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1972-01-30 New York Times Magazine Article: ""Metamorphosis Of A Campus Radical"" Page 12

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"Metamorphosis of a Campus Radical"

"Sitting in Dum Dum, the student run day care center, amid the toys and potties, one can't help thinking that the turning of all that inspired vandalism of yesteryear into this social service represents a comedown."


ing a stocking hat." Below these was a notice that was distinctively day care "Men's group meets Monday evening... we are trying to raise our consciousness about sexism in general and deal with particularly offensive things we do as men."
Sitting in Dum Dum amid the toys and potties, one can't help thinking that the turning of all that inspired vandalism of yesteryear into this social service represents a painful comedown, and some observers say so - that day care centers are an admission of impotence. Unable to make any dent on their elders, the radicals have turned to their kids in hopes of finding them more impressionable. 
Of course, neither day care centers no their parent, Women's Lib is the exclusive property of the radicals, and it is no accident that Jim Sutton's choice for the next student body president is a woman, sophomore Sue Ross, an Iowan with a square freckled face on which cosmetics are not even imaginable. Her hair is a bush, her nose upturned and her mouth laughs easily, but is no less determined. "She is serious," Sutton observes. "She has really fresh ideas and the kind of beauty which promises a function."
She is particularly sanguine about day care. "The centers are making real gains against the oppression of women. It's a significant advance in human terms, far more than anything else that's happened in recent years, a major societal change."
Sue Ross thinks the students have plenty of reason for dissatisfaction, that they are discriminated against by the tradespeople and by the City Council in its bicycle regulations. Nevertheless she is optimistic. The election of Ed Czarnecki, an associate professor and an independent, to the City Council this fall is encouraging, as is the growing economic power of the student government. She even thinks the radicals may work within the system, noting there are nine of them running for senate vacancies. Anyway, there's more realism among students now. They're 

found better ways than rocks. The straights and radicals are still at their struggle to influence the Hulk. Looking to the future, Jim Sutton anticipates that students will soon deal with the university - as the faculty is about to- in collective bargaining. "That's going to change everything, " he says. "Our objective is to operated like the U.A.W., and university presidents who don't realize that are going to be out of a job. If students don't get to the bargaining table, they're going into more alienation and disruption."
The issues are still combustible surely, but on a clear Iowa day it seems possible that ideological conflict will resolve itself in human terms. David Sundance is a tireless and familiar adversary of the university administration, but president Boyd, along with his administrative staff, confesses to perverse affection for him and some others of his views. 
Last spring, Sundance and his friends, the Guerrilla Gardeners, planted a field near the university with vegetables just as the field's owner - the university- began to convert it into a parking lot. Sundance, who abhors parking lots - "They don't have to happen. If people can't find a place to park their cars they should ride the bus." - took his grievance to the top, and president Boyd called off the conversion until the harvest.
Encountering Sundance on the street, president Boyd inquired "How's your garden growing?" and got an admission of "O.K" Then, in the fall, a university official asked Sunance if his crops were in, and he replied "Yes, all but the sunflower seeds, and we'll have them in tomorrow." which he did, just before the bulldozers returned. 
"Of course I believe in destruction", Sundance observes. "I wanted to destroy those bulldozers. Only everybody would know I did it." He brightens at the thought, laughs "Sandy Boyd? Oh he's got  a good heart and everything but you know... bureaucracy kills people."

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Jan. 20 . 1872
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE

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see more or co when in Palo Alto will a tour wear knit lls you it won't wilt in the Kasbah fade in the Sahara or shrink in the Nile So before heading for Morocco, head for Palo Alto striped-sleeve overshirt. Both in 15 colors. Bodysuits too. At fine stores. NITS OF DUPONT NULON Palo Alto A division of FAIRFIELD-NOBILE CORPORATION 1411 Broadway, New York, N.Y, 10018 12121 565-7700 "Metamorphosis of a Campus Radical" "Sitting in Dum Dum, the student run day care center, amid the toys and potties, one can't help thinking that the turning of all that inspired vandalism of yesteryear into this social service represents a comedown." ing a stocking hat." Below these was a notice that was distinctively day care "Men's group meets Monday evening... we are trying to raise our consciousness about sexism in general and deal with particularly offensive things we do as men." Sitting in Dum Dum amid the toys and potties, one can't help thinking that the turning of all that inspired vandalism of yesteryear into this social service represents a painful comedown, and some observers say so - that day care centers are an admission of impotence. Unable to make any dent on their elders, the radicals have turned to their kids in hopes of finding them more impressionable. Of course, neither day care centers no their parent, Women's Lib is the exclusive property of the radicals, and it is no accident that Jim Sutton's choice for the next student body president is a woman, sophomore Sue Ross, an Iowan with a square freckled face on which cosmetics are not even imaginable. Her hair is a bush, her nose upturned and her mouth laughs easily, but is no less determined. "She is serious," Sutton observes. "She has really fresh ideas and the kind of beauty which promises a function." She is particularly sanguine about day care. "The centers are making real gains against the oppression of women. It's a significant advance in human terms, far more than anything else that's happened in recent years, a major societal change." Sue Ross thinks the students have plenty of reason for dissatisfaction, that they are discriminated against by the tradespeople and by the City Council in its bicycle regulations. Nevertheless she is optimistic. The election of Ed Czarnecki, an associate professor and an independent, to the City Council this fall is encouraging, as is the growing economic power of the student government. She even thinks the radicals may work within the system, noting there are nine of them running for senate vacancies. Anyway, there's more realism among students now. They're found better ways than rocks. The straights and radicals are still at their struggle to influence the Hulk. Looking to the future, Jim Sutton anticipates that students will soon deal with the university - as the faculty is about to- in collective bargaining. "That's going to change everything, " he says. "Our objective is to operated like the U.A.W., and university presidents who don't realize that are going to be out of a job. If students don't get to the bargaining table, they're going into more alienation and disruption." The issues are still combustible surely, but on a clear Iowa day it seems possible that ideological conflict will resolve itself in human terms. David Sundance is a tireless and familiar adversary of the university administration, but president Boyd, along with his administrative staff, confesses to perverse affection for him and some others of his views. Last spring, Sundance and his friends, the Guerrilla Gardeners, planted a field near the university with vegetables just as the field's owner - the university- began to convert it into a parking lot. Sundance, who abhors parking lots - "They don't have to happen. If people can't find a place to park their cars they should ride the bus." - took his grievance to the top, and president Boyd called off the conversion until the harvest. Encountering Sundance on the street, president Boyd inquired "How's your garden growing?" and got an admission of "O.K" Then, in the fall, a university official asked Sunance if his crops were in, and he replied "Yes, all but the sunflower seeds, and we'll have them in tomorrow." which he did, just before the bulldozers returned. "Of course I believe in destruction", Sundance observes. "I wanted to destroy those bulldozers. Only everybody would know I did it." He brightens at the thought, laughs "Sandy Boyd? Oh he's got a good heart and everything but you know... bureaucracy kills people." 12 (of 12) Jan. 20 . 1872 THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE