In 1993, Bill Clinton was president, gas was $1.60 a gallon, you could buy a brand new house for $130K in Albany, and a 25 year time capsule was buried in the courtyard at LBCC.
“Anyone remember what this is?” asked Jon Carnahan, former president of LBCC, as he held up a VHS tape. He had just removed it from the time capsule which was unearthed last week on Wednesday, May 16. It marks the 50th Anniversary of LBCC.
Many LBCC representatives, old and new attended the event. Bob Ross, LBCC's first full-time staff member who still teaches today; Russel Tripp, LBCC Founding Board Member; Jon Carnahan, previous president of LBCC; Greg Hamann, current LBCC president were all familiar faces at the event.
Trisha Melcher attended the event because she was a student at LBCC in 1993 and her daughter Mandy Melcher was at the child care center at the time.
Many LBCC representatives, old and new attended the event. Bob Ross, LBCC's first full-time staff member who still teaches today; Russel Tripp, LBCC Founding Board Member; Jon Carnahan, previous president of LBCC; Greg Hamann, current LBCC president were all familiar faces at the event.
Trisha Melcher attended the event because she was a student at LBCC in 1993 and her daughter Mandy Melcher was at the child care center at the time.
Some of the things in the time capsule showed how much the world has changed in 25 years. A floppy disk, homemade cassette tape and an LB school phone number list are good examples of that.
Other things from the capsule, like giant textbooks and an HP printer ink cartridge that look extremely similar to the ones used today, show the world hasn’t changed as much as one might think.
A new time capsule was buried the same day, set to be dug up in 2043 to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of LBCC. People were asked ahead of time to make suggestions of what to put in the new time capsule.
LBCC President Greg Hamann's favorite of the items to be buried are a bottle of Roadrunner Red IPA from Deluxe Brewing and a baseball signed by the LBCC 30-consecutive-game winning baseball team.
Other things from the capsule, like giant textbooks and an HP printer ink cartridge that look extremely similar to the ones used today, show the world hasn’t changed as much as one might think.
A new time capsule was buried the same day, set to be dug up in 2043 to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of LBCC. People were asked ahead of time to make suggestions of what to put in the new time capsule.
LBCC President Greg Hamann's favorite of the items to be buried are a bottle of Roadrunner Red IPA from Deluxe Brewing and a baseball signed by the LBCC 30-consecutive-game winning baseball team.
The complete list of items that were put into the new capsule included LBCC’s mission/ core themes/ values, pennant, Roadrunner Red IPA, baseball signed by the 30-game winning streak LBCC baseball team, viewbook, schedule of classes, marketing materials, 50th anniversary button, Rocky the Roadrunner plush, fidget spinner, 2017 solar eclipse items, aerial photos of campus, Commuter student paper from May 16, part of the old gym floor, recent news headlines, gold medal from classified appreciation day, Democrat Herald from May 16, fast facts about LBCC, inspired t-shirt, drawing by LBCC Cooperative Preschool, and 49 issues of The Commuter 1970-2018 digital.
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