Montclair State College - La Campana Yearbook (Upper Montclair, NJ)

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I had to try for a reaction from a college audience that one NEW YORK TIMES writer has labeled the blank generation. 19

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Retrospective; My College Years By Donald Scarinci Roaring down the highway with the news of what was then a $12 per year student fee increase gives me chills today. I remember how radical I felt with the WHO in the background, and the breeze blowing in my untrimmed hair. The MONTCLARION broke a major story. We discovered the secret deal which resulted in what is now a $1 13 per year fee increase for new playing fields and a student center annex. I wrote a column about it, one of my columns criticising student and administrative policies. In the back of my mind I knew that not many students really read my stuff. I knew, also, that only a countable number were reacting. Yet, I had to persist and do what I felt was right. I had to try for a reaction from a college audience that one NEW YORK TIMES writer has labled the blank generation. Despite the personal conflicts with student and faculty friends, I had to expose what was wrong. Where did it all get me? Nothing has changed. The SGA Legislature is as inept today as it was four years ago. The administration has its share of incompetants as high as the cabinet level, and I, myself, became one of the most controversial items on campus. People either loved me or hated me, but I always

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The SGA Legislature is as inept today 20