Miami Dade College North Campus - Falcon Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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llN lil Wil Q kwllllltllt NWHQDIIU It all started in September as hurrricane Cleo left Miami after delaying our school year for four days. But the year got off to a rousing, if late, start as President Iohnson and Governor Bryant sent fact-find- ing teams to Vietnam and Miami-Dade respectively, and both teams returned with cheering reports. We were fully accredited and Saigon continued playing Premier-for-a-day. Our own President Masiko con- ducted a young lady through registration, which took only a half hour. Dr. Masiko had to decline to escort 13,499 other students who applied for similar service. As the year opened, returning students had a new bridge in the southwest corner of the campus to speed their way to school and a Mortuary Science was added to put a little life into interested students' schedules. Communist China exploded its first nuclear de- vice soon after we completed registration, and we had our own fall-out problems with students dropping classes they'd mistakenly taken in September Qwho really needs Communications, anyway?j The Beatles left America with many millions, and Iames Bond arrived at Fort Knox to protect the gold reserves backing up their un-taxed gains. The Soviets fired a rocket with three men aboard and a Party Chairman with six years in grade. The space capsule returned. Our l3,500 returning students made our school the second largest junior college in the south- east. Meanwhile, out West, Senator Goldwater was battling fiercely for the Presidency as scandal rocked the highest office in the land with new developments in the Bobby Baker case. Some twenty-five million Americans decided that in their hearts, they knew the Arizona Republican was far, far right, but alas, it Was not enough, as fourteen million more voted to keep the status as quo as possible. Locally, our trimester system was dealt a blow with the election of Haydon Burns as Florida's governor. Mr. Burns promised to rid us of the Communists lurking in our state institutions, swearing to do anything short of reapportioning them out of public life. Candidate Charles Holley had charged during the campaign that Gov. Burns had over S1,000,000.00 in a Nassau bank, but neglected to inform the bank of this interesting news. Outgoing governor Farris Bry- ant appointed a new board of regents during his closing hours as governor. Unfortunately, Mr. Bryant had to leave the capitol before he hadxa chance to introduce the nine men to his successor, as Governor Burns didn't seem to recognize his regents. This was the time when major skirmishes were going on all over the country. Senator Kennedy had his luggage criticized by the then-incumbent Senator of New York, Kenneth Keating. Acting Senator of Califor- nia, Pierre Salinger, lost his senate seat to acting actor George Murphy. Undisturbed by the national turmoil, the Student Government Association's Big Week was kicked off by a faculty-varsity basketball game. This hotly- contested game, finally won b-y the varsity, was but one feature of the nine-day weekend which ended with the Fraternity Bowl football game. It was a big week internationally, as Egypt's Gainal Abdul Nasser welcomed the noted poet and world traveller, Cassius Clay, then offered to help America solve its next water shortage. In return for this advice, Abe wanted us to feed his people, so that his treasury might be free to attend to more worthwhile matters. Like arming the Congo rebels. The Congo rebellion caused a serious breakdown in morale among our forces there and prompted world leaders to ask the U. N., What's eating our men in the Congo? But there was no morale problem here as the first semester drew to a close. We had a turtle race, which was won by a turtle named Cleopatra Cleopatra proved to be not quite as fast on her feet as her name- sake of the Nile, but managed to streak down the Z8-foot course by the time classes were in their second week. Then it was discovered that Cleo was a male turtle, but not noticeably embarrassed by his name. Scott Hall was declared safe for human occu- pancy, much to the relief of those humans who had been in there since September. The basketball team opened its season and our team's loyal supporters Qboth of themj were delighted. As usual, things were not so bright worldwide. Foreign students were visiting our embassies and USIA libraries with a fired-up enthusiasm and North Vietnamese gunboats attacked American ships in, the Gulf of Tonkin. Then Sukarno withdrew Malaysia from the United Nations. The U. N. wouldn't let him have his way, so he took his country and went home. To date, no one misses him. Then a small island in the Caribbean named Cuba frhymes with tuba , you may have heard of itj sent its foreign minister to New York. The United Nations got a bang out of hearing him speak, b-ut the world was largely unaffected by the Cuban's views and Castro continued to play second Fidel

