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The first Skidfest was held on April 22, 1990. In the morning before the 'fest started, it was snowing!
In the late '80s, there was a short-lived proposal to convert all of the North Central dorms into academic buildings.
The "Virgin Vault" was the nickname for the South Central dorms, all of which were still all-female up until the early '90s!
Below Pencader dining hall, there was a pub-like restaurant called the "Amber Lantern," that served beer on meal plan points!
Harrington Dining Hall did indeed exist; it was what was converted in 1993 to the Harrington Commons and Fitness Center!
Condoms were first offered in the Christiana Market in 1991; a pack of three was $1.35.
UD made many attempts to grow REAL grass on Harrington Beach, including using the '98 senior class gift to re-sod it...it didn't work.
RUN DMC was supposed to play an MTV event on Harrington Beach in 2000, but never showed up!
There was a carton of yogurt stuck in the McKinly Lab skylight for at least fifteen years; it might still be there.
The rumor that Delaware is going Ivy League has been circulating since at least 1991.
Metallica played the Stone Balloon in August 1989, to make good on a "50 Shows, 50 States" promise.
Dave Matthews Band played the Stone Balloon in October 1994; tickets were $8 in advance, $12 at the door!
Love Seed Mama Jump's live CD, "Drunk at the Stone Balloon," was recorded in November 1993.
The last night of the "old" Deer Park was May 15, 2001, which culminated in the "Deer Park Riot."
In 2001 after their gig at The Bob, the Barenaked Ladies went to Klondike Kate's to play the live trivia game Quizzo!
Blue Hen Beer did indeed exist; it launched in 1990, but wasn't actually brewed in Delaware!
An "Onion Sub" was two beer cans wrapped to look like a hoagie; in the '80s, underage students ordered these from Sam's Steakhouse.
For years, Wilburfest was the biggest annual UD party, with an estimated 5000 people attending Wilburfest '93.
Elktonfest '98 ended in a riot; it took state troopers from Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania to break up the party!
UD Men's Basketball earned its first trip to March Madness on March 11, 1992, defeating Drexel 92 to 68.
For St. Patrick's Day in 1996, Rodney Dining Hall had two kegs of O'Doul's non-alcolholic beer!
The last Stone Balloon Mug Night was on December 15, 2005; the building was then flattened on June 6, 2006.
Published annually from 1989 to 2002, The Practical Blue Hen was an incoming freshman survival guide.
The original motel-esque Pencader dorms were obliterated in 2005 and 2006, to make way for the new Independence Complex.
George "Bad to the Bone" Thorogood's first show ever was in Lane Hall, on December 1, 1973.
UD renamed New Student Orientation as "DelaWorld" in 1999; it's now back to being called New Student Orientation!
UD Provost Tom Apple conceded very quickly in 2009, that his proposal for Saturday classes was, "Dead on arrival."
The band Live played The Bob in 1994; at the time, it was the biggest crowd they had ever played for, barring Woodstock '94!
New Student Convocation for years had been held outside on the North Green, before it was moved into The Bob
Up until about 1990, "Drop / Add" was done in person on "Drop / Add Day," which entailed running around campus to different departmental locations!
There's some truth to the old rumor that Rodney was intentionally built similarly to a prison.
Between 1992 and 2002, UD systematically renovated all of the North and South Central dorms.
Below Rodney Dining Hall had been the "Rodney Underground," for late night cheesesteaks and such; it was ironically converted in to a Fitness Center in 1997.
The residents of the Washington House Condos on Main Street tried to petition against the opening of Catherine Rooney's...it didn't work.
The first major Scrounge renovation was in 1989; the fast food and "plastic" booths resulted in student's nicknaming it "McScrounge."
Daugherty Hall was much more commonly known as "The Abbey" during its years as a dining hall, 1989 to 1994.
Kent was the first dining hall built specifically for that purpose; it opened in 1926.
The food stand in the Morris Library Commons has changed names at least three times since the early '90s. Heart Cart, Euro Bistro, Bleecker Street...
Around 2002 is when UD officially decided that "The Mall" should be referred to as "The Green."
There are generations of Blue Hens who will always call it "The Mall" and NOT "The Green!"
"Books not Bricks" was a vocal student catchphrase in the mid '90s, protesting the use of UD funds for campus beautification, instead of academics.
The chimes / bells you hear emanating out of Memorial Hall are played from a tape. (Probably now digitally, actually.)
Sexual escapades in the Morris Library are more common than studying there. Okay, maybe not, but it definitely goes on.
Email accounts were first made available to UD students in early 1992. Though, few students knew how to use it.
Before the dorms were all wired for cable in 1993, students set-up any antenna contraption they could to (badly) receive the most basic over-the-air channels.
UD supposedly generates over a million bucks annually in parking tickets.
The current location of La Tonalteca at 60 North College was for twenty years the home to the Down Under, one of the most popular UD bars!
A 1993 electrical fire at Klondike Kate's is what resulted in the renovation of the upstairs; the second floor had previously been in limited use.
"The Brickyard" was the original name for the bar above Grotto's in the Galleria. It's gone through many changes in ownership and name since!
UD's alumni magazine, The Messenger, refuses to accept advertising for MugNight.com / Glory Days at Delaware!
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