The American College Town

Index

index Italicized page number refer to illustrations. Aastrom Biosciences, 281, 291 activism, 35–36, 145–47, 160, 165, 168–70, 191; anti-nuclear, 145–46, 278, 279; anti-war, 34, 36, 94, 124, 146, 148, 159–60, 162, 164, 164, 195, 275–76, 347; campus issues, 36, 84, 95–96, 159–60, 195–96, 303; civil rights movement, 36, 84, 189; decline in 1970s, 38; environmental issues, 156, 168; housing issues, 95; town-gown issues, 328. See also politics Adams, Charles Francis, Jr., 20 aerospace, 273, 274, 275. See also hightechnology industry affordable housing, 175–76, 182, 186–87, 292. See also housing Africa, location of colleges in, 16 Against Me (musical group), 222 age of population, 4, 98, 107, 341, 345 agricultural education, 24, 32–33, 36, 146 Aggieville Business Association, 112, 140–41 Alabama, University of, 234–35, 243–44, 249–50, 252, 389n11 Alabama Polytechnic Institute. See Auburn University alcoholic beverages: laws regulating sale, 300–301; prohibitions against sale, 34, 117. See also bars; drinking of alcoholic beverages Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, 78–81, 82, 365n19 Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, 82 Altarum, 260, 281. See also Environmental Research Institute of Michigan alternative newspapers, 126, 168, 193, 195–98 alumni: importance to athletics, 237–41, 245–46; migration to college towns in retirement, 341–42 Alvarez, Leonard, 288 American Civil Liberties Union, 150, 182 Ames, Iowa, 357n65 Amherst, Mass., xiii, 6, 30, 32, 148, 202 Anarchist Cookbook (Powell), 36, 126 Anderson, Kit, 64 Angell, James B., 267 Animal House (motion picture), 38, 84 Ann Arbor, Mich., xiii, 6, 30, 32, 182, 256–95, 324, 345; activism, 275–76, 278, 279; automobile research laboratories, 260, 282, 283; bookstores, 108, 258; Burns Park neighborhood, 99, 256, 267; cost of living, 10, 291–92; decreasing influence of university, 291, 294; downtown, 256, 258, 275, 291–94; high-technology industry, 256, 258–61, 259, 260, 270–92, 274, 337, 346; housing, 291–94, 346; industrial development, 260, 262–63, 265–68; map, 257; liberal political culture, 28, 36, 147–48, 258, 271, 278; map, 257; obstacles to high-technology development, 275–76, 278, 286–91; research and technology parks, 256, 274–75, 280, 292; “Research Center of the Midwest” campaign, 261, 273; restaurants, 258, 294, 294; socioeconomic changes, 291–95, 339–40; riots, 33, 244–45. See also Michigan, University of Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce, 273–74 Ann Arbor News, 273 Ann Arbor Observer, 292, 295 Ann Arbor Spark, 283–84 Ann Arbor Technology Park, 260, 280, 282, 285 anti-nuclear activism, 145–46, 278, 279 anti-urbanism as influence in college placement, 18–20. See also location of colleges and universities anti-war activism, 34, 182, 303; Iraq War, 146, 347; Vietnam War, 36, 94, 124, 146, 148, 159, 160, 162, 164, 164, 195, 275–76. See also activism; politics apartments, 12, 71, 97, 107; building of, 39, 92, 96–97, 137, 314, 321, 322; changing student tastes in, 96–98; characteristics, 95–98; conversion of houses to, 86, 92–94, 106, 120, 137, 316; problems associated with, 296–97, 306; replacing of rooming houses by, 93, 120, 368n44; student preference for, 86, 319. See also housing Apollo space program, 275 Arcata, Calif., xiv, 6, 15, 147 arboretums, 51, 360n29 Arbor Networks, 282, 284, 289, 291 architecture: campus, 46–49, 48, 65–68; faculty enclaves, 51, 71, 99, 102–3, 317; fraternities, 74, 80–82. See also campuses; housing Argus Camera, 265–66, 272 Arkansas City, Kans., 44 Armidale, Australia, 17 Armitage, Rick, 328, 334 Armstrong, R. Douglas, 291 art and artists, 191, 203–4, 209–14, 219, 221, 224–25; on campuses, 41, 50, 60, 68–70; galleries, 108–9, 141, 143 Asians, 12, 29, 98 Association for a Better New York, 344 Athens, Ga., 6, 15, 23, 30, 32, 189–226, 342; artists, 191, 203–4, 209–14, 219, 221, 224–25; alternative newspapers, 193, 195–98; bars, 108, 219; bookstores, 196, 200; cost of living, 203–4, 210, 218, 223–24; counterculture, 196, 200; downtown, 193, 219; housing, 203, 205, 223–25; map, 192; music scene, 191, 193, 197, 201, 203–7, 210, 214–16, 219–25; nightclubs, 204, 207, 214, 219, 221; in 1950s, 193–94; recent growth, 339–40; record stores, 196, 200, 207; vegetarian restaurants, 109, 196, 215–18, 217, 387n43, 386n8. See also Georgia, University of Athens, Ga., Inside/Out (motion picture), 201 Athens, Ohio, 198 Athens-Clarke County Commission, 224–25 Athens Observer, 196–97 Athens News, 198 Athey, David, 296, 311...