Social Memories
“The internet did not exist … so you just had your campus movies, you know, you had Wednesday night communion, that was sort of a come one come all. We didn’t have Anderson Commons, we didn’t have a lot of facilities that we enjoy today, so I think you were really reliant on that (social) community, even more so than you are today.” -Roger Degerman ‘84 “One of the things that made (dancing) all the more enjoyable was the fact that it was prohibited and scandalous in the eyes of some.” –Dr. Green ’53 from The Concordian February 18, 1977 “One of the best things about Concordia is the lifelong friends that you meet here. I met one of my lifelong friends here my freshmen year and we’re still good friends today” –Fred Kruger ‘64 “The friendships you form when you’re first away at school are long lasting—one appreciates that more and more as you get older and realize what influence and what positive things they made you become. I treasure that very much” –Ordean Oen ‘49 Dorm Memories
“We had 10 o’clock (curfew) rules! No dancing, and only one phone at the desk.” -Johanna Guccione ‘64 “Study hours started at seven and everyone was to be in their room at that time unless they had special permission to stay up. Lights were out at 10.” -Julia Brennun ‘21 “It was a big deal, Wednesday had just been added to the limited (intervisitation) hours. Everyone had to check-in at the desk, since there were all single gender buildings at the time, everyone had to leave their ID and if you weren’t from Concordia you had to leave your driver’s license.” -Mikal Kenfield ‘03 |
Winter Memories
“At the time we had societies and the guys and gals got together to do their thing on campus and it was fun stuff. I was in the Beta Tau (Omega) society […] we used to do snow sculptures in the wintertime, and I still remember to this day the snowman we built… this snowman was probably fifteen feet high and it must have been six feet in diameter at the bottom. We had tractors piling snow up and we finally did the head and stuff with huge ladders with people carrying snow up in buckets.” –Fred Kruger ’64 |
Normandy
A well known gathering place for Cobbers around the 1960s was right upstairs from what is now the bookstore. This spot, named Normandy, was built in 1962 and later remodeled in 1984. Over the years, Normandy has served many different functions. Some uses include a bookstore, coffeehouse, and post office. It is best known for being a common hangout for students to socialize between classes and on the weekends. Currently, it is used as a lab facility for the science department. With its varied history, what purpose will it serve next? |
Normany Memories
"(On the most popular place on campus to socialize) the Normandy, it was a snack bar. You could get fast food, people would sit and play cards and games. Everyone loved the cinnamon rolls for breakfast and you could get two every morning!" -Mary Fitzgerald '77 "I remember fun things that were on campus, late nights just in the Norm. I'm so sad the Norm is gone, because we spent so much time there having smoothies, those sorts of things late night studying." -Linsey Jo (Wichman) Bosl '04 |