Pop Culture

Movies, books, TV, and rock and roll radio = a college student’s four food groups of popular culture in the 1960s. Before Saturday Night Live, there were late-night movies, and Action A-Go-Go was Channel 7’s answer to American Bandstand. Tune in and turn on!

Allman Band poster

Allman Band poster

No dorm room is complete without a poster concert – or several. These posters advertised shows on campus during the 1973-74 school year. One was inspired by a movement at the time to rename the Field House in honor of the Allman Brothers band.
Kristofferson, Lightfoot, Jennings poster, 1973

Kristofferson, Lightfoot, Jennings poster, 1973

No dorm room is complete without a poster concert – or several. These posters advertised shows on campus during the 1973-74 school year. One was inspired by a movement at the time to rename the Field House in honor of the Allman Brothers band.
Saunders, Kreutzmann, Garcia poster

Saunders, Kreutzmann, Garcia poster

No dorm room is complete without a poster concert – or several. These posters advertised shows on campus during the 1973-74 school year. One was inspired by a movement at the time to rename the Field House in honor of the Allman Brothers band.
Weeg vol 1 no. 1 newsletter issue

Weeg vol 1 no. 1 newsletter issue

Although mainframe computers had been in use on campus since the mid-1950s, the presence of computers in everyday work among faculty, staff, and students wasn’t widely felt until the 1960s. The Weeg Computing Center’s first newsletter was distributed in 1970 and noted the availability of user’s guides and programs. KWIC index, anyone?