The Michigan Daily-Sunday, November 13, 1977-Page 7 Sinelairs '60s spirit fizzles out; PR wor (Continued from Page 1) the last 50 years." "I've always been primarily iivolved in music,, trying to .deal with the Srelatioinship between music and % politicians and music and socio-: economic levels," says Sinclair, who achieved notoriety as the outspoken manger of the MC5, a successful Detroit rock band. SINCLAIR BECAME involved with the MC5in the mid '60s and stayed with' the group until he was imprisoned in 1969. During his years with the band, Sinclair formed his anti-Establishment view of society. Through, the group's performances, Sinclair says, "the ideas we had as people began to take shape musically. We were against the war and the draft, and we were for getting high and taking. off our clothes." ' During the '60s, Sinclair says he and his cohorts defined their goals for the M country'"not as what we wanted, but as. what we didn't want.""They advocated a "free society" which would eliminate ' capitalism and create a "communal societal and economic organization.";M "THEY WERE real utopian ideas," reflects Sinclair of his old philosophy. "' blush to enumerate them as if they had any real meaning in everyday life." / But," he adds, "I hesitate to 1Walk. Just for the health of it. Get moving, America! March 1-7 1977 is National Physlcal Education and Sport Week takes disassociate myself with these ideas. They're' beautiful and I hope to have those ideas as long as I live. I'm just not rash enough at this point in my life to think that by trumpeting these ideas in an abrasive way, that you're going to 'win over converts." Sinclair says he believes former ac- tivists like himself are now accepted by society and no longer feel a need for protest. As a result of changes wrought in the '60s, he says he is now comfor- table enough to abandon revolution as a political strategy. "I THINK THE culture in general ab- sorbed many elements of the protest movement. Limits have been extended so that it's now possible to do more creative things in life than it was," ex- plains Sinclair. "Now, you can be an in- teresting person and still have a job." Personally, Sinclair says he is still committed to the radical causes of the '60s. But a 1972 back injury has since made health the "central factor" in his life. "The first thing I did was curtail my activities that didn't relate directly to making a living," he recalls. "I have maintained an interest, but I've just had a hard time remaining active in political work." SINCLAIR SAYS he has noticed a definite local and national trend away from political activism. lace of activism "The mass movement was basically made up of students who graduated and were thrust into the world and had to Seek employment," he explains. 4In the '60s there was this phehomenon of people throwing them- selves into the breech unreservedly, living day-to-~day without looking back. After a while a lot of people burned out physically and mentally. Besides, there were other pressures like making a living and having children who were growing up." Sinclair, himself, has a wife and child, despite his bizarre living arrangements. . Accordingv to 'Sinclair, the '60s protesters were willing to adopt an un- stable lifestyle because they dreaded the thought of joining mainstream America. "The alternative was so boring-to be a square, to be a straight American and all that it meant," he says. "The danger (police harassment) uas worth it: because at least you were alive, you were doing something you could relate to." But those still advocating ,radical change today, Sinclair says;, have become isolated because most if the issues upon which they focused their concern have now disappeared. "Not to say it's Utopia," Sinclair ad- mits, "but look ,back .ten years and tremendous strides have been made. "People have had enough sense to realize that the radical apocalyptic changes aren't going to happen by marching in the streets." Five hundred students from 75 Indian tribes and blends are involved in the Indian education program at Brigham Young University. While the national graduation average for Indian students is four per cent of those who begin classes, the BYU average is 30 per cent. Ma pro] (Continued from-Page 1) Adds TA Barkley: "The only time it ever comes up is when we razz him about something we've seen in the news." Though Wheeler's University title - Professor of Microbiology - sounds lofty, his contact with stu- dents is a little less so. During the lab, he'll circulate among the stu- dents, answer their questions, and see that the experiments run without a hitch. GROFSOREAN describes Wheel- er as "a pretty average guy" during labs. "I don't see anything com- promised in his teaching just because he's mayor. To us, he's a professor of microbiology and that's it." 'or as lessor Wheeler himself thinks lightly f the fact that in a town where the University and the community often cross swords, he's firmly connected with both. "I try not to let my associatiop with the University interfere witp what I do for the city," he says. "Sometimes when the University snaps its fingers, everyboidy in the city jumps. I understand there's community viewpoint, too." 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