Post Author: Charity Derrow It happened in the backyard. It does not warrant mentioning. No one talks about it. Historians do not write about it. So for posterity’s sake pretend. It is 1978. The movie theater on Main Street reflects Continue reading Introduction
Post Author: Charity Derrow There will be no alcohol, anytime, anywhere! This scenario reflected reality in Madison College dorms in the 1950s (Dingledine, 282,) and played out over and over again through the following decade (Hilton, 45). However, the 1960s Continue reading You’re Adults Now!
Post Author: Charity Derrow When a new president comes to town, the question is never “Will things change?” but rather, “How will it change?” Change certainly rang true with President Ronald Carrier, and it surfaced in his incoming 1971 address Continue reading New Man on Campus
Post Author: Charity Derrow “There go my boys!” One can imagine Dr. Carrier’s thoughts as he glances up from his desk, peering out his window just in time to see a group of male students traipsing across campus on a Continue reading If WE Build It, HE Will Come
Post Author: Charity Derrow “Cheers to the Super Guy Association! What? Oh sorry, it is the Student Government Association.” With hopes that the new administration might actually acknowledge the desires of students, the Student Government Association, SGA, acting on behalf Continue reading First Call
Post Author: Charity Derrow Solo produced “its signature red cup” in the seventies – a must have for beer pong (“Celebrating”). A SGA officer declared that by the 1972 opening season of football “alcoholic beverages will probably be allowed in Continue reading Shut the Door, Grab a Beer
Post Author: Charity Derrow “if Polly wanders out into the hallway, the beer is in immediate danger of confiscation by a rampaging Resident” (Rishelle). Attempts to Increase Beer Prices at Warren The increased consumption of alcohol on campus by a Continue reading Negotiations
Post Author: Charity Derrow We don’t really need to be “James Madison University” (Myers). We just want to party like a university. Student bodies exist in a state of constant motion as seniors graduate and freshmen enter, yet JMU students Continue reading Kegs! Under the Bleachers?
Post Author: Charity Derrow “One keg will now be allowed per 30 persons in recreation rooms, one quarter keg in an individual room, and two quarter kegs in a suite.” Guest limits vary by dorm room/suite depending on the fire Continue reading The Experiment Goes Forth
Post Author: Charity Derrow “The students will control their own alcohol consumption and regulation. Only state alcohol laws will be administered on the campus.” – Mike Dewitt During a spring 1978 SGA meeting, President Mike Dewitt called for the end Continue reading Mad 70s Meet MADD 80s
