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22 September

1997: Harry Potter is Born while A Prozac Nation Goes to College

  • Posted by Joseph Ramirez
  • Categories News, News Homepage, surveys

Midway through 1997, the first Harry Potter book, originally Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was released in London. The beginning of the Harry Potter era coincided with the ending of another—that of “Deep Blue”—which defeated Chess Champion Gary Kasparaov …

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17 September

1996: A New Era of Affirmative Action: Student Views and Perceptions

  • Posted by Joseph Ramirez
  • Categories News, News Homepage, surveys

In 1996, Bill Clinton was reelected for a second term, the Centennial Summer Olympics as well as the Paralympics were held in Atlanta, Rent moved to Broadway to start a 12-year run at the Nederlander Theatre, and a Clean Air …

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09 September

1995: Windows 95 Mania, Higher Learning Hits the Theaters, and the WHO Declares Poverty as the Number One Killer

  • Posted by Jennifer Berdan Lozano
  • Categories News, News Homepage

Several achievements and milestones were made this year that should be noted. Steve Fossett successfully flew solo across the Pacific Ocean in a hot air balloon. DVDs were announced (and then introduced to the market in 1996). Prehistoric paintings and …

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01 September

1994: Notable for Mandela Taking Office, Forrest Gump Quotes, Nancy Kerrigan vs. Tonya Harding, and NAFTA

  • Posted by Jennifer Berdan Lozano
  • Categories News, News Homepage

This year screens lit up with The Lion King. Quotes from Forrest Gump were immortalized. Friends met up at Central Perk for the first time. Nancy Kerrigan was struck by the “whack heard around the world.” The Winter Olympics were …

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25 August

1993: Clinton Takes Office, the Web Goes Public, and a Signed Treaty to Reduce Nuclear Warheads

  • Posted by Jennifer Berdan Lozano
  • Categories News, News Homepage

A new president kicked off 1993. Tragedy struck professional tennis. The World Wide Web went public. Abortion protests came under fire. And an agreement was made to reduce nuclear warheads. Bill Clinton took office as the 42nd President of the …

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18 August

1992: Endeavour Takes Off, Financial Aid Policy Changes, and Freshmen are Concerned About Financing College

  • Posted by Jennifer Berdan Lozano
  • Categories News, News Homepage

This year the Space Shuttle Endeavour made its maiden flight in May; and its second flight a few months later in September with the first African American woman in space, Mae Jemison. Now decommissioned and on display at the California …

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12 August

1991: Discussing Politics is Popular Amongst Incoming College Students While the Gulf War Shifts into High Gear and the Soviet Union Collapses

  • Posted by Jennifer Berdan Lozano
  • Categories News, News Homepage

This year was a tumultuous one right out of the gate, beginning with the Gulf War and then wrapping up with the fall of the Soviet Union. The Gulf War ramped up from Operation Desert Shield to Operation Desert Storm …

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04 August

1990: Sue the T-rex, the Cold War Ending, and Students’ Views on Military Spending

  • Posted by Jennifer Berdan Lozano
  • Categories News, News Homepage

Major scientific and historic advances and accomplishments were made in 1990. The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. Antarctica was crossed for the first time on dogsled by the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition consisting of six explorers all from …

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29 July

1989…CIRP, Not Taylor Swift’s 2015 Album

  • Posted by Jennifer Berdan Lozano
  • Categories News, News Homepage

Most recently made popular by Taylor Swift’s latest album release, 1989 (named after the year she was born), this year is actually notable for many other reasons. Some of the more significant events include the historic fall of the Berlin …

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21 July

1988: Debuts of the Computer Virus and the Jamaican Bobsled Team, Plus Gallaudet University and Student Activism

  • Posted by Jennifer Berdan Lozano
  • Categories News, News Homepage

Microsoft continued its success in 1988 with their release of Windows 2.1, capitalizing on the Intel processors. The first major computer virus, the Morris worm, went mainstream, changing the way the world viewed Internet security. Mystery Science Theatre 3000 debuted …

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