1970s Highlights
The 70s ushered in a host of changes in America
and the world. In the national news: the beginning of the
Vietnam War, the Beatles break up, protesting students are
shot at Kent State, computer abortion is legalized, the Watergate
scandal is uncovered and President Nixon ultimately resigns.
Technology makes great strides with the introduction of the
computer "floppy
disk," the
VCR, the pocket calculator, the birth of the first test tube
baby and the completion of the tallest building in the world,
the Sears Tower. In sports and recreation, Mark Spitz wins
seven gold medals in the 1972 Olympics, and Arthur Ash is
the first black man to win Wimbledon. Star Wars wow-ed us
in the movie theaters and fans all over the world were shocked
by the death of the king, Elvis Presley, and the nuclear
accident at Three Mile Island. In the music arena, Stevie
Wonder, EWF, Head East were hot; Woody Allen's "Everything
You Always Wanted to Know about Sex," was racy and raucuous;
fashion Do's included clogs, hiphugger bellbottoms, and bandanas
with matching earrings, and the FoxFire trilogy ushered in
the back-to-nature mantra of the end of the baby-boomer generation.
In sports, the first Ironman Triathlon is held(1978);
Nadia Comaneci earns the first perfect score in Olympic gymnastics
history(1976); and Sugar Ray Leonard wins his first boxing
title(1979).
• For Campus Rec this decade marks a series
of “firsts” in
programming – Chancellor’s
Decathlon, Quad Day, All Nighter, Bong Show, Anything Goes,
Disco Dance Contest, and Outhouse Races.
• On September 17, 1971, the IMPE
(Intramural Physical Education) Building opens.
• In 1972 Campus Rec Hosts the annual
National Intramural Recreational Sports Assocation (NIRSA)
conference.
• Camping equipment check-out
and rental programs is offered.
• Upon the retirement of Dr. Matthews,
Jesse A. “Tony” Clements is named the second
Director of Campus Recreation.
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