Post Author: minksc In addition to gaining freedom for dating the students of Madison College sought out more social liberties from new President Ronald E. Carrier. The students presented a proposal to Dr. Carrier that they should be able to Continue reading Open Dorms
Post Author: Emily Kohl An Alternative Press Articles from the Fixer, Madison’s alternative student press, have already been cited throughout this exhibition. It was begun in 1969 by Harambee – before Harambee was official in the eyes of the establishment. Continue reading The Fixer
Post Author: minksc By the end of the 1970s the major debating concerning open dorm policy had ended and James Madison University had set hours for visitation. It is likely that both students and administrators were tired of deliberation about Continue reading Dorm Hours
Post Author: Emily Kohl incomplete Jane Fonda This page is evidence of the ways Madison students were, in fact, engaged in a broader social awareness through popular culture. Cheech and Chong The Guess Who
Post Author: Emily Kohl Time Brings Changes Throughout the seventies on Madison’s campus, there were undoubtedly students who were aware of national issues and fought to bring change to their own, small college here in the South. Those who participated Continue reading Kicking and Screaming into the eighties
Post Author: minksc The dating roadblocks present in the 1970s did not deter the students of Madison College from interacting with the opposite sex, both on and off campus. The school offered dating centers, and when Warren Hall Student Center Continue reading Courting in the 70s
Post Author: minksc The changes in the regulations that occurred at Madison College in the 1970s gave future students more freedoms in their social lives. The arrival of men on the campus of Madison College sparked rapid change in the Continue reading Conclusions
Post Author: dollinca With the growing expansion of Madison College throughout the 1970s, what was once a healthy, patriarchal relationship between the community and the tiny school for women turned into a fight for power between the conservative southern town and Continue reading Introduction
Post Author: Kayla Payne “And now, presenting ‘Virginia’s Finest’, the James Madison University Marching Royal Dukes!” The band is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2012. Many people know about the MRDs more recent accomplishments. Today, the MRDs are ambassadors of Continue reading Virginia’s Finest – An Introduction
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
