University of California Santa Barbara - La Cumbre Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

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Political Issues Capture Student Interest Twenty-nine hundred students turned out to vote in the Octo- ber elections in which political contenders sought openings on Legislative Council and class government. Runoff elections were necessary for three positions. The Free Speech Movement uprising focused national atten- tion on the Berkeley campus. An administrative regulation for- bidding fund raising, traditionally carried on in the Sather Gate area, for politic a! and social activities on and off campus touched off the biggest repurcussions in the University ' s history. UCSB ' s matLire and responsible reaction to FSM was exemplified by the SI ' PA sympatlij- r.ill) in the Hyde Park area of campus. Proposition l-i, the controversial initiative which would amend the state constitution to out-law so called fair housing legislation was the most hotly debated issue prior to the state election. The national election, centered on the issue of extremism, evoked a variety of responses from students who overwhelmingly supported President Johnson in a mock election. MiNi-d reactions f;reeti--d televised cleitidn letur Utilizing the recently acquired teletype, KCSB staffers kept listeners in- formed of the latest election returns. 24

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Initiating Friendships Goal of Rush Weeks ol planning prepared IFC and Panhellenic tor the largest participation in rush activities that UCSB has ever had. Tor both actives and rushees the first days were tense, tiring and alternately catas- trophic and amusinij. Through a variety of parties the unfamiliarity was replaced by an increasingly re- laxed atmosphere. The open houses, sorority coke and game parties and fraternity stag smokers created a relaxed atmos- phere conductive to meeting people. Theme parties allowed each house to demonstrate originality and talent and preference night activities illuminated the serious and lasting aspects of fraternal membership. The variety of party situations revealed the different aspects of individual and group personalities and made possible the ultimate decision both Greeks and rushees had to make. For those who pledged and those who did not, many lasting friendships were begun. VCitli .1 liNii ii.uidshakc tomes the ail-ini|Mii tjnt hist iiiipiLssiun .ui. .in intKnluctHin to Greek life Joviah ' ty accompanies the view of fra- ternity life presented in home movies at a Smoker. 23

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Curious students and faculty members attended an SFPA sympathy rally tor Berkeley ' s Free Speech Movement, Forty-tour percent of the student body voted m the fall AS and class elections. A variety of posters and bumper stickers reflected student opinion. 25