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Bryan Moore is playing football here for the James Madison Dukes. The campus football team was established 8 years prior, in 1972. During Moore’s stint at JMU, the university made the jump from the NCAA Division III to the NCAA Division I-AA.

This smiling student is either packing or unpacking her overnight case on her bed. Her roommate’s bed is covered in a fringed chenille bedspread, which were very popular. Visible in the background is a radio, which freshmen were advised to bring to…

Eloise Lohr, left, and Ann Hearl, right, straighten up a dormitory room. What could possibly be a small sewing kit sits on the windowsill. Students were urged to keep their rooms tidy as stated in a freshmen advice booklet: “Keep your room neat!…

These girls are relaxing in their decorated dorm room. Six pennants cover the walls, and appear to be breaking the rules by either being pinned or taped up. Stuffed animals claim space on the low dormitory beds and framed pictures cover their desk…

A fellow student helps another with his hood for the graduation ceremony. In the early 1990s, African Americans comprised almost 10% of the entire undergraduate student body at JMU. [Data retrieved from Office of Institutional Research,…

Fraternities and sororities got their own space in the late 1970s with the construction of Greek Row by Newman Lake. Originally housing both sororities and fraternities, currently sororities are the only Greek organizations housed on campus. The area…

Meeting in a JMU academic building, these students are participating in a group study session. Collaboration and teamwork are still integral aspects of JMU's education. The student in the glasses sports an Omega Psi Phi shirt, one of JMU's…

This item contains some of the governing rules and standard behaviors expected of students attending Madison College. These guide lines are divided into five categories: Dining Hall, Governing Rules, Conduct, Dormitory Regulations, and Housekeeping.

Converse Hall residents congregate in the hall in the mid-1990s. Halls like these are intermediary space in dormitories; they are public, but many students treat them as extensions of dorm room space for that particular floor rather than…

This scrapbook page shows SGA members with Mr. and Mrs. President Rose at the SGA annual Halloween party.