Class of 1971: 35th Reunion
October 20-22, 2006

Thanks to all those who made our 35th reunion a success!  Coming soon...notes and photos from the weekend.

Class of 1971

DO YOU REMEMBER…

• Frisbees and Be-Ins on Deering Meadow
• The bite of the wind off of Lake Michigan in February
• Sailing on Lake Michigan for gym class in late November…
• Studying for finals on the beach
• The early amazing days of Amazing Grace coffee house…
• Bergen Evans’ lectures to a packed house
• “Rocks for Jocks”
• The Lovin’ Spoonful, Simon & Garfunkle, Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company, Sly and the Family Stone, Laura Nyro
• Sit-ins at the Rebecca Crown center
• Pizza from the Spot at 2 am…
• Where you were when Martin Luther King, Jr. and RFK were shot…
• Buses to fraternity and sorority parties at third-rate Chicago hotels to drink barely drinkable champagne because Evanston, home of the Women’s Temperance Union, was dry.
• Seceding from the country after Kent State
• “T” grades given for courses not completed while we boycotted classes
• The Rock in the CENTER of the walkway between Harris and University (why did they move it?)
• The end of fall rush
• Bridge games in the grill
• The plans for the “new” campus on the lake-fill
• The day thousands of alewives washed ashore on the beach by Fisk Hall…
• The first draft lottery...
• The day the Mets won the World Series
• The day the Wildcats went to the Rose Bowl!

Yes, Northwestern and Evanston have changed a lot in 30 years – those buildings on the lake have greatly expanded the campus, creating a glorious refuge to study, jog, read or dream…Evanston is no longer dry… and we are a bit older but hopefully wiser.