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80s Snapshot 1980

  • What was hot: Commerce leather jacket.
  • What was not: attending class.
  • Favourite spot on campus: lining up at the Queen’s Pub.
  • Favourite Kingston haunts: The Tap Room and the Hoagie House for a steak and cheese hoagie.
  • Most popular courses/professors: Rick Jackson, Frank Collom, Macroeconomics Professor Richard Lipsey.
  • Hit songs: "Purple Rain" by Prince, "Like a Virgin" by Madonna, "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, "Livin on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi.
  • Fashion: big hair, permed hair, bright, baggy clothes, Doc Martens, skinny ties, blazers and shoulder pads for women.

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