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Lesley McBain

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01 July

1985: Nuclear Disarmament in a World of Perestroika: Incoming Freshmen’s Opinions

  • Posted by Lesley McBain
  • Categories News, News Homepage

Ronald Reagan was sworn in for his second term as president. A star-studded lineup of rock musicians in Philadelphia and London put on Live Aid, a 16-hour concert to benefit African famine victims. Phil Collins managed to perform at both …

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24 June

1984: Incoming Freshmen’s Computer Knowledge the Year Macintosh Computers Were Born

  • Posted by Lesley McBain
  • Categories News, News Homepage

This was the year made infamous by the George Orwell dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (published in 1949). It was also an Olympic year in which UCLA took part in the Los Angeles hosting of the Summer Olympics. The 1984 Summer …

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16 June

1983: Incoming Freshmen’s Environmental Concerns in an Uncertain Year

  • Posted by Lesley McBain
  • Categories News, News Homepage

1983 was marked by geopolitical upheaval and technological invention alike. President Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union an evil empire, inflaming already tense U.S./USSR relations. The Soviet Union, meanwhile, tracked and shot down a South Korean 747 that had strayed …

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09 June

1982: Women’s Rights and the ERA

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02 June

1981: Incoming Freshmen’s Attitudes Toward Homosexuality in the Shadow of AIDS

  • Posted by Lesley McBain
  • Categories News, News Homepage, research, surveys

MTV launched on August 1, playing its first video, “Video Killed the Radio Star” (The Buggles) and nine other music videos. The first personal computer—not the first Macintosh—was introduced. In world and national politics, Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat, who shared …

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20 May

1980: In a Time of World Conflict, College Freshmen’s Views on Reviving the Draft

  • Posted by Lesley McBain
  • Categories News, News Homepage, research, surveys

Jimmy Carter was still president, mired in the ongoing Iranian hostage crisis and an aborted raid to resolve it that ended in catastrophe. (Carter was defeated in November 1980 by Ronald Reagan in a Republican landslide.) America led a boycott …

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19 May

1979: Inflation, College, and Making Money: Financial Concerns of Incoming Freshmen

  • Posted by Lesley McBain
  • Categories News, News Homepage, research, surveys

  Jimmy Carter was still president. In Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher, the “Iron Lady,” was elected the first female Prime Minister. The dictator Pol Pot’s regime in Cambodia was overthrown by Vietnam-backed insurgents. Nicaraguan President General Somoza resigned and fled …

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12 May

1978: Sort-of Swinging Seventies? Incoming Freshmen’s Attitudes on Sex, Living Together, and Divorce

  • Posted by Lesley McBain
  • Categories News, News Homepage, research, surveys, Uncategorized

Jimmy Carter was still president; one of his signal accomplishments that year was the 13-day Camp David summit resulting in a historic peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. The Blizzard of 1978 (Northeast Edition) paralyzed New England and the Northeast, …

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05 May

1977: Baking Cakes and Using Robert’s Rules of Order: Measuring Incoming Freshmen’s Nonacademic Skills

  • Posted by Lesley McBain
  • Categories News, News Homepage, surveys, Uncategorized

Jimmy Carter was elected U.S. president. Elvis Presley died. Star Wars (the original) premiered; Saturday Night Fever and its movie soundtrack highlighted the Age of Disco, though the Sex Pistols and The Clash released landmark punk albums in the same …

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28 April

1976: America’s Bicentennial and College Freshmen’s Views on Campus Control

  • Posted by Lesley McBain
  • Categories News, News Homepage, surveys, Uncategorized

It was America’s Bicentennial. It was also a year of the Summer and Winter Olympics. In the Summer Olympics, Nadia Comaneci, the 14-year-old Romanian gymnast, scored seven perfect 10s and won three gold medals. The U.S. men’s swimming team won …

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