Students share a moment in a Centennial Complex dorm, circa Fall 1971.

Students share a moment in a Centennial Complex dorm, circa Fall 1971.

Squawk: What Couldn't You Leave Home Without?

Lehigh Alumni recall arriving for the first time on campus ... and what they brought with them.

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1980 milk crate of records, three-way acoustic suspension speakers, turntable, pre amp, amp, cassette tape recorder and Yamaha headphones (for times to keep it quiet). Before our tests, my dorm mates at Taylor would crank Tom Sawyer by Rush to get us prepared.
—John McCawley ’84

Everything I own.

My father shook his head at our overloaded minivan and said all that stuff is not going to fit in my dorm room. But somehow it did, and after dropping me off, they returned home with an empty vehicle.
—Paul Bonomi ’01

My James Taylor Greatest Hits album (yes, vinyl... cassettes were still a new thing)
—Lisa Paparone ’85

When I arrived at Lehigh in 1971 I had nothing but two bags of clothes, an AM clock radio, and a slide rule. …
—Howard Brodbeck '75

A haunting feeling that my crappy study habits were going to be revealed in my GPA
—Anthony Arturi '85

My field hockey stick and tennis rackets.
—Liz Hainey '83

My pillow!
—Jodi Landau Ryan '85

My 1985 Garfield comforter, which I still have and is now a dog blanket.
—Teri Challender McNab '89

My record player, which also had an 8-track player attached.
—Ruth Kossin Queen ’80

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