Summer’s over and the students are back on campus. Here’s an issue about colleges, the towns around them, and some of the things that haven’t left.
Stories worth reading. Stop indexing the internet.
On the Campus — John McPhee
“The campus gradually absorbs a campus rat.” [The New Yorker]
This Southern College’s Football Tailgate Is Unlike Any Other
“Alabama’s tailgating runs on victory, and LSU’s runs on Cajun culture—but at Ole Miss, it runs on nostalgia.” [Southern Living]
also…‘Cult’-like college football akin to ‘living on a different planet’ for some students
The Secret Oral History of Bennington: The 1980s’ Most Decadent College
“Fall, 1982. A new freshman class arrives at arty, louche, and expensive Bennington College.” [Esquire]
