California Western University - Loma Del Mar Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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V v 'U ta .2 NATIGNAL POLITICS ON CAMPUS At Cal Western, as at schools across the country students became actively involved in the presi- dential election, carrying on actual campaigning regardless of ages, and staging fierce discussion Land argumentll on favorite candidates. All stu- dents kept well-read on all developments in the political race, and up to the last minute of the actual election stayed up late into the night and early morning watching the return s. Many of this generation identified with Demo- cratic candidate Bobby Kennedy and supported his campaign and younger philosophy whole- heartedly. But it was in 1968 that tragedy was to hit the Kennedy family again-Bobby was assasi- fluskle m m m, . .But he's running vith Humphrevl Well, I guess Illl Hcop nut Can t vote anyway. . . nated in LA before a political rally. Wishing for better choices, the students turned to Hubert Humphrey as a less conservative candidate than Richard Nixon, his Republican opponent. It was with some surprise that Humphreys running mate, Edmund Nluskie, 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 Cal Wee-Weel An able speaker, Muskie appealed to the students not as voters, but as perpetual campaign workers for the Democratic ticket.

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EDMU D MUSKIE Muskie's campaign speech attracted a large audience of students anxious to actually see a national VP candidate. 1-ll 111- +-f-mf1ar,i.- .nm:1- m1n.w -il--. el 4n1-...

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Drs. Bronowski and Smith TVVO-DAY SCIENCE, THINK-IN HELD Above, Dr. jacob Bronowski who spoke irather charminglyl on the impact of the 'inewl' science on society. Right, Dr. Huston Smith, a philosopher who expounded on modern-day science and its effectiveness in Hsavingi' us. if is Ellie Pyeatt, Betty Chandler and Erik Widmark pay clos attention in order to be ablj to write papers for classes The two-day convocatior attracted full audiences ol interested students, man3 out of curiosity and some. out of necessity for class papers. Two distinguisheo leaders in their fields, Dr Huston Smith and Dr. Iacol Bronowski, were on campus to give two lectures, whicl were followed by diseussior groups led by students.