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50 years ago

October 18, 1955

The Tartan reported on high hopes for the new snack bar in Donner dormitory. A caption under a photo of the new snack bar announced that it was ?an epicure?s dream.? Unfortunately, though a committee was set up to organize the snack bar, The Tartan reported that in initial attempts, ?nothing much was accomplished.? Maybe the committee realized it was dealing with a combination as volatile as ammonia and bleach: Donner and campus food.

25 years ago

October 14, 1980

A letter to the editor responded to the issue of whether or not ?nukes were here to stay.? The writer declared, ?I, for one, have deep convictions against nuclear power. And I am going to stand up and fight for those convictions, regardless of who...

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