Gordon Burt - Alumnus

Memory: Fast Times at Metro State...

It was the spring of 1970, my first Quarter at Metro State
College.

Crazy times, with the upstart college hosting it's first early
Urban Mix: kids just out of local high-schools, returning
Vietnam vets and assorted urban hippies, pre-yuppies, working
people, and the rest...indeed, not that different from today's
Roadrunner mix.

I didn't even know where the term "Roadrunner" originated, yet
we truly were earning our nickname...

We had 10 minutes to run between classes, and for some of the
budget-oriented, also move our Vegas and Valiants to new 2
hour parking spots. After all, the lots were an outrageous $3-4
a day!

So, after a long day of running between music classes at the
Cherokee Building (l11th and Cherokee) and the English and
German classes near Colfax and Glenarm. The Music majors had
gathered for our favorite 3.2 beverage, at the Cherokee Bar,
(Today it's a more upscale Cherokee Bar and Grill.)

All of a sudden, one our regulars reappeared from some of those
frequent trips down the hall, (remember 3.2 beer?), IN THE
BUFF-- hey, wrong school bub. At least he was running--in
true Roadrunner style (and thankfully for those doing trendy
things, it was a warm spring!)

Yes, we could really move in those Nike state-of-the-art "waffle"
bottom running shoes...just watch out for those road apples.

Yes The early 70's saw the streaking fad in it's full glory.
Luckily, we decided to stick with the more conventional
Roadrunner moniker.