University of Houston - Houstonian Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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nai Some students reach out to orphans others attempt to K.O. draft, In their own ways, all express concern with world outside campus. ABOVE: APO and Gamma Sigma Sigma try to make Christ-mat 1970 something worth remembering for Houston orphans. Whether they are in the streets protesting Nixon's V ar or in the U.C. entertaining deprived children, many UH students express a sincere concern with the community around them. While the protestors and the ttraigf t k ds may snicker at each other's efforts, both types of activities reflect a recognition of inequities in American society- 25

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ABOVE: Students protest the war in Vietnam and discrimination against homosexuals at home. RIGHT: Somber-spirited com- munity youth, including UH students, try to end the draft by demonstrating at Selective Service headquarters. 24

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Year of concern centers on issues tearing nation apart. Ecology, The War, university reform occupy energies of politically active students and faculty. RIGHT: faces and symbols of protest mark the campus- The badge of law 'n order, the black armband of mourning, the orange balloon of hope represent student views of what is right and wrong with America. FAR RIGHT: The year was a trying one for administrators, as reflected in the strained face of BUI Yardley, vice president of Student life, as he tries to pacify tense crowd, facing touchy decisions ranging from tree removal to flag lowering, the policy makers of UH desperately moved to quell student unrest. 26