Alumn and library staff member Gregg Homerding reflects on the eighties at the University of Illinois. He discusses university athletics, parties, and housing (specifically the Hendrick House). This oral history was recorded as part of the ongoing Oral History project and conducted in partnership with the University of Illinois Library Archives.
Loren Tate is a lifelong sports journalist with the News-Gazette. He discusses his start in the newspaper profession, his investigative reporting, and his memories of various coaches. There is a particular focus on the scandals of the University athletics program and the changes he has noticed in sports journalism about women's athletics and Black athletes.
Recollections by Mary Rolfe include Illinois Field, faculty life, student housing, trees on campus, Charles W. Rolfe, alumni reunions, 1902 commencement, Thomas J. Burrill, Thomas A. Clark and student life.
