Flashback: 1984 – STORIED Magazine

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Students arrived with black-and-white TVs and stereos in 1984 — Reflecting on how technology has advanced, highlighting current campus life's digital focus.
The move-in process involved parents driving students to campus then — Illustrating the shift from family involvement to more independent student arrivals today.

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Being a student in 1984 meant midnight movies at the Co-Ed and browsing vinyl at Record Service. Let’s travel back in time for a look at life on campus in the eighties.

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