There was a tremendous sense of unity and we felt we could change the world in more ways than one.

“On my first day of registering for classes (fall 1969) I wore jeans, a t-shirt, and penny loafers sans socks which was the fashion at the time. In those days registration was not centralized, you had to go from building to building to add or change classes. By the end of the day my feet were covered in painful blisters. I would have taken my shoes off but the sidewalks were like hot coals. I finally got back to my ‘55 Ford, no AC-three on the tree- 292 V8, and drove home barefoot.
The first Earth Day celebration on campus was a beautiful thing to behold, there was a tremendous sense of unity and we felt we could change the world in more ways than one.
I took a 5 hour credit calculus course at night after working construction all day. Sometimes I was so tired I would hallucinate and the numbers appeared to dance around on the board.
All this led to a forty-one year career as a geologist starting with the U.S. Geological Survey. Thank you UNO!”

— Billy