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And how have activities outside of the school changed? The trend in the media seems to be toward more sensational, escape entertainment. Need some time to reminisce? Consider the following examples from the late 1960s and the early 1970s: “Easy Rider,” “The Graduate,” and “M A S H.” “The 1970s included “The Sting,” “American Graffitti,” Star Wars,” “Animal House,” and “Saturday Night Fever.” And for those who feel that “once wasn’t enough,” there was “Godfather” and God- father II,” and “Jaws” and Jaws II,” and “The Exor- cist” and the son of exorcist: The Omen.” Or for those audiences whose tastes ran more in the line of disaster, Hollywood managed to destroy practically every- thing known to mankind. “Flicks” included “The Poseidon Adventure,” “The Towering Inferno,” “Earth- quake,” “The Swarm” and the “Airport” series of air- line calamities. You remem- ber, those were the ones with big name stars and ex- athletes making appropriate facial expressions conveying intended doom, as each plane teetered on the brink of no return. In the past decade the movie industry has mur- dered more gangsters than the Mafia has, or ever will have in its membership. It has also turned sweet little girls into growling, hissing devils spewing grotesque substances from the mouth. (Something which of course mothers, since the beginning of time, have forbidden us to discuss, or especially to describe in public). This was also the decade we were really “into it.” That is into jogging, into skateboards, into tennis, into racketball, into skiing and into roller skating. Controversies were also big in the 1970s. We were irate over: Vietnam, Water- gate, abortion, pollution, gay rights, women’s rights, nuclear energy, and ecology. However, the most ridicu- lous of all had to be Rock vs Disco. We realize that all of you classical fans sat this controversy out. After Viet- nam, Civil Rights and Watergate, it was a little dif- ficult to get extremely excited over musical intoler- ance. Nostalgia was “tops” with television viewers in the late 1970s. Game shows were recycled “just one more time” for the afternoon crowd. “Gilligan’s Island” inhabitants were finally res- cued and a “Father Knows Best” special was aired with the original cast members all grown up. “Mork” landed from Ork, poodle skirts returned to “Happy Days,” “The Wal- tons” finally made it through the Great Depression, and Chevy Chase continued to take pratfalls on “Saturday Night Live,” however only on a guest basis. Finally, “60 Minutes,” a news show, sensationalized their way to the top of the TV ratings. As the topics became more extreme, the rating continued to climb. The dawn of the 1980s brought another change in television journalism. Wal- ter Cronkite, the “great white-haired father of broadcast journalism,” retired as CBS anchorman of the evening news. His replacement? Why, you guessed it ! That sex symbol of “60 Minutes” was selected. However, there are those who would “Rather” switch than fight! ACTIVI
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Yes, ‘That’s Entertainment’ When Bob Dylan wrote, “Times They are a Changin’ ” was it a comment on society as he knew it, or a prophecy for the 1970s? Because “a changin’ ” we did! For example, from the beginning to the end of this past decade, change has dealt a death blow to school events and activities. Amid the unrest of the late 1960s, teens still held to traditional ways of expressing activi- ties. Homecoming, dances, proms, mardi gras and sen- ior trips remained high on the student’s list of priori- ties. However, the “dawn of the 80s” finds us with little direction or interest in tradi- tional activities. If this has changed, then where are we heading? The center of the student’s social life has been continu- ally drifting away from the school. Traditional values (even pride in the school) have been discarded by some. It is even tough to “get up” a good cheer block for Homecoming or sectional. This might be fine for the student following the trend, but what is happening to the traditionally active student? The athlete? The Club mem- ber? The student who has been somewhat intimidated by those who “put down” school activities? What do the 1980s have in store for schools and students? Some suggest that the pendulum is swinging back to more school oriented activities. However, from what we can see there is little evidence of a trend in this direction.
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