Blackburn College - Beaver Tales Yearbook (Carlinville, IL)

 - Class of 1970

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important, the value of the individual and his right to control his own life. The faculty and administration at Blackburn have become increasingly responsive to students’ thoughts and needs. This has been reflected in changes in the social and academic regulations. The abolishment of women’s hours and the granting of automobile privi- leges have freed the student from traditional shackles and have fostered a seemingly forbidden area of edu- cation — that of self-discovery. Student participation in the College Senate, Judicial Board, All-College Coun- cil and other committees, has increased communica- tion between all segments of the Blackburn College community. Students graduating from, or leaving Blackburn, face a great challenge for the seventies. At the outset, the issues will center on pollution, on ending the war, and on the struggle of the racial minorities. The ur-

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which he lives is undergoing tremendous and rapid technological change. This great speed-up, of which McLuhan speaks, has left social and political change far behind. The student at Blackburn has begun to enter the mainstream of the youth movement in his concern for other human beings and power in America. The heroes of the sixties — JFK, King, Malcolm X, Bob Kennedy —all are dead. Unlike the idealism of the sixties, a sense of cynicism about the future seems to characterize the beginning of the seventies. There are more than one of two problems that must be fought. War, poverty, pollution, violence, alienation, racism, oppression — the list becomes endless. At the same time, no coherent, consistent philosophical or political framework has developed for mounting an overall effort for change in society. None of the tradi- tional political categories apply to this movement. ‘The movement, involving many youth, many students and varied segments of the society, is being driven by a desire for a new, responsive, and participatory society. Its cornerstones are equality of opportunity, and most

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