it was a beautiful summer afternoon when i first arrived there after a long greyhound bus ride from SF
green grass, tall and big trees, old but well-kept buildings, a chapel...school not started yet, campus quiet, air fresh...
small mid-west college town, late 60s. new land, new start...
war, protests, hippies, beatles, and...presidential election
the dorm tv room was crammed from early evening till after midnight...the exact figures weren't out but nixon had won, by a small margin
back then many american college students already paid attention to such events while democracy was still in its infant stage in asia
today, with all its bad politics, bad policies, biased media, misinformed public, etc, is it still the america i used to like? is it still beautiful and magnificent? is it still a land of opportuinity and hope?