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Do you remember the times of our lives??

Do you remember:

• When it was cool to sleep for several days in a line to get coveted hockey tickets?
• When Ed Marinaro made Cornell football exciting?
• The excitement of panty raids freshman year? (And remember how they quickly became passé when the dorms went co-ed?)
• When middle of the night fire drills became interesting simply because members of the opposite sex were evacuating the same sex dorms?
• "Straight Breaks" when the libraries would empty?
• The Stump?
• Weeknight and Saturday classes?
• The hush of an evening's snowfall on the Arts Quad?
• The great view of the western shores of Cayuga Lake from the stands at Schoelkopf?
• The controversy over the construction of the underground campus store? And the derisive comments from students and faculty about the exterior of Uris Hall (fondly known as "Old Rusty")?
• The Bo Burger?
• Mini skirts and maxi coats, bell bottoms and tie-dyed shirts?
• Dime Drafts? The North Forty? The Boxcar? Turback's? The Chapter House? Number Nines?
• Movies in Ives Hall?
• Pledge parties and composite pictures?
• The funny half-time performances of the Big Red Band? And remember when the
• Big Red Bear was a solo performance - no female companionship?
• When the a capella singing groups were all male?
• Key punching your computer programs and bombing the batch??
• Pulling all-nighters and cramming for prelims?
• When school didn?t start until after Labor Day and we had almost the entire month of January off? (And finals were after Christmas break...)
• Being anxious to leave campus at the end of spring term?and then being just as anxious to return for fall term?
• The long walk up Libe Slope for an 8 o?clock class and the quick walk down to the dorms at the end of the day?
• Tray sliding?
• Psych 101?
• The huge lectures in Bailey Hall?
• The small seminars you had where you really got to know the professor?
• The women's dorms being locked at night and having to ring for the guard to let you in?
• Having maids in the dorms to clean the rooms and change linens freshmen year?
• The first Earth Day?
• The Green Dragon?
• The Clock Tower chimes?
• When classes started ? 8, 9:05, 10:10, 11:15, 12:20, 1:25, 2:30, 3:35...?
• Where you were when you heard about Kent State? Or your reaction when you heard that finals had been cancelled?

Thanks to Bill Horowitz who added the following memories:

• Huddling in the dorms watching the first draft lottery on TV, hoping our birthdate would not be drawn.
• Being tear gassed in Collegetown after a spring melee.
• Visits to the Hot Truck on our way back to the dorm after a night of studying.
• The occupation of Carpenter Hall.

Sunset

Far Above Cayuga's Waters

There are many more "remember when" phrases - so when you think of one (or several), send them to the webmaster and we'll add them to the list!

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