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by Kate Stratton, Research Library Fellow, Emory University Archives

The late 1960s and early 1970s were times of uncertainty and unrest for students at Emory University.  Social, political, and racial strife were ever-present and Emory students found themselves confronted with racial and gender inequities, the Vietnam War, the draft, a presidential impeachment, and the assassinations of prominent national leaders. Perhaps to counterbalance these weighty concerns, Emory students of the time crafted raucous and risqué traditions. Publications from the 1960s and 1970s, housed in the Emory University Archives, show students had a particular fondness for panty raids and streaking.