Harold Hancock indicates the next bar- gain, and no. Sue Thacker did not buy all those gar- bage cans. In an institution as large as Indiana Universi- ty, there is a constant flux in materials. Im- provements in any given area dictate new supplies. The old materials are not sent off to a trash pile, however, as most are still in operating condition. At least once a year, these items are auctioned off at the storage center of the university. People from almost every conceivable background come to this auction in search of a bargain. And a bargain they receive. The cliche about the kitchen sink doesn ' t begin to describe the available goods. Every- thing from baking pans to washing machines to a forklift were placed before the public. 22 Pholographs Rick Wood

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. and other issues from August September i Nixon Resigns Richard Nixon, in his 37th television appear- ance as President, said in minutes what the world had expected for days. He resigned. Twenty-one months earlier, he and Spiro Agnew had been elected to ofifice. During that time, things just didn ' t go well, or maybe they went too well and that is why they both had to give up. It was historical. It was hysterical. It was also horrible. As more evidence mounted against the President an acidic frustration penetrated the country. For the first time in the history of Time magazine, an editorial appeared asking for his resignation. The conservative Chicago Tribune, among other newspapers, carried editorials asking for a new start. Those who were laughing, did so because they could not cry anymore. When the taped conversation between Nixon and Hunt about hush money revealed the now famous ' For Christ ' s sake, get it, the evidence became too much for Nixon to con- tinue his term. The entire Watergate syndrome had taken on farcial qualities. Thus, on August 9th, at noon, Nixon was out and Gerry Ford was in. Ford Pardons Nixon Most Americans liked Gerald Ford. He had that simple I played football in college charisma. After the events of the previous months, this nice guy from Michigan was a wel- come change in the 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue clientele. On a Sunday in early September, as people centered their interests upon football games, whether or not Evel was going to kill himself and the various other activities that Americans partake in during weekends, Gerald Ford granted a full pardon to Richard Nixon. I cannot prolong the bad dreams that continue to reopen a chapter that is closed, he said in a statement to the American public. Bang. Overnight, Ford ' s popularity went down to comparable levels of his predecessor you-know- who. The White House began to receive the first of 30,000 letters and telegrams in opposi- tion to the action. The Watergate defendants demanded a mistrial and a dismissal of their in- dividual cases. A month later. President Ford went before a House sub-committee to emphasize that there had been no deal between he and Richard Nixon. Somebody got their signals crossed on that last play, Gerry. Uncle Sam Wants You Back In a speech given to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Ford issued a proclamation of amnesty to Vietnam war deserters and resisters. Ford offered the theoretical 28,000 men a chance of earned re-entry back into the United States. The plan called for a board of four colo- nels to review each case individually and decide upon a time span (not exceeding two years) in which they would perform alternate service. The conditional amnesty was met with ela- tion as well as damnation. People who fought in the war felt they had been used, people who didn ' t fight in the war and resisted induction for moral reasons felt they had been used, and peo- ple who were concerned about future draft situa- tions were concerned about its effectiveness. 24