My teen years included the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War and Women’s Lib as well as the drug scene. Watershed years. Oh- and the occasional streaker- remember those?
A pair of dormmates used masking tape for a segregation line down the middle of their split floor plan room as a joke- black/white, friendly with each other.
Women in my single gender low rise (4 stories) dorm started a 1950’s style panty raid. There was a men’s dorm just across the grass along with several other single gender dorms near (coed came the next year). The dorm was locked and housefellows (RA’s) from both dorms stood guard- the guys doing it did not appreciate the water thrown from windows. College kids do silly things.
Friends walked with a friend to the bus station for his draft physical trip (I had an exam) where another friend was holding a protest sign. The drafting ended just a few months later, thank goodness (my younger brother pointed out the draft was still in effect for a few more years).
Spring of freshman year I saw cops in full riot gear outside the Social Science building (no other name back in my time) but no demonstration occurred as was thought o happen that day. Things were a lot quieter tan just a few short years before. hint- my CC name.
No cell phones, computers et al. Could miss friends despite calling their dorm room phone. One cold, snowy winter night (morning?) I, a tall woman in a parka, was walking alone from a friend’s dorm to my own many blocks away on the 40,000 (?)student campus. I chose the main drag even though a bit longer figuring it was a bit safer. I saw two tall figures coming towards me on what was an otherwise totally deserted street- no cars or people. They got close and I said hi to two friends! The guy lived near me and was walking our mutual girl friend back the the dorm I had left another mutual girl friend at. It was about the halfway point so I and they continued- too late and cold to turn back for his comapny.
The kinds of things you do not tell your kids about until AFTER they finish college.