Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember visiting "Bezerk-ley" in 1964 as a high schooler... We entered the campus off a street that ran toward the bay. The first thing I saw just inside the entrance were two guys sitting in a large fountain in their underwear. They were incredibly skinny fellas with long dark beards and equally impressive mops of hair... "So, this is the Free-Speech Movement," I thought.... > Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:04:54 -0400 > To: lug at leica-users.org > From: marcsmall at comcast.net > CC: lrzeitlin at optonline.net > Subject: [Leica] OT: The Free Speech Movement > > The Free Speech Movement was an iconic protest > group at UC Berkeley formed in 1964 when the > Administration attempted to ban all student civil > rights activities. In many respects, the Free > Speech Movement's formation marked the transition > of the counter-culture from its Beatnik, Maynard > G. Krebs, days to the ascent of the Hippies. One > of the founers was the late Mario Savio, who > suggested, "never trust anyone over 30", which > was to become one of the grand slogans of the counter-culture. > > In 1980, on my 30th birthday, I walked into my > first class and advised my fellow students that > no one should ever again trust me. Blank stares > resulted. I then asked, "Mario Savio?" More > blank stares. "The Berkeley Free Speech > Movement?" Yet more blank stares. "Never trust > anyone over 30?" Absolute lack of comprehension. Now, THAT day, I felt > old. > > The same thing happened the day Bill Haley > died. No one had ever heard of him, or his > Comets, or "Rock Around the Clock" or THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE. > > I had missed it, but Mario Savio died from heart > problems in 1996. I spoke with him, VERY briefly, in 1967. > > Marc > > > msmall at aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live?: Life without walls. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_032009