ICANS WHO WERE YOUNG IN THE 1960s INFLUENCED THE COURSE OF THE DECADE AS NO GROUP HAD BEFORE. THE MOTTO OF THE TIME WAS "DON'T TRUST ANYONE OVER 30." ANOTHER, "TELL IT LIKE IT IS," CONVEYED A REAL MISTRUST OF WHAT THEY CONSIDERED ADULT DEVIOUSNESS. YOUTHFUL AMERICANS WERE OUTRAGED BY THE INTOLERANCE OF THEIR UNIVERSITIES, RACIAL INEQUALITY, SOCIAL INJUSTICE, THE VIET NAM WAR, AND THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND WORK. ONE GROUP THAT FORMED DURING THIS TIME WAS S.D.S. (STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY). OPPOSED TO "IMPERIALISM," RACISM, AND OPPRESSION, THE S.D.S. FOUND THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY GUILTY OF ALL THREE. THEY DID DO SOME GOOD AT THE BEGINNING LIKE ORGANIZING NORTHERN GHETTO DWELLERS IN PROJECTS SUCH AS CHICAGO'S JOBS OR INCOME, NOW (JOIN). BUT THE VIET NAM WAR LED TO A CHANGE IN THEIR TACTICS. THEY BECAME AN INDEPENDENT RADICAL FORCE AGAINST SOCIETY. THE DELUGE OF DISORDERS MADE IT HARDER AND HARDER FOR MOST AMERICANS TO KEEP EVENTS IN PERSPECTIVE. THEY TENDED TO FORGET THAT MOST OF THE NATION'S 6,700,000 COLLEGIANS WERE STUDYING HARD AT SCHOOL AND NOT CAUSING TROUBLE. AN UNDERLYING PATTERN EMERGED IN THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. THE UNIVERSITY SUDDENLY BECAME A POLITICAL ARENA. THE STUDENTS WANTED TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL PROBLEMS OF WAR, RACE, AND POVERTY. AS A RESULT, THE UNIVERSITY LOST SOME OF ITS NEUTRALITY. STUDENTS CREATED A NEW U.S. INSTITUTION: THE POLITICAL UNIVERSITY. HOWEVER, ANOTHER ELEMENT AMONG YOUTHS WAS ALSO EMERGING. THEY WERE CALLED HIPPIES. THIS MOVEMENT MARKED ANOTHER RESPONSE TO THE DECADE AS THE YOUNG EXPERIMENTED WITH MUSIC, CLOTHES, DRUGS, AND A "COUNTER-CULTURE" LIFESTYLE. IN 1967, HIPPIES PREACHED ALTRUISM AND MYSTICISM, HONESTY, JOY AND NONVIOLENCE. THEY HAD A CHILD-LIKE FASCINATION FOR BEADS, BLOSSOMS, AND BELLS, STROBE LIGHTS, EAR-SHATTERING MUSIC, EXOTIC CLOTHING AND EROTIC SLOGANS. THEY WANTED TO PROFESS "FLOWER POWER" AND LOVE. THEY WERE PREDOMINANTLY WHITE, MIDDLE-CLASS, ...
