By COLLEEN KELLY

There just might be a possibility that the students of Maine West are uniting together to form a more perfect union of the student body.

Things have been happening here. There have been incidents which required that people put their heads together, talk together, and unite. All the time while people were rapping about prejudice, and about the different cliques or groups here at school, there was also an undercurrent of understanding. It wasn't a lot, but there was just enough so that the people involved could say, "Hey, I think we've got something here."

It was kind of crazy ‑ the whole thing. There was this Student Council meeting, all of a sudden, there were a few more people attending the meetings, other than Student Council members. The visitors had long hair and wore blue jeans and had a few ideas to express. They weren't worried about the color of toilet paper in the washrooms, or the Coke in the cafeteria. Instead, they were more concerned with getting everyone together and prove the fact that strength comes in unity.

At first, there was the usual uneasiness which evolves when people from different backgrounds come together. But, after a while, everyone's "mask" dropped and people were openly sharing ideas and opinions.

As it turned out, most of the people involved shared the same ideas and goals. Open campus, a smoking lounge, and our constitutional rights were all topics discussed with much enthusiasm and concern. Most likely, these are subjects held in the interest of almost every student, but few people realize it. It is not only a group of so called "radicals" who want change. This feeling is relevant in almost the entire student body. The problem is there is no communication between us, which is a disgraceful thing to have to say about a generation who is supposed to be so unified and together.

Paul Kantner wrote, "We are obscene, lawless, hideous, dangerous, dirty, violent ‑ and young." It is obvious that this is the stereotyped image of American youth today; an image which is not usually correct; but nevertheless, it is the image which has been drawn of us.

Hopefully, we will be able to change this in 1971. When I say "we," I include the entire student body of Maine West. It is difficult to change something which has been in the process of building for years; such as a conservative administration or a divided student body.

If we, the students, could come together, then perhaps our generation will be able to overcome the faults which tax our school system and finally be one.

"We can be together,
Ah ‑ you and me.
We could be together,
We will be!!!"

Paul Kantner