Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
At a time when many Americans were headed west to Oregon or California, the U.S. was at war with Mexico, and Frederick Douglass was lecturing…
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2020
(Photo: The three presidents: Polly Told, president of Women’s Student Government Association, Bucknell President Merle Odgers, Richard Klaber, president of Men’s Student Assembly, 1955)
Bucknell…
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
Special Collections/University Archives invites Bucknellians to contribute writings, photographs, audio, video as well as other media representing their personal experiences and perspectives about the COVID-19…
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Monday, March 16th, 2020
In my latest installment, I thought it would be interesting to focus on the physical campus: What was different? What buildings were new? What did…
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Sunday, March 1st, 2020
Looking back at life 100 years ago can be shocking, especially considering how far we have come and how much farther we have to go.…
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
The word Freshmen, or “First Year Student” in today’s terminology, conjures up many memories, both good and bad, for anyone who was or is one.…
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Monday, February 10th, 2020
It seems hard to believe that the decade coined “The Roaring Twenties” began exactly a century ago. When one thinks of this time period, scenes…
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