All Hail 53 Years Later I was a green kid from a small town when I first set foot on Northeastern’s quadrangle in the fall of 1963. There were only 53 in my high school graduating class; the crowd of families and friends at my high school graduation was smaller than the packed auditorium for my first Western Civ. lecture....
1971 • Special 50th Anniversary Edition • 2021
About this Special Edition: 1971-2021
On the fourth floor of the Ell Student Center from 1967-1973, students from Divisions A and B each put out a great newspaper. In part, this was because of the times. Protests against the Vietnam War and movements for civil rights, women’s liberation, gay rights and environmentalism rolled through what had been the most politically conservative campus in the Greater Boston area. Assassination stalked the country: first, on April...
Born 50 Years Ago, Social Imperatives Are Ascendant Today
I hadn’t looked through my copy of Cauldron 1971 for many years before working on this project, but when I did, I was struck with what a remarkable accomplishment it was. I had never before (or since) seen a comparable yearbook with such an inclusive scope of academic, local, national and global awareness or with such a wide ranging political,...
Editorial Cartoon: 2021
In addition to his musical skills, Tom Rozum is also an able cartoonist. One of his efforts appears on the...
Playing and Singing, Tom Rozum Explores Life Through Bluegrass
Years of co-op job training in surgical research labs at Massachusetts General Hospital qualified me to easily get work in...
Audio Essays: Hear the Original 1971 Cauldron Record and Explore the New 50th Anniversary MP3 Recording
The 1971 Cauldron yearbook included this now classic 33 1/3 RPM record that offered an aural history of life for...
NU Recognition Elusive for South End Grounds and Early (1871) Boston Baseball
A few years before I ever trekked Northeastern’s hallways and tunnels looking for classrooms and classmates, I was aware of...
In Search of America the Beautiful
My years at Northeastern were spent in Boston for school and northern New Jersey for co-op. I alternated between these...
Northeastern’s Campus Transformed, Evolving into City Retreat
The Northeastern University campus has changed dramatically changed since 1971, becoming larger, greener and more welcoming. If all you recall are trolley tracks, endless acres of blacktop parking lots...
Running with a Legend and for an Angel
My route to recognizing a special but largely unappreciated pioneer American female athlete, in my very first attempt at column...
From Watergate to Trump: Another Tipping Point for American Democracy
In college, I experimented. It was a period of protests, politics and pharmaceuticals. I dabbled, attending protests and marches in...