ࡱ > Y Z bjbj 1* fpefpe T Z Z Ci Ci Ci Ci Ci Wi Wi Wi 8 i i $ Wi Q i i i i i j k D k $ $ ! b Ci "l j j "l "l Ci Ci i i n n n "l Ci i Ci i n "l n n " ΰ i |ѭd l : F ! 0 Q N " zm " l ΰ b " Ci H tY "l "l n "l "l "l "l "l n "l "l "l Q "l "l "l "l " "l "l "l "l "l "l "l "l "l Z h : Mullings An American Cyber-Column Homecoming 45750 Rich Galen Monday, October 15, 2018 Well get back to politics tomorrow, but today I want to revel in a long weekend my 50th reunion weekend at Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio 45750 I am sort of an honorary member of the Class of 1968. I started with that class in the Fall of 1964, but I only lasted three semesters before I was excused from further attendance for failure to make progress toward a degree. After two years of night school, active duty for training with the Army National Guard, and doing the obligatory construction work, I was readmitted. When I got back, I was a 2nd semester sophomore; the rest of my class were 2nd semester seniors. One of the many advantages of going to a small, independent, liberal arts school like Marietta is: You might not know everyone on campus by name, but you recognize almost everyone as being a student. Going to Ohio State with its 66,000 students does not offer that same socialization. Those are the people with whom I celebrated, remembered, teared up, laughed, and yes drank this weekend. And I enjoyed every minute of it. Writer and journalist Jeff Greenfield was the guest of honor. He provided a lecture on how America in 2018 is nothing like life in American in 1968. Politically, in 2018 (these are my words not his) we have Donald Trump acting like Donald Trump, but we dont have political assassinations, cities literally burning, machine gun nests on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, riots at political conventions, nor are we involved in a war in Vietnam in which over 58,200 American troops were killed. None of that, for the record, was my fault although when I was in the Ohio National Guard I did participate in helping to close down Ohio University and to do crowd control at Ohio State. One of my classmates asked why I didnt do that lecture and I reminded them that, although Jeff and I have five Emmy Awards between us, I have zero of them. When we were freshmen in 1964: Tuition & Fees = $1,150 Room & Board = 750 Total: $1,900 According to an on-line inflation calculator, that would be $15,454.11 in 2018 dollars. PAUSE FOR COMMERCIAL Speaking of 2018 dollars The annual MULLINGS Subscription Drive. I know you dont always or dont often agree with me, but you know that what you read comes from my experience, my heartfelt thoughts, and my ability to communicate. If you think that is worth supporting, please do it today. Here's how:
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