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Katy Hogan, Mundelein class of 1972, was interviewed by Chris Mattix. Hogan discusses her childhood in Chicago and her early experiences with activism and awareness of the Civil Rights Movement. As a high school senior preparing to attend Mundelein College, Hogan remembers visiting the college the weekend after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Along with her classes at Mundelein College, Hogan describes the formative experience of spending a semester abroad in Cuernavaca, Mexico. She attended Centro Intercultural de Documentacion where she studied Spanish, learned about “deschooling”, and developed a love of travel. With the Vietnam War taking place at the time, student activism was a significant part of Hogan’s college experience. She talks about her role as the student coordinator for the October moratorium in 1969 and student organizing in response to Kent State. She also talks about the support from faculty and administration during these activities. She talks briefly about Mundelein’s gay population and the changes occurring with the women’s liberation movement and gay liberation movement. Hogan also talks about her experiences after college including traveling, co-founding the Heartland Café, and working on political campaigns for David Orr and Harold Washington.
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Linda Jack was a Theater major and graduated from Mundelein in 1972. She lived in Coffey Hall for her freshman and sophomore year, then lived in apartments with friends for her junior and senior year. As a theater major, she was very involved in the theater department. She talks about working as a Student Aide for the Theatre Department and a Stage Manager for the Theater and Auditorium. Linda also shares her memories of being in Chorus, Chorale Singers, USO Troupe and being a Student Academic Advisor to underclassmen for the Theater Department. Linda also fondly remembers Sister Jeanelle Bergen, head of the theater department, as well as Janet Binna, Barbara VanCleve, David Orr, and George Petterson, the theater technical teacher. She learned a lot from all of them and appreciated the knowledge they had to share. She was very aware of the political and social upheaval around the country while she was at Mundelein, as evidenced in her participation in Megan Terry’s rock musical, “Viet Rock.” All of this sparked an interest in politics that has stayed with her ever since. Her older sister, Eileen Drake (nee Jack), also attended Mundelein and graduated in 1970.
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JoBeth Halpin was a Psychology and Education major and graduated from Mundelein in 1972. She lived in Coffey Hall all four years and was a Resident Advisor her senior year. She talks about the shift in culture from her first semester to her second, which spoke to the larger systemic changes she would see throughout her time at Mundelein. JoBeth was also an elevator operator and planned parties and mixers as the Social Chairman for the Student Government. She marks this as a time of real change in the country as well as in herself; JoBeth was active in the anti-war protest marches and learned a lot about herself and the person she wanted to be. She fondly remembers her music appreciation class with Sister Judith and her interactions with Sister Jean Dolores. Above all else, Mundelein shaped who JoBeth is as a person and values the long-lasting connections she still has from her time there.
