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Curfews, 'Star Trek', and Bonding

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Posted on January 8, 2026 by Alumni

Alumni

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Former Residents Recall 麻豆直播's First Dorms.

Half of 麻豆直播鈥檚 1966-vintage first dormitory complex, Alpha Hall East and 麻豆直播, made way for the new Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine. A USA Center for Archaeological Studies report on the dorm鈥檚 history includes some fascinating reminiscences.

 

Women, but not, Men, Originally Had a Curfew.

Women initially had to be in the dorm by 7 p.m. The deadline was later extended to midnight on weekdays and 1:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. The curfew 鈥渨as broadly unpopular.鈥� Enforcement seems to have been 鈥渓ess than stringent.鈥� By 1982, the curfew had disappeared.

Students Shared Bathroom/ Shower Spaces (One per Hallway) and pay phones (one per wing).

The first floor of each building had a common area with a television. 鈥淚f it was 鈥楽tar Trek鈥� night,鈥� remembered one former resident, 鈥測ou had to be really quiet if you were going out, entering or leaving. You constantly heard people saying, 鈥楽hh!鈥欌��

Former Residents Recalled a Sense of Community.

One man said that despite 鈥� or because of 鈥� the small, utilitarian two-person rooms, 鈥淲e would play practical jokes on each other in the dorms, and we got to know each other pretty well.鈥� A woman fondly described her first day of college life: 鈥淚 remember getting shown to my room, which was like a prison cell now that I look back on it! But to me, I thought I was in paradise.鈥�

of some of Alpha Hall鈥檚 early residents in a report by the USA Center for Archaeological Studies.

 

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