Comments on: The Great Streak of 1974

By: Carolyn Wildes

Carolyn Wildes — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:47:29 +0000

Well, since my name was mentioned by Bobby, I reckon I’ll comment. I know nothing and I saw nothing – except the blurry back end of a solitary streaker, breezing past our dinner table in Snelling.

During the last few years while becoming reacquainted with some of my college friends, I had no idea so many of them were streakers! I didn’t know about RSW until today, and we even “dated” – but we didn’t date?

“Their bodies may be sagging, their hair may be gray or missing, but some of them are now in command of large slices of your world.”

While I’m not in command of much outside of my kitchen (until Tommy gets me one of those appointments by President Obama), some of us are not sagging all that much and some of us still have reddish hair (thanks to Revlon ColorSilk and sideburn sticks).

J. Tom actually served as student body president two years after the Great Streak from the springs of 1976 to 1977. Jody O’Connell (my favorite UGA friend) served as the best student body president ever during the year after.

Thank you, Jim, for another great article! Please give my regards to Mrs. Galloway who I’m sure looks as “new” as when I first met her during high school.

By: Bobby Anthony

Bobby Anthony — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:43:30 +0000

I got this link from Carolyn Wyldes and it sure brought bacj memories. I am glad cell phone cameras were not around.

By: RSW

RSW — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:23:53 +0000

I was there that night running with the rest of the naked people. It was a remarkable event. No cell phones were there to records the glory. Now there would be a flood of YouTube and Iwitness reports
The high attendance was spurred by the tear gassing of the students blocking the street a few nights before.

By: Semi-Sweet Tea

Semi-Sweet Tea — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:23:46 +0000

Did you know the first streaking event may have taken place during the late 1700s? While reading “John Adams” by David McCullough, I was shocked and surprised to learn that John’s son Charles was among those Harvard students who “ran naked through Harvard Yard, and the implications are that there had been drinking involved.”

By: Peggy

Peggy — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:44:14 +0000

Just had my sister call me to look this article up! I was a freshman as well and hung out with my sister, a Senior at the time, and all her friends. Although, most of us did not participate, my sister did ride on one of the motorcycles with one of the lead participants prior to his strip down. He and his fellow sky divers were the ones who landed in the intramural fields. A great time and memory that did go well with no major arrests or controversy.

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:10:23 +0000

Well, you never know when your past is going to find you out.

By: John

John — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:06:34 +0000

Thanks very much for the updates on that crowd. That was one of the strangest weeks of my life. Not only was it “streak week” but it was also the week of the protest against Dr. William Shockley’s appearance at the P-J Auditorium. As with the other Reed Hall denizen’s of the day, we were at “ground zero” of both events.

By: Boo Boo

Boo Boo — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:52:07 +0000

I think the picture of young J.Tom – with his mischievous, bright smile and 1970s mustache – looks pretty hot. One can only imagine him without his clothes.

By: raymond

raymond — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:16:50 +0000

I never streaked. Streaking didn’t come up, almost at all, at my college; but I did spend the summers at nude beaches; and, THAT was heaven.

By: Lou

Lou — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:25:37 +0000

My mom still has a shirt that says “UGA Streaking Team” with the backside of a naked guy running.