Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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AuThors offer insighis . WE REAL COOL An orTisT should be :11 The service of his SOCIeTy. With These words. ouThor KurT Vonnegut, Jr. de- The Pool Piayers. scribed The imporTonT funciion Thai any oriisi's work Seven 01 The Golden Shoveii pioys in modern socieTyi WiTh This relationship as his Theme, The author of Slaugh-ierhouse Five ccndidiy We reoi cooli We discussed his views on such diverse issues as gender Lefi school. We relations, poliiics, 0nd reiigion in from of a sizable Lurk IoTe. We crowd ih Ceniehnicl Hclii Strike sTroighTi We Referring To The recenT oil spili of The Exxon Sing sin. We Voides, he sToTed ThoT we've jusT obouT kiiled The Thin gin. We damn planet BUT his was noT enTirely a message of Jazz June, We doom His soiuTion: Elect governmenT officials who Die soon. are knowledgeable and who care. - Gwendolyn Brooks Another imporTonT auThor who visiTed AugusTono wiTh 0 message was poet Gwendolyn Brooks. The P091 Laureate of Illinois enTeriGined The crowd wiih a reading of her poeTry. STopping Trequehiiy To eloboraTe 0h The beginnings of her wriTing career. Brooks explained how. Through her intense deTermi- ncTion, she was able To overcome The prejudices of socieTy. - Jeff ForreT 22 KurT VonneguT emphmizes his pom Tobove 0nd righ0 whiie Gwendoiyn Brooks lives Tracy Guy, '90, an encouraging hug Gar righiy.

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