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.

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!
