Our alums hopped in the wayback machine to share their fun and favorite experiences as students for this virtual scrapbook series. Read on to revel in the memories and get some Terp tingles!
Springtime Protest at the Administration Building, 1971
Ad Hoc Concert on the Mall, 1971
Anti-war Rally at McKeldin Library, 1971
“Spring 1971 on the College Park campus with the usual anti-war rallies at the library, protests at the Administration Building with the ever-present police and military forces, ad hoc concerts and other mid-day activities on the Mall. For me this was the epitome of comunitas for that time and place.”
- Tony Provine ’72, MA ’75
“Spring 1971 on the College Park campus with the usual anti-war rallies at the library, protests at the Administration Building with the ever-present police and military forces, ad hoc concerts and other mid-day activities on the Mall. For me this was the epitome of comunitas for that time and place.”
- Tony Provine ’72, MA ’75
“Spring 1971 on the College Park campus with the usual anti-war rallies at the library, protests at the Administration Building with the ever-present police and military forces, ad hoc concerts and other mid-day activities on the Mall. For me this was the epitome of comunitas for that time and place.”
- Tony Provine ’72, MA ’75
“I will always remember sitting in the stands at Byrd stadium watching our beloved Terps led by Boomer Esiason. My then girlfriend, and now wife of 37 years, met at UMCP at the Health Center in June 1982, one of the best days of my life! We enjoyed cheering our Terps to victory led by 'Mike man'. Great memories l will always hold near and dear to my heart. Thank you Terps!!”
- Phil Romas ’81, ’83
Phil Romas ’81, ’83 with his wife Gisela in their garden.
Donna Balderston Kaiser ’74 as featured in "The Maryland Student Union" in the early 1970s
Student demonstration on the library steps, 1970s
Donald Balderston ’50 Preparing a Dairy Cow for Milking
“This photo was in a publication called "The Maryland Student Union" and it is me on the phone in the student union. I didn't know the photo was taken and was surprised to see it when it was in this publication (circa 1971 or 1972). I graduated in 1974 from UMD, and from UM law school in 1978.”
- Donna Balderston Kaiser ’74
“I was taking a class in photojournalism when I took this photo of a demonstration on the steps of the library in about 1971 or 1972.”
- Donna Balderston Kaiser ’74
“This photo was part of the assignment in my photojournalism class to do a picture story. I did it of my father, who was a UMD graduate and a dairy farmer in Colora, Maryland. With a herd of 80 registered Guernsey cows. He's getting one ready in this photo for milking. You have to clean off the teats first and then put on the machine. His name was Donald Balderston ’50.”
- Donna Balderston Kaiser ’74
Vickie Martin Layton ’75 and her friends from Centreville 4 North, 1972
Cambridge Complex Pie Eating Contest, 1975
Streak Night, 1974
Streak Night, 1974
“The best experience I can submit for my time at University of Maryland is all the great friends I made. I lived on the same floor, Centreville 4 North, all four of my years there, from 1971 - 1975. The girls on my hall became like sisters to me. I am happy to say that I keep in touch with a great many of them. Another great and important experience is that I met my husband, Merrill, who lived in Cambridge D. We have been married since 1977.”
- Vickie Martin Layton ’75
“This photo was taken in the Cambridge Complex in April 1975. We held a complex olympics every spring with some bizarre events, including the pie eating contest and the orange pass!”
- Vickie Martin Layton ’75
“When strains of The Lone Rangers Theme Song started playing, everyone in the dorms knew there was a nude run getting ready to happen. In March of 1974 there was a "mass nude run." Here is a photo of some of us spectators!”
- Vickie Martin Layton ’75
“When strains of The Lone Rangers Theme Song started playing, everyone in the dorms knew there was a nude run getting ready to happen. In March of 1974 there was a "mass nude run." Here is an article from the newspaper from that particular run!”
- Vickie Martin Layton ’75
“This photo is from March 1988, at the NCAA Tournament which took place at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, OH. The Terps beat University of California Santa Barbara in the first round; lost to Kentucky in the second round. I was broadcasting with WMUC.”
- Jim Perrus '89
Jim Perrus '89, center, with cheerleaders at the 1989 NCAA Tournament.
Share your memories!
Did you host a killer football tailgate in the 1980s, or sled down the hills of campus in the 1970s? Were you a pledge queen or a tug-of-war champ? We want to know! Pull out your photo albums and email a favorite snapshot along with a two- to three-sentence description to alumni@umd.edu for a chance to be included in an upcoming feature.
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