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

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. sif- f 1 rl 1 1 , . i i .ar .1 na. A . . -,Fl V, v R 4 sg- r J 1-- tri' ' ' gp .5 f!4f'f.a., A km' ' -.cars 'eff :Agn-I I-.1 lf a student seated in class sleeps in a desk of four square feet while his automobile is reposed in an area of one hundred and sixty-two square feet of our parking lot, we have a ratio of nearly 40 to 1. This, then, leads us to believe that the total area occupied by a student and his car is directly proportional to the square of the number of parking citations received in a constant period of a given semester, provided that the student's grade average keeps him in college. Is it incongruous that a student occupies not 1 X 40th the space allotted his iron? Should we expand our learning resources Qoff campus these are called buildings j, thus consuming invaluable parking space? Perhaps students should be discouraged from driving to school. Experts flike the MTAJ think so. 74 km' But take a look at our campus during classes. XVe see large grey buildings encircled by a seemingly endless array of glittering steel and chrome. An impala, a mustang, a cobra, a jaguar, a stingray, a barracuda - the menagerie crouches all around the campus ready to spring forth and jam 27th Avenue at the sound of the bell. Within the buildings, the student still occupies his four square feet. Does he ever stop and think that he requires only lX40th the space his car rates? Does he ever notice the size of the buildings compared to the size of the parking lots? Probably not. Once his car is firmly entrenched in its parking space, he needn't concem himself. Those one hundred and sixty-two square feet are all his, come snow, wind, sleet or seagulls.

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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'

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s..U v w v We've come a long way since the last Corsair left old Master's Field, today's campus sprawls over old runway and hangar space. We've added a man-made lake and a God-made tree. ' Although our progress has been rapid, there is still a long way to go before Miami-Dade is complete. Construction is progressing far ahead of schedule fit says herej, and if you stand still long enough someone is sure to put a building around you. Enrollment has more than doubled the intended quota of Scott Hall and the process of education never stands still, hence, construction is j fgP-21aqgZ.rY,.f.,'771n ,lull lj1:rl'11Q1llllff ,' keeping pace with the rapid growth of our student body. Soon our campus will be completed. Thomas Iefferson's 'quad' design, so popular with the ivy league schools, is being aquatically revived around the lake. Another tree is planned. No ivy is needed to imbue our walls with artificial dignity, but we're far ahead of some of the big-name institutions in expansion. Oxford, for instance, hasn't added a new building in 1,000 years! See Treesg Ioyce Kilmer