Seton Hall University - Galleon Yearbook (South Orange, NJ)

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Memphis Underground. Mellow Yellow. Bitch. . . . The names of the songs, themselves symbolic, are swallowed up, devoured by the living images that transform the room. Two guitars, wielded by smiling demigods, alternate and fuse in har- monic wave-lengths, pitching forward, striding abreast like proud Clydsdale stallions. Cries and whispers of awe float from the audience; a child entranced by its mentor, enlightened by an ex- perience of Herbie Mann. No sooner had we been left breath- less, when we are overwhelmed by a lusty rendition of Hold On I ' m Com- ing. The celebration renews, mo- mentarily rejuvenating us. Bliss and Solitude. The Players: Herbie Mann Flute David Newman Sax Pat Rebillot Organist Steve Gadd Drummer 26

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Julian Bond Changes the Color of Politics by Liz Fadejew Julian Bond gives one the impression that he knows something about politics. He does. From the very beginning of his career, he ' s had a realistic initiation into the political game. Throughout his career. Bond was one of the first instrumental civil rights leaders of the sixties, one of the few blacks actually in elect- ed office, and today, is a leader in the wide- spread grass-roots movement to widen the black power base. After being elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1965, Bond was barred from taking office by members of the legisla- ture who objected to his statements on the draft and the Indochina War. After a year, he was finally seated when the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the Georgia House ' s action, and today he still serves in that legislature. In 1968, he led an insurgent delegation to Chicago for the Democratic National Conven- tion, charging that the regular delegation headed by Governor Lester Maddox was ex- cluding blacks from participation. His delega- tion succeeded in ousting half of the regular Maddox delegates, eliminating the unit rule that had stifled dissent at previous conven- tions. At the 1 972 convention, he seconded the nomination of peace candidate Eugene McCarthy and then went on to become the first black in history to be nominated for the vice-presidency, although he was too young to accept. Speaking to an attentive audience in the main lounge of the Student Center, Bond spoke on the topic, Changing the Color of Politics . He denounced the game of dirty poli- tics claiming, I belong to the finest body of men that money can buy. This type of humor is much like his stature — subtle, reserved, yet strong. To change the color of politics in the South today, Julian Bond is concentrating on grass- roots organizing and fund-raising, in addition