Repent!

I remembered Berkeley for the big rallies at Sproul Hall. But I also remembered its array of colorful individuals who would gather small crowds for their own personal crusades. In 1995 I saw a gray-haired man dressed in plaid shorts, red-and-white striped tennis shoes, yellow shirt, and yellow ball cap, amusing a small audience by reading from the newspaper and commenting on the day's news. During the afternoon, a young man came to campus with a three-foot-high object that looked like an oil drum and stood on it by Sather Gate. On the drum was the inscription, "Paul on the Pillar."

The man in this photo had his own slant on the whole affirmative action issue: