If they were an important part of my life before Union College, I can’t remember.\u00a0 But it seems to me that nearly as important as academics at college (attending classes, studying & the like) were the countless informal discussions we engaged in.<\/p>\n
You know… bull sessions.<\/em><\/p>\n Sometimes it happened at Hale House over dinner, or at the Rathskellar… and more typically in our dorm rooms.\u00a0 It’s wherever we were.\u00a0 Ask Jock & Will… they were there, too.<\/p>\n There was plenty to discuss… it was an exhilarating time… A time of protest, a time of violence, a time of deep social unrest… even at Union College, tucked away in Schenectady, NY these forces did not go un-noticed.<\/p>\n The War in Viet Nam raged, the Democratic Party imploded in Chicago, National Guardsmen killed students in Ohio and tanks rolled on the streets of Newark.\u00a0 And we talked and debated and argued… positions carefully thought, clearly prepared and articulated… or shot from the hip… on and on.<\/p>\n OK… let’s turn back the hands on the clock… put it to 1969 or so… Jock was there… Art, Trueblood and Roy, too.\u00a0 And one evening we talked and\u00a0shot the shit\u00a0into the wee hours as we examined the crucial question… “Who is stronger…\u00a0Mighty Mouse or Superman?<\/em>“<\/p>\n Go ahead… talk amongst yourselves…<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If they were an important part of my life before Union College, I can’t remember.\u00a0 But it seems to me that nearly as important as academics at college (attending classes, studying & the like) were the countless informal discussions we … Continue reading