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A trip down memory lane
Take a trip down memory lane with six alumni as they reflect on their formative years on campus over six decades.
1940s - This is Radio Carleton
On the second floor of the Students' Union was a tiny unused room, about jail-cell size, and there we created the Carleton Radio Workshop. We obtained a fairly powerful sound system, paid for by Friday night sock-hops (50 cents per couple) in the auditorium, then strung wires across First Avenue to speakers in the halls of the college. We were ready to go on the air.
1950s - Basketball and belonging
It wasn't a difficult decision to respond to the bulletin board call for "More Robins Needed" in the fall of 1956. I loved playing basketball. But what transpired put a whole new perspective on the quality of my university life.
1950s - Basketball and belonging -- Where are they now
1960s - Plastic-free student politics
It was 1967 -- the year of Canada's Centennial, Expo '67, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Marshall McLuhan's "the medium is the message", and Charles de Gaulle's "Vive le Quebec libre" -- when I decided to run for president of the students' council at Carleton.
1970s - Charlatanisms & shenanigans
In the summer of 1973 I joined a small group for a retreat up north to brainstorm ideas for the forthcoming year's Charlatan. I had made the decision to be news editor, not without some angst. It would mean splitting my last year of university credits into two years, and the somewhat awkward situation of having one foot in J-School (establishment), the other at the Charlatan (slightly subversive). An entry in my diary at the time even debated whether this was good for my career!
1970s - Charlatanisms & shenanigans -- Where are they now
1980s - Jello, beer and friends for life
How can it be that two full decades have passed since I first climbed up four flights of linoleum stairs to the top of Renfrew House? It was the weekend after Labour Day, and I arrived loaded down with luggage, a mother, and a 100-pound Underwood typewriter. Yes, I guess it has been a long time.
1980s - Jello, beer and friends for life -- Where are they now
1990s - An act of passion
I wonder sometimes what happened to Lesley.Lesley was the stunning blonde woman I met at my first audition for the Sock 'N' Buskin Theatre Company. When we read opposite each other for Pleasure and Repentance, I sensed the sizzling chemistry between us lifting the words off the crinkled, photocopied pages. When I was told I had been cast in the four-person play, I accepted, knowing that Lesley and I would now embark on our life together. This did not happen. As it turned out, Lesley hadn't been cast in the show. But it did kick off a passionate four-year relationship of a different kind -- with Sock 'N' Buskin.
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Guest column: The Cold War comes to Carleton
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