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llklllilklllEhllllBllEllRo?'12'l .D .D .D to the Kremlin. Regarding the situation in Cuba, one State Department source was quoted as saying, VVhat that country needs is a good five-cent gov- ernment. Locally, our Falcon yearbook and Falcon Times newspaper made a clean sweep of the state judging in Gainesville. While the city tried to find a new leader for the Metro mess and debated whether or not to Chuck Hall, Miami hyphen Dade sponsored a think tank for 500 local businessmen. The sem- inar, called Idea '65 decided unanimously that 1965 was a good idea. Sharing local attention was a name-the-falcon contest that resulted in our feath- ered mascot being named Rufus, But he doesn't seem to mind. Then the Beatles announced that they'd be re- turning to America in the Fall as a part of a cultural exchange. In return, we're to send the British a boat- load of herring and lend the BBC the Beverly Hill- billies. Our Chief Executive was unable to attend the Churchill funeral due to a dose of executive flu. It is reported that the President promptly pat- ented the germ and put it in his wife's name, allow- ing only a few high officials to enjoy this status symbol. Our basketball team was enjoying a very successful season, but people were still staying away in droves. Once again the Vietnamese made headlines as northern troops attacked the U. S. installations in South Vietnam, Governor Wallace of Alabama said that the action was typical of Yankees, and our Presi- dent ordered limited retaliation. This retaliation was limited to completely obliterating everything in sight. But the damage had been done. Serious ques- tions were raised regarding the security of our bases in Southeast Asia, but Ambassador Taylor assured us that our installations there were as secure as Pearl Harbor or the Bastille. Miami-Dade was welcoming 2,000 past grads who were returning for our first Homecoming Week. The week, reigned over by Homecoming Queen Deila Rivero, featured an Olympics contest that would have done ancient Greece proud. In New York, Robert Kennedy announced that he would not be a candi- date for the 1968 presidency, just in case anyone planned to ask him. I have no further political ambi- bitions, said the former attorney general, Hand neither does my wife, Ethel Bird. Florida's Governor Bums had his will with the Board of Regents as we had expected, and the nine regents resigned en masse. Then the Governor left the capitol for a visit to Dade County the likes to be near his tax sourcej and Hialeah race track. After a brief stop here, Mr. Burns was off again, this time aboard a private yacht for some fishing and island- hopping. Ex-candidate Charles Holley was unavail- able for comment, but is reported to have alerted Nassau banks. Our students endured mid-term exams shortly thereafter, and the casualty rate rose again as more students dropped more classes as the dropfaudit deadline drew near. Then the Russians launched an- other space capsule. One of the two astronauts left the ship for a solo look around, but was disappointed when he discovered that outer space was as desolate as home. The Soviets boasted that this feat was made possible by a million-dollar space suit Qit comes with two pairs of pants, thoughj. Close on the heels of this shot, America launched its first two-man shot, but both astronauts remembered to fasten their seat- belts before blast-off, Not to be outdone by the Florida-based space shot, a California astronomer announced that the moon was probably covered with fuzz. This earth-shaking news not only put us an- other technological step ahead of the Russians, but delighted fuzz fans everywhere. Shortly after the two-man Gemini orbits, an American space capsule landed on the moon, sending back several hundred pictures of the moon's surface. Then the Falcon Times reported that Robert Moore had won our name-thecafeteria contest. The new cafeteria was named The Falcon Blue, com- bining our school's colors and mascot and winning Moore a 3525.-00 prize. With the 525.00 he should be able to eat there for about a week. French students insist that it should be spelled phalquonebleu. At this writing, the Student Government Asso- ciation is preparing for elections for next year's Stu- dent Senate and executive offices. Modine Gunch has declined all nominations as she is graduating this year, much to the relief of the SGA. What a yearll, We were fully accredited and Bobby Baker was fully discredited. England lost Winston Churchill but gained Elizabeth Taylor. The Republicans traded Abraham Lincoln QR. Illj for Strom Thurrnond QD.R. SCJ. Somehow, the earth is still turning and we can- look forward to another year of madness. But 1966 will be hard put to sur- pass the past school year, and what can we say but, That was the year that wasl'