Alliant International University - Tracks Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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EDMUND MUSKIE V Muskies campaign speech attracted a large audience of students anxious to actually see a national VP candidate.

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Ml. ' C:liamtur Sim;, rs sliouii licri ' an- Di-irdrt- Martin illu- oiu- wluis candli- went out I. Ki-lli I- ( . I.iiula Blair and C indv Ilailrr. CANDLES AND ELECTRICITY LIGHT UP CAMPUS I lie ( lirisltiias Ircc-linlrtinu tcrcMiniis . held (Mri III DcccmhtT on a touyx iiinhl. was a lieu cxpcriciK c tiir tli( s - ]i liasf ii( cr Mill soltK tlK ' kcriMH taiullfs uliiw iiij; ill a riiilc III liiilit and accoiTipanicd b larniini; I ' lic i aiidlfliulit stTvicr l)fi;aii itli Call 111 ( hristiiias t;i -ii l ( :al «v tcrii s tlia|)laiii, KcMraiid K I, Deal I ' rii- vost (laiiiKiii di ' livtTcd tlif iiiaiii (. ' hristnius mi ' ssaHf. which was followed li the reading ol the (JiristinaN storx l) Barf)ara Neitjh- hors III addition to the student s caroliiin. the (, ' haiiil)er Singers, under the direetion of l)r Teutsefi. pro idi ' d iniisie with their well-trained voices F.llie P eatt. US President, and Fiob Skomer, AS President, turned on the 4(X) hult)s of the alurniiiurn C-hristmas tree located at the entrance to the cainpiis In the week before the students left for the holidaxs, the tree was iewed not oiil troiii canipiis. but on clear nmlits trom duu iitiiw II San l)iei;ii sliiiwn partu ipatint: in llii ' •.•■rMir an- ( litri MiiiiUr. ( atli s|all. ' r . and Carol UiUmm. 43

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NATIONAL POLITICS ON CAMPUS At Cal Western, as at schools across the country students became activeK involved in the presi- dential election. carr ing on actual campaigning regardless of ages, and staging fierce discussion (and argument! I on favorite candidates All stu- dents kept well-read on all developments in the political race, and up to the last miiuite ot the actual election stayed up late into the night and earl morning watching the returns Man of this generation identified Mth Demo- cratic candidate Bobb Kennedv and supported his campaign and ounger philosophv whole- heartedlv But it sas in 196S that trauedv was to hit the Kenneds family again — Bobb wasassasi- nated in LA before a politic-al ralK U ishing for better choices, the students turned to Hubert Humphrey as a less cf»nser ati e c-andidate than Richard i on. his Republican opponent It was with sfime surprise that Humphrev s runninu mate. Kdmund luskie. came to Cal Western He spoke for less than an hour in front of a big audience that he had no trouble getting It is not often that a national candidate comes to little ole (lal Wee- Wee ' An able speaker. Muskie appealed to the students not as oters. but as perpetual t-ampaign workers for the Democratic ticket skie m-m-m Hut he h Humphre : Wtll. I uiu . Can ' t olf an wa s runninu .s I II cop 45