Bomb Threat on Campus? In the late 1970s when I was an undergrad at Carolina there were ‘bomb scares” that caused the evacuation of buildings. No one was particularly alarmed by them as I recall. They were often cited as being associated with exams in big classes and I remember the Business School, then in Carroll Hall, as a frequent target. Evidently those ‘incidents’ had begun in the late 1960s according to the text of this DTH ARTICLE. I wonder what became of the students who made these threats?
There also didn’t seem to be much roll-taking in class in those days if I am remembering correctly.
And a syllabus tended to be all of two pages long with zero policy statements, trigger warnings, or format rubrics. (A syllabus can easily go 12-14 pages these days)
And does anyone remember grades posted outside a prof’s office door by social security number (which, by the way, was also your campus ID number and required on most checks around town along with your Drivers License Number).
If you were in college you were of drinking age and part of your student fees went to buy kegs for “Mixers.”
Class-skippers passed joints openly as they loitered outside the undergrad along the wall by Greenlaw Hall, under the Bell Tower, and in Forest Theater.
On the shameful side, white supremacy was a strong presence while sexual harassment and worse was rampant.
Multiple types of physical, emotional, and mental abuse were ignored and even sanctioned in some settings.
The Kappas held a Confederate Ball complete with Stars and Bars and uniforms and hoop skirts. The “Lost Cause” was alive, well, and celebrated.
Remembering should be comprehensive I reckon.
Image above—‘Daily Tar Heel’ Headline 55 years ago today (April 23, 1970): The UNC “Mad Bomber” was active (again!?).
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