The lyrics "Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade skies" echoed in the first floor of the Brown-Lupton University Union on Wednesday as students crowded around two "Rock Band" games and waited for a turn to play music just like one of their favorite bands, The Beatles.

In honor of Beatles Day on campus, two plasma TVs equipped with two plastic electric guitars, one drum set, one microphone to share and "The Beatles: Rock Band," were set up for students between noon and 6 p.m. in the BLUU.

This year's convocation had a different tone than most.

"Spread the love, I'm going back to the sixties," said Chancellor Victor Boschini as he commenced Fall Convocation where he discussed how the economic downturn has been affecting the university and its plans to move forward strategically and remain on solid financial grounds.

Boschini began the event by welcoming the class of 2013.

Ever since Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" came out in 2006, environmentalism has been a political issue.

As well it should. The environment should be on the minds of politicians worldwide. But the wrong people are getting credit for the idea in the first place.

I've found that it's assumed that environmentalist and liberal are synonyms, and that's just not true.

Michael Lauck's point about increasing government regulation, while true, avoids the basic truth that we as members of society reap what we sow. If there weren't so many people proven to be talking or texting on a phone when they got into an accident, then we wouldn't need so many laws about what we may or may not do. Let's face it: we haven't exactly shown ourselves to be the safest drivers, and when it comes to school zones, I for one wouldn't mind a few less children getting hit per year, even if it means (God forbid) I have to wait 30 seconds to call someone.

The band that took us down to strawberry fields and reminded us that all we need is love is back and remastered.

Beatles fans everywhere will revisit their favorite classic songs today with the release of all the Fab Four's CDs remastered, and the university is commemorating the event with its own unofficial Beatles Day on campus, said Brad Thompson, student activities coordinator.

The university will have "The Beatles: Rock Band" available for students to play, which also comes out today, along with a screening of the film "A Hard Day's Night," Thompson said.

A presidential address to American students about the importance of staying in school is not indoctrination. With 6.2 million high school dropouts (according to CNN) in 2007, we should be more concerned about having a society that keeps students in school so that they can realize their potential than we should be about the evil President Barack Obama turning poor, innocent children into liberal demons.