North Central College - Spectrum Yearbook (Naperville, IL)

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ggpeaanuu'- '4' -4 ,,f ordinary year- Basketball games dribble across the calendar, Special Events present a challenge Ctoo often unmet or unrecognizedbz Grace Bumbry, Hans Richter-Haser Modern Dance Quartet. And we are, maybe, astounded at the richness, the feeling, the dexterity- But the search for Something To Do continues- Ping snap of ball on ball, rolling across soft green felt slap of cards, of fingers- pOI'1g, 27 , iq F M . ,iv ...Q-gvvlvlfallf 1 Q ' ,Y ti 'ure-v

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for some of us too quickly, for others, not quickly enough. Again the Union fills with half-emptied glasses, butt-smudged ashtrays, puddle-pocked floors, posters, announcements- activity. Almost without our understanding how or why, Another semester has begun. The gorged bookstore is soon depleted, books at least glanced through, class schedules refound, And the First class is begun- in childlike anticipation to see what friends, what papers, what exams . . . What the semester offers. Before it is even offthe ground, Something unique marks this semester- Characterized, perhaps, by the struggle between apathy and activity, isolation and involvement. North Central-a campus cursed with too little to do- or blessed with too much? And we complain, we demand, Yet too often knowing that the fault lies with ourselves. And the struggle for the why, the how continues, Often submerged in the ordinary events of an

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throb of music or noise, Momentarily drowned out by a dance of hearts, a New Dimension- the 3-D's dimension of enthusiasm, participation. WUS Qstill only partially understood or acknowledgedj was: A faculty talent show, surprise, amusement, disappointment Qwell, how did he know what card it was??D A mid-week dance, decorated by the splendor of extended hours. An auction, for the most valuable of the invaluables. Rehearsals for the musicals permeate the night, Panicking for mid-terms permeates the dorms, Packing for vacation permeates the dreams. But even a crammed calendar, An activity-riddled existence, Never completely stiHe the mental torment: The all-powerful Why- Tongue-twister of the mind. A semester of issues, ofideas Has been forming in many of us- ConHict looked for or created As we struggle to grasp reality- To reconcile the wish and the is. Keating and Kilpatrick- two weights on the teetering balance, And our own Right and Left are challenged, questioned, realigned. I james Meredith- aura of greatness and power, vaporized by the reality of situation. And suddenly, the problem has become less one of race, Than of communication- of listening. A Coffee-Hour of imprisoned minds, 28