You say you want a revolution?

My last two classes every Thursday are Women in Music and Independent Media, and I surprisingly find these classes intertwining a lot. Both classes are moving at the same rate through history, so the last Thursday before break, both classes talked about the antiwar movements during the 60s. I found myself with a knot in my stomach after leaving both classes, wishing there were some way I could go back and help with the movement.

In Women in Music, we watched a documentary that included clips from Woodstock, then went into a montage of clips from antiwar protests and the war itself while "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young played. It was one of the most powerful videos I've ever seen, and by the end of it, my eyes were tearing up.

I walked from Whalen down to Park, talking to my friend about how we felt after watching that video, and how we felt almost guilty for not being there to help during that time. I then walked into Independent Media, where we discussed independent media outlets that existed during the antiwar movement in the 60s. It was really interesting connecting the music that was made during that time to the independent outlets — both were saying very similar things and reaching different crowds in various ways.