That struggle and the protest over the law on U.N. peace-keeping operations thirty years later show many points of similarity. Comparing the two, however, many older alumni can't help sighing that "the Waseda spirit of defiance is fading away!"
時隔卅年，「日米安保條約抗爭」和此次的「聯合國維持和平活動法案抗爭」有著多項雷同之處；但相較之下，許多早大老校友都不禁發出喟嘆：「早大的反骨精神是式微了！」