University of North Texas - Yucca Yearbook (Denton, TX)

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I expected college to guarantee me a new sort of freedom - the privilege to do as I chose. Then I realized one never escapes pres- sures, restrictions - old ones are merely replaced by new. But now my c 0 n C e p t of freedom has changed. Whatever happens does so because of what I do. I select my own friends, study what and when I feel like, and am solely responsible for my own time. Pve really just become aware of what freedom is. I guess I never really appreciated it before. Iive encountered people with ideas different from mine. But then a democracy must allow room for dissent. Sometimes dissent comes through the signs and rhetoric of protest which express individual opinion and loyalties. As dissent swept across the natioxfs college campuses, North Texas was no ex- ception. Moratorium Day protes- ters expressed their personal be- liefs in the Vietnam war issue. J us- tified or not, this too is freedom - ages 01d.

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As I leave North Texas, I sup- pose P11 always remember the big campus events, but little things Will always mean a lot to me too. Pve done some crazy things but the friends Pve made Will last a lifetime. In more serious moments too, I found those Who shared a com- mon goal and became instrumen- tal in locking together still an- other piece of my puzzle.