Post Author: Rebecca Staple In 1968 President Nixon was elected on the promise to end the Vietnam War, in 1970 this still had not happened but troop numbers were being reduced. This post will look at student response to the issues surrounding Continue reading Vietnam War
Post Author: Jonathan Frame What was supposed to be one of the culminating events during the Parents Weekend of 1972, the first game of the Madison football team was supposed to be the highlight of the weekend. Unfortunately Mother Nature Continue reading And So it Begins: Football Comes to Madison
Post Author: Jonathan Frame Going into the season, no one really knew what to expect; the team had come off a fairly successful season in their first varsity year, had put enough fear into opposing teams that they did not Continue reading From Zero Points…. to Zero Losses, and Beyond
Post Author: Rebecca Staple In an article in The Breeze from the 18th October 1971, it announces that a new club has been formed on campus the ‘China Watchers’. It states that the group has been formed in response to Continue reading China Watchers
Post Author: Emily Ray Unfortunately for the feminist-identified students of Madison College during the 70s, there was no student equivalent to the Madison Women’s Caucus. If female students at Madison College wished to join a group that would give them Continue reading Where the Girls Are: Women’s Groups on Campus
Post Author: Amanda Castellano On March 22nd, 2013, Governor Godwin of Virginia signed the bill that turned Madison College into James Madison University. The name change, Dr. Carrier recalled, had been proven to be popular through many surveys sent out Continue reading From Madison College to James Madison University
Post Author: Rebecca Staple In the 1974 edition of The Bluestone it stated that the “we can now see the connection between an international event … and our daily lives”. This post will try to explore this statement specifically looking at the Continue reading 1973 Oil Crisis
Post Author: Stephanie Strong Before the 1970’s, James Madison University was a small teaching college operating under the name Madison College. There was no specialized Political Science department, as all of the social sciences operated under the Department of Social Continue reading Just A Little History
Post Author: Jonathan Frame Possibly one of the most successful men’s programs to hit Madison College was the soccer team, who pretty much had great success from the very beginning. They of course struggled initially and did not win a Continue reading Its Not Always About Football and Basketball
Post Author: Jonathan Frame In the seventies, it was not only the varsity sports that would make huge strides, but intramurals. Intramural sports had always been a big part of the campus culture; John Doe, an alum who preferred to Continue reading Hey Don’t Forget About Intramurals
