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50 years ago today

September 25, 1956

Cigarette manufacturer Phillip Morris published an ad in The Tartan. This advertisement includes a couple in a speeding MG sports car, complete with instructions on how to choose the “limp, plump, firm, white cigarettes brimming full with tobacco goodness.” Precisely what all swell, young, clean-cut CIT students needed to commence their healthy, happy year.

25 years ago today

September 23, 1981

Service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega began accepting applications for the “Ugliest Man on Campus” contest to be held during Homecoming Weekend. It’s surprising that the contest wasn’t held closer to Halloween. Considering the stiff competition, this event was expected to be a brutally ugly one.

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