Peace, love and college campuses
Hippies make colleges their base camps and promote peaceful solutions to global, local social problems
Ashley Meyer
Issue date: 3/28/07 Section: Life & Style
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Since the '60s, college students everywhere have been taking a stand for peace - in a laid-back way, of course.
From the early movement of free love and long hair to the modern anti-corporate rally, a brand of people known as hippies have been standing up for their rights for nearly half of a century.
The hippie agenda has lived primarily on college campuses.
"Hippies are usually young adults who, for whatever reason, want a drastically different life than their parents, said UA freshman Bailey Boyd.
"Maybe their parents were controlling or very, very clean, but whatever it is, they don't like it.
"Hippies are non-traditionalists with a liberal kind of bend about them," Boyd said.
Newly independent adults embrace that free-loving schema of peace and love in a much higher proportion than the rest of the adult world although there are adults who still subscribe.
Hippies are still popular with higher education students "because there are always students who are enlightened to an alternative to the corporate world," said a former UA student who goes by Tyler.
Enlightenment is certainly a goal of most hippies, especially if the enlightenment leads to more peace and love.
"The ideals of society still apply," said UA student Sammie Graham.
Societal ideals are certainly a factor, with community ties ranking extremely high on that list.
"It's an idealistic movement and most college students are still young enough to be idealistic," said UA student Maggie Strain.
Hippies are traditionally associated with tie-dye, hemp, sandals and weed.
However, they are not ashamed to call a spade a spade, or in this case, a hippie a hippie.
"It describes a way of life," Tyler said.
Ninety percent of those polled said they found the term hippie inoffensive and accurate.
"Some people might get offended by it, but those are the people that are probably offended by everything because hippies don't really get mad," Boyd said.
From the early movement of free love and long hair to the modern anti-corporate rally, a brand of people known as hippies have been standing up for their rights for nearly half of a century.
The hippie agenda has lived primarily on college campuses.
"Hippies are usually young adults who, for whatever reason, want a drastically different life than their parents, said UA freshman Bailey Boyd.
"Maybe their parents were controlling or very, very clean, but whatever it is, they don't like it.
"Hippies are non-traditionalists with a liberal kind of bend about them," Boyd said.
Newly independent adults embrace that free-loving schema of peace and love in a much higher proportion than the rest of the adult world although there are adults who still subscribe.
Hippies are still popular with higher education students "because there are always students who are enlightened to an alternative to the corporate world," said a former UA student who goes by Tyler.
Enlightenment is certainly a goal of most hippies, especially if the enlightenment leads to more peace and love.
"The ideals of society still apply," said UA student Sammie Graham.
Societal ideals are certainly a factor, with community ties ranking extremely high on that list.
"It's an idealistic movement and most college students are still young enough to be idealistic," said UA student Maggie Strain.
Hippies are traditionally associated with tie-dye, hemp, sandals and weed.
However, they are not ashamed to call a spade a spade, or in this case, a hippie a hippie.
"It describes a way of life," Tyler said.
Ninety percent of those polled said they found the term hippie inoffensive and accurate.
"Some people might get offended by it, but those are the people that are probably offended by everything because hippies don't really get mad," Boyd said.
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Patty Lebbing
posted 3/28/07 @ 1:26 PM CST
What a cool article! I immediately forwarded it to my hippie and non-hippie friends who also enjoyed it. Thank goodness for hippies and anyone who supports awareness all things, especially non-violence and peace. (Continued…)
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