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Bo and Rob as drawn by Tommy Daughtry, professor of art emeritus, for the CJC Staff and Faculty Extravaganze, Fall 1980.
Student Life at
CJC/CSC/CCSU
By Rob Taylor & Robert C. “Bo” Bolander
Bo arrived at Clayton Junior Col- lege for the fall quarter of 1970, the first Director of Student Activities, promoted to the Dean of Students position later that academic
year. Bo hired
Rob as Director of
Financial Aid in
August 1971 and
Rob “dabbled” in
Student Activities
for two years be-
fore he was named
Director of Stu-
dent Activities in
1973. They both
saw many changes
over the next 30
years.
of the event. Looking through copies of “The Centurion” yearbook (yes, CJC had two yearbooks in the 70’s) you no- tice that hair was longer and plaid
seemed to be a major fashion statement.
A number of fun and foolish activities took place. Like when the “Gourmet-Glutton Cheeseburger Chal- lenge” pitted Rob against the SGA pres- ident in a contest to see who could eat 20 Krystal cheeseburgers the fastest (Rob won). Bo and Rob chal- lenged the SGA lead- ers to a croquet tournament on the “Earth Pimple” a raised area of lawn in front of what is now
Lt. Governor Lestor Maddox (top right) acts as Grand Marshall of the Second Annual Tricycle Race.
26 THE LAKER CONNECTION
Bo hails Rob “Krystal Kid” Taylor the winner of the “Gourmet-Glutton Cheeseburger Challenge in 1972.
Student life in
the early days
was different from
student life today.
A highlight activity
in the fall of 1972
nual tricycle race with Lt. Governor Lester Maddox as the “Grand Marshall”
was the second an-
the entrance to the Library. For several years Rob hosted the annual “CJC Trivia Bowl” contest which featured ar-
Snow Jam: Early 1990s
Although known by most current students as the name of the student run newspaper, the Bent Tree - originally located in the footprint of the James M. Baker University Center (UC) - was a campus icon. Also called the Question Tree, it was said to symbol- ize questioning students seeking an education. A cast of the tree is located at Legacy Court near the Quad entrance of the UC.
BENT TREE: ICON AND LEGACY