Definitely a whole lot, I mean, a WHOLE lot more expensive to go to college these days.
Back when Liz and I went to school at Northern Illinois University, living in a dorm like Lincoln or Douglas Hall cost $500 a semester with meals. We paid $250 a year tuition (both Liz and I had teaching scholarships for that price).
You were required to stay in a dorm freshman year and NIU picked your roommate. In the dorm, there was two to a room and bathrooms were communal. Those rooms were small. We had bunk beds. There were just a few outlets. My roommate, Chuck Hartseil from Pekin, Illinois, had a 13-inch black and white TV which made us one of the more popular rooms on the floor as only one other room had a TV. About half the rooms had a small stereo to play albums and 45s.
--RoadDog
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