10 years ago…
On the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work, “On the Origin of Species,” UW celebrated the renowned naturalist and biologist with several public lectures. ● The student organization Colleges Against Cancer held a bone marrow donor drive in the Union. ● UW planned to bulldoze and replace the Summit View Apartments, which were constructed over 50 years prior for an influx of students and their families after WWII. ● UW hosted the 20th-annual Rocky Mountain Festival of Winds, which gathered band students from 23 high schools to perform in two jazz ensembles or a concert band. ● Laramie locals started a women’s roller derby team called the “Naughty Pines.”
30 years ago…
UW’s first “microcomputer” lab with a local network opened to students, faculty and staff. ● Famous political theorist and linguist Noam Chomsky spoke to more than 1,000 students in the A&S auditorium about the dangers of “thought control in a democratic society.” ● Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel “Satanic Verses” was unavailable at Laramie bookstores after selling out all over the country. ● A House proposal to relocate and increase funding for the UW dairy herd drew heated debate. ● Students and faculty complained the state legislature wasn’t supporting the University enough, especially for faculty wages.
50 years ago…
The biggest problem facing Campus Police was parking and traffic violations “because the campus is overloaded with cars.” ● Debate raged in the Student Senate over a proposed Bill of Student Rights. ● The Associated Women Students of UW hosted its first symposium on drugs, titled “To Trip or Not.”
