Don't be deceived when they tell you things are better now. Even if there's no poverty to be seen because the poverty's been hidden. Even if you ever got more wages and could afford to buy more of these new and useless goods which industries foist on you and even if it seems to you that you never had so much, that is only the slogan of those who still have much more than you. Don't be taken in when they pat you paternally on the shoulder and say that there's no inequality worth speaking of and no more reason to fight because if you believe them they will be completely in charge in their marble homes and granite banks from which they rob the people of the world under the pretense of bringing them culture. Watch out, for as soon as it pleases them they'll send you out to protect their gold in wars whose weapons, rapidly developed by servile scientists will become more and more deadly until they can with a flick of the finger tear a million of you to pieces.

- French revolutionary Jean Paul Marat, who was assassinated in 1793.

One more week and this term at Art Center is over. I finally got a full night's sleep after a week of all-nighters in the garage shooting my finals. They've all been turned in, some better than others, but they're done. Now I'm going to sleep all weekend and not take any pictures.

For my still life class final project, I did some photo illustrations of articles in personal finance magazines. It's more challenging than I thought it would be to come up with anything interesting to illustrate such dry articles as "Repairing Your Nest Egg" or "Stock Scandals Ruining Your Portfolio?"

Proposals are now being taken for where I should go on my 4 week break.

For the past year, I've been feeling helpless about the sudden loss of my civil rights.

Today I joined the American Civil Liberties Union.

Maybe you should too.