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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.
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