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: dollinca Belle Meade Motel. http://www.bonanza.com/listings/Linen-Postcard-BELLE-MEADE-MOTEL-Harrisonburg-VA-1956/37987528 At the dawn of the decade, Madison College had an enrollment of just over 4,000 students with a male to female ratio of twenty-five to seventy-five.(Hilton, 37) President Carrier had big plans Continue reading The Initial Move Off-Campus
Post Author: dollinca Picture found in JMU historical photograph collections with the caption “Apts. on Route 11 – off campus housing.” Showalter Apartments were located on Pleasant Hill Road, off Route 11 South. JMU Historic Photographs Online. http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/SCPix/bresh/bresh003.jpg Continue reading Showalter Apartments
Post Author: dollinca Featured Image TKE fraternity house, also known as the Joshua Wilton house, pictured in the Breeze on January 30, 1976. Photo by Don Peterson. The fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon(TKE) bought the historic Joshua Wilton House Continue reading TKE House
Post Author: dollinca Picture of X-lot on campus shows the bumper to bumper overcrowded parking lot reserved for commuters. The Breeze, September 10, 1976, page 1. Photo by Walt Morgan. 1976 served to be a period of agitation between the Continue reading Parking Poses a Problem
Post Author: dollinca Due to the influx of parked student vehicles around the campus of Madison College, as well as the added congestion during rush hour, the city completed plans for the widening of South Main and the extension of Continue reading Shoplifting: Student Mischief? Or a Sign of the Times?
Post Author: dollinca This pictures shows students at the September 12, 1978 city council meeting. The crowd was so large, citizens and students were forced to sit on the floor or stand against the wall. The Breeze, September 15, 1978, Continue reading Harrisonburg Zoning Battle
Post Author: dollinca SGA meeting to discuss responses to proposed amendments. The Breeze, September 22, 1978. Page 3. The city council’s decision on September 12 gave students two weeks to garner support before the final vote on September 26. Almost immediately Continue reading Student Response to Proposed Zoning Changes
Post Author: dollinca Student skating in a Harrisonburg residential neighborhood. Bluestone 1978, page 10. 1979 served to be a drastic change from the years preceding it. Growing divisions between the students and the community led to various zoning changes making Continue reading 1979, Conclusion
