University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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Are we everything that is , criticized about the media- labeled ' Me Generation ' ? Are we too selfish, then? Are we everything that ' s criticized about the media labelled Me Generation ? Probably not. But we are a different breed of student. We are less concerned with solving the world ' s problems, whether we ' ve given up in frustration or just never paused to bother with them in the first place. We are more concerned with our inner well being; witness the various spiritual groups that have become popular of late, and the dog-eared pop psychology books that litter Orradre ' s reading room on a rainy day. Witness disco: mechanical choreography set to a metronomic beat and such lyrics as Good times, these are the good times. Witness the running craze: the therapeutic effect of just you and your 40 dollar pair of sneakers padding along some back street. Witness the continuing trend away from the humanities as a major and the overflowing of business and engineering schools, studies which lead to good paying jobs. 15

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There has been a shift away from the social concern of the past. It has not, however, been a shift towards grasping selfishness, towards callous indifference. The Me Generation that some commentators scorn is better described as the You and Me Generation, whose members are more concerned with a closer, tighter knit world; a world which contains intimate friends, attainable goal ' s, and tangible rewards. SCU is such a world, a world where people value a nice nap in the sun, or care about a good flip of the frisbee, or seek a pleetsant chat with a companion. Yes, SCU, in 1979, is in a very good mood indeed.